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tetrahedon··on Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
Which would be excellent news for both Germany and Europe.
tetrahedon··on Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
Yes. All the parties you listed are similar: ties to Russia, members that are literal neo-nazis, ridiculous views that contradict both history and science, anti-EU, anti-Ukraine, anti-media and blaming problems on immigrants without offering any solutions to problems that actually matter.

Comparing the AfD to the Green Party is a dramatic false equivalence. Thank you for quoting Popper, it’s the best argument for banning the AfD. They are not labelled “far-right” to dissuade people from voting for them, they are far-right because their inane views are so far from what is currently considered the political centre (which has shifted to the right HARD in the last decades).

tetrahedon··on Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
Not at all. It just makes her a hypocrite.
tetrahedon··on Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party
What nonsense! The AfD is not just “far-right”, it is (objectively!) an extremist, anti-democratic organisation and it is frankly insane that it has not been banned yet. The Economist disgraced itself by platforming someone as odious as Weidel, and in general, the media is complicit in giving a fringe party so much airtime.

You might have lost your shame, and I am sorry for you, but I assure you that the overwhelming majority of Europeans just sadly regret that people with such ridiculous views have become emboldened.

As for Ukraine: if you don’t believe that European freedom is defended there, I am not sure how to convince you, maybe an Estonian could.

tetrahedon··on The Deathray: A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac
There are more of these hiding in WebGPU. Some work on iOS as well. I reported them to Apple but they were closed as not having security relevance.
tetrahedon··on Compression of Spectral Images Using Spectral JPEG XL
Did you consider other compression methods? For us, ZSTD is quite good for TIFF files.
tetrahedon··on Ask HN: Best payments platform for Zambia and other countries in Africa?
Maybe https://www.wave.com?
tetrahedon··on John Koss, headphones pioneer, has died (2021)
I hope you are referring to their lifetime warranty and replaced them free of charge when they broke! Top company. https://koss.com/blogs/stories/use-koss-headphones-limited-l...
tetrahedon··on Show HN: 3dasd – open-source DIY room-scale 3D scanner
Sweet work! If you are interested in 3D reconstruction, have a look at http://www.open3d.org.