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below43··on Olympic men's triathlon postponed due to river pollution
I was in Paris a few weeks ago after days of no rain and stood watching the river from a bridge. It looked absolutely filthy - very grubby, with the occasional piece of rubbish floating by (pretty much what you would expect a river in a city to look like). And that's before adding large amounts of rain (which must increase sewage and farm waste flow into the river substantially). I suspect the river may one day be clean, but I think there's a lot of work needed upstream before it's ever going to be in a suitable, safe state to ingest while swimming.
below43··on Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
Not sure about the latter statement. Our dog is very interested in any keyword verbalised by us that may relate to receiving food or a walk or a ride in the car (from pretty much any corner of the house). She appears to be permanently listening to every sound we make.
below43··on Don’t bleed on the artwork
I read it as "don't bleed the artwork", thinking that some artists purposefully bleed their art for framing purposes (ala print bleeding).
below43··on Show HN: Kiwi – End-to-End Kafka Subscriptions with WebAssembly
Mildly disappointed to see the logo is based on the fruit, and not the bird it was named after.

Obligatory link to an image of a cross section of a kiwi (bird): https://myarthaus.com/cdn/shop/products/product-image_3b3efb...

below43··on Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial
I know it's not the intent, but this video is a very good advert for pesticides.
below43··on IP Geolocation Is Twenty-Five Years Old
"That comment of "crushing us" was infuriating. We decided to go it alone, and the results show this was the right decision."

Very satisfying to read!

below43··on Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU
It's an excellent distribution mechanism for apps that you don't want listed on the app store, or ones that won't be approved, or can't be distributed eg. Company/Internal apps (that are installed on employee's personal devices)
below43··on Apple confirms it's breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose
It's a massive blow for PWAs. There are a lot of corporate apps that are PWAs as the app stores do not really support "private" distribution of apps (other than via MDM-based solutions which doesn't work for use cases where you don't control the users' devices). Furthermore, by forcing the apps to load in a browser tab (rather than as a full screen home screen app) it breaks the support for push notifications. In my opinion this is malicious compliance.
below43··on EV sales plummet after clean car scheme scrapped (in New Zealand)
This is the new government reversing some of the things the previous government brought in.

I believe NZ EV buyers will be people buying to commute within a city or town. Most EV purchases are secondhand imports from Japan with limited mileage. While you do see EVs out in the wild, they will generally only be the new ones (Teslas, BYDS mainly) as there are not many places to charge outside of a city.

below43··on Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024
My favourite discovery for 2023 was https://maccy.app/ which provides a Windows-style clipboard history.

It covers off one of the few things I love from Windows.

Edit: One more to mention: I'm obviously biased, but I continue to find my own scratchpad app invaluable https://klipped.com/macos

below43··on A case for moving away from the cloud and embracing local storage solutions
It's definitely worth people considering getting local storage. Personally I like the combo of onboard storage, sync to cloud storage, and routine backup to external storage.
below43··on Science is bringing historic Apple varieties back to life
Mechanical keyboard. This is the way.
below43··on The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City
In Christchurch, New Zealand, we have a cafe that sends you your burger through a pneumatic tube system... Ton Scott did a video about it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHZLKFblKo
below43··on I paid for Sublime Text
For me it was a BB Edit license. Despite using VS Code for 90% of my projects, I still found myself using it for quick edits, or viewing of files.
below43··on Threads.net Can Go to Hell
A phone number can be a really useful way to verify you are a real person. I don't see why this is an issue.
below43··on Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
In this case I think it would be more like a $10 fine.
below43··on When did Postgres become cool?
1998 if i recall correctly...
below43··on Does Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Block Archive.is? (2019)
https://archive.is/hpKIB
below43··on Don Pettit on Twitter: “How to repair a watch in space”
Explanation by the astronaut here: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/156x2ft/comment/jt1v...
below43··on Like a hot tub: Water temperatures off Florida soar over 100 degrees
It would be helpful if people put the unit of measurement in the title for articles like this
below43··on People Have Begun to Love Apple’s Most Hated Product
In New Zealand, Apple Maps has been pretty horrific for some time - mainly due to incorrect or missing map data.

However, I'm now starting to use Apple Maps more (than Google Maps) - particularly for urban routes - as I find the interface much easier to read at a glance with better real-time route information.

below43··on How to ramp up a factory consuming a lot of energy?
That is correct. It's located in one of the most remote areas of New Zealand, and a very long way from cities with a decent population.
below43··on Xerox scanners randomly alter numbers in scanned documents (2013)
Hello time traveler.

I think you mean 2013 :-)

below43··on ChatGPT app for iOS
ChatGDPR: Thank you for your question. However, as a GDPR compliant chat bot, I must inform you that tracking user data for targeted advertising purposes requires collecting personal information and may infringe upon user privacy rights. I cannot provide guidance on implementing such functionality without explicit user consent.
below43··on WordPress plugin hole puts '2M websites' at risk
Your mention here is the first time I've heard of Movable Type.
below43··on RIP HTTP
Glad I'm not the only one that noticed!
below43··on Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
This happened to me. No good deed goes unpunished (in this particular case).
below43··on All of NoSQL is because of this
I don't really think this is the main reason people use NoSQL.
below43··on Gimp 2.10.32 on Apple Silicon (2022)
I have been a loyal Gimp user since early days. I never found the MacOS experience to match that of the Linux or Windows environments.

Pixelmator has been a suitable and far superior replacement. It might not be Photoshop level capabilities but it more than covers my requirements.

below43··on It's time to stop texting
Yes, I don't think replacing SMS with a private company/single organisation as the messaging platform provider is the solution (which is why I also count out WhatsApp also, despite currently relying on it heavily to communicate with Android users).

I think in the end we need a cross-platform messaging protocol that replaces SMS/MMS that is not reliant on a single app vendor, provides end-to-end encryption and will be supported by mobile network providers.

I can see why Google/Android's pushing for iMessage to be an open standard (they have a page dedicated to this that looks like it's written by a war propaganda writer: https://www.android.com/get-the-message/). It would be nice, but it's also good marketing for iPhones so I fail so see why Apple will play ball unless the likes of the EU implement legislation to make it happen.

Note: I'm not sure the assumption that only the US is dependent on SMS is accurate (I think that it's a standard that works globally and is currently relied on by majority of countries AFAIK).

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