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Lolaccount··on Oxford Word of the Year
The descent continues ...

I was 100% aware of this word ... but ... Oxford Word of the Year?

Slow year.

Lolaccount··on Who makes the most reliable new cars?
Still running a 2005 Toyota right here ... I wanted to get rid of it a few years ago, but it's turning into a classic before my very eyes (in my heart anyway).

Has never let me down ... even once ... * knock on wood *

Also enjoying maintaining a 69 Beetle... no Wifi, no tracking, hardly any electronics at all ... LOVE IT.

And though I love driving, I don't drive that often, so my emissions are low.

Sorry, you can keep your new cars.

Lolaccount··on Anti Tank Vespa
When I read the title I thought this might be some new programming fork, but was secretly hoping for ... an Anti Tank Vespa! And it is!
Lolaccount··on Saying Goodbye to OpenSubtitles.org API
OpenSubtitles

OpenAI

Open = Closed

Up = Down

War = Peace

Freedom = Slavery

Ignorance = Strength

Lolaccount··on Starship will attempt a launch this Friday
100% it won't happen.
Lolaccount··on Don't Spy EU
2 out of 3 with room for improvement. I'll take it compared to some places I've been.
Lolaccount··on Omegle 2009-2023
Yup, Harry Mack is my boy ... I don't even use Omegle but am full aware of due to HMack ... RIP Omegle
Lolaccount··on Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically
Excellent site ... except for the UI nit of not being able to judge how long the article is ... on my browser, at least.

Saved for later as I had no idea how long it will take to read it ...

Lolaccount··on As the public begins to believe Google isn’t as useful, what happens to SEO?
You mean, like how we interact with ChatGPT? ;-)
Lolaccount··on U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected
What are the absolute numbers?

The percentages don't appear comparable here. They also don't allow for future multiplier effects from the spending.

No agenda, just holding that sentence up to a little scrutiny.

Lolaccount··on BBC gives up on Threads, sticks with Mastodon
This sounds all true, but on Twitter - I never had the issue before so it seems more than a coincedence.

In fact, I used to be very surprised to read that Twitter had been previously widely used for porn adverts. I was kind of deluded into not even thinking about it. But scratch the surface and it was there. But it never appeared in my daily use.

Prior to the takeover I had been oblivious to it. After the takeover, the surface was scratched and what had previously been "underground" really made itself known in my twitter feed.

That isn't what made me leave the platform, but just my observation at the time.

Lolaccount··on BBC gives up on Threads, sticks with Mastodon
You mean, Twitter.

I had the opposite experience. I never had this problem either, until all the firings happened.

After that, either someone wasn't looking after the thirst traps, or they actively changed the throttle of them so they kept appearing.

That was about a month before I left that cess pit.

Lolaccount··on India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots
The context is that the current government have been pushing for the name change from India to Bharat, to appease the hard line hindutvas India ... or, at least, the, nationlists.
Lolaccount··on UK Parliament undermined the privacy, security, freedom of all internet users
You have to (I believe) acknowledge that this is a next level situation though.

I've never seen it this bad in the UK.

Lolaccount··on Health risks of travel in early-modern Britain
Health risks of travel in post-modern Britain.

A nation awash with sewage and corrupt leaders leading to episodes of ill-health and death.

Lolaccount··on Car allergic to vanilla ice cream (2000)
For some nostalgia, go to the root ...

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wkw/

Took me straight back to University ...

Lolaccount··on Pink diamonds erupted to Earth’s surface after early supercontinent’s breakup
Send me location.
Lolaccount··on California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics
Fck yeah boi's !

Let's get at it.

Lolaccount··on UK drops 'spy clause' for scanning encrypted messages, admits not 'feasible'
Government by Press Release ...

Like pieces of paper floating on an ocean of excrement.

The pieces of paper are new, but the ocean has not changed.

Welcome to the United Kingdom.

Lolaccount··on Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla
Like my TV ... and my phone ... and my ... and my ink pen (connected via WIFI) ...
Lolaccount··on X/Twitter has updated its terms of service to let it use posts for AI training
Elon can take his Twitter data and stick it up his big fat jacksie ...

Train your AI on that ...

Respectfully speaking, fully in accordance with HN terms, conditions and guidelines.

Lolaccount··on X plans to collect biometric data, job and school history
Over my dead body.
Lolaccount··on Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
Bad for construction!
Lolaccount··on Server-side rendering is a better choice for many applications (2020)
JFC ... is a Thiel Truth (2004|)
Lolaccount··on Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI
Google Reader will aggregate articles for you.
Lolaccount··on Hip hop historians who are racing to preserve its story
https://archive.li/DtOVI
Lolaccount··on Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023
You say that. And your I read your original post again, to be sure.

There have been significant windfall taxes before and (in my country (UK), at least) I can't recall any disastrous long term indirect effects.

Lolaccount··on Italy shocks banks with 40 percent windfall tax for 2023
Oh, please ... I know bankers in my personal network actively boasting about how they're managing to the play the situation with interest rates to maximise profit without doing anything productive to achieve it.

"We've never had it so good" ...

Next up, the energy sector.

Lolaccount··on Amazon doesn't 'employ' drivers, but hired firms to prevent them from unionizing
... throws packages through our open windows instead of ringing the doorbell ...

Your comment rings true.

Lolaccount··on A self-driving Uber killed a woman. The backup driver pleaded guilty
A 10 day sentence is pretty weak ...
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