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wsdanon Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany

I can confirm that in Australia SBS (a government owned TV channel) has played the show every New Years Eve at 6.10pm for 30 years and everyone I knew always watched it before heading out to celebrations.

https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2016/12/19/broadcast-sb...

wsdanon Bitbucket Is Down

Finally showing "Major Outage" on the status page.

wsdanon Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

The farewell video is posted here: https://youtu.be/DPMluEVUqS0 and is read by the father of Alex (aka Technoblade).

wsdanon Why am I no longer qualified to be a Brex customer?

This isn’t the first time doing this - at the start of the pandemic they also closed the accounts of travel and hospitality businesses en masse. They tried to win us back once the vaccine was out and business was booming but we’d lost any trust in their reliability by then.

wsdanon Tinder’s pricing algorithm can charge users up to 5x more for same service

Insurance companies are supposed to increase the price t relative to the risk. So if you’re paying double the premium than someone else for car insurance, it’s because they have some data to suggest that you’re twice as, “risky.”

In the US, at least, you actually need to to get pre-approval for your prices and how you arrive at that price, and that information becomes public record.

wsdanon Who do I trust and why? Digital Ocean, Google Chrome and Motion Sensors

https://grantwinney.com/websites-requesting-access-to-motion...

Perhaps this link will help. It looks like websites can request if your browser has access to things like a Gyroscope or Magnetometer, and by default Chrome will block access without your consent.

It could be some sort of fingerprinting technique.

wsdanon Show HN: Flying in for a YC interview? Zenner will protect you from disruption

Hi HN - Zenner cofounder here.

For those of you fortunate enough to receive a YC interview, congratulations! We've built a free tool that will analyze the risk of your flights being disrupted, and we're also offering to help get you to SF even if your flight is canceled, delayed, or you miss a connection.

Give it a go, we're keen for your feedback.

wsdanon Dr. Bronner’s soap brand became a touchstone of wellness culture

The best advice I ever read for Dr. Bonnner’s was to buy one scent for the shower and a different one for the kitchen.

As no-one wants their dishes to smell the same as their private parts.