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I think the context makes it clear. But, equally, you can argue that the CD format was physically locking the files to that binder, but now the data is digitised it is more easily accessed and shared.

bcravenon Show HN: Made an open-source Lego AI generator

People find different things 'fun'. Presumably the author really enjoyed making this (and look at all the positive comments).

Who are you to decide what other people enjoy?

bcravenon I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired

You can complain phone sizes here:

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14883&idPhone2=...

bcravenon EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe

This is a visualisation of Europe.

Some birds migrate outside Europe.

bcravenon IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]

The idea has been conceived and executed by creative agency Mother, in partnership with Kinggath Creations - a team of creatives, fans and mod developers who make fun and original content that blends seamlessly into the game world.

https://creative.salon/articles/work/ikea-mother-kallax-stor...

bcravenon Starlink Signal Leakage Threatens Radio Astronomy's Most Critical Frequencies

Were that the case, there would have been nobody buying Starlink.

As they are, I think you are wrong.

bcravenon The oldest known Snakes and Ladders board is probably a forgery

Every time I scrolled down I thought, "I bet there'll be a picture now". Alas.

This sounds like an interesting topic, but rather than getting an AI to write it and publish it verbatim, I would recommend a second pass: do _you_ find this interesting to read? You_

bcravenon Instagram's head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm

If you're worried about addictive scrolling perhaps your "couch tablet" is worth side-eyeing.

bcravenon All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it

In the UK this is called:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook-a-duck

bcravenon Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue

"Sorry for any inconvenience"

What do you mean, it's ALL inconvenient!

bcravenon GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea

I think you're being deliberately obtuse. You would update software on a TV for all the same reasons you update software on any other device: improved performance, better compatibly, new features, etc

bcravenon Aardman (Wallace and Gromit) Is Selling Its Original Movie Puppets

This is a surprising headline for anyone who remembers the huge fire they had in '05:

"Curses, Gromit! Fire destroys animation firm's history on eve of box office triumph"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/11/arts.media

bcravenon Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region

So I can run Plex, iPlayer, Netflix, etc etc

The majority of content that people watch is distributed over the internet, so our TVs are connected thus.

bcravenon 11,000-year-old sculpture of man riding a leopard found in Turkey

I recommend everyone watch the documentary First Footprints[0], it is the most wondrous thing I have ever seen.

The simple answer is that some storied reference events that happened that long ago.[1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6VJ5jq7zY

[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/aboriginal-tale-anci...

bcravenon Mojang is enforcing "inappropriate" MOTDs even on private whitelisted servers

It would seem "MOTD" == "Message of the Day"

bcravenon Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results

I subscribed to https://the-fence.com/ last year and it's been superb.

bcravenon Flat Chair by Sara Paculdo

Non-curved model that can be made from a single piece of plywood:

https://store.bigguyinatinyhouse.com/products/flat-folding-c...

bcravenon Finger: the 1971 social network that never died

This whole thread has me a little puzzled, in the UK 'fingering' is the de-facto term for a sexual act. Is that not the case elsewhere?

"Fingering was huge at my university" is, in the UK, very true, but I feel that's not the context you're using it in!

bcravenon Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/10817787/How-ch...

Generations of men have been taught that when walking with a woman on a pavement, they should always take the side closer to the road allowing her to keep further away from the traffic.

But Dr Iarla Kilbane-Dawe claimed that Londoners should avoid walking too near the kerb because on busy streets, air pollution can be up to a third higher than on the inside of the pavement.

bcravenon We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked

“It still gets people surprised,” Milstein says. “Everybody asks, what about the head? But we’re actually able to reduce the effective dose by 60 percent without protecting the head, the arms, or even the legs.”

Whilst I understand the maths here, I can see why someone would be nervous!

bcravenon Ordinary WiFi can now identify you with near-perfect accuracy

"Exist" is a low benchmark to hit.

Very few people would be willing to trade in the opulence of today.

bcravenon Amazon will train on Twitch streamers' content by default, unless they opt out

“Why is it not opt-in? That’s what everybody is spamming in chat. I get it. ‘Let me opt in versus making me opt out,’” Minton said. “Well, there’s an honest answer… If this was opt-in, nobody would opt in. That’s honestly the answer.”

The absolute cheek of it!

bcravenon Workers Drilling in Romania Broke into a Cave Sealed for 5.5M Years

"Combined with the geology and the peculiar chemistry of the cave’s water and air, the evidence pointed to a system that had been closed off since roughly five and a half million years ago."