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vinni2··on Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data
I hate Canvas. I would rather run a course on GitHub. But our university forces it on us. And now this.
vinni2··on Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them
> Expecting bike riders to follow traffic laws is also unrealistic.

Can you cite the research to back up your claim? Because I have the research claiming the opposite the cyclists are more compliant with traffic rules than cars [0]. Including in US [1]

[0] https://www.bicycling.com/news/a46443761/science-proves-moto...

[1] https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/cycli...

vinni2··on Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s
So we need bankid to use social media? I have to move.
vinni2··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
For what it’s worth I heard from a manager in Meta that they are doing this too.
vinni2··on Sauna effect on heart rate
A lot of people go to sauna after workout. I rarely go to sauna without workout so not sure if the combination is helping me or exercise or the sauna. How to control for that?
vinni2··on Great at gaming? US air traffic control wants you to apply
Where is the mighty AI when you need one.
vinni2··on Muse Spark – Meta Superintelligence Labs
From what I heard Meta is spending hundreds of millions each month in Claude credits for developers. So that’s a huge saving if they have own models that match Opus.
vinni2··on Muse Spark: Scaling Towards Personal Superintelligence
I have to create meta account to access. No thanks.
vinni2··on Why do Macs ask you to press random keys when connecting a new keyboard?
Why does it sometimes ask when connecting a HDMI projector?
vinni2··on Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue
It could be over provisioned or that cost is supposed to be minimum cost with some minimum capacity which was never reached.
vinni2··on OpenClaw is a security nightmare dressed up as a daydream
Now everyone has to defend their choice of words to make it sound like what you perceive as human.
vinni2··on Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise to drove engagement, say whistleblowers
Dupe? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403929
vinni2··on UK MPs give ministers powers to restrict Internet for under 18s
Ok go on finish your sentence.
vinni2··on Anthropic's Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute
Depends on the as App Store
vinni2··on How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?
Damn my business plan just got renewed for another year I forgot to cancel.
vinni2··on Will magnesium supplements help you relax?
https://archive.is/2026.02.27-190813/https://www.economist.c...
vinni2··on A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
https://archive.is/2026.02.12-200850/https://www.nytimes.com...
vinni2··on How to Scale a System from 0 to 10M+ Users
Does anyone have a similar guide for scaling AI systems? I am afraid this architecture cannot scale to 10M+ users serving LLMs for example.
vinni2··on France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc.
Silicon Valley type of companies grew to be giants by exploiting personal data of users without any regard for privacy and lax regulations. European companies can’t match them because of the regulations and privacy laws. It’s not the lack of talent or investment that is holding EU back.
vinni2··on German economists push for gold repatriation from U.S. vaults
Dupe and original post was flagged for some reason.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46742250

vinni2··on Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees
I am surprised they give smartphones to university employees. I haven’t heard of this incentive in many other European universities.
vinni2··on European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island
Except most of that >800k square mile island is empty. They only need to capture the capital.
vinni2··on European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island
Would we see a war if US tries to capture Greenland like they did in Venezuela? That’s the end of NATO as we know it and it will be it would be ETO?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/world/europe/trump-greenl...

vinni2··on U.S. Attack to Seize Greenland Would End NATO, Danish Prime Minister Says
They went to support them for war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
vinni2··on Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
Straight out of Orwellian.
vinni2··on ACM Is Now Open Access
While it is free for readers, authors or author institutions still need to pay to publish the papers.

> Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

https://cc.acm.org/2026/open-access/

vinni2··on Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US and “debanked”
This is a bit old

> The 125 member states of the Court will hold their annual Assembly in The Hague, Netherlands, in early December.

I wonder if they made any progress after that.

vinni2··on I migrated to an almost all-EU stack and saved 500€ per year
What about OS that’s hard to migrate to a EU produced OS.
vinni2··on Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia
All those founders and companies accepting Saudi investment have blood on their hands.
vinni2··on More than half of researchers now use AI for peer review, often against guidance
Which half?
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