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b1ue64··on Tallow in plastics – why? (2016)
"This process of using fatty acids derived from animal fats has become headline news as different groups have protested against the use of animal products in the production of the new £5 note."
b1ue64··on How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11?
> SteveSi/Julie/etc. were brought in to lead the Win7 effort.

And Win7 barely changed anything.

b1ue64··on How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11?
ExplorerPatcher [1] exists also

[1] https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

b1ue64··on Leak of a cancelled 1996 “Duke Nukem Forever” side-scroller
2d side scrolling games are still popular today*
b1ue64··on Ask HN: Anyone tired of everything being a subscription now?
> as strange as "owning" a music album.

praying that this is a joke rn

b1ue64··on Unredacter: Never use pixelation as a redaction technique
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hunter2
b1ue64··on Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy
WaterFox is owned by an advertising company called System1

https://system1.com/press/system1-welcomes-waterfox

b1ue64··on Show HN: LearnGPT – Browse and share ChatGPT examples
I'm betting that ChatGPT wrote this
b1ue64··on MSN replaced journalists with AI publishing fake news about mermaids and Bigfoot
You can just dual boot/install Linux alongside Windows
b1ue64··on The World Cup of Microsoft Excel
https://archive.ph/DgDYQ
b1ue64··on GH Skyline page says “Payment required”
I can still use it fine
b1ue64··on Reusing yesterday’s coffee grounds for another cup of coffee
It's a fucking coffee blog
b1ue64··on Court Orders U.S. Navy to Pay $154,400 in Software Piracy Damages
From the article: "Whether Bitmanagement will celebrate this win is up for question as the damages are less than 0.1% of the $155 million it asked for. "
b1ue64··on Fake HN titles generated by GPT-3
"Pornhub was around for 18 years before people started thinking about it [video]"
b1ue64··on Show HN: Pokemon Emerald Randomizer
I don't think you understand the appeal of this, you wouldn't really enjoy this if you've never played the game before.
b1ue64··on Big Investors Are Giving Up on Crypto Markets Going Mainstream
https://archive.ph/nQt9V
b1ue64··on Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO
> The complete archive for DOOM for the 3DO

It's funny how you bother to look at the commit dates, but not the README and repository description

b1ue64··on LemmyBB, a federated bulletin board
Lemmy is a pre-existing federated link aggregator, LemmyBB is a new phpBB-like front end for it.
b1ue64··on Microblog.pub – A self-hosted, single-user, ActivityPub powered microblog
Python is already included on most Linux systems
b1ue64··on HHS purchases $290M worth of drugs for nuclear emergencies
Mask don't have expiry dates unless you use them
b1ue64··on Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown
> unless you can deal with using Linux as your daily driver desktop OS

That's not as hard as you make it sound

b1ue64··on TikTok tracks you across the web, even if you don’t use the app
The github repository is archived, last update was June 20, 2021 https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
b1ue64··on India's lattice buildings cool without air con
From the article:

"Jaali’s cooling feature relies on the Venturi effect in a similar way to an air conditioning unit. 'When air passes through holes, it picks up velocity and penetrates afar. Due to the small apertures, air gets compressed and when released it gets cooler,' says Pandya."

b1ue64··on DOS on DOPE
It's a joke. Don't overthink it.
b1ue64··on Ask HN: Do you find Discord completely disorienting?
Discord doesn't need your phone number, although if you try using a VPN or Tor they'll think you're suspicious and require it
b1ue64··on Ask HN: Do you find Discord completely disorienting?
"how each message somehow takes so much vertical space"

Discord has a compact mode https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/217047657-How-...

b1ue64··on Status Traps: Learning from Web2 Social Networks
Crypto depends on blockchain. You clearly don't know much about the technology you're peddling.
b1ue64··on “Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from shop back to factory
I'm talking about the "exports dwarf their imports" bit
b1ue64··on Puppertino: A CSS framework based on Human Guidelines from Apple
The latest commit is from May 23 of this year. That's not "abandoned for over a year". Fractal Technologies is still very suspicious though.
b1ue64··on “Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from shop back to factory
China imports 80% of their oil, IIRC it's the bulk of their imports
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