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hoffs··on Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming
I'd say it provides a lot of information about whole situation, including context on how wikipedia operates and history of behavior from the creator of the language.

Furthermore, if you do treat this blog post (blog is generally tracked as someone's opinion) as ad hominem, you'd agree that the author of the language participates in ad hominem attacks as well as notes by the blog post?

hoffs··on Okta – Username Above 52 Characters Security Advisory
geee, nobody is targeting you
hoffs··on Keyhole – Forge own Windows Store licenses
Golden rule to get exploited
hoffs··on How Uber tests payments in production
Doing penny testing yourself is different from letting a chunk of your user base test it
hoffs··on Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
You only need to know where the person was or when crime was committed,
hoffs··on Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
It's up to the customersthat were affected, they could sue for damages, but doubt many will do
hoffs··on WHO says talc is 'probably' cancer-causing
So why is it misleading? Don't think anyone is going to listen to a podcast just for that.
hoffs··on What's Coming Next for ESLint
Ironic
hoffs··on PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key
The details part is so miniscule that I doubt it even matters. You'd have difficult time trying to enumerate uuidv7s anyways.
hoffs··on Ask HN: How does Alexa avoid interrupting itself when saying its own name?
Yeah, just like having a Google meet with speakers and microphone that's built in, when someone is speaking it gets cancelled out
hoffs··on Mercedes EQXX Record Drive: Riyadh to Dubai Single Charge 1000+ km Range [video]
Yes, it's well known and established that cold climates has negative effect on batteries. Of course if you're trying to get the best result you optimize the conditions. Just look how most sports records and times are set with best conditions available.
hoffs··on Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season
What does this have to do with failing gps devices
hoffs··on KeePassXC Debian maintainer has removed all network features
How would you know in the first place
hoffs··on The unreasonable effectiveness of VMs in hacker pedagogy
> “But Andrew, Docker is already a thing. It’s been a thing for some time, even.” Correct. But everyone knows what a virtual machine is. Not everyone understands Docker. Do you want to risk sending someone off on a wild goose chase learning what containerization is, when they could be learning your thing instead? Meet your student where they are, not where you wish they were.

Ironic

hoffs··on Ask HN: How bad is the xz hack?
More like 1 to 5%, I doubt any higher percentage bothers to update
hoffs··on Swedish composer becomes Spotify's most-famous musician you've never heard of
Because it floods any related recommendations with same artist ultimately
hoffs··on Flightradar24's new GPS jamming map
If you read the article, jamming is based on uncertainty of the aircraft, just because it's uncertain, doesn't mean that it's dangerous level of uncertainty
hoffs··on YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI
Considering is different from actually something that should be enforced
hoffs··on 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death
Stress and pressure can lead to performing actions that you thought you couldn't do. They don't specify how early this event took place but mentions that deposition was yet to take place. So a lot could have changed after that as there's kind of no turning back.
hoffs··on Google restricts Gemini chatbot election answers
Wow, the best comeback to that is attack of the poster not the argument.
hoffs··on German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization
It's basically one of the UN treaties and Schengen ones that potentially clash, but that's debated as seen here https://eucrim.eu/articles/legalize-it-opportunities-and-cha...
hoffs··on [dead]
Seems very unrelated to hacker news
hoffs··on Chemical reactions fuel crises at LA County's two largest landfills
Sure...
hoffs··on NY Governor vetoes ban on noncompete clauses, waters down LLC transparency bill
Common clause here if you go to a more expensive conference that you won't leave in 1 year or else you repay the costs. Same more or less can apply to learnings.
hoffs··on A secret deal let Spotify bypass Android's app store fees
It can very much be part of the deal that stand their gcp commitment and play store fees.
hoffs··on Argentina's New President Wants to Adopt the Dollar as the National Currency
Sounds like a fun time waiting for transaction to process in the shop
hoffs··on World's most popular painter sent his followers after me because of my review
It's kinda clickbait, but at the start of an article it's laid out as this: > He is, by some measures, the most famous artist in the world, with many millions of social media followers
hoffs··on Ask HN: How to survive indefinite DDoS attack?
So if someone becomes part of the bonnet, they are denied all access to the internet
hoffs··on YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
> Some interesting information in that article about youtube blocking people with privacy plugins. So it seems you need to wave your state given privacy rights to to use youtube.

Which state rights does YouTube violate?

hoffs··on YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
> Are there no other means then a subscription to bring back what I once had for free?

> I am happy to pay it's competition for service

You can just pay for YouTube.... How many times did you need customer service on YouTube that it's your main argument for not paying

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