Can we all agree 'X' is the worst rebrand in tech history?old.reddit.com16 points·by veeter·2 anni fa·18 comments
Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outagesreuters.com10 points·by veeter·2 anni fa·5 comments
Ask HN: Do you think Gemini 2.0 Flash is using humans to help pick responses?1 points·by veeter·2 anni fa·3 comments
veeter·2 anni fa·discussExactly.Twitter wasn't just a brand, it was a verb.You can't 'X' anything, you don't 'X' your thoughts.Brands that become verbs are rare gems, and Musk swapped his for a letter you can't even easily Google.I was trying to look up search trends for the thing the other day and it's literally impossible.
veeter·2 anni fa·discussMy bad, searched for finland quickly on the homepage and didn't see anything so figured I would post it.
veeter·2 anni fa·discussI believe this is the third incident in recent months.Who would possibly have it out for Finland to not be a player in the internet market?I am slightly concerned about the Helsinki cloud instances I've setup recently on Hetzner now as a result.
veeter·2 anni fa·discussWouldn't that inevitably end up with your server being more closely inspected (or at least more heavily trafficked) by hackers/bots?I doubt that most script kiddies are filtering out potential honeypots/things like this from their tools.
veeter·2 anni fa·discussIt's deemed "experimental" so presumably they could do anything to augment it.
veeter·2 anni fa·discussI always thought it was some kind of protectionist mechanism amongst the academic trades.Can't do your own taxes if you don't speak accounting, you have to pay somebody.Can't represent yourself in court if you can't even comprehend what's being said, either.