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luotuoshangduion The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending

They forced me to enter a phone number many years ago.

luotuoshangduion EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"

An authoritarian government needs excuses too. China even claims to be a democratic country. North Korea even has the word Democratic in its name. "Protecting children" is a common excuse China uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_erotic_very_violent is a famous example of them trying to justify internet censorship under the name of "protecting children".

luotuoshangduion I want to live like Costco people

Well, other countries are diverse too. What Aurornis experiences is just a tiny fraction of other countries.

luotuoshangduion AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights

It makes sense. An LLM can definitely help polish your resume.

luotuoshangduion America's Expanding Domestic Surveillance

Now you are beginning to feel the pain?

luotuoshangduion Uber wants to turn its drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Well, if they are making money out of the data, they should pay the drivers extra.

luotuoshangduion California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws

Yes, I thought AV by design should not voilate traffic laws.

luotuoshangduion Ask.com has closed

Has anyone tried Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? "Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me these silly questions." Could be fun.

luotuoshangduion Birdora – a calm app to help you notice birds around you

How does it compare to the Merlin Bird app?

luotuoshangduion Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day?

Workflowy. This "list of lists" approach just works for me.

luotuoshangduion Rules-based world order in retreat and violence on the rise. Has WW3 begun?

The starting date of World War II is still not universally agreed upon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II#Start_and_end_dat...).

luotuoshangduion Chinese jacket maker is now the biggest company, according to Bloomberg

TLDR: it’s a data bork. A decimal point appears to have moved quite far to the right.

luotuoshangduion From: Steve Jobs. "Great idea, thank you."

That's a fun little story

luotuoshangduion Cuttlefish 'talk' with their arms, study reveals

Cuttlefish are incredibly intelligent.

luotuoshangduion Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer (1987) [pdf]

That's true. But at least you can do a search on a computer.

luotuoshangduion Show HN: Open-source sound effects and react library to spice up your website

Yeah, it's annoying when websites make unwanted sound.

luotuoshangduion Burning Mao

Mao is still considered a great leader in China. His portrait appears on literally all Chinese banknotes in the current series (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_series_of_the_renminbi).

luotuoshangduion Nintendo now blocks playing the same game on two Switch consoles simultaneously

That seems fair, to be honest

luotuoshangduion A memory of the nineteen nineties (1997)

The page looks quite modern for a 1997 website.

luotuoshangduion Why can't HTML alone do includes?

HTML is a markup language, not a programming language. It's like asking why Markdown can't handle includes. Some Markdown editors support them (just like some server-side tools do for HTML), but not all.

luotuoshangduion Tesla Sales Plummet 80.7% in Sweden

Sales of EVs from other brands are rising.

luotuoshangduion Mark Twain was the original American celebrity

https://archive.is/Ma1CC

luotuoshangduion Zuckerberg: "The average American has 3 friends, but has demand for 15"

3 friends is a lot.

luotuoshangduion Ask HN: Intentional Typos in YouTube Video Captions?

Care to give some examples?

luotuoshangduion Study finds that budget cuts to public R&D would significantly hurt the economy

As expected.

luotuoshangduion Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail

> Good government like China

This is a bad joke. For starters, China blocked Proton Mail years ago.

luotuoshangduion LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo

Because Duolingo is perhaps the most well-known language learning app right now, people call their apps 'alternatives to Duolingo' regardless of how much they actually have in common.

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The Trump slump

luotuoshangduion We need more optimistic science fiction

Thanks, hopepunk is a fun new concept to learn about.

luotuoshangduion The Original IBM ThinkPad (2009)

I'm still sad that IBM doesn't make laptops anymore.