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ahakki

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I remember being probably about four years old, coming down the stairs, and my parents were so tall, they were taller than I was.

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ahakki··on TikTok: Cheerfulness and censorship
I recently featured in a music video of a friend who is a rapper. We posted a clip of it on a new tik tok account he made to promote his music to the youths. it was deleted within seconds. presumably due to feauring a realistic prop gun. the audio wasn't a problem (lyrics include "fuck the police" and "acab") as I could post harmless videos with the same track on my account. But that clip with the prop gun gets deleted instantly, even if you heavily filter it (crop, duotone, colorshift). so their ai detector seems pretty good.
ahakki··on The day when starting a receiver fixed the transmitter
I mean SATA 3 has a bit more than 500MB/s right, and PCIe SSDs run at between 1-4 GB/s? so a machine today (at least 8GB of RAM maybe in the hundreds) would have an even bigger ratio between memory size and disk transfer speed.
ahakki··on How to Steal a Billion
They can borrow money with their stock as collateral (explicit or implicit). They only need the liquidity to cover interest.

btw take a look at Gates' portfolio. He's as liquid as it get's at that level.

ahakki··on Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code you've ever read?
this?

  sieve :: Integral a => a -> [a]
  sieve l =
      sieve' [2..l] []
    where
      sieve' (p:ns) ps =
            sieve' (filter (\x -> rem x p /= 0) ns) (p : ps)
      sieve' [] ps =
          reverse ps
ahakki··on Apple's list of 235 apps that are incompatible with macOS Catalina
iTunes on Windows was to sell iPods.
ahakki··on US apps send thousands of private photos to Swiss police
Here's the link to the NZZ am Sonntag article (I think) this is referring to: https://nzzas.nzz.ch/schweiz/kinderpornografie-das-fbi-stoes...

sadly I don't have a subscription :( but if anyone does, this might make more sense.

ahakki··on Show HN: See a Satellite Tonight. No Telescope Required
Pics or it didn't happen. That's an impressive amount of dynamic range you are talking about.
ahakki··on Ban kids from loot box gambling in games
> £150 for 3x500 stickers at Amazon.

This is a good price. I've been paying CHF 1.20 for 5 stickers at the local corner store.

ahakki··on France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
You say that, Espresso is a good source for this kind of thing and I'm not saying your wrong. But the letter of the law does state that everyone has to accept Swiss banknotes with no restrictions.

My personal legal asessment: If you were to form a contravt for purchase of goods and stipulated ahead of time that payment will be made in small bills (or electronic payments only), receiving payment with 1000.- bills would give the right to demand compensation related to handling large bills (security, verification etc.) due to the contractual breach, but it would not allow you to deny the money and demand payment as contracted.

ahakki··on France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
This would never fly in Switzerland. You need to accept Swiss Franc Banknotes of any denomination as settlement for any monetary debt (this includes a purchase of a 1.- stick of gum paid for with a CHF 1000 Bill. there will be some arguing required for that one in practice, but the law is clear).
ahakki··on Ban kids from loot box gambling in games
The price to fill the World Cup 2018 Panini Sticker album is on average more than 800 Euros. If you can swap with a couple of friends (10+) the average price goes down to ~300 Euros.

A sticker pack whale will spend hundreds of Euros. If you only wanna spend 50 bucks better get another hobby tbh.

ahakki··on “The books will stop working.”
There could not be a more literal copyright violation than what you described.
ahakki··on Record Number of Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter
38%
ahakki··on How do you value a drug?
Learn from the Best:

https://youtu.be/amq4SzYDc34

ahakki··on Planetary Transfer Calculator
What you actually want is KSP modded with Principia to give you an n-body simulation of the solar system.

https://github.com/mockingbirdnest/Principia

ahakki··on There Is Too Much Stuff
When I was in maybe third grade (around 2001-2002), I managed to convince my parents to get me and my brother each a CHF 55 fixed blade knife from Manufactum. Sadly they don’t sell that particular model anymore.

Made in Finnland especially for kids, full tang, thick carbon steel bladestock (you definitely wont snap it), and a robust (kiddiesize) grip lined with red-dyed donkey intestines. Came with a leather sheath.

We (ab)used them extensively and all out friends at summer camp, who “only” had Swiss Army Knives were very impressed. I even lost mine in our garden for a few years, but when I found it two years ago I polished the blade, sharpened it up and it was back in action like new. I then gave it to my smallest brother (11 y/o rn) who enjoys it very much.

If he doesn’t lose it, I am confident his children will also get to play with it.

Finding a deal like that on Amazon will be significantly more challenging. We just flipped through the catalogue and the only knife they recommended for our use case has worked flawlessly.

EDIT: It’s not for sale anymore, but here’s a picture, all though mine doesn’t have an engraved blade. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ae/48/d8/ae48d8a31c3963e3993b...

ahakki··on Navy pilots report unexplained flying objects
Or subscribe via App Store. Unsubscribing is also a pain (10 clicks in obscure places) but no calling.
ahakki··on Why Does Windows Really Use Backslash as Path Separator?
Works without issue. Just went to the Store, downloaded Ubuntu LTS 18.4 and tried it.

Screenshot: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AqSptDJA-vctqs4OGewT6Qa-PWBvbw

ahakki··on IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries
Norway conscripts men and women.
ahakki··on Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro
> 7th gen processors (the touchbar model was updated, but only to an 8th gen processor. All 15 inch models were updated to 9th gen).

Well it's all 14nm Skylake, so that really doesn't matter at all.

ahakki··on Swiss Cat Ladders
Well the Cat Ladder owner is of course liable for any damages caused. That's incentive enough to ensure people attach them firmly.
ahakki··on Twitter’s Plan to Get People to Stop Yelling at Each Other
They really need to remove autothreading and replace it with a dedicated media type for long form text. People already use Apple Notes screenshots for that purpose.
ahakki··on Over $9T of Federal Debt Will Mature in the Next Four Years
Interest rates will go up.
ahakki··on Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition
In Switzerland it definitly would not count as rape by Anna (men cannot be raped here, only sexually abused (same max prison time, but rape carries a mandatory minimum of one year)). But she would be liable for the financial damage caused to Bob (child support, lost income, anything you can think of).

There is a famous case before the highest court, where a doctor, after forgetting to perform a sterilization a patient requested together with the caesarian birth of her second child, was deemed liable for the financial loss incurred by the existance of her third child.

ahakki··on Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name (2015)
It’s exactly like right clicking. Only one way to find out if it does anything, and if it does something, you will only find out what once you try it.

You even had stuff like the puck mouse, which didn’t support the feature.

ahakki··on Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber?
If the study had shown impairment of cognitive functions during normal U-boat operations, maybe they would’ve upgraded the ships with extra scrubbers.
ahakki··on ProtonMail is dropping support for Internet Explorer 11
I’ve stopped using ProtonMail because the mobile client (iOS) kept logging me out at seemingly random intervals. With two passwords and TOTP it became a real hassle. Especially as notifications would stop, and I would only notice once I opened the app (why would I if I don’t get a notification?).
ahakki··on Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dynamics of Twitter
Once a week? Lucky you, I have to set it to "Latest Tweets" almost every time I open the app. It even reminds me to set my "Content Preferences" every time I do it, just to ignore them over and over again. Helpful.
ahakki··on Uber S-1
Should've bought options to hedge.
ahakki··on Survey: 83% of US teens have an iPhone, Android 9%
no idea if this still applies, but snapchat used to run like shit on android.
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