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Re:Obscura: The first VPN that can't log your activity on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @06:59AM (#49814190)
Forgive my ignorance, but can we have both?
Re:Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look [video] on Friday August 28, 2026 @06:33AM (#49476736)
"almost" any game, and not just Steam, but Xbox too.
Re:Helsinki Hacker News Meetup on Friday August 07, 2026 @03:59AM (#49207248)
I think I caused this (that 1 person is me) and I think its a bug, because;

When I tried to register, I searched for 'Tallinn, Estonia' and there is only one location shows up from autocomplete.

However, the coordinates of that only Tallinn location is not the samame as previous 7 people.

So my guess is that at some point, ,the map/coordinate vendor's coordinates for Tallinn, Estonia have changed recently. And anyone trying to r egistetr for Tallinn will be registered with the new coordinates.

Re:Helsinki Hacker News Meetup on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @10:18AM (#49183302)
Do we have enough people in Tallinn, Estonia to organize one here as well? :)
Since yesterday, the VLsub returns 401. I registered for a free account, but the downloaded subtitles had only ads in them, asking to "upgrade" to VIP.

Apparently they changed their policy recently, and now they're asking for $20/year (for VIP).

Also Related (2023): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38289582 - Saying Goodbye to OpenSubtitles.org API

As I've seen somewhere:

Companies pay Google/Meta to show ads, and users pay them not to see ads.

Re:Echoes (Live at Pompeii) on Monday May 18, 2026 @07:52AM (#48178407)
I heard that it was a concert made for gods.
Re:Discord Incident on Sunday May 17, 2026 @08:16PM (#48174346)
Estonia
I can't wait for AI to automate manager/C-level work :)
Re:Discord Incident on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:28PM (#48069538)
> Uproar isn't available in your area yet

> We're rolling out to new regions over time to make sure we get things right.

> Stay tuned.

Dead before born.

> Microsoft intends to focus primarily on three key areas:

> 1. Performance

> 2. Craft

> 3. Reliability

Such as:

> Using a new system compositor for WinUI 3, the performance of various applications such as File Explorer, the Start menu, and the taskbar is not expected to slow down even under heavy system load

> The new Start menu is said to respond up to 60 percent faster

> Microsoft is even considering removing all advertising from the Start menu.

> intended to scale back its focus on AI features.

Also more info: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3126651/microsofts-secret-wi...

Re:Microsoft offers buyouts up to 7% of US employees on Friday April 24, 2026 @04:16AM (#47887236)
I see, thank you for the info.

And is this only about the employment, or generally?

Re:Microsoft offers buyouts up to 7% of US employees on Thursday April 23, 2026 @06:13PM (#47882830)
I am not a native English speaker so I actually geniunely wonder:

1. Could you please tell more?

2. Could this be said for other -ism s as well? (Sexism, Racism, Ableism, Classism, Nationalism, Nepotism)

I'm guessing you never travelled anywhere else in your life?

> Japan ... has entry and exit controls on the borders, ... It is compulsory to carry identification documents if you are a foreigner.

This is true for almost all the countries in the world, especially the second part.

Are you sure about the Dutch part? AFAIK in almost all EU countries you have to have at least B1 language for permanent residency.
Happy for Hungary!

Unfortunatlely, half democracies (ie representative) are open to abuse and give too much power to presidents or governments. Combined with populism, lobbying and corruption, it allows people like Orban to stay in power for a long time. Glad it's over.

I wish the crew quoted "there is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark."
Welcome to Houston support chatbot, powered by CoPilot. How may I help you?
Play minesweeper or solitaire...
> guys former NASA Mission Control Web Tool Team and OCA here

Wow, very cool and lot's of respect!

But... why not use linux, unix, custom OS, iPad, Android, Nintendo SNES, Atari, Commodore 64... anything BUT Microsoft?

(Seriously though, why not Linux? I'd really appreciate if you could answer, thank you! )

That gives me so many questions: Should there be a non-Earth timezone? How do you define a "day" in space? Is there a day light saving in space?

At least they are not travelling near the speed of light. That's a whole different can of worms.

Oh, apparently you are right! Thanks for the correction.
OMG, this almost became real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zpCOYkdvTQ

("Fuck Microsoft" scene from the Netflix TV Series: Space Force)

Re:What Is Copilot Exactly? on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @03:00PM (#47605040)
Here's ChatGPT's list of product names with "Copilot" (aka FrustationPilot):

https://chatgpt.com/share/69cd6af5-f74c-8388-971e-d4b85ce04d...

Copilot Agents

Copilot Analytics

Copilot Chat

Copilot Cowork

Copilot for Finance (later renamed to “Finance Agents”)

Copilot GPT Builder

Copilot in Bing

Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps (Word, Excel...)

Copilot in Microsoft Edge

Copilot Labs

Copilot Plugins

Copilot Search

Copilot Studio

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot Pro

Microsoft Security Copilot

Sales Copilot

Service Copilot

Windows Copilot

Re:GitHub is once again down on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @05:20PM (#47509510)
Please don't use that term; it makes them look bad :p /s
Re:GitHub is once again down on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @05:18PM (#47509484)
Who was also the last CEO, right? Is this a coincidence?
Re:Apple Business on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @12:27PM (#47505182)
Maybe also 200 countries included, instead of just the USA?
First 2 I can think of is FreeBSD for BSD and Artix for Linux (Arch without systemd)

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