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theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines?
how are you going to enforce it? if someone does that & reformats the text a bit it'll look like a unique response
theLegionWithin··on Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
when you release something into the public domain, you lose control over it.
theLegionWithin··on A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
Must be a California issue, never had any issues with Comcast except during the pandemic when everyone was working from home & their network couldn't keep up.

In 15 years, that was my only complaint

theLegionWithin··on Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel
good riddance
theLegionWithin··on KDE is now my favorite desktop
kde is the best DE. only time I don't use it is in headless environments
theLegionWithin··on Building ultra cheap energy storage for solar PV
ok but what's the upfront and maintenance costs for the buried bricks & pipes system?

LNG is standardized, it's readily available, and existing infrastructure already exists.

how is this new system better?

theLegionWithin··on Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation
2nd one, the investors. barely exceeding inflation is barely making a profit.
theLegionWithin··on Why Hasn't Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches?
the Aspirin lobby won't allow that (presumably, article is paywalled, so who knows)
theLegionWithin··on MS confidence in Windows 11: Pay us to host VMs for when your desktop dies
good for Enterprise tier businesses, but honestly everyone else should just switch to Linux
theLegionWithin··on F-Droid build servers can't build modern Android apps due to outdated CPUs
Apple has an iPhone app store monopoly, but Google is the bad guy here?

hogwash

theLegionWithin··on Beyond Meat is headed to Chapter 11 bankruptcy
they never managed to get the cost down to near the price of actual meat, despite the ingredients being dirt cheap. overhead and/or greed?

glad they're failing

theLegionWithin··on The untold impact of cancellation
larping
theLegionWithin··on What went wrong inside recalled Anker PowerCore 10000 power banks?
Chinese manufacturing 10+ years ago is completely different to Chinese manufacturing in 2025. the other comment about "zero trust" is significantly more apt
theLegionWithin··on Data brokers are selling flight information to CBP and ICE
what percentage of illegals travel on airplanes?
theLegionWithin··on Experts help older Coloradans downsize their possessions
dime story is sort of creepy
theLegionWithin··on 'Explosive increase' in ticks that cause meat allergy due to climate change
good for healthier eating, presumably.
theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: Hackathons feel fake now
time for some grassroots hacking? ditch the glitzy establishment & form a hacking commune?
theLegionWithin··on Amazon launches first Kuiper internet satellites in bid to take on Starlink
more competition is always a good thing - but Amazon isn't some bastion of openness & free thought... internet though Amazon will likely be a very closed ecosystem.

wonder if the EU will try to create their own constellation...

theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: What is the future of tech roles?
eh... first company that fires all of its devs for AI slaves, and then doubles down on the decision when it becomes obvious that was a poor choice will become an interesting case study for MBA's on what not to do.
theLegionWithin··on uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome Store
just run a pihole. superior to a browser plugin in every way
theLegionWithin··on Anus: An open-source AI agent framework created by Manus AI itself
best acronym of 2025 (so far)
theLegionWithin··on Why is no one talking about Mozilla's latest madness?
no alternatives? there's tons of different browsers
theLegionWithin··on What would happen if we didn't use TCP or UDP?
ah, the "what would happen if we reinvented the wheel?" postulate.
theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe?
fyi EU, the world does not revolve around you. the rest of us don't care about you or your policies.
theLegionWithin··on French train passenger fined €150 for using phone on speaker
wish that was a thing here in my area.
theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: Is Hacker News Being Manipulated?
easy solution, don't knowingly & willingly trade in/interact with Chinese companies, agents, or products. they're highly verboten
theLegionWithin··on Inside A Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab
big ol bucket of blue
theLegionWithin··on WebGL Fluid Simulation
damn, that's neat
theLegionWithin··on Tell HN: I just updated my wife's Chrome, and uBlock is no longer supported
pihole + adblocker apps and you'll basically never see ads

- there's a YouTube specific one I like

- rethink (phone)

- adguard (computer)

ublock was nice but there are more comprehensive solutions

theLegionWithin··on Ask HN: Does retro computing make you feel younger or older?
kind of depends on your individual definition of "retro" - for me it's anything prior to win95.

retro computing doesnt make me feel either older or younger, it makes me appreciate how far computing has come in my lifetime.

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