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by null_object 4y ago
Are you seriously saying that Apple wiped all your “friend’s” files - completely obliterated what could have been unique work or memories - without even telling her, or asking permission first. Then effectively said “seeya!” This doesn’t ev
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by null_object 4y ago
A lot of people asking why quality TVs, that don’t spy on you or force you to watch ads in their interface, aren’t available for those willing to pay more. But these TVs are available [0] - I’ve recommended them many times on this site. I
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by null_object 4y ago
> Think bigger: just being an enemy of an unfriendly state, potentially in your own country 25 years hence, who knows? I don’t understand the logic of the supposed threat you’re talking about: if you’re so worried about some future dysto
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Swedish wolf hunt will be ‘disastrous’ for species(theguardian.com)
4 points by null_object 4y ago|1 comments
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Should You Buy a New Car in 2023? (OT)(theonlinephotographer.typepad.com)
2 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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What most surprised experts about the Covid pandemic(statnews.com)
1 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
> She called her bank minutes after it happened, but they told her that they are not able to reverse the transaction Which bank is this? Why wouldn’t they be able to reverse the transaction? What do the police say? Obviously she has cont
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by null_object 4y ago
> This seems like an example of a scam not working on eBay It did work, because even though I got my money back and returned the phone, the mechanics of the complaints process - and his immediate opening of an issue against me - meant
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by null_object 4y ago
> Because wealth is distributed so that everyone can afford things like education, healthcare, daycare. If 1 out of a 100 has a superyacht and 99 live on foodstamps that's different in an important sense from if 0 people have a supe
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by null_object 4y ago
> Are you saying that Sweden is a sexist society? Sweden is such an interesting paradox: womens’ rights to work in different fields and (mostly) on an equal footing are protected in law, and (in my experience) in practice. And yet in man
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by null_object 4y ago
> it’s been damn near impossible to scam someone via eBay… I got scammed by an eBay seller with thousands of transactions, and an almost faultless history. He shipped me a ‘brand new’ Punkt phone, but when it arrived it was in really bad
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by null_object 4y ago
One overlooked factor in this article, is that some cultures consider people strange if they don’t make smalltalk between strangers, while others may consider you borderline insane if you do. I moved from a country where these interacti
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by null_object 4y ago
The dismissive comments (“you can just do this with focus-stacking” etc) are hilarious and totally miss the point. Why sit in a boat on a lake fishing when you can buy fish sticks in any grocery store? PS: if you’re interested in large-form
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by null_object 4y ago
> Unless you consider it a light source. Obviously if you're claiming that the only application that was still working on your iPad was the lamp, then there's really nothing left for me to discuss, as I don't think that&#x
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by null_object 4y ago
> I had an iPad 1 a long time ago. After just a few years, it stopped receiving updates... the device became essentially bricked after a few years. Last month I bought a new iPad to replace my TEN YEAR old iPad, which was working fine, b
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Pentax Film Project Story(youtube.com)
2 points by null_object 4y ago|0 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
> I have the same feeling that these are not very uncommon The article explicitly states the rarity is at the given latitude: “Such clouds are very rare at this latitude and also in winter…” Naturally they chose to over-emphasize the rar
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by null_object 4y ago
Here in Stockholm they got rid of the flashing green man on large intersections (in other words, where the change was most dangerous for pedestrians). Because cars can always turn through a crossing, this causes near misses and mayhem all t
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by null_object 4y ago
> Are Dark Patterns the fault of the user or the company But you - and supposedly the other people downvoting me - don’t seem to realize that absolutely nothing has happened to the user’s original files. They simply misunderstood how to
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by null_object 4y ago
Wow this currently has 111 points and is sailing to the top of HN... based on a user misunderstanding... Edit: What's more, the person pointing to the solution isn't even the top-voted comment on this thread. Just everyone repeati
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by null_object 4y ago
Aw come on. I get the HN thirst to knock Apple about absolutely everything, but the page turn animation is utter bullshit. When I’m reading a real book I don’t see some absurd ‘scrolling over page turn’ - I just turn the page. It’s over i
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by null_object 4y ago
> If you need you consume a Graphql API you most certainly reach out for Apollo on the clientside to query data. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been assessing whether to use Apollo in a Swift iOS application. If your backend is using
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by null_object 4y ago
As usual whenever reading articles about FTX recently, the reporting is very sympathetic and unquestioning. Two particular things struck me: • the company is always portrayed as a legitimate concern: "He grew the company into a $32 bil
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by null_object 4y ago
> Lets look at Apple for example Would be great - just once - to read a discussion on HN that didn’t drag in an attack on Apple. Guess that’s too much to hope for.
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by null_object 4y ago
> Just to provide one example, I definitely have seen macOS pop up notifications advertising that Safari is better than everything else, and I should switch back to Safari. I would love to see a screenshot because this I simply don’t bel
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by null_object 4y ago
> It still has too many approval dialogs and notifications, but it isn’t quite as hostile as Windows I’m genuinely intrigued by which approval dialogs and notifications you find so hostile in MacOS? If it’s SIP or Gatekeeper you’re talki
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'Baby W' anti-vax surgery case(theguardian.com)
7 points by null_object 4y ago|5 comments
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by null_object 4y ago
> but so did Epstein, and he... definitely did not get away scot free Not a big conspiracy fan, but in the case of Epstein, he very obviously made a mistake in compiling files of incriminating evidence on the rich and powerful who'd
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by null_object 4y ago
One time I happened to be standing in my doorway chatting to a friend when I got the call from FedEx/UPS to say they were (at that very moment) trying to get into my building but couldn't and didn't have the time to wait. Whi
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by null_object 4y ago
> This isn't sustainable living, it's a niche luxury product. I agree, this article is a mis-characterization of what 'off-grid' should mean: not only do these sorts of cabins have all modern utilities, they're a

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