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michaeltimo··on Alexei Navalny has died
This! When Trump had an statement about this in the UNGA five years ago, German politicians laughed and they walked right into it.
michaeltimo··on Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
The main question is, what percentage of the society are these conservatives? What's the opinion of the rest of people? Unlike you, in my opinion, most people have good memories of the Shah's time (Zamane Shah). It's quite funny, but most of the hospitals that are now named after Khomeini Hospital were built by the Shah. Also most stadiums and universities.

Moreover, this is a superficial view of the story if we think that what annoys people in Iran is mostly economic. This can be seen even in the slogan of the biggest anti-government demonstration that started last year, "Women, Life, Freedom", the three things that has been oppressed in the last four decades. Yes, economic issues have put a lot of pressure on the people, but people's wishes should not be reduced to it.

michaeltimo··on Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
It might seem like a hard take but, what happened in 1979 is not much different that 1953 with regard to influence of western countries on it IMO. Many people in Iran also believe the 1979 "revolution" was supported by western countries, if not planned. Iran was on a path to rapid growth and also Shah's decision on doubling the Oil's price in 1973 could be another reason [1].

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2012/06...

michaeltimo··on Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
The propaganda of this barbaric Iranian regime is active everywhere, but the truth cannot be covered with words like the "Western Media", so try other things.

This is also not the first time that the child-killing and anti-women regime of Iran commits such crimes. About a year ago, Mehsa Amini was killed by police forces for the same crime of insufficient hijab. In the revolutionary demonstrations after that, about 500 more people were killed, among them Nika Shakarami [1] by the "impact of a hard object" and 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak [2] by the shootings by the security forces. Other examples of innocent people killed can be found in the links in these wikipedia pages.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Nika_Shakarami

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Kian_Pirfalak

michaeltimo··on Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
"Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world. In the 21st century the Nobel Committee has embraced efforts to limit the harm done by man-made climate change and threats to the environment as relevant to the Peace Prize." [0]

Narges is one of the most inspiring women in confronting the inhumane regime of the Islamic Republic, which never stops committing crimes. A regime that sent a 16-year-old girl into a coma just a few days ago because of her hijab [1]. Narges spent most of her life in the most dangerous prisons in Iran for her activities, and I think this award was not only for her, but also for the all oppressed women in Iran in the last four decades.

[0] https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-prize/about-the-...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/03/iran-activists...

michaeltimo··on Raspberry Pi 5
Finding older models were also almost impossible in the past two years. It's unlikely that Raspberry Pi 5 will solve the issue. But even so, it's not a wise move because what is the point of bringing a new model when they can't make it available to normal people?
michaeltimo··on Raspberry Pi 5
For me the advantage of Raspberry pi was passive cooling without worrying about any moving objects and running 24/7. Being affordable was another clear advantage. These two does not apply here anymore.

I might be wrong but buying a used mini pc like Nuc or SFF PCs seems to be more reasonable than buying a 80$ SBC + Case and adapter costs.

michaeltimo··on Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
And a LLM-bot can have access to internet which connects it to our real world, at least in many places.
michaeltimo··on GPT-4
Can ChatGPT take control of a computer? Would it possible to give him some tasks like finding interesting jobs for me over internet? I don't know what can prevent it to be more active instead of passive.
michaeltimo··on New Sony Walkman music player
I understand your point, but a question will be why not just loading your smartphone with mp3 files. In this case, you don't need internet connection (if this is the only the reason) and you don't need a separate device.
michaeltimo··on Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022
A 20 meter lan cable which I bought it for less than 10$. I have now much more stable connection.
michaeltimo··on Rant: Year of Linux on the desktop
I've used Ubuntu since 2016 and the only issue I had (which I couldn't solve at the end and had to give up) was to install a driver for an old laser printer. Apart from that, I've had absolutely no issue for installing something and I am not a geek by any means.
michaeltimo··on Tell HN: Google Cloud lets anyone add you to a project without your permission
It seems like a fast way to get all your google accounts get suspended.
michaeltimo··on Iranian women compete at chess tournament without hijab: media reports
The main reason for these demonstrations is the systematic repression of this corrupt dictator's regime for over 4 decades, and not the coverage of the news and the reflection of the people's voices by Iranian journalists like Alinejad. What causes the killing of people is this bloodthirsty regime and its dictator, Khamenei. Please don't write the regime's fallacies here, no one buys it.
michaeltimo··on Jadi has been released from prison after 70 days on bail
Recent post on HN about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33484185
michaeltimo··on Tell HN: A hacker's life is in danger, your awareness may be life saving
We are talking about a ruthless government, which is hard to predict, but what has been proven in the past is that being not famous or not covering by the media can end very badly [0]. On the other hand, raising awareness in the past has saved people's lives. An example I remember was physics researcher Omid Kokabi [1], who was finally released from Evin prison after years of pressure from the international community.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sattar_Beheshti

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omid_Kokabee

michaeltimo··on Jadi
I've been following his podcast for a long time, in which he talked about IT news (mostly top stories from Hacker News). He is since October 5th in notorious Evin Prison in Tehran/Iran. I thought maybe your awareness saves his life.

Also some more information: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-been-10-days-since-jadi-a...

michaeltimo··on Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (2014)
Which email-service do you recommend that lets me use my custom domain? I know protonmail, but I'm looking for other options.
michaeltimo··on “Please be our voice” - Message from students at Sharif University of Technology
This is totally BS. Armed to the teeth security forces are slaughtering empty handed students and you say this is students vs students? I don't know what to say. Just wow
michaeltimo··on Pdfgrep – a commandline utility to search text in PDF files
I used this tools a lot for writing my thesis. It made me search through many papers saved on my computer easily and fast.
michaeltimo··on Why Mahsa Amini (in Persian: مهسا امینی) is trending on Twitter
More on this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220918050920/https://www.thegu...

https://web.archive.org/web/20220919165852/https://www.thegu...

michaeltimo··on Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible
when all you have is a QR code ...
michaeltimo··on Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure Covid-19
US/CA/UK now have another thing to hoard, nice. RIP the rest of world.
michaeltimo··on ISO-8601 date format reference not publicly available
Maybe it's the time to think about an open alternative to ISO like OpenISO or something.
michaeltimo··on GitHub blocks entire company because one employee was in Iran
What I don't understand is why not blocking access to those regions which are affected by US sactions (in this case Iran). The current situation in which you can access the website, but if you do, your account will be banned immediately is more like a detective scenario than respecting the laws. You can simply block all Iranian IPs.