Normille

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by Normille 4y ago
>Most tech stories are submitted from different sources. Each time there is a big new, there are like 10 or 20 newspapers/blogs/tech-sites that write a coverage. Yes. and most of those news sources are pretty indistingu
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by Normille 4y ago
>Yes. The former submission got enough attention, so it shouldn't be submitted for a year. If this is official policy, it's kind of laughable to single out 'Show HN' posts for this treatement, given how any ma
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by Normille 4y ago
Judging by the countless times the same stories get posted here, I'd very much doubt there's any automatic de-duplication going on. But, if the system is stopping you submitting the same URL again, why not why not just put a meani
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by Normille 4y ago
So they say.
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by Normille 4y ago
Fair point. But at least, on Telegram, you have to actively seek out such channels to join and they don't otherwise impinge on your use of the service. It's not like other social media outlets where there's a central site whi
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by Normille 4y ago
>With Telegram I can see at least appeal in using it as news source, chat room or for bots, but what offers Signal besides hype about The Current Thing?... I use Telegram as a less 'facebooky' alternative to WhatsApp.
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by Normille 4y ago
>Use Matrix clients (Element, Fluffy chat) or Session, Briar... With those other clients you mention, one of the reasons your communications will remain secure is that --because so few people use them-- you'll struggle to fi
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by Normille 4y ago
>If you think that nobody would be fired for refusing to work in unsafe conditions and nobody would be fired for not drinking, you're still agreeing that the situations are similar... I'm absolutely not. One is being gi
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by Normille 4y ago
Way back when I first started learning to build web pages [when HTML4 was just a glint in Tim Berners-Lees eye], it was conidered bad form not to prvide a 'width' and 'height' attribute for an image you were placing on t
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by Normille 4y ago
>I always dislike this line of argument, it feels unproductive. Even if you believe these kind of conferences are productive; why couldn't they have organised it virtually over Zoom/Skype/etc.? If ever there was a
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by Normille 4y ago
That's a nonsensical reply. For starters; No-one would be sacked for refusing to work in conditions which contravened H&S regs --and, if they were, they'd easily win a case for unfair dismissal. And, in the other situation; jo
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by Normille 4y ago
I think the French judgement sounds reasonable. Especially given the sexual and humiliating overtones. But this one: >An auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in England sued the company over severe injuries he sustained at a work event
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by Normille 4y ago
>The whole point of dealing with climate change and pollution is that we all have to make some compromises... Said a load of government ministers and other junketeers, after flying halfway round the world in private jets, to atte
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by Normille 4y ago
Paywall
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by Normille 4y ago
WTF was that all about?
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by Normille 4y ago
I'm asking for global peace and an end to world hunger. Oh, sorry. Wrong room. I thought this was the Miss World auditions
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by Normille 4y ago
Frankly, I don't really give toss if the US decides not to trade with X, Y and Z. That's the US's business. What boils my piss is the certain knowledge that their lickspittle acolytes in EU, UK and AUS will dutifully follow s
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by Normille 4y ago
>Yes, the US prioritizes itself over other countries, as every country does. I agree. Most western nations [especially the EU and UK] prioritise the US over other countries. Oh. That wasn't what you meant by 'as every
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by Normille 4y ago
I may be thick as pigshit. But can someone explain to me how the West can decide what price Russian oil sells for? I know they can pledge amongst themselves to not buy Russian oil for more than $XX a barrel. But how does that stop Russia fr
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by Normille 4y ago
I'm sure I read this before.
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by Normille 4y ago
>You're basically telling countries "If you try to prepare for war, we'll attack you. The best thing to do is be as unprepared as possible with as few allies" Glad to hear you support Iran's and North Ko
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by Normille 4y ago
>The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” one senior official told POLIT
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by Normille 4y ago
There are only two: England and 'Anyone but England'
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by Normille 4y ago
>because its surrounded by water?? That would definitely seem to be a pre-requisite for the 'off-shore' part
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by Normille 4y ago
Insert obligatory 'House of Commons... hot air' quip.
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by Normille 4y ago
Hmmm... I searched a name and it found 9 results. But none of the profiles actually existed when I followed the links. Mind you, I've never fond these kind of things to be very effective. Bellingcat has a selection of similar tools an
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by Normille 4y ago
In this very intriguing experiment, an ARRI ALEXA Classic 2K footage were undergone AI ‘treatment’ to output 8K footage by using machine learning technologies. How much Artificial Intelligence methodologies can assist us in resolution ups
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by Normille 4y ago
Anyway. Isn't Black Friday racist? Shouldn't it be called 'Friday of Color'? [sic] these days?
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by Normille 4y ago
Well I never! --I'd heard of 'Button Compasses' being used in wartime but always assumed the name just referred to the fact they were tiny and easily hidden. I've learned something new today.
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by Normille 4y ago
My impression of what's on offer with sizeable discounts on Amazon is mostly just Amazon's own stuff [Echo Dot, Fire Tablets, Fire Sticks, etc] and, with one or two exceptions, loads of generic Chinese tat. Agree about the prices

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