Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | hulitu's commentslogin

> will ensure everyone has access to trustworthy knowledge for everyone for generations to come.

Maybe to trustworthy propaganda, just like this website.


WikiMedia has agreed to promote the UN's SDGs. There was a discussion on it several years ago. It was more or less presented as a fait accompli.

> MS has started to vibe code Windows

Started ? The chances of Shutdown (from the menu) working in Windows are about 90%.


And then there is the computer who won't stay asleep. I find my PC running about once a week after having it sleep the night before.

I've had the opposite problem with laptops. There's like 3 different menus to configure sleep-on-idle but none of them actually let you disable it even if they claim they do.

They don't even share the same state and can be set to conflicting values, with the oldest looking one usually taking priority.

Disabling screen timeout is even worse since there's additionally the screensaver settings to muddy the waters.


> It's not because we're bad at design or planning

No, it is, code writers are bad at design, testing and debuging. That's why LLMs are so popular: just throw together some code, see if it compiles.

How many (between them) incompatible GTK or QT versions are there ? Why someone has to come every few years with a new graphics library ? Is the JPEG, TIFF or PNG standard changed ? And who thinks that adding layers of abstractions solve problems ?


> I can't help but think of an absurd situation where your subscription ends mid use and results in a crash

Message on head-up display: "Your FSD subscription has expired. Do you want to purchase a new one ? [ ]Remind me later. [X]Yes. "

And then stuck in an infinite loop, because, for some reason, it cannot complete the transaction.


> Italy's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe

Cloudfare, insured by Mafia: you hit us, we hit you.


That's where HAL 9000 was built.

Take it with a grain of salt. Read the negative reviews first.

> Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users

Does Starlink has a licence to operate in Iran ? (Is the Starlink transmitter homologated in Iran).

Sending RF signals without authorization will put you in trouble with law enforcement in most of the world, US included.


But america are the goodies, they should be able to meddle, spy ... in other countries. Tiktok is certainly a national security issue though, can't have those chinamen spying on americans.

Not so harsh. A bit more nuanced like in this movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_East_L.A._(film)

Chong:) Look here el fago, watch my lips Where were ya born?

(Cheech:) I was BORN IN EAST L.A. Man, I was BORN IN EAST L.A.

(Chong:) Oh yeah, you were BORN IN EAST L.A. Let's see your green card

(Cheech:) Huh? Green card? I'm from East LA


> He's basically saying journalism is a matter of National Security

But it is paid by the CIA and US (_witb CIA_) is our friend.

Maybe instead of _saying_ he shall _act_. But yes, i know, he's a politician.


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: