metadat

85 ms·

1. 1981.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Will the $12 million dollar fine even cover what it cost the city to house thousands in motels for 3 months? $200/night * 1000 = $200,000/day, 1.4 million bucks a week per thousand people. Times 9 weeks... That's around $40 m
2. 1982.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Is there a way to disable only the iMessage attachments functionality? (as an alternative to going full lockdown)
3. 1983.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   https://archive.today/d0T5q Disclaimer: Not an endorsement to waste your time on this. It's 6 sentences and a nothingburger article.
4. 1984.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Existing active discussion unfolding: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for third-party apps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141083 (152 comments)
5. 1985.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Existing active discussion unfolding: Had a call with Reddit to discuss pricing. Bad news for third-party apps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36141083 (152 comments)
6. 1986.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Transformers from scratch: 1.) https://e2eml.school/transformers.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35697627 (46 comments, 1 month ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29315107
7. 1987.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   i.e. Big headline 14 days ago: Apple to occupy 90% of TSMC 3nm capacity in 2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35947339 (219 comments)
8. 1988.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   That @click library is a lot less lines of code than the equivalent argparse boilerplate. That's nice.
9. 1989.▲
   by metadat 3y ago

   Also discussed today: China’s first domestically made passenger plane completes maiden flight (apnews.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36102998 (31 comments)
10. 1990.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Previously discussed 16 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35916064 (71 comments)
11. 1991.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Currently on front page Is This Octopus Having a Nightmare? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36091954 (26 comments)
12. 1992.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    https://archive.today/azaZw
13. 1993.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    I just do it manually.. I've gotten pretty efficient at it, takes only a moment. Imo including title, timeline / age, and comment volume provides helpful context to readers (I always appreciate when others do this, rather than, in
14. 1994.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Thanks! Macro-expanded: ChatGPT-Authored Legal Filing “Replete with Citations to Non-Existent Cases" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36092509 (67 comments, 1 day ago)
15. 1995.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Discussed today: A man sued Avianca Airline – his lawyer used ChatGPT https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36095352 (100 comments)
16. 1996.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    https://archive.today/pnEhz
17. 1997.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Discussed 3 days ago: The QR-code menu is being shown the door https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36065666 (366 comments)
18. 1998.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Discussed yesterday: The Windows XP activation algorithm has been cracked https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36082542 (65 comments) And 8 days ago: Windows XP Activation: Game Over https://news.ycombinator.
19. 1999.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    They did it for a 3 year period from 2002-2005. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93United_S... .
20. 2000.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    https://archive.today/cmHCP
21. 2001.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    I downloaded one thing from https://rarbg.to 2 weeks ago and got threatening copyright infringement notice emails and a physical letter from my ISP (AT&T fiber). The well is poisoned by cheapshot MPAA/*AA monitoring.
22. 2002.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    See also: I wrote a GameBoy emulator for my hobby OS (axleos.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36004553 (13 comments)
23. 2003.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Yes, the free downloads came later! Originally Netscape Navigator was a premium product. My dad paid $35-$50 dollars for it at Price Club. This amount is close to $80-$100 in today money.
24. 2004.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    > “Imagine if someone attacked you after … you’d been starved for 24 hours – you wouldn’t have much of a fight.” Actually, I would. 24 hours isn't that long. Adrenaline is a helluva drug. Brutal video, though. Ugh.
25. 2005.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Yep, just about everyone who wanted to connect to and browse The Net over dialup in the mid-90s. It was conveniently sold at Price Club (which was eventually merged into Costco of today).
26. 2006.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Oracle OCI will randomly shut your instances down, which is super annoying. I stopped bothering to boot them back up again. Used to be a huge proponent, it was a good 4 years of freebies. But this too shall pass.
27. 2007.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    .grift, .ransom, .dumdum, .silly, .vapor, .badonk, .sweat, .human, .fecal, .power, .scam, .scumbag, .cleaner, .verb, .noun, .adj, .crack, .crazy, .money, .broke, .baseball, . cricket, .food, .lol, .abuse ... the possibilities are endless!
28. 2008.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    Hahaha, good one! Thanks for making me laugh.
29. 2009.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    And while we're at it, why not throw .reg, .dmg, and .bat into the pile! If I had $200k to burn, I'd get .ccoomm, or perhaps .oom, .fat, .titty, .cellulite, or .butts. How about .wickedwitch or .bitch? Next level oddity compare
30. 2010.▲
    by metadat 3y ago

    mIRC has its own language, "mrc", not tcl. But yeah, those were fun times with the eggdrop botnets! Eggdrop could be so stable.. pretty much industrial grade.