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quaestioon Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say

Sheets is vastly superior to Excel for most users ;)

quaestioon Global hack on Microsoft Sharepoint hits U.S., state agencies, researchers say

Is it possible that prior staff at companies like Microsoft may have injected backdoor vulnerabilities?

How is this auditable?

quaestioon AI more likely to create 'yes-men on servers' than any scientific breakthroughs

LLMs, though limited, may spark testable hypotheses that inspire the creation of scientifically grounded, functionally intelligent systems.

quaestioon Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup

Solidworks, RFEM, other niche applications only run on Windows...

I made the switch to Google Workspace and Docs years ago...

At a recent company used the Microsoft largely for teams, but there are so many unnecessary headaches and time consuming log-ins (each taking a few seconds that continually add up) that the next paradigm cannot come soon enough...

The best way off Microsoft is via the browser... Vanilla JS Webgl etc

Prediction: we are less than a year away from this becoming a reality...

Edit: Possible solution: simply boot into a browser, with an underlying cloud syncing filesystem with trusted circles of sharing...

How many seconds would be required to go from power button to accepting input in this paradigm?

quaestioon Sail-Trim Simulator

Very cool demo...

Most yachts have polar charts, and the speed is a function of sail area, heading, wind speed and direction amongst other things. Are you considering calculating estimated boat speed based on given conditions and controllable variables?

quaestioon Grokski

Good question - this is updated now so all skiers move in the same direction.

quaestioon Grokski

A little browser game inspired by classics like SkiFree—ski down a slalom course, dodge trees, and outrun a yeti! It’s made with vanilla HTML5, CSS, and JS, no frameworks. Use arrow keys to steer, F to boost speed, and aim for slalom gates to rack up points. High scores are saved locally.

quaestioon Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime

Privacy is a grey area.

quaestioon Show HN: I made a free animator. Think Adobe Illustrator but for animation

It would be cool to be able to use the middle mouse button to pan and zoom the canvas, like most CAD software allows.

Can the units of the artboard be set - for example to mm?

quaestioon Wikihouse: Open-Source Houses

And what about recycled foamed PVC boards instead of plywood? They have decent mechanical properties (12-15MPa)

quaestioon Ask HN: Is anyone else getting AI fatigue?

From an engineering perspective ChatGPT makes some ridiculous errors and at times seems to fabricate random guesses. When these are pointed out it simply apologises and says "oh you right", even if it is being fed a lie.

When asked for references it cannot refer to any. Scientifically useless?

Until AI can filter out fact from fiction, it will continue frustrate the technical people who rely on absolute truths keep important systems running smoothly.