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Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM for 98% Cost Saving

github.com
2 points·by docdeek·2 months ago·0 comments

Swatch Internet Time

swatch.com
1 points·by docdeek·2 months ago·0 comments

Judge Orders Matt Mullenweg to Explain Missing Messages in WP Engine Dispute

therepository.email
3 points·by docdeek·2 months ago·0 comments

Apple Says Lebanon Villages Weren't Removed from Maps. It Never Had Them

wired.me
1 points·by docdeek·3 months ago·1 comments

The parasite continues to eat the host. The cancer is trying to spread

twitter.com
4 points·by docdeek·4 months ago·0 comments

In Arson Case, a Judge Wrestles with A.I.-Assisted Apology Letters

nytimes.com
8 points·by docdeek·5 months ago·1 comments

Automattic Planned to "Steal Every Single WP Site" from Hosts That Refused Deals

therepository.email
3 points·by docdeek·5 months ago·1 comments

Cow Tools

en.wikipedia.org
3 points·by docdeek·6 months ago·1 comments

[untitled]

1 points·by docdeek·6 months ago·0 comments

Going direct: notes on Eli Lilly at a trillion

atelfo.github.io
2 points·by docdeek·7 months ago·0 comments

Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change

retractionwatch.com
4 points·by docdeek·7 months ago·0 comments

Don't Buy Your Kid a Crappy Bike for Christmas

velo.outsideonline.com
1 points·by docdeek·8 months ago·0 comments

Norway Suspended Wealth Fund Ethics Rules to Avoid $230B Tech Sale

bloomberg.com
3 points·by docdeek·8 months ago·0 comments

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docdeek
·6 days ago·discuss
The title is probably truncated because of the rules on length, but it is mising the key term ‘experience’ after work: Scientist who cleaned space toilet on work experience now leading Mars exploration teams

It’s a nice story of someone who has always been ineterested in space and undertook her school work experience (usually a week in a workplace, and often observing the work going on, making coffee, or indeed menial tasks like cleaning toilets) in the field.
docdeek
·2 months ago·discuss
How does a media company stay in business when there is no one visiting the site, and people are only getting the quality information from Google?

Advertising on the media site (assuming digital media, no physical media) is going to disappear because people probably won't be clicking through to read the source material that the Google AI answer relied on. No traffic, no advertisers, no money to produce the original journalism. That's going to impact the Google results eventually as these media outlets shut down to be replaced with...AI slop, maybe?

Is the subscriber model the answer? It could work for a niche subject or a single journalist with a following, and it wouldn't be sucked into Google results, either, if it was effectively gated/paywalled.
docdeek
·2 months ago·discuss
How does a media company stay in business when there is no one visiting the site, and people are only getting the quality information from Google?

Advertising on the media site (assuming digital media, no physical media) is going to disappear because people probably won't be clicking through to read the source material that the Google AI answer relied on. No traffic, no advertisers, no money to produce the original journalism. That's going to impact the Google results eventually as these media outlets shut down to be replaced with...AI slop, maybe?

Is the subscriber model the answer? It could work for a niche subject or a single journalist with a following, and it wouldn't be sucked into Google results, either, if it was effectively gated/paywalled.
docdeek
·3 months ago·discuss
Video is actually titled, "FIU Student Arrested After Threat in WhatsApp Chat Involving 200+ Classmates"
docdeek
·3 months ago·discuss
It’s exactly what was said in the chat in the video linked.
docdeek
·3 months ago·discuss
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742680 (336 points)
docdeek
·3 months ago·discuss
> Ms. Tully was on an income-based repayment plan, which allows many borrowers to have their remaining debt forgiven after 20 years of making qualifying payments. She was paying $60 per month when she defaulted. This amount, to many, may seem manageable. But for her, it remained psychologically burdensome.

$60 a month for 20 years, and then the debt is forgiven doesn’t sound burdensome at all. Perhaps if she doesn’t return to the US it won’t matter, but it seems a small price to pay monthly to make returning to your home one day a whole lot less stressful.
docdeek
·4 months ago·discuss
https://mullenweg.wtf/
docdeek
·4 months ago·discuss
Pretty sure you have your Sunni and Shia confused there.
docdeek
·4 months ago·discuss
I can't speak to the institution but the only public statements on their website relate to this particular trial. It could be this is the first ever trial they have monitored in this way; it might also be a group that will only ever monitor this one trial.
docdeek
·4 months ago·discuss
"That “brand new account” was created in October 2024 and has 88 predictions based upon your own evidence.”

https://x.com/pearsonm103/status/2028176543264969145
docdeek
·4 months ago·discuss
In a follow-up tweet they show there is a sticker saying that DHL opened the box, too, seemingly before the US Customs. The tweet shows the image and reads: "So I found this label on the side of the box. Of course, the boxes were all left blank. Not sure anymore if this intentional destruction of property was the work of a @DHLexpress employee or @CBP employee…”.

https://x.com/TehKeripo/status/2027231941729378340
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
That’s inaccurate. Amongst NATO countries, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Turkey have mandatory military service, and Croatia is bringing it back. There’s also non-NATO countries like Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, and Switzerland with mandatory military service.

Of those countries, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania all have borders with Russia. The remainder - the majority of both the NATO countries and of the European states with service generally - do not have a border with Russia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj4npzp53o
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
Compulsory military service is not uncommon in Europe.
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
I agree, though if all someone has to go on is that I stayed silent, it might be difficult to conclude whether I am uninterested, indifferent, or scared stiff.
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
> “Most folks are afraid to discuss anything remotely political at work.”

There are plenty of other places to talk politics, religion, or share personal opinions. Work is best kept for work.
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
...and he is mentioned in those articles. Regularly. This analysis is about the people Epstein emailed most, however, so Trump doesn't make the cut.
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
This article is not about who was mentioned in the files or emails, but who was sending and receiving emails. Even then, it limits itself to only the top email senders and receipients. Trump might be mentioned often in the emails, but if he is not among the top couple of hundred senders/receivers of emails, then he’s not going to be mentioned in this article.
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
Title was too long for HN so edited. Actual title: Automattic Planned to “Steal Every Single WP Site” From Hosts That Refused Trademark Deals, WP Engine Alleges in Latest Complaint
docdeek
·5 months ago·discuss
The French term for potatoes is also ‘earth apple’: pomme de terre