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x__x··on Oil is selling for less than $10 across key North American hubs
What could this mean on a local/consumer level? Is there the potential to have a manufactured shortage?
x__x··on Google cloud outage
I was bummed out when Siteground moved all their cloud accounts over G, without telling their customers beforehand
x__x··on Spanish soldiers find bodies in Madrid retirement homes
"Are we supposed to only say popular stuff?"

I've noticed a lot of censorship on this site

x__x··on California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
How is no one talking about ID2020?
x__x··on Coronavirus could force ISPs to abandon data caps forever
For those in the eCommerce area, are you seeing more or less consumer spending right now (outside of supplies ie toilet paper, masks, hand sanitizers..)
x__x··on “Just walk out” technology by Amazon
Most of their other domains seem to be registered with MarkMonitor Inc. domain registrar.

Even if they recently bought this domain and it was pushed to one of their GoDaddy accounts, you think they would immediately initiate a transfer to MarkMonitor to put it in their portfolio of managed domains.

In July of 2019, the domain had a coming soon page on it, that was in German:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190709115714/http://justwalkou...

x__x··on Google tracking a bike ride past a burglarized home made the rider a suspect
"law enforcement authorities say those worries are overblown...is not enough to justify charging someone with a crime, they say."

But it is enough to justify the person spend thousands and thousands of dollars on their legal defense so they can prove their innocence

x__x··on Google tracking a bike ride past a burglarized home made the rider a suspect
So if he were using an old cellphone, before the days of apps, would he still have been served a notice from the phone company for his phone tower location?

The article says: "drawn from users’ GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular connection"

and cellular connection.

x__x··on Apollo: An iOS Reddit app built for power and speed
I have completely fazed out reddit from my daily browsing. Unless it is an obscere sub on a niche topic, the posts on there are gamed and manipulated to the front page.

That site has essentially turned into mainstream media with links curated by big companies and special interest groups, with the illusion of community curated content.

It's going to be a shit show this coming election with groups spending tens of millions of dollars on gaming that site

x__x··on Ever Loved’s funeral marketplace undercuts undertakers
I'd prefer a "Sky Burial" (look it up) where you're fed to the birds, bones and all
x__x··on ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money
> NameCheap are positioning themselves as heros here

They have a history of jumping on various issues for marketing purposes. They got a lot of there core users by going against the founder of GD and spamming reddit with anti GD comments.

If you want a good registrar with free whois privacy (that is easier to manage than NameCheaps) and better prices, go with NameSilo

x__x··on Fax on the beach: The audacious, visionary, calamitous iPad of the 90s
> What is the 2020 version of "fax on the beach"?

Have you ever performed surgery on the beach?

Remote surgery. A doctor is vacationing in The Bahamas and gets an emergency message that a patient needs to go under surgery or will die. The doctor pulls out a briefcase and opens it up, where there is a screen and interactive controls where he can remotely perform a life saving surgery

x__x··on Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November
What if it was a celebrity? This kind of thing could have been used for blackmail
x__x··on Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US
Can anyone recommend a netbook or smaller laptop good for recent release of Ubuntu?
x__x··on The Inventor of the Navy's 'UFO Patents'
Where's the Snopes like site Snoping Snopes?
x__x··on City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once
What are the copyright terms on these maps? What if someone wanted to use these on custom t-shirts and posters to sell?
x__x··on Cutting Google out of your life (2019)
Doesn't FastMail serve Google Ads?

From Wiki:

"In newer versions, the user was allowed a choice of generic graphical banners or text-based targeted advertisements provided by Google based upon the page being viewed. "

x__x··on Should you post your content on Medium? No.
Can you explain more about what your working on?
x__x··on Should you post your content on Medium? No.
Buy domain: NameSilo.com

Get cheap shared hosting plan: SiteGround

In the admin panel of the hosting plan, you can point and click to install a free Wordpress site (the hosting company will do it for free if you contact them). Once it's installed you can point and click to choose a theme.

It takes a little time getting used to everything, but anyone with no coding or technical skills can do it

x__x··on ‘Virtual biopsy’ could help physicians to diagnose precancerous pancreatic cysts
This should be a direct link to: https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/m-ba120519.php
x__x··on Larry and Sergey: A Valediction
Probably a life of guilt for opening doors and handing over all their data to big brother.

Sooner or later this will all be public knowledge. Will this tarnish their legacy?

x__x··on Ask HN: What tech choices make “new” Reddit so unbearably slow?
I have a feeling they will completely remove old.reddit in 2020, citing fake security risks and there will be a medium sized digg like exodus
x__x··on Over 300 Tesla Model 3 Spotted Ready for Delivery as Gigafactory 3 Fully Awakens
Will Made in America and Made in China Tesla models have the same resale value?
x__x··on Deploy-your-own-SaaS: “only yours” cloud services for everyday needs
"I have my own media server"

Is this accessible online, or just at your house?

x__x··on Show HN: Self-hosted, privacy-friendly and open-source analytics for WordPress
Maybe trust wasn't the best word. Most marketplaces where you can sell a website has an option to link your GA account directly to the sales page, showing the site stats directly on the page. No other stat program is offered this option.

Since people are not familiar with other programs and they can't be confirmed, it may make them skeptical

x__x··on Show HN: Self-hosted, privacy-friendly and open-source analytics for WordPress
The only downside I see is for people who plan on selling their website at a later time. The industry standard is GA and people want access to this before buying a website, many don't trust other stats.
x__x··on It’s crunch time for Getty Images, and for photographers
I've been using https://pixabay.com/ for website stuff
x__x··on It’s crunch time for Getty Images, and for photographers
Surprised there was no mention of the upcoming threat of AI stock photos, and how easy it will be to generate massive amounts of these fast and cheap. Ne real people, who won't have to sign contracts or be paid.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/20/20875362/100000-fake-ai-p...

x__x··on I Ditched Google for DuckDuckGo
In the beginning, G was a search engine. Now it just seems like a recommendation and answers engine.
x__x··on Chinese telecoms must use "AI and other technical means" to identify phone users
It's been 10+ years since I signed up for a cell phone. What is required today when you get a new account at the major carriers today in the US?
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