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Re:ICE wants its mask back, and hired a company to ask on Friday October 30, 2026 @05:19PM (#50310292)
why are you surprised?
Representations other than the standard IEEE-754 can store floats in arbitrary precision.
Re:The 'Father of the Internet' is finally retiring on Sunday July 12, 2026 @04:24PM (#48884415)
A bad application can still open unencrypted connections. Imagine a shoddily written game with a chat function.
okay? others are in the market for a car
I see that as wishful thinking. HN has always been very much right leaning. I very much doubt much has changed.
Re:Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:46PM (#46569238)
Maybe it'll lead the US burying their power lines
Keyloggers would be considered a form of fraud, right? Customers can be protected by not allowing rooted phones which may contain malware and steal credentials, but then again Windows is a nightmare for security and nobody is banning banking from Windows.
Re:IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:23PM (#46471744)
I can spin up a NAT puncher today without having to depend on anybody. Can't say the same for IPv6.
Re:Firefox Has Moved to Firefox.com on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @08:40PM (#45047006)
Acrobat Reader was called "Adobe Reader" for a good number of years.
Europe is west of the US
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:20AM (#42063666)
This is just not accurate.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:15AM (#42063574)
It's smart to explore your options.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:11AM (#42063515)
We're talking about the right to life here and you're trivializing that.
Yes. There are a lot of factors that cause price increases but it's convenient to blame it on the workers.
Collusion is NOT a prerequisite to raising prices. No conspiracy is required. It also helps a lot that these large corporations have driven out their competition.
Re:Bare-metal Rust in Android on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:34PM (#37826295)
Go is garage collected
Re:64-Bit Bank Balances ‘Ought to Be Enough for Anybody’? on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @10:36AM (#37570589)
Different currencies already have different rules. Any good accounting software isn't going to assume US cents. Update your currency table to include a version of USD in increments of $0.001. Update the amounts on a need-be basis. ( Multiply by 10 and change the currency type)
> One company’s product lead pointed to thick traffic and unreliable public transportation. Another transplant cited the city’s 100-plus-degree heat, in what was one of the city’s most brutal summers since 2011, when only two days in July didn’t hit triple digits.

Clearly not the brightest bunch it seems.

Re:The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge on Saturday September 02, 2023 @12:45PM (#37363142)
It's a sad state of affairs when somebody feels compelled to do this much work to determine why a pedestrian bridge (that connects two neighborhoods) needs to exist.
Re:The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:39PM (#36455302)
The plane question stated the plane was `over` the park which implies it is not in the park. If the question instead said `through` the park, the answer would differ.
Many industries don't have many manufacturers or operate on different regions. You get an illusion of choice at the grocery store, but many times the a single factory produces product under a dozen different brands.
Re:AVR-GCC Compiler Makes Questionable Code on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:57PM (#34033143)
Maybe I'm dumb, but why would you need to copy an immutable value?