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I tried to submit a less click bait title but the content is less hyperbolic

> A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image used on my twitter archive. I gave in and paid it, but what does that mean for open graph images and copyright?

Re:Mario Vargas Llosa, dies at 89 on Monday April 14, 2025 @07:52AM (#43680296)
Recent article on him in the London Review of Books, exploring his rightward turn as he grew older:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/tony-wood/why-did-he...

Re:What if your website had business hours? (2022) on Friday April 11, 2025 @03:08AM (#43651245)
Relevant given a lot of the discussion here: Why some DVLA services don't work at night

https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-ser...

(they were frontends to old systems that were based on assumptions of when data would be submitted)

Re:Neuters: Lightweight front end to Reuters News on Monday December 30, 2024 @03:06AM (#42547460)
Similar (official):

- lite.cnn.com

- text.npr.org

Unofficial:

- 68k.news

- skinnyguardian.xyz

... I'm sure there are plenty more!

Re:Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @10:13AM (#41636666)
From the FAQs on GitHub [1]

> What about PMTiles?

> I would have loved to use PMTiles; they are a brilliant idea!

> Unfortunately, making range requests in 80 GB files just doesn't work in production. It is fine for files smaller than 500 MB, but it has terrible latency and caching issues for full planet datasets.

> If PMTiles implements splitting to <10 MB files, it can be a valid alternative to running servers.

[1] https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap

Not s important if it's markdown or wysiwyg in the interface (although an intelligent mix like the obsidian editor would be nice)

The main thing is to have markdown as the output format and if I copy text from the editor that it pastes in markdown

Anyone know of a collaborative markdown editor? Like a Google Doc but where everyone can write in markdown?
Re:Berlin TYPE: The official type for the city of Berlin on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @06:42AM (#39522893)
Related - a previous HN thread about Sweden Sans [1] that links to:

  * Finlandica font for Finland [2]
  * Public Sans for USA public sector [3]
  * Mariane and Spectral for France [4]
... among others!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36775398

[2] https://toolbox.finland.fi/brand-identity-and-guidelines/fin...

[3] https://public-sans.digital.gov/

[4] https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/f...

I expect this was too comply with guidance on reporting on suicide [1]

> Avoid reporting methods of suicide

> Don’t refer to a specific site or location as popular or known for suicides

[1] https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/media-guidelines...

Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @09:00AM (#39103344)
I love that the guy who invented it had his ashes put into one when he was cremated

https://qz.com/618734/italys-coffee-pot-king-was-buried-in-t...

I expect it's more to do with how poorly insulated most UK homes are
Re:Ask HN: Examples of Recursion in Literature or Cinema? on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:15AM (#38231007)
David Mitchell's book Cloud Atlas might fit I think. There was a film made of it in 2012. The children's book Charlie Cook's Favourite Book has the same premise.

You might also find things in Jorge Luis Borges' short stories (although I can't think of any specifically off the top of my head).

The film Inception has a recursive theme to it.

And there is a popular sci-fi book called Recursion, but I've not read it so not sure how much it fits the actual idea of Recursion!

Graham Greene's The Quiet American has a similar feel. About an American spy in Vietnam.

Edit: Also, Mick Heron's Slow Horses series, based on a group of outcaste MI5 spies in London. (The first book was made into a TV series on Apple TV).

Re:Syrian Cassette Archives on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:37AM (#36663181)
Awesome Tapes from Africa [0]is a well known one. There's also a tape archive of Somali music that resulted in this CD compilation [1] although I forget the name of the actual archive site.

[0] https://awesometapes.com/

[1] https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-d...

Re:How the 1% Runs an Ironman on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:47AM (#34051418)
NYT subhead: Inside the world of Ironman XC, which makes the endurance contest a little more endurable — for executives who can afford to pay.

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