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X challenges California’s new transparency law as unconstitutional(techcrunch.com)
55 points by donpott 3y ago|65 comments
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by donpott 3y ago
Seconded (no pun intended)
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by donpott 3y ago
It’s a phenomenon I’ve seen referred to as the “dead cat bounce”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_bounce
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by donpott 3y ago
Is Nitter back? Sweet!
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by donpott 3y ago
Seems to be a homophone of "Oui <BLANK> j'ai vu" -> Yes <BLANK> I've seen [it]. Anyone has an insight on what "ptdr" might mean?
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Investigation: Who’s Telling the Truth about Disco Elysium? [video](youtube.com)
1 points by donpott 3y ago|0 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
I came to say this, excellent book. And to add to user rob74's comment in this thread: If memory serves, in the book, one of the procedures to uplift the species was to lengthen their lifespan artificially so octopi could enter some &q
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by donpott 4y ago
Wow, this one's amazing, and so well argumented that it finally made it click in many respects for me.
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by donpott 4y ago
This can be combined with Nitter's RSS feed of a (public) Twitter account to work around the lack of network effect in Mastodon compared to Twitter. IME ephemetoot is no longer required, as Mastodon servers (or at least the one I'
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Read RSS Feeds on Mastodon(tumfatig.net)
2 points by donpott 4y ago|2 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
All of my interactions with dang have been extremely positive. He is one of the main reasons why HN is the community it is. Thank you for all you do and happy holidays!!!
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Supply chain update – it’s good news(raspberrypi.com)
10 points by donpott 4y ago|1 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
Maybe Foreign Policy? Can't say I've read any issues in the past few years, but back when I last read it, it appeared to fit your requisites reasonably well (perhaps a bit too US-centric for your liking). This chart shows FP as a
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Bethesda issues statement to Mick Gordon(twitter.com)
148 points by donpott 4y ago|86 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
I parsed "Classic SE" as "The first version of iPhone SE"
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by donpott 4y ago
Thanks for the clarification, now I understand your point.
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by donpott 4y ago
Making GBP 150,000 before tax in the year 2019-2020 would put a person in the 98th percentile of salaries in the UK. If that's not rich, I don't know what is, in London or anywhere. Source: https://www.gov.uk/gover
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by donpott 4y ago
I'm in the same situation. My plan is to get a 13 Mini, and hope that it also lasts me enough years for Apple to release another small-factor iPhone.
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by donpott 4y ago
That's a fair point. I'm finding the thread interesting because it has helped divorce my personal experience from (some of) the english-speaking tech community at large. For me, a theme that's arising is that the previous sty
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by donpott 4y ago
OP here. I think it's an apt metaphor. To expand/clarify, I would say that the spiciness of the curry was at the same time hard work (ie. having to parse the headlines, for example) and the main reason I went to this restaurant (i
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by donpott 4y ago
Hi Chris, OP here. Just wanted to say thanks a million for taking he time and sharing your insightful reply. I don't have any original/interesting points to make, so I'll let the other commenters follow-up.
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by donpott 4y ago
Do you mean that the "old" style didn't make it commercially viable, and the "new" one does? I would disagree. At least before I would visit it intermittently whenever I remembered it existed. Now I have zero intere
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Ask HN: What happened to theregister.com?
219 points by donpott 4y ago|133 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32660447
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by donpott 4y ago
I'm in the same situation as you were. Has there been a price drop? It seems there wasn't one in my region...
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How to report scam texts and mobile calls to 7726 [in the UK](ofcom.org.uk)
1 points by donpott 4y ago|0 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
> The Factorio price in Russia has long been £7.70 (₽520). However, on July 14, the price rose suddenly to £147.99 (₽10,000). This price increase came without any notice or acknowledgement from Wube Software. Interestingly, they have rec
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‘Factorio’ studio facing backlash after £140 price increase in Russia(nme.com)
3 points by donpott 4y ago|2 comments
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by donpott 4y ago
"Vale tudo" can also be translated as "Everything Goes/Everything Allowed". It's also a brazilian martial art Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_Tudo
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by donpott 4y ago
A bit of a stretch, but I remarked upon #ACE71C (acetic), which is an oily, vinegary green

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