Hacker News Reader

aritmoon Why strace doesn't work in Docker

Why strace didn't work in Docker.

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

Someone told my sister about the RF radiation risks of WiFi and now she "has headaches".

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

Clean install, Ubuntu 20.04. Chromium starts in around a second.

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it

The calculator was a snap in Ubuntu 18.04 as an experiment.

aritmoon LibreOffice ReleaseNotes 7.0

Is there a bug report about this? Can you search?

aritmoon Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”? (2018)

Highly unlikely.

The advisors mentioned the new results that the COVID-19 virus on surfaces is neutralized by disinfectants and direct sunlight in a few minutes. He then tried to 'help' by suggesting to put light and disinfectants in the bloodstream.

In the video you can see that he already discussed with Deborah Birx about these ideas, and instead of her shooting them down, she just told him that she would consider them. During the conference he was trying to bring back that conversation, putting her on the spot.

aritmoon Lubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

You can install snapd on Ubuntu and then install the snap package manager which is a snap. There is nothing that forbids Lubuntu to use snaps.

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

It is released in the afternoon. Someone posted the releae notes a bit too early.

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

They ramped up the security in Chromium and it is not identical to the old package. It is too much security that hurts ease of use.

aritmoon Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

There are no server snap packages in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Is you stand based on principle?

aritmoon YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account

What you can do, is upvote the article so that eventually some YouTube engineer happens to see it. Not much else to do.

aritmoon 50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic

Exactly the same.

Considering that antimalarial drugs have positive impact against COVID-19, do you happen to be a carrier of thalassaemia?

Those with the trait of thalassaemia happen to have a better chance not contracting malaria, hence the prevelance around the Mediterranean.

aritmoon If your cipher were secure, this image wouldn't have repeating patterns (2015)

Wow!

Was all that the result of excessive praise during childhood that made him unable to self-criticize in adult life?

aritmoon Tell HN: Phone numbers are reused by telecoms as early as within 30 days

Which country?

aritmoon “My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)

Likely it was fixed in file

aritmoon Boeing 777X: World’s largest twin-engine jet completes first flight

If something comes out on the 777X that is similar to the 737MAX, it will break Boeing irreparably.

aritmoon Boeing 777X: World’s largest twin-engine jet completes first flight

Just like the 737MAX?

aritmoon I Was Tortured for Days at Guantanamo Bay

Surely he can apply for asylum in many countries, considering his extraordinary circumstances.

aritmoon I Was Tortured for Days at Guantanamo Bay

Perhaps he might sue the US government?

aritmoon Bees are essential to the almond industry, and billions are dying in the process

The honey bee is the Western honey bee. Although some call to it the European honey bee, it is not a "bad import from Europe".

This bee originated from Africa or Asia, before it got domesticated.

aritmoon [dead]

I think if Pence could handle it, they would replace Trump. But Trump is the person that will take down the whole Republican party if they try to remove him.

aritmoon [dead]

These are Republican policies, not Trump policies. As soon as Trump is gone, some other Republican will replace him.

aritmoon [dead]

Trump is just a puppet. As soon as he goes, the Republican party will replace him with someone equal.

aritmoon [dead]

Their pen writes that plant-based burgers lead to man boobs, but what they are thinking is "please, please do not abandon meat burgers."

Culturally, that is a type of false fear tactic used by some parents to get their unruly children to avoid a behaviour.

aritmoon Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

The wording of the privacy policy does not preclude getting video snippets from the PC input. Unless the wording changes, it can be assummed that it can be affected as well.

aritmoon Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Practically, a Smart TV is an oversize mobile phone that you use in landscape mode.

In that respect, all ad-supported revenue for a phone is extended to the smart TVs.

aritmoon Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition

Yes, this is the section.

The Smart TV has many inputs, including PC input (if you connect with your computer), Camera input (to watch the photos you took with your camera), Chromecast streaming from your phone.

The wording in this section syas that any of these are fair play to be sent over to the manufacturer for recognition purposes.

aritmoon BSD vs. Ubuntu motd(5)

I remember seeing this on twitter some time ago. It was discussed a lot.

edit: google found this article https://lwn.net/Articles/726902/

aritmoon Putin: Russia manifesto outlining plans is coming true

In retrospect, any book can read as a Nostradamus book.

The Ukraine situation was a huge win for the US and a defeat for Russia. A whole generation of Ukrainians will now be hostile to Russia. That was not in the book.

aritmoon WiFi deauthentication attacks and home security

People send deauth packets just for fun, as part of social networking. While it is fun for the sender, the those that are affected, are probably very annoyed.

https://pwnagotchi.ai/