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lsharkey602

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lsharkey602··on A ngrok-style secure tunnel server written in Rust and Open Source
I'm not experienced like some people posting here, but vouching for this comment that projects may have value for personal development and education.
lsharkey602··on Tell HN: Use "-f**k" to kill Google AI Overview
Try https://www.startpage.com/, which is google, with privacy, and without AI
lsharkey602··on Entry-level jobs down by a third since launch of ChatGPT
See also:

Engineering / programming entry level jobs down by one third: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/23/fears-of-ai-...

Finance / corporate sectors entry level jobs down by one third: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/22/city-giants-...

lsharkey602··on Ask HN: How do I learn practical electronic repair?
I'll just say, "thank you".
lsharkey602··on UK study: Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet
Already done. Allows life to focus on more valuable things, like in the past. A Nokia in the bag for work and a tablet with a cracked screen in the cupboard for banking.
lsharkey602··on Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
As a European resident, I have put in a complaint to the company for you. Should it be dismissed out-of-hand, I will forward a complaint to my national Information Commissioner's office. I will post any results.
lsharkey602··on The Royal Society Report – Science in the Age of AI [pdf]
The Royal Society - "World's Oldest Independent Scientific Academy Dedicated to Promoting Scientific Excellence."

This report, Science in the age of AI (PDF), explores how AI technologies, such as deep learning or large language models, are transforming the nature and methods of scientific inquiry.

It also explores how notions of research integrity; research skills or research ethics are inevitably changing, and what the implications are for the future of science and scientists.

lsharkey602··on “A Course of Pure Mathematics” – G. H. Hardy (1921) [pdf]
Also, Che Guevara.
lsharkey602··on “A Course of Pure Mathematics” – G. H. Hardy (1921) [pdf]
John Keats, Osamu Tezuka, Somerset Maugham, Hector Berlioz.

Studied medicine but did not practice (Keats did for a little while). Just for interest.