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bcravenon UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions

Come on now

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

bcravenon Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'

if you like print journalism they're a good option with great print quality

bcravenon LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps

I decided there wasn't much to do if I did:

https://www.webosbrew.org/rooting/

bcravenon A digestion of the Jacobian conjecture counterexample

>And this website is primarily for AI news.

'twas not always thus ):

bcravenon LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

"Prevent this software having unfettered access to your machine by giving some other software unfettered access to your machine"

bcravenon LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

This is one of those typical HN replies that adds absolutely nothing to the discussion.

bcravenon Lego building instructions through time

Both of your projects would benefit (as is so often to case) from screenshots.

bcravenon Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

"I did not expect much, and because the bottlenecks were the HDD and CPU I did not feel any noticeable performance improvement."

Sounds like it started on XP running poorly, and ended on Arch... running poorly.

bcravenon Camera Chase Vehicle

That's, like, your opinion man.

I think this piece of tech looks fabulous!

bcravenon EU officials peeved after Anthropic sends junior staffer to testify about safety

_"Greenberg fired back: "I should take that as a compliment since we're very proud of Claude.""_

bcravenon French parliament approves landmark assisted-dying bill

https://features.dignityindying.org.uk/true-cost-dignitas/

Average £10k from UK

bcravenon Dupes took over the world

With decreasing quality of branded products, there's less to distinguish them from dupes.

https://ledger.worseonpurpose.com/

bcravenon How to build a circular LCD clock

I know of some smaller ones:

https://repebble.com/watch

bcravenon Show HN: I built a one-prompt hackathon platform, free entry, sponsored prizes

On mobile when the "The newest models, like [...]" text has a longer name the whole page jumps down a line to accommodate it.

I'm sure it looks very fancy on desktop, but I am unable to read any more than this.

bcravenon Meta reuses old RAM in new servers with custom bridge chip

Austin Powers hung a lampshade on that very effectively:

Dr. Evil: Mr. President, after I destroy Washington D.C. I will destroy another major city every hour on the hour. That is, unless, of course, you pay me

[emphasis]

Dr. Evil: one hundred billion dollars.

The President: [bursts with laughter] Dr. Evil, this is 1969! That amount of money doesn't even exist.

[laughing]

The President: That's like saying, [with changed voice]

The President: "I want a kajillion bajillion dollars."

bcravenon What Does a 13-Year-Old See on Snapchat in a Normal Week?

Yes I think when the social media bans (e.g. Australia, UK) are mentioned _this_ is the context that the conversation is missing.

bcravenon Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network

"Acquired by Trainline in 2023, Signalbox works with organisations across the rail ecosystem to improve customer information and operational awareness."

https://www.signalbox.io/news/southeastern-launches-track-my...

bcravenon A sociotechnical threat model for AI-driven smart home devices

I'm not sure that's a particularly difficult insight.

bcravenon The Vespa at 80

UK law says if you hit someone, it's your fault.

If you're going fast enough in an area where someone could step out, and someone does step out, if you hit them then you were clearly going too fast.

bcravenon Have you restarted your computer this week?

I'm astonished I had to wade through so many other replies to find this one. I had never considered I might be doing things abnormally when I turned my machine off at the end of the day.

If nothing else, think of the power usage!

bcravenon Free the Icons

Your last paragraph is why I no longer have my lenses thinned. It's cheaper too!

bcravenon Instagram is incorporating users' photos in ads for Meta Glasses

"Damn, this is creepy level though & generally I’m all for ads knowing everything about me. Putting my wife’s profile pic in an ad is too much"

Presumably this reply is a joke?

bcravenon Help I accidentally a wigglegram

I think that's part of the charm.

bcravenon I built an offline tool to stabilize TV audio because nothing else worked

I'm interested as to why you have targeted Windows for this. Do you sit in your living room with a laptop open whilst watching television?

bcravenon Show HN: Make PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM)

They're called "wet signatures"

"However, many jurisdictions still require a wet signature. For instance, in the US and Canada, notarized documents require signatures in wet ink. Similarly, documents in areas such as family law, wills, trusts, or banking also require physical signatures. In the UK, tax authorities require a wet signature for any tax documents filed by a British resident."

https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/business/resources/wet-signatu...

bcravenon Renting a sewing machine from the library

Would you prefer it on a Finnish webpage?

https://oodihelsinki.fi/mita-oodilaiset-lukevat-syyskuussa/a...

bcravenon Meet Nikolai Evreinov, the 19th century Nathan Fielder

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10802170/

bcravenon DOJ claims xAI's gas turbines are a matter of 'national and energy security'

That have been there since Sep 2024

https://naturalgasintel.com/news/data-centers-going-off-grid...

bcravenon I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID

Gemini loves talking about "The Nuclear Option" too

bcravenon A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown

"The second I pull this lever, the entire world as you know it will end in 56 years!"

https://youtu.be/I9M3go2bAIE