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Emil Cioran, in "A Short History of Decay", thinks that if humanity were deprived of work and sustained action for an indefinitely long "Sunday afternoon," boredom would become so …

Obtainium works just fine with the github source

This reminds me of the time I was (still working) in the US, for one of the big insurers, and we were researching ways to detect on which side of the car our client gets in, to ass…

Some more info in an earlier thread [1] [1] CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808928

Reminded me of Maturana and his autopoiesis.

Putting the parts in the same box, in the US, may cost more than the tariff for the whole thing being built in China or India.

For some reason I remembered today my first trip to San Jose, in the early 2000s, for a SANS Institute class, and discovering the Fry's Electronics store. The amazing content of wh…

There are few things more exciting, in relationship to attempting to restrict access to (data) communications, than a government which thinks geeks won't find ways around such. Now…

100% agree. I had to install a browser extension when I use HN with such (vs app on android, when it does it by default), just to force open links to new tabs.

Been toying with the idea for a long time, but I'm concerned about US financial institution apps and multiple countries specific apps (local transport, finance, medical and governm…

Reminded me of the first honeynet I set up, during my second college degree (late 90s), in a lab where access to the internet was via individual machines direct connected public IP…

Which data should drive the markets now?

And how exactly are they going/hoping to do that with GV?

In my 35+ years in IT, the "hero attitude" was the one in the top three I most hated traits in a person working with or for me. And talking about traits, I considered crucial to al…

To me untying laces, so I can take my shoes off ASAP, its far more important than the reliability of the knot. I just need to pull an end, and free my feet, without things tangled …

A car you'll never be able to get four people in, in the same time, using all four doors. Oh, well, if it's Ferrari...

Thank you for this. Is your python script in any way English language bound, or could it still be applied to other languages (e.g. the French version, with all of its diacritics), …

As an atheist I have an obligation to finish reading it all (still going through, and taking notes, probably having to revisit), but I am not sure how many (christian) believers wi…

> Bought something online and didn't receive your product? With PIX you're SOL, with Visa/Mastercard you get a chargeback. This is no longer the case outside US. Last time I had th…

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Hello ..., I'm writing to you as the founder and strategic director of Infomaniak because something important has just happened, and it concerns you directly. I no longer control I…

Free data from citizens of a country, to feed the AI beast - who wouldn't want to be part of that? /s

Looks interesting - thank you. I will have to give it a try, as I have a few paperwhites in airplane mode since around 2021 (to avoid updates that may one day break calibre sideloa…