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marmshallow··on Thieves escape by motorboat after royal jewels heist in Sweden
It appears she did indeed go to jail, but is probably now out.

> Olga Dogaru was convicted of transporting and hiding stolen property (two years).

http://www.criminalelement.com/the-romanian-connection-the-k...

marmshallow··on Thieves escape by motorboat after royal jewels heist in Sweden
This mentality does not scale
marmshallow··on Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s potential
Is this a change for all Siri functionality? It currently requires internet on my iPhone.
marmshallow··on Please stop asking me to use the app
I think it's because in the new design, you do not get to choose which content to view or click on. All images are auto-expanded, leaving you with a fb-like feed rather than suggested content you can choose to dive into.
marmshallow··on Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the brain
There are some studies - I'll have to do some digging to find them - that show that even if you "feel rejuvenated" the next day, you will still not be performing at full cognitive capacity. I think this makes much anecdotal evidence invalid.
marmshallow··on Justice Dept. Seizes Times Reporter’s Email/Phone Records in Leak Investigation
Does using gmail count as unencrypted?
marmshallow··on Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early days
For you and anyone else that didn't read the full article, there was another single line that was interesting:

> To get customers to come into the first Home Depot store, Marcus gave away cash.

Golly gee, seems't the ancient hardware startups aren't so different from today's computer startups!

marmshallow··on AI at Google: our principles
Wow, this really is dramatic and telling!
marmshallow··on Tesla that crashed in Autopilot mode sped up before hitting truck: police
I want to wear sunglasses.
marmshallow··on Hubble finds first galaxy in the local universe without dark matter
I think they mean we only observe other matter interacting with other matter, and not dark matter interacting with other matter.
marmshallow··on Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high as cars
I was curious too. See https://www.polishandlather.com/blogs/news/13264093-what-do-...
marmshallow··on LinkedIn is ignoring user settings
Can you expand more on Oleg? Checked out his page very briefly and seems rather normal.
marmshallow··on Facebook acquires anonymous teen compliment app tbh, will let it run
Why not? The link works fine for me.
marmshallow··on Super Mario 64 Online Release [video]
Quick link to download/mirror for the lazy: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/347469400565219338/35...
marmshallow··on Text-only CNN
Facebook too has a mostly-text lightweight version:

https://mbasic.facebook.com/

marmshallow··on Jumping Ship: Signs It's Time to Quit
If I were to guess, it would be the guesswork.
marmshallow··on India Transport Minister: “We won’t allow driverless cars in India”
I think a bigger issue would be getting the automated cars to work on India's busy streets. The driving there is much more chaotic and requires a fair amount of aggression just to get places.
marmshallow··on How Wi-Fi Works
The Archive of it is better https://web.archive.org/web/20170723145452/http://www.verizo...
marmshallow··on The Life, Death, and Legacy of iPhone Jailbreaking
Jailbreaking my iPod touch taught me a lot about technology and software at an early age. I'm not sure I would be where I am today (working in technology and very well off compared to my peers) if I didn't pick up that hobby in middle/high school.
marmshallow··on Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?
I'm curious if anyone can answer this from the perspective of iOS, particularly games. Which ad exchange do you use (fb, google, other?) and how do you present the ads?
marmshallow··on Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central control
Can anyone find sample satellite imagery that illustrates the fractal patterns? I didn't see any in the article or with a quick google search.
marmshallow··on Let them paste passwords
Some of these are actual reasons why I don't use password managers. I'd rather have the convenience of being able to quickly type in a password that I can easily remember than have to worry about which special characters I'm using or manually typing in an insane hash.
marmshallow··on Salt Ponds of the San Francisco Bay
> their ever-changing pigments always stand out from the sky, and have served as a visual marker for astronauts

Can someone verify it is possible to spot these ponds from a usual orbit?

marmshallow··on Ffffound is shutting down
As someone new to ffffound, I don't already have an account with favorites. Are there any complete backups of the images somewhere?
marmshallow··on Ask HN: How has volunteering helped you grow?
How can I find a similar type of volunteering effort in my area?
marmshallow··on Saturn moon 'able to support life'
Post from a few months ago: "Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12994455

marmshallow··on UK researchers create graphene-based sieve that can remove salt from seawater
Can you describe this thermodynamic optimum or link me to something? Curious
marmshallow··on Programming won’t be automated, or it already has been
Surprised nobody has mentioned the halting problem [1] yet, which logically proves programming can never be automated.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/HVeO7ek.png (CH 8, Algorithms - Sanjoy Dasgupta, Christos H. Papadimitriou, and Umesh V. Vazirani)

marmshallow··on Programs that have saved me 100+ hours
What are your favorite or most-used shortcuts?
marmshallow··on Alphabet's Waymo Alleges Uber Stole Self-Driving Secrets
Sounds more normal than asking you to take your laptop on a walk.
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