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zahrc

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A German who got lost in the UK and stayed there.

Systems Engineer.

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zahrc··on Faze Clan scammed their own fans with “Save the Kids” crypto token
Ah yes, another shitcoin, another scam story.

Any parent which gives their kids any access to money without supervision or teaching the value of it, doesn’t deserve any better.

zahrc··on Linux Foundation Introduces Open Voice Network
Project alias?

https://github.com/bjoernkarmann/project_alias

zahrc··on Linux Foundation Introduces Open Voice Network
Glad to see this. Privacy and transparency is important when it comes to voice assistants.

So far I’ve tried to stay away from google home, Alexa etc. I occasionally use Siri, e.g. to bulk delete my alarms, but most of the time I’d rather do it myself.

Voice assistants ensure accessibility and have use cases in emergency situations, but shouldn’t be abused for advertising and data hoarding…

zahrc··on Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible
I’d honestly rather pay a (higher) fee to a service I like and is transparent. A service where my money is paying for the uptime and development and I give consent, and not where some “evil” AI is tracking my every step and then has the audacity to recommend me ads of things totally irrelevant to me.

I respect that services have running costs and I’m happy to cover my usage, but I have to understand that the average consumer doesn’t give a crap, or is simply ignorant and doesn’t know.

zahrc··on Ask HN: How to learn how to sell?
Quoting a comment I posted on here some time ago

You can learn about the theory of sales, I’ll leave the others to post it. Long time sales specialist here: Sales is situational and hard to generalise. There is an important social aspect to sales. You need to know your customer and be able to read their reactions. All individual customers are, well, individuals. They react differently, have different expectations and bring different experience and behaviour to the table. You need to adjust during conversation and be prepared for the worst case scenarios.

zahrc··on Windows 11, Amazon, and Uncomfortable Questions
Add CRM and ERP Systems as well, Dynamcis365 grants incredible bang for buck.
zahrc··on Men are rapidly losing their close friends, poll finds
Don’t know how old you are, but I’m in my late 20s.

My social circle grew a lot bigger when I first moved out, tho I lost touch with many high school “friends”. I moved places again in my early 20s and then it kept shrinking - more adult responsibilities, less friends.

I recently moved countries and my circle now consists of a handful of people I’ve been friends with 10-15+ Years, funnily most of these I’ve met online. We’re all part of the same group mostly, everyone with their responsibilities; wives, jobs, etc.

I’d say that’s pretty normal and expected

zahrc··on Where Did the Coronavirus Come From? What We Already Know Is Troubling
Archived version to bypass paywall

https://web.archive.org/web/20210625124427/https://www.nytim...

zahrc··on NASA can't figure out what's causing computer issues on the Hubble telescope
Can’t wait to have gigabit speed on the moon while my home broadband still dies when I open a Netflix stream
zahrc··on Crypto is 'rat poison', a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM
Unfortunately it’s only black or white, no grey area. Agree with one position, be branded by the opposition.

I like the idea of crypto currencies, if done well, but what we see are not actual currencies, imho. They are volatile assets at best, but usually just scams generally.

And if they aren’t designed to be scams, they will definitely be abused as one, looking at DOGE.

zahrc··on Architecture of the Playstation
Thank you for this insight and special thanks for providing me and many others with this wonderful piece of childhood.
zahrc··on IBM 5110 Emulator in JavaScript (2015)
Wasn’t he looking for the IBM 5100, which is partially incompatible with the 5110?
zahrc··on Disney will send you a copyright strike if your face looks like Loki's
“[…] as Mickey returns to Valhalla to slumber and feed.”
zahrc··on Ask HN: It finally happened to me, how do you deal with burnout?
In 2017 - 2018 I’ve been dealing with a major burnout. At first I ignored the symptoms and just kept on pushing, which worsened it eventually to a point, where I thought I would never come back from. So please consider some of my advice.

Listen. To. Your. Body. If you are financially stable enough, take an immediate break, go on vacation, focus on your relationships, friends and other hobbies you have neglected in favour for your job.

If you are not financially enough, talk to your employer, explain yourself and negotiate a reasonable solution.

Once you have distanced yourself from your profession, try out other things as well, it might show you that you have a different calling, or you’ll re-discover the appreciation for your old profession.

> I know this is common in our field and I feel a bit stupid/guilty for it happening to me so soon in my career.

Lastly, do not feel ashamed and guilty, everyone has their limits, discovering them before it’s to late is actually a strength! Talk to a therapist, to get some emotional support and possibly learn ways to deal with future ones - once you had one, you are more prone to it.

zahrc··on Doge Branded as Ponzi by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President
He neither owns DOGE nor does he have his own exchange. He and everyone else is abusing DOGE as a pump and dump, which it even wasn’t designed for, as it was just a joke.

It attracts pump and dumb schemes, but it’s not a Ponzi scheme, those are very different things.

zahrc··on Doge Branded as Ponzi by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President
If it’s decentralised, it’s not a Ponzi scheme, by definition. Where are the guaranteed returns? Where’s the person taking money from one, giving it to the “last” investors? Where’s the fraud?

Doge is a joke, and that’s not a secret.

zahrc··on Show HN: Advanced UK Rail Isochrone Mapping
I won’t mind providing some additional data!
zahrc··on Show HN: Advanced UK Rail Isochrone Mapping
Cool idea. Funnily enough, I wasn’t able to recreate my commute. With all the parameters, my commute isn’t available… maybe I walk to fast
zahrc··on Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them
I’ve been sailing the high seas of illegal downloading since I can remember. Back in the days simply because I couldn’t afford it or wasn’t allowed to buy it. Nowadays it’s only TV shows.

Anyway, writing something to a HOST file is not that incredible… regarding the motive, that might as well be a troll, or an attempt to drive traffic to private trackers.

zahrc··on Navy speaks up about its “UFO patent” experiments
I haven't heard of the Tenet, can you elaborate on that, please?
zahrc··on Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active states
> reliable (yes, more reliable) electronics, which happen to also be less repairable.

Why not both?

zahrc··on WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update
They will most probably get a slap on the wrist in form of a fine.

List of highest fines: https://dataprivacymanager.net/5-biggest-gdpr-fines-so-far-2...

zahrc··on How to leave Google and why
> just use iPhone, FDroid or a dumb phone, duh

Honestly, we need a optimised non-custom rom alternative to smartphone operating systems, which is not iOS or google/android.

While the custom-rom development has come a long way, it's to fiddly, often lacks long-term support, shortcomings in terms of stability (network/singal disruptions, battery usage, crashes, bricks)and even privacy.

zahrc··on Enter Sandbox: Google is building an internet without cookies
The regulation is so far, USA or EU, not very promising. A slap on the wrists and no transparent investigation or explanation how data is handled, will not convince me.
zahrc··on Can Valve Save Linux Gaming in 2021?
Outside of proton there are other platforms I've mentioned already, which help you to run the games on Linux, or check how well they run.

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/

https://lutris.net/

zahrc··on Ask HN: What is the best Zoom alternative for mobile-web video conferencing?
I personally would try out MS Teams or if you want to go deeper with more flexibility, use WebRTC
zahrc··on The threats and violence Twitter won't police
I agree, the inability to differentiate between "agreeing" and "supporting" is the real reason everyone is so divided over everything!
zahrc··on Wine 6.0
PlayOnLinux and Lutris are very great platforms to see how/which games work on specific architecture (with setup scripts to easily duplicate that).
zahrc··on Intel is dying and we can’t save it
Before Ryzen even, FX-6300 and -8350 series (6-core and 8-core respectively) were used heavily in cheap pre-builts and beginner PC bulding during early 2010+
zahrc··on Apple reportedly dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020)
And this is also what most people want, most of them don't care about security, privacy and safety. It's convenience and accessibility.
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