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gersg··on Tell HN: Anyone else happy that crypto and Bitcoin spam is over?
I am tired, in general, of single topics taking over the entire internet. In that regard crypto and AI are not that different. For a few weeks it was amusing, now I'm simply tired. And the next thing will tire me too.
gersg··on Rarbg Is No More
Google takes down content when they get notified, rarbg doesn't.
gersg··on Rarbg Is No More
Linking to pirated content is illegal in many European countries.
gersg··on Why won’t Google give an answer on whether Bard was trained on Gmail data?
Thank the Lord for that "Readers added context" marker that tweets now can have.
gersg··on Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’
I walk. It's like 10 minutes to the supermarket. So I'd rather carry weight for 10 minutes, on my way back, instead of 20, both ways.

This discussion is a waste of time. There are two options. One is easier than the other. Like everyone else, I want to take the easier one. Period.

gersg··on Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’
Carrying weight on the way to the supermarket is worse than carrying no weight on the way to the supermarket... plus everything I already said.
gersg··on Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’
Imagine how bloody annoying it would be if we had to bring a bag full of empty glass bottles to the supermarket every time we wanted them refilled. Thank God for plastic
gersg··on Tackling plastic pollution: ‘We can't recycle our way out of this’
And you can't drop them, you can't crush them to make them take up less space in the rubbish... they are objectively worse in all regards I can think of
gersg··on JMAP – a modern email open standard
If you don't enable "smart" features in gmail you don't see ads either.
gersg··on A terminal case of Linux
Please don't use lossy formats to show screenshots of a terminal.
gersg··on Removing support for forwarded ports
If neither side has their ports open there is no way to make the initial connection.