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FaridIO··on Amsterdam police confiscates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request
Except these Antifa literally use the exact same logo of a red and black flag. Not everything can be hand waved away by saying "American fascists".
FaridIO··on Amsterdam police confiscates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request
They can't and that's not what happened. The Dutch government believes Antifa to commit illegal acts. Enough for them to at least consider classifying them a terrorist organization about a year ago.
FaridIO··on Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
Egging them on online, sure, but these groups have always existed and we're plenty stupid without Russia's help.
FaridIO··on German companies rely almost exclusively on AI models and services from the USA
It wouldn't have. They had over a billion in debt, which Google casually fixed. Google then very conveniently supplied them with GCP server power. And remember all of this was in like 2014, way before the AI hype. They wouldn't have had access to capital to survive long enough to make it to today.
FaridIO··on Will you have spent more of your life with computers than your family?
Is this really that weird, considering labor now involves mostly looking at a screen? In other words, is the total amount of time we see family really going down vs say the 1800s, when people used to work many more hours.
FaridIO··on Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise
The sharing and alcohol were company provided, the game of Guinness is almost certainly a silly one where after your first sip the foam lands in the middle of the G. And based on my own experience if you were to fire everyone who has ever taken psychedelics there wouldn't be many people left in at least SF and NYC tech. He shared the in California legal drug he used to deal with his mother's death. To be honest, the reason is so dumb, it feels like someone was just looking for anything to use against him..
FaridIO··on Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise
I didn't know Netflix was such a stick-up-the-ass garbage place to work at. What an incredibly dumb thing to fire someone over.
FaridIO··on Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier
That's a very optimistic view. They care about getting elected, and enough tech-savvy people in the country made a big enough stink about it a critical mass of "normal people" got pissed. If they cared about privacy this whole thing wouldn't have been possible in the first place.
FaridIO··on Fuck the cloud (2009)
The irony.
FaridIO··on Europe is locking itself in to US LNG
You're extrapolating one somewhat rude adiplomatic president to America going to war with Europe? That's enough internet for you, sir. Time to go for a walk.
FaridIO··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
And in this hypothetical world where having dangerous opinions has consequences even though sometimes we draw the line incorrectly, I'm assuming you think your personal views could never be marked as such? We still live in a free society where at least the aim is to not hurt people in any way for expressing their own views.
FaridIO··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
The problem here is that everyone thinks their ideas aren't radical and that sharing them isn't indoctrination. I once left a religion, peacefully, not loudly or trying to tell anyone else how to live their life. People still in the religion thought I was radical and dangerous to the fabric of society. Charlie invited people to have a debate. Whether he was right or wrong at least to me with my lived experiences feels irrelevant, if that's dangerous to society then society is wrong.
FaridIO··on Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust
The idea that the world will ever have enough compute is ridiculous. I'm sure all of this sudden growth will need to be digested at some point, but that won't mean the industry will permanently lose a big chunk of its market cap.
FaridIO··on European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech
I hope all this stays true without growth. I hope it wasn’t a temporary utopia built on the tail end of centuries of theft and violence all over the world, and a relative peace subsidized by the US Navy. American problems generally last 4 years, and even our bigger problems sit on top of relative self-reliance. As far as I can tell you can’t even heat your homes in winter without Russian or American gas.
FaridIO··on European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech
The folks who allowed the continent to fall behind through over-regulation would like you to know they'll now do a good job at being the capital allocators.
FaridIO··on iCloud Mail has DNS misconfigured?
I also use iCloud mail, mine looks slightly better (though not perfect): https://www.mail-tester.com/test-n5b4ip8ey
FaridIO··on Government planned it 7 years, beavers built a dam in 2 days and saved $1M
You'd probably have to go through a similar set of bureaucratic steps to get that done.
FaridIO··on Portugal seeks to become low-tax haven for young people
Pretty nominal for Europe to be honest. Most Americans don't realize a) how much money they make and b) how little taxes they pay. Apples and oranges with all the social safety nets and such of course, but still most (healthy) Americans get much more money in their bank accounts after all is said and done than they would in Europe.
FaridIO··on PUBG developer Krafton make a life simulation game inzoi
Second Life meets Sims?
FaridIO··on 8 days downtime: Cloudflare r2 subscription bug ruins my business
If your business depends on it, not backing it up in some other place on a consistent basis is a bad idea. The cost of this should be factored into the price you charge people. 800GB would be less than 20 dollars on S3, all you have to figure out is the replication process, but that shouldn't be rocket science either.
FaridIO··on I'm puzzled how anyone trusts ChatGPT for code
Quality very much depends on the language I've noticed. I don't use ChatGPT but I do use Github's Copilot. The main way I've been using it lately is to make manually written algorithms more efficient. So I'll write an algorithm, select it and ask it to figure out a more time/space efficient way of doing it. Still makes a mistake every now and then, but at the very least it helps me quickly see things from a different perspective.
FaridIO··on Ask HN: Alternatives to the Pomodoro technique?
This is exactly how I feel about it. I'm sure there are some tasks it works really well for, but I have yet to encounter one.
FaridIO··on Ask HN: What is your best flight booking app/site
That looks really cool! Let me know if you ever want help porting it to Firefox!
FaridIO··on Americans are fake and the Dutch are rude (2022)
Dutchman living in NYC; this article is spot on. It gets slightly easier with time, but I've been here ~9 years and I still feel it.
FaridIO··on Cleaning up my 200GB iCloud with some JavaScript
Additionally, if you take a 4MB photo and add it to a shared album with 5 people, those 5 people all have to use up 4MB from their storage. Instead of reusing the same image and having pointers to it, it looks like it's "copied".
FaridIO··on Chrome's next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
Chrome is going full Internet Explorer.
FaridIO··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)
Location: New York City

Remote: Hybrid or Remote

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Python, Django, AWS, Node, Typescript, Tailwind, React, Vue

Resume: https://farid.io/assets/resume.pdf

Email: hn@farid.io

FaridIO··on Florida man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel
I weirdly feel a sense of respect for this idiot.
FaridIO··on Ask HN: Down to $16, had 4 job offers rescinded; in crisis mode, where to turn?
1) Deliver with Uber Eats while you're applying for jobs. Strike up a deal with the landlord if you have to. Be open about your situation, tell them you'll pay as much as you can now and will pay them the rest as soon as you have a job.

2) Your resume feels a bit unprofessional; while I like authenticity, you can show that in person during the interview, I wouldn't recommend doing it in your resume. Your resume should be way more boring than it currently is.

FaridIO··on HP disables customers’ printers if they use ink cartridges from cheaper rivals
I think Hacker News has enough tech-savvy people who are asked for advice by friends and family to make a dent. Let's make companies regret decisions like this.