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Strong convictions, loosely held.
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V__··on Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops
This looks really close to what I need. I manage a few laptops for a non-profit. For now, it is all done by hand, since I haven't found a good solution for Linux and I will kill myself before using Windows and Intune again.

I would love to see configurations for Linux Mint's Cinnamon. Is there a way to execute custom scripts? How does the user mapping work exactly? Could I create a user in Authentik with a laptop-permission and this would map to a Linux user account?

Nonetheless, this is really great work so far, and if you keep it as nice and tidy as it currently looks, then you might make a nice niche for yourself. I can't wait to try it out.

V__··on Atomarine: Nuclear Data Centers at Sea
The question now becomes: Will the AI bubble pop before we get sea datacenters?
V__··on Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website
To be fair, how is Google blocking you from downloading an app, a Wero problem though?
V__··on Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website
I actually like Wero a lot as a name, sound like virtual euro to me.
V__··on Airport Simulator
When playing for the first time, a simple pop up tutorial would be nice, explaining what to do. Figuring out how to land and how to drag the planes takes a second, but it is fine. However, I still haven't figured out what to do with starting planes? I can't change their route, so how do I prevent two starting planes from crashing?

Edit: I would also add some “crash margin” around the border of the screen. A plane coming from the top right corner and crashing into a plane leaving just to the right of the top right corner is frustrating.

V__··on Show HN: 18 Words
I don't mind the timer as much, but I also like some of the suggested improvements here.

The only thing I really don't like, is that each puzzle can only be played once. I would like to figure out all words of a day even if it doesn't count.

This could even be an interesting statistic, how many people finished all words ignoring the time component.

V__··on International chess federation sanctions Kramnik
Any normal human should have stopped and thought about their actions after Daniels passing.. Daniel will be missed and Kramnik hopefully forgotten.
V__··on Immich 3.0
There is a project, which proxies album requests to a private immich instance, if one doesn't want to expose it: https://github.com/alangrainger/immich-public-proxy
V__··on We Don't Have to Be This Bad at Improving Society
Because 15min cities are Soros funded projects to imprison us and the sheeple don't understandit. Renewable energy is a "gina" scam to destroy our economy. Healthcare is communism, socialism, fascism. Everything sucks but I don't want anything to change... /s

If a society makes every problem a culture war, there can't be any progress until it gets so bad it can't be ignored anymore. But I feel even that is bit too optimistic.

V__··on Slate EV truck starts at $24,950
That was my first thought as well. I can't articulate why, but if the company and product survive a few years, it feels to me like it might become a modern "cult" car.
V__··on If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good (2010)
Rory Sutherland used the Walkman story in his book, and some YouTube Shorts.
V__··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
Even if one assumes this is true, it still wouldn't justify the valuation.
V__··on I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID
I am curious, what exactly triggers your AI senses in this post?
V__··on SpaceX's president is floating a Tesla merger as the company begins trading
> There's no question that there are synergies between Tesla and SpaceX in our futures," she said. "There's a convergence of what we're all trying to accomplish in the future."

Accomplish a ludicrous valuation above all else?

V__··on AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42
I knew that in Germany contracts with minors are voidable. After some checking they apparently are voidable in the U.S. as well:

> Contracts with minors are voidable at the minor's discretion but exceptions exist, such as contracts for necessities (e.g., food, health, and transportation).

[1] https://www.upcounsel.com/minors-and-contracts

V__··on AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42
Can a kid set up an AWS account? Are there no checks?

Wouldn't the contract be void for anyone underage anyway?

V__··on Spoiling Linux Kernel with "sanctioned" code
OpenSuse is (or will be) "Euro-Linux".
V__··on Sagrada Família Lego set
This looks very repetitive and not-fun to build.
V__··on Sales and Dungeons: Thermal printer TTRPG utility
I just checked and there is even a seller on Amazon delivering in the U.S., so it shouldn't be too hard to get.
V__··on Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart
"Thumbs" down
V__··on .de TLD offline due to DNSSEC?
Just before the outage happened I updated multiple client servers. That was a very stressfull hour trying to figure out why nothing works.
V__··on PyInfra 3.8.0
Has anyone used this and ansible and is able to give a short comparison with likes and dislikes?
V__··on Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym
Can you give a source on this? I can't belive this to be remotely true.
V__··on Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans
You correct, you are allowed to "break" patent law in Germany, if the use is private and non-commercial. This does not encompass schools and science though.
V__··on Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone
This is such a good metaphor.
V__··on Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone
You replace half of a team with AI. Salary cost go immediately down, but team output can keep up for some time. You don't see the technical debt, the security issues and the prompt injection which will result in wrong invoices being sent. In six months suddenly there will be a big problem, but this quarter a lot of shareholders are happy about the cost-cutting. You may even be promoted by the time shit hits the fan, and it won't even be your problem anymore.

On the other hand there probably also is a general correction in the market after the covid hiring spree.

V__··on Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life (2013)
Has someone answered why a civilization would send "von Neumann probes" or similar into space? It would take so long for any answers from those probes to arrive that there really doesn't seem much value in them.
V__··on The Intelligence Failure in Iran
Especially Cheney pushed hard for this, ignored the intelligence communities assessments, then got his own source, a burned source, Ahmed Chalabi to fabricate reasons for an invasion.
V__··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. can't win this war. John Kiriakou did a nice analysis on this on his recent podcasts. "Iran just has to prolong the war and survive it to win". Trump on the other hand needs a decisive win fast, or the economic and political fallout will be too big. As long as Iran can launch cheap drones and keep a small but steady pressure there is just no path out of this for the U.S. except to go home.
V__··on Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
Bond's Casino Royal had a stock short sell bet with a planned attack.
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