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RvdV··on Tell HN: Use "-f**k" to kill Google AI Overview
Adding '-ai' to your search also removes the AI summaries from search results.
RvdV··on Show HN: SQL Noir – Learn SQL by solving crimes
I like it! Very fun! Few ideas:

- The "submit" box isn't clear on whether it needs the name or the suspect id for the first case

- It would be nice to have a "copy to notes" button in the output

- It would be nice to have some docs on what functions are available / which dialect this is.

I think this very valuable, it's so much more easy to learn if you actually have a small project to work on

RvdV··on Baltic countries disconnect from the Russian power grid
Yes good point! We only had the idea of making this site a few days ago so the UI could use some tweaks. Thanks for the feedback.

UPDATE: made a small PR and fixed it. For now it's most consistent to just use dot separators everywhere.

RvdV··on Baltic countries disconnect from the Russian power grid
Yes, they are already keeping the link at 0MW transferred for a while and will now disconnect it. You can read more on Elering's website: https://elering.ee/en/synchronization-continental-europe
RvdV··on Baltic countries disconnect from the Russian power grid
On Saturday (8th of Feb), Baltic countries will disconnect from the Russian power grid and synchronise with the Continental European electricity system. They will operate in "island mode" for 33 hours, and then synchronize with the European grid frequency.

The frequency is a key parameter of the grid. If there is too much load, it goes down, and if there is too much production it goes up. A lot of critical grid infrastructure relies on the frequency being in the 49.5-50.5 Hz range.

I built a tool together with some colleagues to track the grid frequency in real time during this operation over the past few days to follow this process in real time!

If you're curious for more details, there is also a great post on the Estonian TSO's website about the process: https://elering.ee/en/synchronization-continental-europe

RvdV··on Open Insulin Foundation
> and defacto pushing that globally?

There is no need for a global push; prices outside the US are substantially lower already. See https://pharmanewsintel.com/news/insulin-prices-8x-higher-in...

RvdV··on Git undo: We can do better
New commands 'git switch' (git switch -c for new branch) and ' git restore' address exactly that issue and are available on newer git versions, so it's being worked on!

I do agree with the second example. Pulling and merging with remote after a rebase makes a terrible mess!

RvdV··on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
I didn't know of tools like this and I like this one! Well done, I'm bookmarking it :)
RvdV··on Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping to a Git repository
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
RvdV··on Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping to a Git repository
Wow, that's a cool idea! I wonder, how do you handle bad responses (e.g. HTTP 400/500) from the server? It might mess up the logs twice if it's committed...