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owlninja··on How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?
Didn't it start as Bard?
owlninja··on Consider the Greenland Shark (2020)
Which is homage to Consider the Oyster I believe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_the_Oyster

owlninja··on Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp
I can't reproduce this either, OP is light on details.
owlninja··on We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do
Actually I believe DraftKings just added a prediction market...
owlninja··on Durdraw – ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems
This certainly changes things...
owlninja··on DARPA’s new X-76
They officially named it recently to the 'MV-75'.
owlninja··on Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep
I've had it for nearly 20 years, and I know it came from an incident shooting firearms with not enough (none) protection. Most days I don't think about it anymore. However if I am tired or stressed, it seems to turn up to 11. I've read many people get depressed or they can't get over it, luckily I seem to deal with it alright, but wouldn't wish it on anyone. Protect your hearing!
owlninja··on LLMs work best when the user defines their acceptance criteria first
They probably at least look at the docs?
owlninja··on An interactive map of Flock Cams
I added one a few months ago and went to go check it, and there are 2 others almost right on top of it pointing in different directions, I guess that can't be prevented? I'm fairly certain they didn't add two more ALPRs that close to each other.
owlninja··on Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst
stego-tech looks like a normal person? Are we entering an era were proper writing and grammar makes you less believeable?
owlninja··on Sandwich Bill of Materials
They better load the SBOM correctly in SAP.
owlninja··on Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video
A$AP Rocky has always put out interesting videos, here are a few others that are pretty cool:

Yamborghini high: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt7gP_IW-1w L$D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4JEBwVlXo

owlninja··on Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13
Yes it was! Truly amazing.
owlninja··on Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13
What a crazy coincidence... I had not been to the Kimbell art musesum that is only about 20 minutes away from me in many years. We had a family outing this weekend to go see the Torlonia Collection exhibit there and this painting was just sitting there in their permanent collection! I even got to listen to the guided tour group that happened to be at that painting as I was walking by.
owlninja··on Sinclair C5
I always thought that a lot of the riders on these had back issues or something else that would make a long ride on a normal bicycle painful or hard to do.
owlninja··on Why some clothes shrink in the wash and how to unshrink them
My strategy forever is to wash all my shirts, put them in the dryer on low for 5 minutes, then hang them all up in a doorway overnight. My clothes last much longer this way and never get wrinkled.
owlninja··on Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]
A little more context if needed (free link):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/business/60-minutes-trump...

owlninja··on Vince Zampella, developer of Call of Duty and Battlefield has died
If this is up to date he seemed more of a McLaren person:

https://exclusivecarregistry.com/collection/zampella-collect...

owlninja··on alpr.watch
> Authorize Execution of a Public Right-of-Way Use Agreement Granting Flock Group, Inc. a License to Install and Maintain Non-Police Department Flock License Plate Reader Cameras on Public Rights-of Way and Establish Fees for Permitting, Inspection, and Usage

This is on my town and seems like strange wording. What the heck are private flock cameras?

>The City and Flock have negotiated a Right-of-Way Use Agreement, which will grant Flock a non-exclusive license to install and maintain certain private cameras within the City's ROW. The agreement is for a period of twenty (20) years and may be renewed for up to two (2) successive five (5) year terms. Flock will be responsible for paying the permit and inspection fees for existing private cameras within the City's ROW and for any newly installed private cameras within the ROW as well as for an annual ROW usage fee on a per camera basis for the right to install cameras within the City's ROW.

20 years...

owlninja··on SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted
The HN post from earlier when the VPN ban speculation started:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46269891

owlninja··on Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming?
Would love to hear any feedback using Google's anitgravity from a clean slate. Holiday shutdown is about to start at my job and I want to tinker with something that I have not even started.
owlninja··on Senator endorses discredited book that claims chemical treats autism, cancer
"The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion."
owlninja··on America's betting craze has spread to its news networks
>"Last month, Mansour, the C.E.O. of Kalshi, said that the “long-term vision” for the company “is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.”

Sounds wonderful...

owlninja··on Italy's longest-serving barista reflects on six decades behind the counter
I'm not sold on the whole blue zone thing... here is an HN discussion on a paper refuting some of the claims that won an Ig Nobel prize last year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41738434

owlninja··on Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
Gift link if needed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/instacart-algori...

owlninja··on Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
9 years and it's the website I check daily more than any others! Happy Thanksgiving!
owlninja··on How Cops Are Using Flock's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
In my case the city had to publish their agreement with Flock and I was able to find the city council presentation showing exactly where they put the cameras, and many selling points of how great Flock is. In fact, someone else in my town had already marked them.

Obviously, this website does nothing for us, just glance up at any egress or ingress to where you live (in the US) and note you've been tracked. Or feel free to update the node with better information if you have it.

owlninja··on How Cops Are Using Flock's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters and Activists
I recently contributed to https://deflock.me/

We had a local story where the gist was the police said they searched ALPR for the welfare of a young woman, but it was actually more focused on a possible abortion. [1] "Unrelated" this same Sheriff was later charged with sexual harassment, perjury, and retaliation against a witness [2]. These are the types that are able to easily track you if they wanted to.

[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas...

[2] https://www.fox4news.com/news/johnson-county-sheriff-arreste...

owlninja··on A Fond Farewell
I think this is from the Old Farmer's Almanac
owlninja··on A Fond Farewell
This is the one my mind went to, mostly because that cover is so familiar. Granted, I never invested much time in either but was always glad they existed.
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