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by mastazi 1y ago
Ironically the reason why it's popular is that it's got many items that otherwise you can only get online, which is also the reason why you find it useless since you prefer the online experience. Speaking as an Australian, to me i
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by mastazi 1y ago
> it means the original Mafia. not in this case, sibling comment explains why. TL;DR: "La Cosa Nostra" indicates the American offshoot and not the original Sicilian Mafia.
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by mastazi 1y ago
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that!
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by mastazi 1y ago
My point was that in Italy Cosa Nostra refers to all Sicilian mafia and not a single family. I should have been more specific.
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Australia to sign UN 'surveillance treaty' in Vietnam – iTnews(itnews.com.au)
2 points by mastazi 1y ago|0 comments
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by mastazi 1y ago
> including members of La Cosa Nostra crime families, I'm not sure if this reflects common usage in English but in Italian, Cosa Nostra is just a synonym for Mafia, not the name of a specific family. Also, in Italian it's never
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by mastazi 1y ago
As a teen I attended a school with a curriculum focused on classical studies (Italian "Liceo Classico") and reading your comment I immediately thought "Oh, this commenter must be from the Epicurean School" LOL Some quote
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by mastazi 1y ago
I'm not sure what your needs are, but I've been using Joplin and it works for me.
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by mastazi 1y ago
I'm going to file this under "examples of Yamaha doing the right thing" (Steinberg is owned by Yamaha) previous examples: * Yamaha saved Korg by buying it when it was in financial trouble and giving it a cash injection, only
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by mastazi 1y ago
RIP. Project Gutenberg and IMSLP are two of my favourite websites. Every January, when new works enter the public domain, I go and download a bunch of books and sheet music. HN readers, let's not forget to donate to these websites that
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Xbox Ally X review: If this is the future of Xbox, we have a problem(polygon.com)
2 points by mastazi 1y ago|0 comments
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by mastazi 1y ago
I think it all depends on your taste, certain types of movies are less about things like plot twists and more about other elements of movie making that make them more enjoyable to re-watch multiple times.
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by mastazi 1y ago
I've gone back to physical media. Vinyl, CDs, Blu Rays and DVDs. I just buy what I like. I don't need a huge library, that actually gives me "choice paralysis" and I end up not watching/listening to anything. I stil
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by mastazi 1y ago
You seem to equate gateway product = affordable but, IMHO, a gateway product is something that people who are not in the field are likely to stumble upon. I recently saw Arduino kits for kids at a small local bookstore, I can imagine someon
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by mastazi 1y ago
I'm not parent and Windows 11 is my least favourite desktop OS, but there are some things where I prefer Windows to Mac OS, for example multi monitor user experience, or the way full screen windows work (F11) and the ease of maximising
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by mastazi 1y ago
Do you have any links with regards to these market segments? I know that nowadays many people are mobile-only, but I struggle to estimate percentages. I guess it's going to be very different in developed vs developing economies, based
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Swift and top global banks working on blockchain-based overhaul(reuters.com)
7 points by mastazi 1y ago|1 comments
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DeepSeek releases 'sparse attention' model that cuts API costs in half(techcrunch.com)
5 points by mastazi 1y ago|0 comments
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by mastazi 1y ago
> I wish I could just buy as a keyboard It seems that they are Gateron KS-33 Blue low profile switches[1][2], so you can look for keyboards that come with those preinstalled. [1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/
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by mastazi 1y ago
thanks, do you have a source?
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by mastazi 1y ago
I'm not clear if this is digital ONLY or if I people can choose to carry a physical card when required, instead of a smartphone. If it's the former, then it means it's now mandatory for all British citizens to become customer
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by mastazi 1y ago
I think that around the mid-2010s that acceptance of tech you're talking about has started eroding and it's still eroding quite fast. Maybe I'm just getting older and leaning towards being cynical? I don't know but it se
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by mastazi 1y ago
Oh yes of course I don't disagree on that. I used to cover local politics when I was still in the field, so I've seen my fair share.
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by mastazi 1y ago
I can see where he's coming from but I ask: what would you consider more controlling, advertisers or readers? Readers are not an organised entity, as opposed to corporations buying ad slots. And don't get me wrong sensationalist n
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by mastazi 1y ago
To a different degree, yes I agree. But the move away from paid printed news has overcharged it IMO.
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by mastazi 1y ago
IMHO - distrust in the establishment is not the cause, but a side effect of the real cause. I used to be a journalist before my career in tech. In my opinion, the real culprit is that news outlets now have the wrong incentives. When people
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Why California's SB 53 might provide a meaningful check on big AI companies(techcrunch.com)
1 points by mastazi 1y ago|0 comments
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by mastazi 1y ago
good point, at the time I wrote this comment I was halfway through the OP article, later I finished reading it and realised the same kitchen can actually work for a range of restaurants and chains. Initially I thought it would just be some
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by mastazi 1y ago
Anecdotal: Due to lifestyle factors, in my family we use Ubereats often, probably 4-5 orders per week on average. I have never placed an order from a restaurant that I don't actually know beforehand. Maybe I haven't been there in
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Covid-style support proposed for workers of plant affected by cyberattack(theregister.com)
3 points by mastazi 1y ago|0 comments

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