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ttrrooppeerron The history of Alt+number sequences

> For example, you could enter ñ by holding Alt and typing Numpad1 Numpad6 Numpad4, then releasing the Alt key.

To this day, this remains the best way to insert the character, I have tried the PowerToys Quick Accent [1] but I had so many missed characters when typing fast.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/quick-ac...

ttrrooppeerron CVE-2024-4367 – Arbitrary JavaScript execution in PDF.js

Having 2007 flashback to the UXSS in Adobe Acrobat Reader Plugin:

- https://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/

- https://blog.jeremiahgrossman.com/2007/01/what-you-need-to-k...

ttrrooppeerron Dublin-NY portal temporarily shut due to 'inappropriate behaviour'

And everyone in Ireland surely saw this one coming.

It is a sad state the country is in and can't bring themselves to fix it.

ttrrooppeerron Show HN: Balancing game for the mobile browser with increasing difficulty

Worked for me using A/S/D/F

ttrrooppeerron OpenAI GPT-4 vs. Groq Mistral-8x7B

A bit off-topic but maybe not? Any words on GPT-5? Is that coming? Or is OpenAI just focusing on the Sora model?

ttrrooppeerron Pingora: build fast, reliable and programmable networked systems

Their, at the time, blog post announcement about Pingora: https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-built-pingora-the-proxy-t...

ttrrooppeerron Ask HN: Is it still possible to earn a fortune in Bitcoin mining?

I feel like you already know the answer.

ttrrooppeerron Berlin TYPE: The official type for the city of Berlin (2020)

Thank you! It was a small itch I had while walking around the city and you managed to scratch it, really appreciated.

ttrrooppeerron Berlin TYPE: The official type for the city of Berlin (2020)

Somehow related(?) but when I was in Berlin I noticed all buildings have a white square with a black number for the building number. This is consistent across most (all?) parts of the town but no local was able to explain me why or what's the background of that.

Something like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@52.5309649,13.4099152,3a,15y,52...

Anyone knows what's the name of the font (on topic!) and any backstory on those?

ttrrooppeerron Apple announces changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store in the European Union

This reads like a crybaby manager upset with their future metrics.

ttrrooppeerron An app can be a home-cooked meal (2020)

You change the file. Simple!

ttrrooppeerron New UK record for wind power set today – 21.81 GW between 0900-0930 GMT

No great loss without some gain!

ttrrooppeerron Advent of Code 2023 is nigh

I will be doing this advent challenge this year instead: https://adventofchess.com/

Looking forward to read your write-ups!

ttrrooppeerron BBC Basic returns on multiple platforms, open sourced

And why is always on the HN front page? Seems like never ending stream of news about it.

ttrrooppeerron ChatGPT with voice is now available to all free users

More like the flipped a flag and tried to put some good PR out there to calm things down?

ttrrooppeerron After Boeing declines to pay up, ransomware group leaks 45 GB of data

Jacques's Law

ttrrooppeerron I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions

Sounds desperate, no? Kind of escaping the Titanic before the people in the third deck get into the boats (not that they will have a problem finding enough boats in this analogy)

ttrrooppeerron Bletchley Park codebreaker Margaret Betts has died

Nitpick but dead announcements usually don't include other than the name: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=has+died

Also, RIP, a true heroine.

Also, also, black top, please, dang.

ttrrooppeerron Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands

If you have a criminal mindset, yes. Otherwise, let them be and be happy.

ttrrooppeerron Kevin Mitnick has died

A mentor and a beacon for many of us. Rest in peace.

ttrrooppeerron Why won’t Google give an answer on whether Bard was trained on Gmail data?

The discussion here is not if it was trained or not in Gmail data, but on personal Gmail data. And that the definition of personal is vague and subject to interpretations.

They can say it was not trained on Gmail data because it was trained with Google’s Smart Compose, which it was trained on Gmail data.

Gmail Data -> Google’s Smart Compose -> Bard

It all depends on where you draw the line to stop reporting. Language is a powerful tool of deception.

ttrrooppeerron Guess the Game

I am doing better than I want to admit...

Taking 1 or 2 tries to guess all the current and past ones.

What do I want to say with this? Well done, you have me hooked!

ttrrooppeerron Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content

Do you have link/source?

ttrrooppeerron Microsoft Teams is getting big performance improvements next month

"Microsoft Teams is getting big performance improvements".... but only for Windows!

Maybe some day we can have WebView2 in Linux[1] and others.

[1] https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback/issues/645

ttrrooppeerron Show HN: Duffel (YC S18) – A faster way to sell flights

Two industries that newer generations use less and less. I still don't understand how this got funded but what do I know.

ttrrooppeerron Sam Altman calls Google a lethargic search monopoly

Every time they try to innovate or expand, they shoot themselves in the foot. They might have to stop comparing any endeavour they take with their Search revenue and let them fly free for a decade or so before making such U-turn decisions (talking about Stadia here)

ttrrooppeerron Calmira Reborn – a Windows 9x-inspired shell for Windows 3.1

Took me a while to find the link, so here are some screenshots for you: http://calmira.net/screenshots/index.htm

ttrrooppeerron Microsoft to lay off 10k workers

FY23 Q3 is until end of March, FY24 Q1 starts in July for some companies.

ttrrooppeerron Thonny – Python IDE for beginners

It is ok if.... if I use it myself? It looks really neat!

And if I can add something, I feel like the addition of plugins might overcomplicate things and, at that point, maybe the users are ready to move into another IDE? Not saying it is bad, just maybe that not all IDEs need plugin support.