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franczesko··on Keep Android Open
What this has to do with the topic, if you're on iOS?
franczesko··on Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
Horrible system.
franczesko··on My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before
Solaris is such a unique concept. From Polish authors I've really enjoyed Limes Inferior by J. Zajdel. The concept of means of payment spoke to me, when I had my own wondering about workless future and digital currencies.
franczesko··on Windows 11 25H2 October Update Bug Renders Recovery Environment Unusable
Switched? The Windows Insider has 3 different tiers for testers: Dev, Beta and Release preview and still update rollouts are an example of how not to do it
franczesko··on EQ: A video about all forms of equalizers
I tried to post Posy's videos a few times here, but with no bigger interest.

His videos about LCD technology are hypnotizing. Bonus - he makes all the music.

franczesko··on Making Every Windows 11 PC an AI PC
Windows isn't a must for gaming nowadays
franczesko··on Leaked Apple M5 9 core Geekbench scores
AMD asleep? I didn't think this is accurate
franczesko··on South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population drops
We should ask ourselves a question, if the system we're living in is not rewarding having kids, is a good system at all?
franczesko··on ‘No Other Land’ consultant Awdah Hathaleen killed by Israeli settler
Being pro-Israel, what's your take on quotes from figures such as Smotrich and Ben-gvir?
franczesko··on Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want
We should ask ourselves a question, if the system we're living in is not rewarding having kids, is a good system at all?
franczesko··on Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone
Brave?
franczesko··on Zorin OS
Link?
franczesko··on Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge
Is fruit of the poisonous tree rule applicable here?
franczesko··on New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles
USA is a beautiful place to visit and people are very hositable. I think that there's a big difference between what people do and what the state does. I do agree however, that what is happening in this country right now is deeply concerning.
franczesko··on Windows 10 spies on your use of System Settings (2021)
Playing games on Linux nowadays works like a charm. I had no issues with any Steam or Epic sore games whatsoever.
franczesko··on The Visual World of 'Samurai Jack'
Genndy Tartakovsky is a truly unique creator. Samurai Jack was so good, that I had to watch how it ends years later since watching the show on cartoon network
franczesko··on The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine
AI bubble burst will come first.
franczesko··on A simple search engine from scratch
Please see links to videos and notes - they still work. Udacity must have removed the course
franczesko··on A simple search engine from scratch
Due to dead links, this is more appropriate url:

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/courses/cs101/

franczesko··on A simple search engine from scratch
On the topic of search engines, I really liked classes by David Evans. The task was also building a simple search engine from scratch. It's really for beginners, as the emphasis is on coding in general, but I've found it to be very approachable.

https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/courses/

franczesko··on Microsoft's ICC blockade: digital dependence comes at a cost
Microsoft will be hit hard due to DMA
franczesko··on US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired
> Piracy refers to the illegal act of copying, distributing, or using copyrighted material without authorization. It can occur in various forms

Professing of IP without a license AND offering it as a model for money doesn't seem like an unknown use-case to me

franczesko··on Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules
"this exclusionary conduct substantially harmed Google’s publisher customers"

From the money perspective it was Google. But I agree on Facebook's contribution, as they've pretty much created an advertising cartel together

franczesko··on Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules
Google also destroyed journalism as we know it. Who knows how the industry would look like, if it wasn't suffocated by its monopoly
franczesko··on Microsoft birthday interrupted by a protest against using AI by Israeli military
I'm in awe of bravery and moral integrity of any big tech employees standing against any acts of technology misuse for military purposes
franczesko··on Europe needs its own social media platforms to safeguard sovereignty
The World needs decentralized internet independent from big tech
franczesko··on MacBook Air M4
Just go for anything with the latest AMD
franczesko··on Should managers still code?
No
franczesko··on It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
It is also supporting companies openly admitting to run projects for the US army and Israel (project Nimbus). This alone is already enough.
franczesko··on Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding
BS
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