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undfg··on Hottest Temperature Ever – A Crazy Year of Weather
Isn't hn the website that generally laughs at the "won't someone think of the children" argument?
undfg··on Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring
I posted this during EU time; I understand they are ripping you off, but your comment does not apply to what I'm saying.
undfg··on Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring
I don't believe a public institution would be able to come up with a system like this that works reasonably and have it developed in a reasonable amount of time within a reasonable budget.
undfg··on Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement
Because he won't shut up and he never says anything original or worthy of discussion.
undfg··on Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring
Glad that you had an automatic system going, but most universities don't have one and can't fund its development, and wanting to shift this burden to professors is unreasonable.
undfg··on Protect student privacy: ban eproctoring
>We employed the method of mixing the order of questions, not giving question titles, and having a pool of subtly different questions (a negation or a different constant slipped in)

What an awful burden to put on the shoulders of the already overworked and underpaid professors.

undfg··on Instacart CEO will be replaced by Facebook executive
Seemed a peculiar choice for an Indian company.
undfg··on Instacart CEO will be replaced by Facebook executive
The new CEO is a French woman.
undfg··on Surface air temperature for June 2021
Nice misleading chart with a truncated Y axis.
undfg··on EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax
Reminds me of https://marketresearchtelecast.com/the-minister-of-consumer-...

A few weeks ago the same Sanchez said that we Spaniards should eat way less meat by the year 2050. Obviously that won't apply to him.

undfg··on SVG favicons have some cool benefits
Webp is a format that Google pulled out of their ass and successfully pushed because of their market dominance; I don't see why Apple should help Google's hegemony.
undfg··on Ask HN: How to get started with CB radio?
Lots of hard disk space, knowledge of veracrypt, and access to Tor.
undfg··on Covid-19 and lasting erectile dysfunction: Here’s what we know
This seems a stupid psyop to get men to vaccinate.
undfg··on Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw
I have no idea, I'm saying that you can add them if they don't exist. (or just don't open up your SMB port to the wan...)
undfg··on Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw
Have you tried creating those keys your registry is missing?
undfg··on What really happened to Jack Ma?
I don't understand your argument. Are the screenshots in that post faked? Because if they are not, they prove that those movements are Western influence...
undfg··on Apollo 11 implementation of Trigonometric functions (1969)
Ah nice. Although a line by line walkthrough would be nicer.
undfg··on Apollo 11 implementation of Trigonometric functions (1969)
That looks very short. Is that really the full implementation? Is there any annotated version of it?
undfg··on Defeating Cookie Banners
Better solution: do away with cookie banners. Optionally, make the DNT header legally binding.
undfg··on TikTok algo forbids phrase “black people” but not “white people” among others
Because it's an automatic process that detects hot phrases. I doubt they get many videos saying they support white supremacy.
undfg··on TikTok algo forbids phrase “black people” but not “white people” among others
Tiktok is known for not allowing political propaganda on their platform.
undfg··on Some locals say a Bitcoin mining operation is ruining one of the Finger Lakes
I don't know how it is where you live, but that's the way it works here. You pay a daily fee.
undfg··on Variable Length Arrays are problematic
Of course in C... VLAs are a C feature
undfg··on A Twitter addict realizes she needs rehab
Even if you could filter topics somehow, many users would do whatever to bypass the filters to get their political messages through them.

It would reach the point where not trying very hard to bypass the filters would make you liable somehow: "you, a JavaScript developer, should've tried harder to bypass the politics filters when you posted your pro LGBT tweet. What are you, an anti-Semite?"

undfg··on Audacity: Clarification of Privacy Policy
This reminds me of the freenode debacle. The problem is not that audacity was purchased, the problem is that it was sold.
undfg··on After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving
No we do not have to act. It's not our problem. It's none of our business.
undfg··on Indiscriminate messaging and chatcontrol: Last chance to protest
Just another proof that the EU has run its course. It was good while it lasted, but they can't stop themselves from getting bigger and bigger and overreaching.
undfg··on In Twitter’s early days, only one celebrity could tweet at a time (2018)
This was true before Twitter decided to inject tweets from people you don't follow into your timeline.
undfg··on What should the CPU usage be of a fully-loaded CPU that has been throttled?
Interesting. Does this mean that if you are not going to use all HT threads it's better to turn off HT?
undfg··on Microsoft Tries, Fails to Patch Critical Windows Vulnerability. Chaos Ensues
It doesn't say how this is exploited. Remotely? By having the user print something?
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