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thoronton··on Create your own jigsaw puzzle from any image
I think Ravensburger has a service where you can upload images and then order the puzzle.
thoronton··on Post World War II Food
Cigarettes for breakfast ....

That definitely were different times.

thoronton··on It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans
> You're editing a file (or parts of different files) and are focusing on say 5 methods that are interacting. I want to see all of them on the screen at the same time, without having to struggle to open and manage many windows with for example VS horizontal/vertical sliders

Regarding this, maybe haystack could be interesting for you

https://haystackeditor.com/

I haven't tried it myself, but I intend to.

thoronton··on Flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA accounts, locking users out
My password is "***********"
thoronton··on Ask HN: Does anyone know of an open source Farming robot, project, or effort?
A couple of hours ago on HN: [Open Source Farming Robot](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41150095)
thoronton··on Peerfetch – Peer-to-Peer HTTP over WebRTC
I don't get it. Where is the signaling server and how is it working?
thoronton··on Tesla Analyst Nearly Crashes While Using Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving
So Elon is trying to kill the Tesla investors?
thoronton··on Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 MAX crashes
> Parents do not take on the crimes of their children. They are criminally liable for not overseeing their children's action and/or for not preventing their actions, which is something totally different.

It is not completely different. The CEOs should be liable for not properly overseeing their company and for not preventing the illegal actions of the company they're in charge of.

thoronton··on Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 MAX crashes
The people in charge have to ensure that the right measures are in place to prevent illegal behavior. If they do not do that, then they are liable. At Boeing, effective measures are obviously not in place.
thoronton··on Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 MAX crashes
If you are such a bad CEO that over 200 People die because of your bad management, then that should definitely be illegal. For what do they get the millions if not for taking responsibility?
thoronton··on Will the US Prosecute Boeing?
In my opinion the people who are responsible for MCAS need to be prosecuted. They knew it was faulty especially after the first crash but they did nothing to stop the second crash from happening.
thoronton··on TinyLetter shut down by Mailchimp, so I built the letterdrop
Imagine you try to get independent of one service by becoming dependent on at least two others. (ChatGPD and Cloud provider)
thoronton··on Curl is inside 22,734 Steam games
https://xkcd.com/2347/
thoronton··on Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a trend
The land owners do not always have a choice.

"Under split estate law, the surface owner must allow the mineral rights owner reasonable access. Protections for the surface owner vary; in some states an agreement is required that compensates them for the use of the land and reclaims the land after extraction is complete."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracking_in_the_United_State...

thoronton··on A pure NumPy implementation of Mamba
Why is it so difficult to write a short description what the project does? With too many open source projects people, who are not familiar with it, have to play detective to figure out what it actually is doing. "Wait a package manager based on numphy? That doesn't make any sense. Oh they mention LLM? So it must have something to do with AI"