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burundi_coffee··on DMCA Takedown of iptv-org/iptv on GitHub
This discussion [1] on another repository of the same account seems to be related. Apparently "the first message on both repositories was DMCA takedown, then for some reason it was changed".

[1] https://github.com/orgs/iptv-org/discussions/12

burundi_coffee··on Ask HN: Engineering Job Market in Switzerland?
Ridiculous. More than a quarter of Switzerland's residents are foreigners. There are also a lot of cultural differences between the cantons themselves - 4 different languages are spoken for example.
burundi_coffee··on Ask HN: Engineering Job Market in Switzerland?
Zug prides themselves in being the <strikethrough>scam</strikethrough> crypto capital of Switzerland.
burundi_coffee··on Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of More than 630k Albanians
The father's name is used to distinguish people that have the same name. For example you would say Max Webber [of] John. Of course, birthdays are also used.
burundi_coffee··on The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
Yes, it's mostly power consumption and efficiency, with the puny heatsinks found in most laptops, you can't cool significant amounts of power without throttling. Having the CPU on the motherboard also allows for a thinner assembly. I don't think having a socketed CPU just for the sake of it would have been a good choice here.
burundi_coffee··on The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
The CPU is not socketed/replacable because intel simply does not sell socketed laptop CPUs. If there was a socketed alternative, I'm sure it would be in the framework.
burundi_coffee··on On the web today, we don't use servers, we use services
I agree and I would like to recommend Nextcloud instead of Owncloud for anyone who needs more features than a NAS. Nextcloud has excellent support for calendar and contact synchronisation. There are a ton of other apps you can instal too: apps.nextcloud.com
burundi_coffee··on After six months on Mars, NASA's tiny copter is still flying high
> If some high quality, widely used and tested code already exists, why not use it instead of trying to reinvent everything?

This is precisely the spirit of free software and the motivation behind movements like public money public code. Govermnets immensely overpay for software (projects).

burundi_coffee··on Germany's national healthcare system adopts Matrix for communication
Because that phrase doesn't exist in German like that. They could have used "standardmäßig" but out-of-the box is more widely used when talking about software and tech.
burundi_coffee··on Wild birds learn to avoid distasteful prey by watching others
Surely you're not implying there might ever be such a thing as life not made out of matter, are you?
burundi_coffee··on Right to repair movement gains power in US and Europe
2 years minimum by law.
burundi_coffee··on Audacity may collect “Data necessary for law enforcement, litigation” and more
Yes, there is, check out their Github discussion page! There was a lot of resentment because of their CLA (rightfully so).
burundi_coffee··on Particle seen switching between matter and antimatter at CERN
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1364/

Some things are indeed too complicated to be explained in simple terms and analogies.

burundi_coffee··on How to circumvent Sci-Hub ISP block
Actually, it's @scihubot. You can send it links to the paper from the journal webpage or the doi link, for example: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.432563
burundi_coffee··on Reddit now forces you to use new.reddit.com to dismiss the cookie banner
I quite like Infinity, available on F-Droid
burundi_coffee··on Swiss Covid Certificate – Technical documentation of the swiss Covid certificate
No. The federal council has stated in multiple press conferences that the 6 month period is solely because we only have good data about vaccine protection for this time period. Studies are still ongoing and if it turns out the vaccine protects people well after this period, it will be adjusted. The 6 monthsbare just preliminary.
burundi_coffee··on USB-C is about to go from 100W to 240W, enough to power beefier laptops
I think he was referring to the absurd amount of power some Intel CPUs require.
burundi_coffee··on Audacity: Actions we propose to take on PR 835
That's not primarily what it was about.

"...the convenience of using Yandex and Google is at odds with the public perception of trustworthiness..."

burundi_coffee··on [dead]
> License (ironically) under GPLv3

Oh so just because you don't like RMS, the GPL is bad? It's the best license we have for genuinely free software that is resistent to companies extracting value from developers for free.

burundi_coffee··on Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?
In my country ISPs only give static IPs to business customers. Plans for business customers are 5-10 times more expensive than regular plans.
burundi_coffee··on AMA: Gaël Duval, founder of the de-Googled Android OS /e/
I think I read somehwere that they chose this name as their "beta" version since it's not easily googleable. As soon as they gain more traction, they will rebrand.
burundi_coffee··on Result from LHCb experiment challenges the Standard Model
Are there any primary sources for this?
burundi_coffee··on Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets will not be competitive
In that case you mist be reading primarily US news outlets.
burundi_coffee··on CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code execution, CVSS 9.6
I think it still makes a difference if languages are created with safety in mind.
burundi_coffee··on FairEmail: Open-source, privacy friendly email app for Android
I agree, which is why I stuck with the default email app that comes with LineageOS for now.
burundi_coffee··on Switzerland votes against electronic ID system provided by private companies
Which is why the opponents, backed by a non-partisan alliance of representatives, will bring forward not one but two proposals to the houses. If they get a majority vote, the federal council will have to try to make it into a law.
burundi_coffee··on Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976) [video]
Unfortunately it's the same, just without any chairs.
burundi_coffee··on AWS faulty UX cost our business $7k and they refused to do anything about it
"My computer is throwing errors around, can you help me?"

"Sure, what do they say?"

"Who?"

"The errors"

"I don't know, I clicked them away"

burundi_coffee··on Gab Has Been Breached
RSA is dead. RSA remains dead. And we have killed it. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us?
burundi_coffee··on Optimal boarding method for airline passengers (2008)
Preferably those groups with the highest "engagement" with the airline company.
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