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Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN on Saturday October 31, 2026 @08:24PM (#50321599)
cool! It would be nice to have a "watch a random video" button
Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Sunday October 25, 2026 @03:00PM (#50234904)
It's funny how those same billionaires who sell these devices, do not give their children devices until the age of 14.

PS to parents: give your child a toy or a book not a tablet ffs.

Re:Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed on Friday October 23, 2026 @07:27PM (#50216762)
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. Sun Tzu
I remember trying to emulate this game on my i7 laptop a decade ago. It was running like 15 FPS.So for me this look like magic.
a better title: "China Planted 78 Billion New Trees but at what cost"
"but at what cost" ?
not a justification but to give the chronological context https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Starobilsk_strike
Re:Laws of Software Engineering on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @10:53AM (#47849670)
I would add also Little's law for throughput calculation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%27s_law
it's a record of the famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish reading his poem "On This Land" (English translation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_jtTj26Q0).
The audio you hear when you open the website is from the record of one of the greatest Arabic and Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish reading his poem "On This Land" (English translation here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_jtTj26Q0).
[Former ASML head scientist Lin Nan drives China’s latest EUV breakthrough](https://archive.ph/FwTFP)
Thanks for sharing. Are the revenue generated based on the ads on the website ? Are they generated per number of clicks on the ads ? How does it work with ad blockers ? Thanks
Re:NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024 on Thursday September 05, 2024 @01:35PM (#41458803)
I got this error while trying to register. Does anyone know a simple way to bypass this ?

"Sorry, that email domain is not recognized. -- An email address from a recognized U.S. school or university is required. If your school's domain is not recognized, please request it to be allowed by clicking HERE"

while watching the trailer, I had a deja vue from the bioshock 1 atmosphere which I recommend very much
I switched to firefox one year ago. Works fine!
My point of view is that censorship is still censorship no matter what it tries to hide. If today we accept to censor posts about war crimes, anything can be censored tomorrow. I don't think creating value for the americain tech industry can thrive under censorship.

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