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WelcomeShortyon The bottom is dropping out of Netflix

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WelcomeShortyon Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown as subscribers fall

Still we pay bottom "yearly cost in relation to GDP per Capita"

Source

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/countries-netfl...

WelcomeShortyon Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown as subscribers fall

What I understood, it is very often the rights to the music that makes it so fragmented.

WelcomeShortyon BirdNET-Pi: Automated, locally run bird sound identification and tracking

Cool. Bought it and much to my surprise, it worked. Surprised since I live in a city, construction going on, motorcycles passing and still: it detected my beloved house sparrows :)

Will give it a shot later tonight when the noise pollution dies down and the birds get going.

WelcomeShortyon Are film critics losing sync with audiences?

I know from first had experience why that difference is, at least in the realm of classical music reviews.

The critics are professionals, the audience is not. The observations of critics are based on years of experience and written for a large audience with their real name associated with the piece.

The audience can (nowadays) vent their options too. Mainly anonymous and for the better part describing their personal feelings about the experience.

Not saying the one is more useful than the other, just that the origins and intentions are completely different. I like the fact I can easily access both, and sometimes even compare the two (Rotten Tomatoes for example). But I do think the two scorings addressing two different issues.

WelcomeShortyon I must announce the immediate end of service of SSLPing

It does a little more and little less.

More: Enter a list of (sub-) domains and get informed via email when "SSL things" change (for better or for worst), or your https certificate is about to expire.

Less: No fancy pansy "report"

Personally I prefer https://hardenize.com nowadays, over ssllabs for these kind of queries.

WelcomeShortyon I must announce the immediate end of service of SSLPing

Happy user here. I am going to miss your service. It saved my day a couple of times and I loved the no nonsense site, service & notifications.

Thanks for all the fish and I wish you a great time developing your next service!

WelcomeShortyon People who press on cookie banners anything except “agree” – why do you do that?

I use Brave in incognito modus and accept all your stinking cookies which will last for exactly the duration of my current browser session.

My "serious" browser I use only for these "10" sites where I need state (authentication or preferences).

WelcomeShortyon Your competitor wrote the RFP you're bidding on

One great manager I worked for taught me to appreciate the time spend / wasted by our suppliers so what I effectively was thought was:

Send a (light on volume) RFI to the top 10 Pick out minimal 3, maximum 5 and send them a RFP Pick out minimal 2, maximum 3 for a RFQ

Every round all the suppliers had a change to ask questions that would be anonymized and answered to all.

This way we would protect and honour the resources of all parties involved.

Decent write up about RFI RFP RFQ:

https://www.cobalt.net/rfi-rfq-rfp-whats-the-difference/

WelcomeShortyon How Disney Became a Nuclear Power

Just in the last 24 hours 20 links posted by the same account. Go figure.

WelcomeShortyon A smartphone app that allows public to submit evidence of speeding drivers

My pet peeve: Incorrect / broken vehicle lights & ignoring red lights.

In my country (dash) cams are practically forbidden due to privacy concerns and actively handing over footage of said evidence would get exactly one person in trouble: me, not the perpetuator.

WelcomeShortyon One App – Two Worlds: This Is TikTok in Russia and Ukraine

I thought you where joking, but you are not:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_mile

TIL.

WelcomeShortyon Proposed EU rules would require clothes to last longer and be easier to repair

As much as I share your sentiment, my daughters disagree.

They buy quality handbags, jewellery and jackets, but everything else is a consumable. They do share their clothing amongst each other and a couple of close friends, but otherwise will hardly wear a combination more than once (outside that is).

Here I am, buying all my cloths in 5 fold, since I do not like matching different items.

WelcomeShortyon Pamplona Bull Runs Reveal Dynamics of Crowds in Danger

The only real gladiator stuff going on today is Calcio Storico.

Proof me wrong.

WelcomeShortyon Bizarre space circle captured in unprecedented detail

> There's something about this image that almost brings tears to my eyes. It's so big.

I can hardly look at the sky (at night) without getting a panic attack, for that exact reason: the enormity of it all. It scares me to death thinking about the time and the distances. And I never met people who have that too.

WelcomeShortyon Humans did not evolve to ride bicycles (2017)

Better situational awareness: The exact reason why I choose a particular kind of motorcycle over the "fast ones" that make you lean forwards.

These bikes I ride get very little respect in my circles but I will not trade "better situational awareness" for peer respect.

I live in a country with good motorcycling infrastructure, still I prioritise the situational awareness.

WelcomeShortyon Anne Frank betrayal book pulled after findings discredited

Do not forget it was a national hobby in Holland to sell information on (hidden) jews during WW2.

The initial price was 2,50 (Dutch Guilders) at the start of the war, it went up to 40 towards the end.

Dark numbers are said (no without discussion) to be up to 40% of the jews in hiding where sold out.

WelcomeShortyon Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 is here

I got dizzy just reading the article with all these flavours, dependencies, sources and differences.

And this is "just" talking about Mint & Ubuntu... How does a normal person decide what distro to even start with (I am stuck with Kali since forever. Does what I need for my job).

WelcomeShortyon Ask HN: Is it normal to be ghosted for senior position job interviews?

> the recruiter

Someone with a @company-you-mentioned.com address or an external recruiter? Makes quite a difference to your question.

WelcomeShortyon Tell HN: All .fj domains have gone offline

Oddly enough, right now..:

> server 144.120.141.80 Default server: 144.120.141.80 Address: 144.120.141.80#53 > usp.ac.fj Server: 144.120.141.80 Address: 144.120.141.80#53

* server can't find usp.ac.fj: SERVFAIL

WelcomeShortyon Ukraine accepted to NATO cyber defence centre

Oh how the world has changed in one single week, we all stand united. Is having a common enemy not the greatest catalyst?

WelcomeShortyon Ask HN: Do you think nuclear armageddon is plausible?

Impressive to see some people here with "yes".

I mean, how can you spend "last minutes" answering on a forum instead of spending it on something more meaningful?

WelcomeShortyon Oligarchs Flee Russia

French Alsace is where the combined Swiss French airport is close to the city Basel.

Since we (Swiss) don't care^M are neutral, they are welcome here to conduct whatever these people do. :(

WelcomeShortyon Ask HN: New web service idea that you would pay for?

A shopping / todo list that triggers based on my location. I need stuff / should do stuff from / at certain places and would like a reminder when I am close.

WelcomeShortyon How to create advertising that sells

1 comment in 2 hours.

Guess the title at least did not sell that well (I too did not even read the article).

WelcomeShortyon LibreOffice running natively in the browser via WebAssembly

Qt for WebAssembly: soffice Application exit (TypeError: Cannot convert "undefined" to int)

Safari (current) on MacOS (current) on a Apple M1

WelcomeShortyon The Roaring Game – Curling

Thank you for that link. Colour me impressed with both the work that goes into the making of the ice and the level of detail shared.

WelcomeShortyon Thank You, Valve

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27790723

But there is plenty when you google the key words.

WelcomeShortyon Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution

In Euros it tells me 2,62 € is the minimum.

WelcomeShortyon Signal users can give a recurring monthly contribution

Yes and then they sold out to the biggest privacy invading company in the world.

I take that as a lesson.