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hackerbeat··on Ask HN: Trying to find a funny comic showing how complex blogs have less content
Lol. This made my day. Thanks for sharing.
hackerbeat··on The world is watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart
Have you heard of the web? A quick Google search takes you far.

"he was 'known to the police, particularly for resisting arrest', and had been charged with resisting the previous weekend and five times since 2021. His judicial file included 15 recorded incidents, including use of false license plates, driving without insurance, and for the sale and consumption of drugs."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nahel_Merzouk

The only one "spreading misinformation" here is you who claims that endangering people with a car is a "traffic violation".

In short, sounds like you're the one with the "narrative agenda" here.

Not all cops are bad or "petty tyrants", as you call them, but if a person decides he wants to be a criminal, he risks getting killed, especially if he himself risks killing other people.

hackerbeat··on The world is watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart
If the endangered cyclist, pedestrian and other folks in cars where your family members, you‘d think about your words again. Also, the cops have a life too and probably weren‘t sure what that maniac would do next.

It‘s obvious the killing was a bad reflex from a cop who felt endangered too. A bad reflex he surely regretted the second thereafter.

Also, if all you better human beings feel like you‘d act much wiser in such intense situations, maybe you should consider becoming a cop, and ideally in a crime-ridden area, instead of judging bygone situations from your safe space.

hackerbeat··on The world is watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart
Nonsense. Following your logic, there‘ll be no cops left eventually.

Also, it‘s obvious the killing was nothing but a bad reflex to an intense situation. I‘m sure the cop regretted this bad reflex the second thereafter.

„According to the public prosecutor of Nanterre, two Paris Police Prefecture motorcycle officers noticed a Mercedes-Benz A Class AMG with a Polish license plate driving at high speed in a bus lane, driven by a young-looking person at around 7:55 am. The officers activated their warning signals (audible and visual) and indicated to the driver of the car, then stationary at a red traffic light, to stop. The vehicle proceed to start moving and ran the red light. The officers followed the car and alerted their superiors via radio. The car committed multiple traffic violations, endangering a pedestrian and a cyclist. Due to traffic congestion, the vehicle was eventually forced to stop.“

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nahel_Merzouk#Shoot...

If you think you‘d handle everything correctly in such an intense situation, while your life is also at risk due to a maniac behind a wheel, maybe you should consider becoming a cop.

It‘s always easy to feel like a better human being and badmouth people from your cozy safe space, when you‘ve never been in an intense situation like this before.

hackerbeat··on The world is watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart
He wasn‘t „nonviolent“ though:

„According to the public prosecutor of Nanterre, two Paris Police Prefecture motorcycle officers noticed a Mercedes-Benz A Class AMG with a Polish license plate driving at high speed in a bus lane, driven by a young-looking person at around 7:55 am. The officers activated their warning signals (audible and visual) and indicated to the driver of the car, then stationary at a red traffic light, to stop. The vehicle proceed to start moving and ran the red light. The officers followed the car and alerted their superiors via radio. The car committed multiple traffic violations, endangering a pedestrian and a cyclist. Due to traffic congestion, the vehicle was eventually forced to stop.“

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nahel_Merzouk#Shoot...

hackerbeat··on Google search's death by a thousand cuts
> I have the best website for a specific thing, I do well in quite a few SEO searches. However, the generic term, (which I'm still the best in), I am nowhere to be found.

Can confirm. Same for me.

hackerbeat··on The world is watching in disbelief as France tears itself apart
I‘m sure the interactions the cops regularly have are pretty negative also.
hackerbeat··on Google no longer automatically indexes websites?
Can confirm. Had to manually submit all URLs to Google to get them indexed. Once indexed, everything worked fine, like it used to back in the day. Also, this has been the case for every website launched over the past 12-18 months.

In other words, this was already an issue before ChatGPT and the algo seems to be severely broken. High time for a thorough system check.

Adsense reviews are just as messy. Another department in need of a big shakeup.

I don't know what's going on there, but there's definitely lots of chaos behind the scenes.

hackerbeat··on ChatGPT's breakout moment and the race to put AI to work
https://archive.is/5k39g
hackerbeat··on Ask HN: What's a good program for calisthenics for beginners that you have tried
K boges is your man! Minimal, to the point, no bs guide for everything Calisthenics. Also offers training plans and more via website, if needed. Highly recommended. Made lots of progress thanks to him.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCUkyyRJdVdXFmBuxPLFYmPw

hackerbeat··on Can Duolingo actually teach you Spanish?
http://archive.today/pdNgC
hackerbeat··on Dwarf Fortress – randomly generated, persistent fantasy world
All I want is a game in the style of Warcraft 1 & 2. Does anyone know of any that come close?
hackerbeat··on Why the Rings of Power Show Is Not Good (Part #7934)
Jeez. The show is amazing. Stop hating!
hackerbeat··on Twitter buyout puts Mastodon into spotlight
The name alone is reason enough for it to fail.
hackerbeat··on Ask HN: My annual plea for dark mode
Have been using the Noir app across Apple devices and it‘s amazing.
hackerbeat··on Why do we call Deutschland Germany? (2020)
Also interesting: Japan vs. Nippon.
hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
True that!
hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
Oh really? And how many countries has the US invaded already? Not to mention the ones it subverted to force their worldview on them.

Why apply double standards here? There's no good vs. evil. The world is more complex than that.

hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
It’s all just show. Forget the rules. America runs the world, does whatever it wants and ignores the UN as it pleases. When other countries do it, they get sanctioned or bombed. And Russia and China are out to change that unipolar world, cause America is out of control. And has been for a long time already.

See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Coun...

On September 16, 2004 Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan, speaking on the invasion, said, "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN Charter. From our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal."

hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
Nah, it did work out quite well.
hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
Of course they do. Where was the UN when Iraq was attacked?
hackerbeat··on Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
5 to 10 years? I doubt it.
hackerbeat··on Edward Snowden Says 'Media Pushing for War'
It’s not like he can move someplace else. Also, he’s criticized the Russian government many times before.
hackerbeat··on Edward Snowden Says 'Media Pushing for War'
No, he’s also criticized the Russian government many times before.
hackerbeat··on Edward Snowden Says 'Media Pushing for War'
Agreed. Also, Russia has been attacked 3 times in its history already: Napoleon, Wilhelm II + Hitler, despite there being buffer zones back then. And peace is never eternal.
hackerbeat··on Edward Snowden Says 'Media Pushing for War'
Lots of upsides for the US here: democracy vs. autocracy, oil fields, strategically important military base in Sevastopol, take a bite out of Russian/Soviet history, weaken Putin, expand sphere of influence (plus later NATO), and, most importantly, to get the money-making war machinery moving again - the country’s biggest industry.
hackerbeat··on Edward Snowden Says 'Media Pushing for War'
And how many countries has the US invaded already?
hackerbeat··on Ask HN: What is one book you would recommend everyone to read?
Never even heard of Chimpanzee Politics. Sounds great. Thanks for the tip.

non-fictional: everything Robert Greene

fictional: everything Dostoevsky

hackerbeat··on Ask HN: What is one book you would recommend everyone to read?
Sounds great. Thanks for the tip.
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