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juice_bus··on Ask HN: What is nowadays (opensource) way of converting HTML to PDF?
I have Chromium shoved into an AWS Lambda Layer, when we need HTML to PDF conversion we shove it off onto that. It loads the HTML into Chromium then "prints" it to PDF.
juice_bus··on Microsoft is basically discontinuing Windows. What will happen, then?
Opt-in and default for now - how long until users are hit with dark pattern nagging to get it enabled?

>Would you like to enable Recall?

>(Yes), Later

juice_bus··on Tell HN: Educative.io auto-renews without warning, refuses to provide refunds
I'm getting it as well in Canada, without any VPN.
juice_bus··on Silk, Great Value plant-based beverages recalled across Canada
Dumped out the last bit of almond milk we had that was within the recall notice, fortunately we're not feeling sick (yet?).
juice_bus··on Building SimCity: How to put the world in a machine
The ebook is $4.99 more expensive than the physical copy - wild.
juice_bus··on Ticketmaster breach affects more than half a billion users
> material to a reasonable investor.

As long as the investor is hurt, right? The users are just collateral.

juice_bus··on YouTube stops working for millions as war against ad blockers intensifies
You still get ads embedded in the videos anyway without Sponserblock, why bother?
juice_bus··on Veo
Which one of these products Google are releasing that you can trust will even be around in a year or two? I'm certainly done trusting Google with new products.
juice_bus··on Show HN: Mazelit - My wife and I released our first game
Did you end up using GDScript or C#?
juice_bus··on I'm hating swe, what could be another career?
>but currently i working as a consultant in a corporate

This is the problem.

Your experience with software development will range widely depending on where you're working, who you're working with AND what you're working with (tech stack).

juice_bus··on Xbox has a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility
How long until this team isn't profitable and is let go anyway?
juice_bus··on Blocklist that contain AI generated content for uBlock Origin and uBlacklist
Has anyone had any luck getting ublock to work on Twitch? It's the only one undefeated for me right now.
juice_bus··on Star Trek TNG Captain's Chair Heads to Auction in March
> MARCH 12 UPDATE: Propstore has changed their plans for the Enterprise-D captain’s chair, pulling it from the upcoming auction. Their website now reports that the chair will be returned to CBS Studios, where the Star Trek team will eventually make it available for public viewing.
juice_bus··on Reclaim your focus with ~12 lines of bash
Which RSS reader do you use?
juice_bus··on Higher fees, more ads: streaming cashes in by using the old tactics of cable TV
Recently switched off Emby to Jellyfin - having a permanent "buy premium!" in the player (auto search subtitles) sucked.
juice_bus··on GameStop Terminates CEO Amidst Declining Revenue
I still call GameStop "EB Games" here in Canada after their rebranding.
juice_bus··on ChatGPT's Chess Elo is 1400
When I tried it at v3.0 i found after 5-10 moves it started moving illegally.
juice_bus··on Introducing ChatGPT and Whisper APIs
Most of the value for me with ChatGPT+ is getting access when the system is at capacity.
juice_bus··on Rivian announces 1B gross loss and 600M revenue [pdf]
Is "cost" set at the original date of the agreement? Otherwise lowering cost wouldn't help. (or this is a joke I'm whiffing on...)
juice_bus··on Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS
Sorry, your package only allows you to turn the volume up to 45%, would you like to upgrade?
juice_bus··on Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI
I've been using (and paying for) Kagi[0] since June of last year, I quite enjoy it.

[0] https://kagi.com/

juice_bus··on ImGUI Ported to a LiteX SoC
What kind of background would someone using LiteX have?
juice_bus··on WTF with high school questions?
It feels like Canonical does this silly shit so only the truly desperate will apply, and thus take lower compensation.

I would of closed the tab pretty quickly.

juice_bus··on Telemetry is now optional in Warp
Might draw some people in. I'm of the opinion that my terminal is one of the most important things to keep safe - a closed source terminal is not safe to me.
juice_bus··on The Perl Foundation will now be known as The Perl and Raku Foundation
You could replace Perl with any language and people would have the same experience.
juice_bus··on Google profits plummet 27 percent in Q3 2022 earnings report
You're not even spared from baked in sponsors to the videos, so ublock origin and SponserBlock are more effective for me.
juice_bus··on In Canada it's illegal to call yourself software engineer
Uh oh, I just told my urologist I was a Software Engineer. From my experience over the last 15 years, no one cares. I'm sure it matters to the courts, though.
juice_bus··on Ask HN: Which web browser do you use and why?
+1 for Kagi, never going back.
juice_bus··on GE is laying off 20% of its workforce devoted to onshore wind power
>GE is also in the process of splitting into three publicly traded companies, focused on health care, aerospace and energy.

First I have heard of this!

juice_bus··on Meta announces hiring freeze, warns employees of restructuring
What an awful way to announce that. Q&A is over folks, everyone go back to their desk and start working again - good luck!
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