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born2discover··on Russia's glide bombs devastating Ukraine's cities on the cheap
May I wonder what would you propose in his stead ?

I am not a military inclined person, but asking for missiles that are purposefully built to target air missiles as well as their delivery mechanisms seems reasonable to me.

Am I missing something ?

born2discover··on Russia's glide bombs devastating Ukraine's cities on the cheap
I would assume Russian military would not be relying on GPS but use GLONAS[1] instead.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS

born2discover··on Framework Laptop 16 Review
Same question but for Switzerland.
born2discover··on Ask HN: Where can I find good legal documents?
This actually depends. If you need something specific, tailored to your needs and operational niche, then obviously you can not forego a visit to a lawyer. However, for some documents, a reputable template is more than enough. (As even lawyers rarely draft "bespoke" documents for every client and happen to use a templated text more often than not).
born2discover··on The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
My apologies for hijacking the thread, but could you please elaborate on your noscript/(x)html map setup ?

How would one even handle zooming and paning in such a case ? With forms ?

born2discover··on YouTube is now blocking ad blockers so I make ads run faster
And ad a bonus, you get to be tracked everywhere for a tiny monthly fee ! Who wouldn't want that ! /S
born2discover··on Daily Driving FreeBSD
Funny but Chrome on Android opens the website without any issues
born2discover··on Google/IAC/Expedia (2019)
Your comment is based on the premises that Meta/Google... are there to help you shop/find the best result once you've made your mind. For that purpose, an optimised search engine is indeed very useful.

But I don't think that's why intent profiling exists. What if, instead of helping you find quickly what you are looking for, they forced you through a less perfect system that, while leading you to your result, suggests you other, somewhat similar articles... Maybe you'll buy more? That incentivises ads and thus increases profits for the AdTech.

born2discover··on Scandinavian spy drama: An intelligence chief who came under state surveillance
The Guardian seems to have covered that as well here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/ex-danish-defe...
born2discover··on I Am Happy Not to Be a Web Developer Anymore
According to the lore a goldfish has an attention span of about 3 seconds, are you sure humans nowadays have one *that long* ?
born2discover··on Security Vulnerability of Switzerland's E-Voting System
Yep, that pretty much mirrors my own experience as well, and I am also Swiss.

Sadly, IT companies in Switzerland aren't serious about security. Even big, reputable firms have been shown to be sub par when it comes to it... One of such incidents involved a highly reputable firm in Geneva that had many federal contracts. They got a data breach and their dirty laundry got aired out in the open: passwords to client networks/accounts/... were stored in clear text, contracts and other confidential information barely protected...

So I'd say, while in Switzerland we do some things right, IT ain't it.

born2discover··on Show HN: Explore doctors' disciplinary history
That's a really interesting project !

One pet peeve, though. Some entries have "Arbitration Award" listed as an action. However, these usually mean that the physician won an arbitration case (i.e. the ruling was in their favour). Listing them without any differentiation can potentially negatively bias a person's opinion against a perfectly honest doctor.

born2discover··on America’s Afghanistan war devastated the environment, may never be cleaned up
Too many to count I'm afraid
born2discover··on Towards HTTPS by Default
That sounds intriguing, could you please elaborate?
born2discover··on UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill
And yet Australia voted not to become a republic in 1999. Seems like it did survive a simple popular vote at that time.
born2discover··on UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill
Police does not hold any discretionary powers on whether to enforce a law. In a functional State, Police is a subordinate of the executive branch, not it's willing accomplice. It can't enforce laws it deems "ok" and turn a blind eye on those it deems "meh".
born2discover··on Switzerland Weighs Full or Partial Credit Suisse Nationalization
Credit Suisse is indeed one of several globally systemically important banks. The list is annually established by the Financial Stability Board [1].

[1]: https://www.fsb.org/2022/11/2022-list-of-global-systemically...

born2discover··on Switzerland Weighs Full or Partial Credit Suisse Nationalization
There is no such thing as a "constitutional right given to Swiss citizens to banking secrecy". Swiss constitution does not provide anything of sort [1]. The "Banking Secret" is defined at art. 47 of the Federal Law on Banking [2] and it has a rather narrow definition.

So there is no such thing as "banking secret" for Swiss residents. Hence even if Credit Suisse is nationalized, it won't change anything for their customers, except perhaps an increase in trust.

[1]: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/en [2]: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/51/117_121_129/fr#art_47

born2discover··on Python-patterns – A collection of design patterns/idioms in Python
IMHO that greeter function of yours is unnecessarily complicated. The same could be achieved in an easier way:

"""python

from functools import partial

def greeter(name):

    print(f"Hello {name}")

greet1 = partial(greeter, "Joe")

greet2 = partial(greeter, "Sue")

greet1()

greet2()

"""

born2discover··on Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email?
Could you please elaborate on the "..., and have a fake first MX record" ?
born2discover··on Lenovo Forums stores plaintext password as a cookie
I believe they are referencing the fact that upon a login attempt the server does receive a plaintext password per se.

Usually it is stored in memory only long enough to compare it to the hashed version from the persistence layer but... that's in theory.

born2discover··on Tabler Icons – Free vector icons for web design
In fact, the previous version of Tabler used feather icons but then they decided to roll their own for whatever reason.
born2discover··on Podman Desktop Companion GUI – Parity on All Major Operating Systems
Interesting! Do you have by any chance a link the documentation about it, because so far all I could find are links to information about `podman generate systemd`.
born2discover··on Podman Desktop Companion GUI – Parity on All Major Operating Systems
For that Podman provides a nifty little trick: `podman generate systemd`[0] which allows you to generate systemd unit files for your pods and/or containers.

Once generated and enabled, your pods/containers act as systemd services that can be started, stopped etc.

[0]: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-generate-sy...

born2discover··on Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
What that company is trying to do is breach hundreds if not thousands of contracts just because said customers belong to a certain country. Such actions have legal ramifications that either the CEO or the entire Namecheap board did not take into account.

Hence this entire act resembles an emotional response of a distraught individual that lashes out. Have a look at [1] for an interesting take on the matter.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507443

born2discover··on Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
Understandable yes. But within their rights? I doubt so. Contracts are binding for both parties (client and the company). What they are doing here is an intentional breach of contract. Depending on the jurisdiction it can have nasty legal ramifications.
born2discover··on Ask HN: Should I give my employer all my medical records?
If one can prove that her termination is directly linked to her medical condition/status, then the trial should return a favourable verdict for the plaintive as Siwss labour laws are strict on this kind of shenanigans.
born2discover··on Ask HN: Should I publish my research code?
This one depends on both the field you are in as well as your own academic philosophy OP.

If the paper is enough to reproduce the results AND cleaning up the code can/is tedious, then adding the "code and data are available upon request" note seems both fair and justified.

That way, whoever wants the code can still ask for it and it does not lay an unnecessary burden on the author.

born2discover··on Tell HN: Reddit was showing “Blocked” when accessed with Firefox
Just came here to see if I was the only one seeing that. HN never disappoints.
born2discover··on The Biodegradable Battery
Every human is a biodegradable battery of kinetic energy. So for what its worth, parent comment is technically correct.
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