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zvqcMMV6Zcr··on GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
No, they detect issue symbol in branch name or commit title and add "Closes #123" at the end of merge request description.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
GitLab team on other hand is unyielding, they love adding their "Closes #" in MRs and don't care about people that ask to get rid of it.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on OpenGridWorks: The Electricity Infrasctructure, Mapped
Nice. I had no idea that nearby paper mill includes 200MW of power generation.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
SF required application form, where you had to explain why you are worthy to have your git repo hosted by SF. By the time they processed it I already forgot I even applied. I think that was actual reason for them being destroyed by GitHub, that had simple, fully automated signup.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Sony halts memory card shipments due to NAND shortage
I think that is misinformation caused by circular logic. DDR prices stopped risking, simply because supply reached equilibrium vs demand and willingness of customers to overpay. The Micron stock price also had minor correction. Suddenly internet is full of articles how it is all caused by TurboQuant release or OpenAI giving up on its huge wafer orders.

Looks very similar like attempts to explain random crypto price changes with any (un)related news.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice
If it is the AITA subreddit (or one of many similar ones) it might not be that bad. It is after all dedicated to outrage farming, so there will be many human responses. It is just the original posts that are all baits, and it doesn't really matter if they are made by LLMs or as a creative writing exercise.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Eclipse GlassFish: This Isn't Your Father's GlassFish
Why would you compare Eclipse GlassFish instead to Payara or Wildfly/JBoss? Anyway, that bickering between JEE application server vendors is what caused Spring to win. It doesn't matter it has update churn that is almost as bad as in JS ecosystem, just the fact you don't have to think about AS helped adoption. Well that and significantly easier testing. And Spring Data with generating queries from method names. And you can't recruit people with JEE knowledge anyway, they all know only Spring.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Anthropic Subprocessor Changes
https://www.gdprsummary.com/gdpr-definitions/sub-processor/ in context of GDPR/DORA it is about formalized agreements with 3rd parties that will handle data, your own and of your clients.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Hold on to Your Hardware
That whole feature is kind of paragraph 22. No legit/popular site uses it so users don't expect national characters in domain names, so no one actually hosts sites using "xn-" domains.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Show HN: Optio – Orchestrate AI coding agents in K8s to go from ticket to PR
> To make error is human. To propagate error to all server in automatic way is #devops

I am not sure how AI agent variation of that joke would look like. Every now and then some blog posts lands on HN asking "Where are all new apps created thanks to LLM productivity boost"?. I am more surprised there are no news about some serious fuck-ups that can be traced back to LLM usage in code.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls
I love the whole "Thank you for adding free game to your account. Do you know you can download our launcher to actually play them?" message.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on March, 19-21: God is a comedian
> The insurer’s phone must be making fascinating noises.

Doesn't all insurance policies exclude acts of war, and after 9/11 also acts of terrorism?

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Java is fast, code might not be
> Exceptions for Control Flow

This one is so prevalent that JVM has an optimization where it gives up on filling stack for exception, if it was thrown over and over in exact same place.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us
I will bite. How do I set up recurring crypto payments/donations for my site? How big cut will be taken by intermediary?
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us
That is crazier than any old dailywtf stories, and that site felt like everyone tried to one-up each other.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Java 26 is here
> My hope is that the first JEPs out of Project Valhalla will be announced later this year

I have heard about Valhalla at least around release of Java 8. That said that site is a solid description of other current and upcoming JEPs.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Honda is killing its EVs
> In a properly designed system, the only real fear here is a state-level attack.

No, I actually also have to wonder if manufacturer OTA update won't brick my car on their whim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OB2NqcSDXQ

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Reverse-engineering Viktor and making it open source
Terms of service might matter more for terminating that user account. Whole ordeal is just plain copyright violation. The author had no licence to that internal code, and whitewashing it with LLM will achieve nothing. That case is much clearer than that recent GPL->BSD attempt story.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
> led to a lot more options for my friend with celiac.

Did it really? I have hear some complaints that before "gluten free" meant it doesn't contain those allergens at all and now it only means "there are no grains on ingredient list". And with amount of cross-contamination in food industry that is nowhere near enough for people with allergy.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
My bet is on low-fiber diet and people spending half hour playing with phone instead of getting up from toilet.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on The MacBook Neo
> When you install fresh Windows, it'll get activated automatically.

Same happens with some crapware provided by vendor. You can wipe drive all you want, but ASUS motherboard will ask Windows to automatically install "essential drivers", and to be specific - "Armoury Crate".

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
Don't they have an literal bot account that reposts top HN links?
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on The dead Internet is not a theory anymore
I don't think any web-of-trust systems ever worked. It might be a bad example but PGP tried to make it a thing for over 30 years.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure
> Until we all have government-issued public keys or something

Nah, that still boils down to "you have to trust government". And I preferred when "Why would they care how I vote?" was a rhetorical question.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Temporal: The 9-year journey to fix time in JavaScript
> Safari (Partial Support in Technology Preview)

Safari confirmed as IE Spiritual successor in 2020+.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on I built a programming language using Claude Code
Does immutability implies using only open weight models? Both Anthropic and OpenAI keep deprecating/removing ability to run older versions of their models. And that means all previously recorded prompts would now produce slightly different output.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)
For me it is 1. Terrible quality of all rubbery/soft elements. 2. If it is original model (instead of ripping of existing set), it often contains huge, shell like elements, that can't be easily be in custom designs. 3. I guess the previous point doesn't really matter, when bricks are designed to be assembled once and are impossible to pull apart without hurting your fingers.
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Meta hires duo behind Moltbook
Well, that is the primary source. Would linking https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-acquires-ai-agent-soci... be any better, if it really only contains same information as title and some extra speculation?
zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Intel Demos Chip to Compute with Encrypted Data
> Heracles, which sped up FHE computing tasks as much as 5,000-fold compared to a top-of the-line Intel server CPU.

That is nice speed-up compared to generic hardware but everyone probably wants to know how much slower it is than performing same operations on plain text data? I am sure 50% penalty is acceptable, 95% is probably not.

zvqcMMV6Zcr··on Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV
It is totally bonkers. For long time the low tech recommendation (without setting rules on router/firewall) was to never connect TV to network, and use cheap TV box, to use streaming services. And then community's favorite - TiVo - started to show their own ads. Everything based on Android TV is also hit or miss. And might get enshitified with an update at any time. I think NVidia Shield is the only device other than AppleTV that works as expected. Only it didn't have an hardware upgrade in 5+ years.
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