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lhoff··on twitter/the-algorithm
Twitters main value is its user base (especially including most journalists, "stars", politicans, companies,...)

I would say the algo itself is worthless, but my estimate would be nowhere near even 1B$.

lhoff··on Abcdesktop – a cloud native desktopless system
> This is an odd thing to say. Can't I already run many graphical applications on a single kernel even without docker containers? And wouldn't that be even more lightweight?

I think what is written between the lines is that they compare it to full OS virtualization. That need for that results from the desire to isolate multiple users from each other.

lhoff··on Oggify: Download Songs Directly from Spotify
off-topic: Under Windows 11 MS renamed "Snip & Sketch" to "Snipping Tool" and replaced to original snipping tool with it.

Feels like the gave up to overcome muscle memory. At least i continued using the og snipping tool under windows 10 because in german the new tool was named "Ausschneiden und Skizzieren" and that didn't map to me searching for "sni" and pressing enter.

lhoff··on OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the launch provider
Its a german podcasts thats why i didn't include a link. Its called UKW and it was in episode 94. If anyone is interested, here is the link: https://ukw.fm/ukw094-ukraine-taktische-wahrheit/
lhoff··on OneWeb will resume satellite launches with SpaceX as the launch provider
I was listening to a podcast recently where they were discussion the best possible outcome for Russia in the comming years and there conclusion was a strong but benevolent dictator (maybe a women) that slowly paves the way towards democracy. There sentiment was that Russia is not ready for democracy right now because of years and years of propaganda and suppression of an intellectual elite.
lhoff··on Zotero 6
Zotero also offers out it the box WebDAV Support for file sync. I use that to sync files using my Nextcloud. Once it is set up, everything works behind the scenes.

https://www.zotero.org/support/sync

lhoff··on Zotero 6
I think OP talks about the Zotero Connector Browser Plugin. So its not a plugin for zotero but your browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge are supported) The plugin ads a button to the Browser where you can add the currently viewed page to your database. It even tries to detect references to papers or other content and choose the matching entry type. Eg on Google Scholar you can choose which search result you want to add. It its a PDF the file gets saved to your zotero database.

All in all very handy.

lhoff··on Smart-TV blocklist for Pi-Hole
If yoh can live with a ~40" TV buying a monitor might be an Option. For example the Philips P-line 439P1 has 42", 4k, HDR400 and supports HDCP 2.2
lhoff··on The Intel Core I3-12300 Review: Quad-Core Alder Lake Shines
They might just sell CPU dies where some cores aren't working. Also these chips are important for business customers where lower end designs are important and they make the money by selling huge amounts.
lhoff··on Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of Americans: study
I havent bought bread in probably 4 Years now. Investing half an hour of work (distributed over the day) every other week for a 2kg Bread. Half of it goes in the freezer.

Also buying fresh vegtables and cooking instead of buying ready made dishes helps.

lhoff··on Ask HN: What messaging tool should I use for a local affinity group?
If most of these people dont't use Slack yet i wouldn't push it. Non-technical people tend to have some resistance towards these new technologies especially in their free time.

I would start with assessing which messaging tools they are already using and see if one of that feeds your needs.

While Slack (or other similar tools like Discord, Teams, Matrix) would be theoretically suitable, it doesn't help when no one uses it. A set of WhatsApp/Signa/Telegram Groups for different kind of topics might be the better solution.

If you are deciding towards a new Tool that most of the people aren't familiar, I'd suggest to organise a little install party to get everyone ready to use the new tool and to overcome the potential initial scepticism and to gain momentum. Also make sure to define a concrete cut-over date to avoid creating just an additional channel.

lhoff··on Germany to deliver 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine
Nope, these are different weapons.

The delivery was announced shortly after the approval of the dutch weapons you are talking about.

This is the translation of the tweet from Bundeskanzler Scholz announcing the change of politics [1]

"The Russian invasion marks a turning point. It is our duty to support Ukraine to the best of our ability in defending against #Putin's invading army. That is why we are supplying 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to our friends in #Ukraine."

[1] https://twitter.com/Bundeskanzler/status/1497632817450266632...

lhoff··on Origin of the Bluetooth Name
I don't now mich about the evolution of Bluetooth over the years but I am using a modern Bluetooth mouse for 2-3 years now and never issues with connectivity. I might be worth another try.
lhoff··on Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
I assume that still has something to do with mRNA being a novel vaccine type. Therefore the regulatory bodies are still carefull. If Moderna, Biontech and other potential players show again and again that there process of developing new vaccines is safe, I'd guess the time to market will getting shorter and shorter.
lhoff··on A German school forked FluffyChat, a Matrix messenger
I read an interview with the responsible vicr-principal of the school today [1]. From my understanding the only created QR Codes that included login and password (minus last 4 digits) and the client used this info to send the request to a standard matrix server. The users only had to type in the last 4 digits manually.

Everything else can be configured via the matrix server config

[*]https://www.golem.de/news/matrix-grundschule-forkt-messenger...

lhoff··on Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?
Someone wrote a nice intro to Scott Alexanders Blogs with links to some recommended articles.

My personal favorite read from the past months is definitely the article on ivermectin. Its a hell of a ride and he was able to create a very well working (at least for me) metaphor that allowed me to imagine how the covid-denial people came to their conclusions.

lhoff··on Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?
I only read books where i have a recommendation. This can either from a conversation or just a mention in a Blog post or here on HN in a comment.

Its definitely not a 100% method but i feel like that the chance that the book is not well written is much lower when at least one person found it readable/enjoyable.

I have a Trello Site for that where i create a card for every book and write down or copy+paste the recomendation.

I also typically download the book from libgen first, take a quick look at it and then buy the book.

lhoff··on Notepad++ v8.2 Released
A similar experience can be achieved with the VSCodes feature called Remote Development where it connects via SSH to a remote machine. Its quite convenient.
lhoff··on Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
I actually prefere the Talk on Alternativlos because it was easier for me to grasp the complex ideas. I was listening it again just last week. But for the mostly English speaking community here the talk with LeX is equally good.
lhoff··on Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
Hands down this Lex's interview with Joscha Bach. Very inspiring and a lot of interesting viewpoints. https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-2/

EDIT For German Speakers i'd also recommend these two episodes: - http://www.jungundnaiv-podcast.de/2021/09/535-aladin-el-mafa... - https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2021-03/maja-goepel-intervi...

lhoff··on rC3 Fahrplan – The Chaos Communication Congress 2021 schedule
This year is different. There are no official tracks and therefore no official call for paper. Thats why only the local CCC Clubs (erfas) offer talks.

A lot of these talks are held by people that are closely related to the CCC. I expect that once the congress is taking place offline again, there will be a official track with selected talks.

Also please note that the ccc was founded in the TAZ headquarter on the table that previously belonged to the Komune 1. CCC was political from day one. I maybe wasn't so present in the earlier days but as "the internet" got more intertwined with politics the CCC followed.

lhoff··on One decade later, Minecraft world generation is interesting again
Yes,

i used PC because in the parent comment PC was used as well.

Desktop is also not ideal because it runs on Laptops as well.

lhoff··on Monitoring 27kw Generac Generator with Raspberry Pi and Multimode Fiber
OP lives I an area with an unreliable power grid - Texas
lhoff··on One decade later, Minecraft world generation is interesting again
Mimd you, there are two versions of Mimecraft. Java and Bedrock. Both support PC but only Bedrock supports other plattforms. Cross Plattform multiplayer therefore only works with bedrock. Java isn't compatible with bedrock servers and the other way around.
lhoff··on Show HN: Windows 2000 on Docker
I used to run around the big tech shops with my phone and took photos of the Windows Licence sticker (WinXP and later Win7) to have enough keys for my experiments.
lhoff··on Developers fix multitude of vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server
Maybe Gatling fits your needs

https://www.fefe.de/gatling/

lhoff··on A generation of American men give up on college
The AC voltage will induce noise onto the low voltage wire. That noise can be of a higher voltage then the low voltage and damage the equipment behind it.

See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_induction

lhoff··on The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency
I wanted to post the exact same thing.

One of the most interesting parts of that episode was how the described their relationship with the hardware manufacturers. The deep level of co-working on a very hard task and jointly developing the tech needed was really inspiring.

lhoff··on Mosh: The Mobile Shell
Its probably that the port range that Mosh uses is blocked. Per default mosh uses a UDP port between 60000 and 61000.
lhoff··on Is Alexandra Elbakyan in real trouble this time?
It's explained in the article. She thinks there is a chance to win the case in India which would be a useful publicity stunt and therefore complies with the court order.
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