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OT: Selected Shorts is wonderful. My one complaint: it's rarely revealed when a story was published, and it took me far, far, far too long to realise that many of my favourites wer…

That's not half wrong.

Linked from Wikipedia's IMEI article, though apparently not a particularly solid source: https://www.imeichanger.net/ >

The device IMEI is used to establish account identity for cellular service. It's intrinsic to functioning as a mobile device. IMEI is not GAID (Google Ad ID) or IDFA (Identifier fo…

Both the null search and dynamic generation per pageload (or any other randomisation across accesses or sessions) would reveal which comments/posts have been anonymised. That might…

Thanks!

Probably not. Under TITLE 1.81.48: “Data broker” does not include any of the following: (1) An entity to the extent that it is covered by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 …

From another California regulation (requiring telemarketers to register and secure a bond): A seller is deemed to be doing business in the state if the seller solicits prospective …

Fair enough.

Numerous submissions of this in recent days, none with any significant traction. Not a dupe. Past week: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastWeek&page=0&prefix=tru... > (I wish Al…

Site fails to load without one heck of a lot of uMatrix unblocking.

I didn't realise that the firm no longer existed, but yes: "UBS Completes Historic Takeover as Credit Suisse Ends" (May 31, 2024) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-31…

There've been a few recent submissions of this story over the past week or so, but none with significant discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079244 > (6 comments) ha…

And might well swim toward light (as with, say, moths, sans swimming).

I prefer "ceo" or "sales", in those cases.

Though that was flagged. Perhaps due to being hosted on Reddit and shenanigans there.

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If you look at NASDAQ and investment trends, it was markedly shorter. I had charts of both up whilst writing my earlier comment. Though yes, I'd agree that NSCP launched the mania.…

Not only have they killed the scrollbar, but they've attempted to kill my scrollbar-killing rant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21356511 >. That seems not to be available at…

Trying to read this article by paging through it with the spacebar is ... absolutely impossible. I'm not going to finger-scroll or down-arrow the whole thing. Don't break scrolling…

The why of how the sea-burial occurred, and some interesting twists as to how (Loma Prieta was involved) are covered in a second article: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-rso-…

New Zealand is amongst the countries which fare pretty well, averaging about 1 spam call/month. Rates vary considerably worldwide, Brazil peaks at 29. And within countries rates va…

There's a substantial economic literature on this topic. Among other factors: time value of money and future-value discounting mean that economically ever-expanding copyright terms…