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radiator··on Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware threatens most servers on planet Earth
> So, what can you do?

A new service manager for Linux distributions. The last piece of a full alternative to systemd. https://skarnet.com/projects/service-manager.html. This is a proof of concept, it does not yet have its final form.

radiator··on Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry
That should be no problem: he posted exactly *because* he meant to take full responsibility for his actions.
radiator··on Tell HN: I unknowingly broke the PHP RCE embargo. I am sorry
Correct, otherwise we need another phrase for when he would pay for damages, like "the fullest responsibility" or "the absolutely utmost responsibility".
radiator··on Why do we have so many meetings?
I must congratulate you.
radiator··on Why do we have so many meetings?
An innovative approach. And by submitting a PR on Friday afternoon, you might get a free hand to do anything you like!
radiator··on Why do we have so many meetings?
> Much of the time the person I’m waiting on doesn’t report to my manager anyway

But there exists a manager who is the nearest common ancestor of your and their manager.

radiator··on Why do we have so many meetings?
what is "build call"?
radiator··on Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees
This is only one side of the story. No doubt European states have been vassals of the USA since WWII, but this was also what the USA had for a long time encouraged them to do: USA provided security, in return Europe did what it was told to. One reason was also because the USA did not want another strong army in Europe. The USA no longer likes this deal, OK, this is a change of course, to which everyone tries to adapt somehow.
radiator··on Visa, Mastercard, major banks facing new litigation over 'anticompetitive' fees
But the cost still finds its way to the end price of the product.
radiator··on Plain text is still one of the best technologies we have
I notice that you have answered in considerably less time than the duration of the video.
radiator··on ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
But it would be hard to keep up with a country which has grown its GDP by 50 times since 1990, like China did.
radiator··on Toyota is taking the Corolla electric
They were neither anti-EV in the past nor will they stop producing Internal Combustion Engine vehicles in the future
radiator··on Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school
I don't know what they are even trying to claim. They cannot seriously shrug off responsibility to AI. The Iranian government's description of the US military as "child-killing" is 100% truthful and Minab might be the worst example, but it is far from being the only one. Even in the comments here in this thread you find more examples.
radiator··on Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM
The solution would seem to be preventing that "Buyer (AI) has crazy money". They already have borrowed billions and are only generating losses so the money should run out. It just needs to be made sure that nobody (taxpayers) will rescue them.
radiator··on Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
a good example here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlGySMlSxRs
radiator··on google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
> There are "politics and ideology" and there is right and wrong.

That is exactly how six-year-olds think.

radiator··on google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update
Guidelines: Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing.
radiator··on Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
> King Richard II would have killed for an iPhone, PS5, air conditioning, and Uber Eats. He'd swap places with you, and he was king.

I don't for a moment believe that, but apparently arguments that cannot possibly be proven are in vogue nowadays.

radiator··on More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
Governments: come in and nationalize AI easily because it has broken every law anyway.
radiator··on How an MIT research project became the Julia programming language
Do you think the criticism in the article "Why I no longer recommend Julia" about correctness is still valid? * there are too many correctness and composability bugs throughout the ecosystem to justify using it in just about any context where correctness matters *

https://yuri.is/not-julia/

radiator··on Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold from US citing 'geopolitical unrest'
The sum of 12 billion USD would be correct for paper gold probably. But in practice, the supply of paper gold exceeds that of physical gold.
radiator··on Fastpotify
For the monthly price of Spotify, one could rent a VPS and host Navidrome on it. In case you already have spare capacity, then it might be (almost) free.
radiator··on New Casio F-B100W – Upgrade to the iconic F-91W after 40 years
I always followed trial and error until I reached my target and I had the feeling that my results were much better than if I were randomly clicking buttons. That is, some memory always remained. Or the menu is well thought out and has some consistency.
radiator··on What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
I think you should check your tires more often.
radiator··on IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center
So I have to make it plainer. Those factories are not all in Ukraine. The governments of the countries who host the factories have switched their rhetoric from 2023. Back then it was "oh, we cannot arm Ukraine with weapons with range longer than 100 km, because then according to international law we are complicit in attacking Russia and Russia has a legal right to strike us back". But in 2026 attacks on non-military targets are celebrated by the same governments who are now proud to have contributed to the hits.
radiator··on Airbus Takes Flight from AWS
Trump himself understands little of everything he does. He cannot be bothered to read simple texts, but he prefers images. His attention span is very short. So he is somewhat like a toddler. But in the end of course he does sign decisions and orders, even though he might have not read them fully. Someone else writes those documents he signs.
radiator··on Airbus Takes Flight from AWS
Public administration in Europe has already started moving away from the american hyperscalers. This is of course happening at the usual speed which is characteristic of all public administration.
radiator··on Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act
> Denmark is not just decayed, it is completely rotten

I don't know about the truthness of this claim, but you are definitely getting the upvote for the humour.

radiator··on Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again
Of course, being a German is not relevant, nor does it preclude you from displaying anti-german bias.
radiator··on Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again
I couldn't help but notice that your post also contains bias against German people.
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