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mindracer··on Oracle slashes 30k jobs
https://thenextweb.com/news/oracle-layoffs-march-2026
mindracer··on Second Win11 emergency out of band update to address disastrous Patch Tuesday
Search on Windows is completely pointless, it’s been broken for years at this point. I’ve installed PowerToys and use Command Palette now
mindracer··on Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
KinGrinder are worth checking out, I got the K6 for about £70
mindracer··on Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026?
A driverless car will be involved in a fatal accident
mindracer··on All recent bash commits are by one person
Wow, the last 14 years
mindracer··on Fire TV: Amazon to block piracy apps in the future
How long till they block apps like plex or kodi
mindracer··on Microsoft launches 'vibe working' in Excel and Word
> Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench

Amazing

mindracer··on California’s Alo Slebir unofficially broke the big wave surfing world record
Nazare, there’s a show called 100 foot wave that follows a couple of surfers who ride there

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazaré,_Portugal

mindracer··on Notion releases offline mode
Silverbullet?

https://github.com/silverbulletmd/silverbullet

mindracer··on Mouseless – fast mouse control with the keyboard
Recently started using Viumium, much prefer it to using a mouse
mindracer··on Two decades after Enron's bankruptcy, the company is back as a crypto firm?
This is a parody apparently

https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3lcdqpash6q2a

mindracer··on Pro bettors disguising themselves as gambling addicts
The BBC have a podcast called Sports Strangest Crimes. The most recent series was about Moses Sawbu who was match fixing in the lower leagues. Worth listening to it

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jv3zvy

mindracer··on DuckDuckGo for Mac is now open source
I’ve been seeing this in DDG too, pretty annoying. I usually end up switching over to Google but will try Brave now you mention it
mindracer··on OpenStreetMap Is Turning 20
LUGs still exist I regularly attend my local one
mindracer··on Google says it is obligated to disclose confidential info to U.S. government
So…. I’d assume the same applies to Apple?
mindracer··on HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash
I doubt the average consumer would know how terrible the HP printer experience is until they’ve bought one
mindracer··on Botanist tells how nettles helped solve Soham murders
Weren’t the news of the world hacking their voicemail?

I guess the police and others didn’t know that at the time

mindracer··on Proton launches its own version of Google Docs
They’re not outside the law, if the police come knocking with a legal request they have to provide data\details they have. What would you have them do?
mindracer··on The fishy death of Red Lobster
A few years ago my cat needed his teeth cleaned my local vet charged me £125. The same vet, now owned by CVS, is now going to charge £250
mindracer··on The world of Yakuza fan magazines (2009)
Not watched the show but the book it’s based is a memoir https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Vice
mindracer··on A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived
Thanks will give it a go
mindracer··on A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived
Same, I’ve been using DuckDuckGo privacy browser and every update seems to break something
mindracer··on Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
I use NextDNS and have crazy battery drain when the app is enabled on my iPhone
mindracer··on Electric mountain: Power station that shows the beauty of infrastructure
Incredible place, while at Bangor university I did my dissertation on electric mountain and now spend my weekend hiking round Snowdonia. Lovely part of the world
mindracer··on Twitter Is at Death’s Door, One Year After Elon Musk’s Takeover
The site might still be functioning but they’re losing users

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-daily-active-users-dr...

mindracer··on Cat accused of wiping US Veteran Affairs server
I always lock my laptop when away from my desktop as I’m terrified my cat will end up doing something similar
mindracer··on iOS 17 is available today
The keyboard is a huge improvement, much more accurate and easy to use
mindracer··on ProtonMail Complied with 5,957 Data Requests in 2022 – Still Secure and Private?
Regardless of whether they’re secure or private they have to comply with data request. They’re not outside of the law

Edit: of course if they kept minimal logs & user information would help when law enforcement came knocking. Can’t give what you don’t have

mindracer··on Microsoft will let you uninstall more built-in Win 11 apps soon for less bloat
Cortana is going EoL in the next few months so being able to uninstall it is not surprising
mindracer··on The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas
I saw a video of one and it looked terrifying. absolutely no room, if there was a fire no one would get out
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