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indianpianist··on Project Gutenberg is no longer fully blocked in Germany
Great!
indianpianist··on RSS is wonderful
Feeder.co is pretty good.
indianpianist··on Apple is finally fixing the things people hate most about its laptops
It took this long?
indianpianist··on Ask HN: What non-American news sources do you recommend?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia) https://www.abc.net.au/

British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom) https://www.bbc.com/

Deutsche Welle (Germany) https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097

The Times of India (India) https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

The Hindu (India) https://www.thehindu.com/

indianpianist··on The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
This was spot-on, especially the "always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation" part.
indianpianist··on Ask HN: How many people read the linked article or just the HN comments?
I always only read the comments.
indianpianist··on Ask HN: Why isn't Usenet used anymore?
It's been filled with spam ever since the Eternal September of 1993.
indianpianist··on [dead]
> Somebody got a new pizza oven for National pizza month

There's a national pizza month?

indianpianist··on [dead]
Yes. The same is applicable to every social networking site.
indianpianist··on What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?
> Most people outside of the US don't even know what "60 Minutes" is.

I live in Australia. 60 Minutes exists here as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes_(Australian_TV_prog...

indianpianist··on What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?
Well, it seems Facebook is back up now.
indianpianist··on What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?
> The mass outage comes just hours after CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a much-anticipated interview with Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower who recently leaked a number of internal Facebook investigations showing the company knew its products were causing mass harm, and that it prioritized profits over taking bolder steps to curtail abuse on its platform — including disinformation and hate speech.

I'm hoping that this is just a coincidence

indianpianist··on Ask HN: Is HN having problem keeping up today?
Yeah, it's loading slower than usual today. One time I even got the "We're having some trouble serving your request. Sorry!" page.
indianpianist··on Ask HN: What song has been in your head today/recently?
Hopelessly - Rick Astley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1hN4mwmW0c

indianpianist··on Ask HN: What are you favourite browser extensions?
I use the Wayback Machine extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fp...) - if a webpage no longer exists, the Wayback Machine will give me an archived copy of it.
indianpianist··on Ask HN: Why do read you the comments
I like reading other people's opinions.
indianpianist··on CNLabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaught
> SenseOfHumourOnHN?Sacrilege!

FTFY

indianpianist··on Hacker News RSS
I use Feeder.

https://feeder.co/

indianpianist··on 'Google' is most searched word on Bing
What did he say? It just says "[flagged]" now
indianpianist··on Show HN: O's URL Lengthener
Can't wait for someone to rickroll me with these lengthened "o" links.
indianpianist··on California outlawed all-white-male boardrooms – reshaping corporate America
Y'know, back in my day we had a word for this... I think it was "racism" but I'm not entirely sure
indianpianist··on Apple says photos in iCloud will be checked by child abuse detection system
"The disclosure came in a series of media briefings in which Apple is seeking to dispel alarm over its announcement last week that it will scan users' phones, tablets and computers for millions of illegal pictures."

Yes, this definitely "dispels" my alarm. Thanks, Apple.

indianpianist··on Show HN: This Idea Does Not Exist
I'm pretty sure that "an app that helps you keep track of your cryptocurrency investments" already exists.
indianpianist··on American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math' (2017)
What is "Russian math" like? And how does it differ from math curriculums taught in other areas of the world?