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nom··on Two high-speed trains collide near Toledo, Spain
apparently even the same line
nom··on US Global Entry revoked for importing $12 of ESP32 boards
more likely it was a cloned part with a non-matching fcc id (see thread)
nom··on How tabasco became the hot sauce
i think the green band that around the neck originally covered the cap as well, like those heat shrink tops of wine bottles
nom··on Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
no, just advertising
nom··on US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
nailed to a cross

sadly it no longer feels absurd

nom··on Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
I wondered about that too, i think they use a compose key and accidentally pressed it
nom··on 3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines
fig 17 shows the assembled motor

it's a linear motor.. like a speaker coil assembly

fig23 shows how a radial assembly could be made

nom··on Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada over Lawful-Access Bill
i bet that payment option is used very rarely... its brilliant marketing that costs them almost nothing

people really like to mention the cash envelope, whoever came up with it is a genius

nom··on Paramount Skydance has completed its $111B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
the blame is absorbed by McKinsey the corporation, not the people working there

they'll just use AI like everyone else but charge extra for it

nom··on DEDA – Tracking Dots Extraction, Decoding and Anonymisation Toolkit
> is part of a larger program

What larger program?

nom··on Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason
the company that runs it calls it 'first official store'

https://www.antsandfriends.com/bnd-shop/

It very much sounds like this was not their idea originally... wouldn't be surprised if this was initiated by BND, and they are legally not allowed to run it themselves or sth like that

nom··on Almost half of China's workforce is now in the gig economy
half of the workforce ≠ half of the population

also, they say it is highly competitive, meaning not everyone will get enough gigs

nom··on The first fully implanted cochlear implant reaches patients
this article is about how the device passed European regulations, which means it is now declared safe to be implanted

implantable devices for patients are amongst the most strictly regulated electronic devices that exist, so yeah, it's safe.

nom··on Florida woman used Claude as a diary, then Anthropic reported an entry to police
> The communication must be made in a manner in which another person may view it

Who's the other person in a chat with Claude? The Anthropic employees? Three letter agency?

nom··on Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening
protect-the-children and catch-the-criminal is a lot more tangible to most people than the concept of privacy in public or digital spaces

they may not be asking for it.. but once you make it a yes/no question and the public has to decide, they will support it blindly

nom··on My Cup of Coffee versus Your Subscription Cost
It's one cup of coffee, Michael. What could it cost, 10$?
nom··on The Cuckoo's Egg (Book)
The KGB, the computer and me (1990) with young Cliff is a real treat:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vW8YBrH4Q6o

nom··on Man Says Meta's Muse AI Gave His Home Address Out to Strangers
the real issue I see here is that Meta AI couldn't open the door to let them in
nom··on 'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms
why are they trying so hard to give it a name?
nom··on Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights
Was it a protected cell? They have a little circuit board on one side, sometimes you can see it through the shrinkwrap.
nom··on Show HN: Avoid smooth spinners, use low-FPS spinners
spin boxes date back to windows 95 and were part of the windows common controls, often called spinners

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/...

I think they fell out of fashion after the scroll wheel was invented

nom··on The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy
> and even marijuana

ok so you are just spreading FUD

nom··on Two Git ignore files nobody told me about
you can add .gitignore to .gitignore ;)
nom··on WordPress: Unauthenticated path traversal leading to conditional RCE
The access log of public http servers is truly interesting to watch.

You know that the scripts doing it are optimized for success rate, so the types of requests they send give you an impression of what's actually out there.

It's clear to me that once we finally achieve rogue AGI, it is going to propagate through unpatched WordPress WooCommerce instances.

nom··on Chinese paint cuts wall temperature by 25 degrees Celsius in summer test: report
radiative cooling can make it cooler than air temperature, it removes the heat through infrared radiation
nom··on People hooked on vapes try a new way to quit: cigarettes
it also stops being unpleasant once your brain has associated it deeply with the dopamine

if anything, the strong smell and taste sensations makes it even more addictive

nom··on Wax motor
Both are linear motors.
nom··on FCC ISM Rules May Shatter Lora Mesh Communities
It will jam itself once enough people try to use it.
nom··on Steve Wozniak launches merch store
wow that's lame merch
nom··on Show HN: Give your AI agents access to WhatsApp
Using this will get your WhatsApp account banned sooner or later.
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