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blell··on AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder
That argument does people who have invested decades of their lives into software engineering a lot of good.
blell··on Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case
It could be that they are complete psychopaths with no respect for human life, or it could be that a minority of employees abuse toilet breaks but labour protection laws make them unfireable.
blell··on Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
… .txt? :D
blell··on Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build
Is Podman still not supported natively on macOS?
blell··on IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report
If Serbs wanted their own ethnostate they should have spent the last century subverting the structures of power and media of the West. They didn't do that and the civilians of Beograd paid the price.
blell··on Samsung Upcycle Promise
It’s not Linus Torvalds’ duty to make bootloader unlocking a reality.
blell··on Warm Oceans Turned a 3-Inch Forecast into a Record NYC Blizzard
Unfortunately weather predictions aren’t as simple as a coin flip. But I’m sure meteorologists would manage to fuck up coin flips too.
blell··on Warm Oceans Turned a 3-Inch Forecast into a Record NYC Blizzard
They don't know what's going to happen tomorrow but they know what's going to happen in 30 years.
blell··on Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran
They should learn to code.
blell··on Facebook's Fascination with My Robots.txt
Great point. By the way, by reading this comment, you agree to pay me one gorillion dollars.
blell··on Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov
RT was not censored by any courts of law. It was censored by an unelected executive branch.
blell··on Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov
Why is the response to all of this a giant ad hominem. “Oh but <region> does it too!” - how does this help me as an European?
blell··on Iranian Students Protest as Anger Grows
This article glows.
blell··on Keep Android Open
The legal system has said absolutely nothing about what Apple is doing yet.
blell··on EU mandates replaceable batteries by 2027 (2023)
Gluing batteries solved the old issue where you would drop your phone and it would shut down.
blell··on Silicon Valley engineers were indicted for allegedly sending secrets to Iran
>People loyal to their country tend to stay there.

You'd be surprised. If I were to emigrate because of economic reasons (which is by far the most popular reason to emigrate) my loyalty would stay with my paychecks. I don’t see how it could be otherwise. What binds me to my new country? My history, my character, my race, my religion…? Guess not.

blell··on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
Russia Today is blocked in the EU.

Yes I know you’ll tell me it’s for my own good. Spare me.

blell··on From Paris to New Delhi, the Push to Ban Teens from Social Media Is Going Global
A certain part of the political aisle are seeing what free flow of information is doing to their youth numbers and they don’t like it. This is only the beginning.
blell··on Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026
GTK+ is only a native GUI toolkit in GNOME.
blell··on Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
It’s called “Hybristophilia” and it’s a well-known phenomenon.
blell··on Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database
Immigration policy is one of the most important things people vote for in an election. We need transparent crime data so we can make an informed vote.
blell··on Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
There’s no malice if there was no intention of falsifying quotes. Using a flawed tool doesn’t count as intention.
blell··on EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
The opposite of “Why do you want those brands to die?” is not “Why do you want those brands to exist?”.
blell··on EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
Why do you want those brands to die?
blell··on You can't trust the internet anymore
70% of the GDP of Laos comes from scamming people in the first world.

"A report by the Global Initiative on Transnational Organised Crime (based on United States Institute of Peace findings) estimated that revenues from “pig-butchering” cyber scams in Laos were around US $10.9 billion, which would be *equivalent to more than two-thirds (≈67–70 %) of formal Lao GDP in a recent year."

https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/GI-T...

blell··on News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
That’s good. I don’t like archival sites. Let things disappear.
blell··on Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
The weratedogs guy has been posting political messages for as long as I can remember. This is completely in character for him.
blell··on Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine
The original Xen is rubbish. I’m glad they remade it. Just like they did with “On a rail”.

Black Mesa is a masterpiece.

blell··on Clean-room implementation of Half-Life 2 on the Quake 1 engine
I assume you, the player, have to provide the assets yourself, and the game won't run without them. Since the code does not contain the assets, there is no copyright infringement.
blell··on Irish man detained by ICE for 5 months
Immigrants are a problem created by wealthy people with the intention of dumping the cost of labour.
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