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kall1sto··on A German word for:“It only works when I try to show you how it does not work”?
It's not used in this case.
kall1sto··on Reddit has quarantined /r/The_Donald
Of course people have a right to speak about what they want, but reddit is not a country. It's a company that can decide whether they tolerate certain ideologies and behaviours on their platform.
kall1sto··on Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers
What's the benefit of fooling advertisers? So then I will get ads that I'm even less interested in?
kall1sto··on German regulator says it discovered new illegal software on Daimler diesels
As a german I sometimes have the feeling that our automobile industry has more advanced software than the government.
kall1sto··on Libra White Paper
I just watched the official launch video for Libra and it's just disgusting how silicon valley is abusing the image of "poor" people or people from developing countries to sell a philanthropist idea while their true intentions are just more money and more power.
kall1sto··on Pogo stick rental startup swears it’s not a joke
Still makes more sense than renting pogosticks.
kall1sto··on Pogo stick rental startup swears it’s not a joke
This is their biggest rival https://www.gopogogo.com/
kall1sto··on The calls to reign in Mark Zuckerberg have never been louder
Is breaking the law by selling and breaching the data of millions of users what you are referring to when you say that "Zuckerberg is navigating the company carefully through very difficult decision points" ?
kall1sto··on Boeing 737 skids off runway into Florida river
Are they even cleared to fly again?
kall1sto··on No Thank You, Mr. Pecker
Also, naked selfies have somewhat become normal in the smartphone age. It's nothing you can shock anybody with anymore...
kall1sto··on Bandersnatch Shows You What Depersonalization Disorder Feels Like
Very well described.
kall1sto··on Class divide between ‘poor’ Apple iPhone and ‘rich’ Huawei users in China
So you're trying to tell me the people who own the most expensive smartphones have the smallest income? Nice try Huawei.
kall1sto··on Yes, Apple and Samsung Have Been Slowing Down Your Phone on Purpose
So who gets the money from all these fines? Because the normal customer never sees a penny.
kall1sto··on An artwork by Banksy shredded itself after selling for $1.3M at Sotheby’s
https://codepen.io/leemartin/pen/pxNvod
kall1sto··on Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme: 15“ Hex-Core, GTX 1050 Ti, 64GB RAM Under 4 Pounds
wouldn't 4k on 13" be a bit of a overkill?
kall1sto··on Ask HN: Trademark approach for global startup?
The name + domain is already there, the question now is how and where the trademarks should be registered.
kall1sto··on Warner Music Group Sells Entire Stake in Spotify
Besides Apple Music I don't see any real competitors right now. Also Spotify's subscriber numbers keep growing rumored to be double of Apple Music's. https://www.statista.com/statistics/244995/number-of-paying-...
kall1sto··on Warner Music Group Sells Entire Stake in Spotify
Spotify is on the best way to become the Google of the music industry. They're doing alot of things right. Not sure if it's the best decision to sell now but i guess the people from warner know what they're doing.
kall1sto··on The 44 best Android games of 2018
"Reign" is an awesome game!
kall1sto··on Nick Damiano Wins Long Bet That the Large Hadron Collider Wouldn’t Destroy Earth
So how was Damiano supposed to pay the other guy when the earth got destroyed?
kall1sto··on Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
I also have a crippling fear of flying but i will fly in 10 days so i did a "test run" with Lorazepam which helped my step-dad who didn't fly for 20 years and is now anxiety free during flights with no medication needed. I was watching flight videos on youtube and found myself giggling in euphoria.
kall1sto··on Americans can legally download 3-D printed guns starting next month
it should be illegal.
kall1sto··on Show HN: Instagram-scraper – Scrape instagram photos by tags, without API
I put a timeout of 2-3 sec between each image download. Do you think this will prevent instagram from detecting the scraper?