veeter

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by veeter 2y ago
What on earth was the idea behind "Quickster"? Napster?
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by veeter 2y ago
Exactly. Twitter wasn't just a brand, it was a verb. You can't 'X' anything, you don't 'X' your thoughts. Brands that become verbs are rare gems, and Musk swapped his for a letter you can't even easil
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by veeter 2y ago
Looks like this struck a nerve over on Reddit. Curious to hear HN's take.
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Can we all agree 'X' is the worst rebrand in tech history?(old.reddit.com)
16 points by veeter 2y ago|18 comments
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by veeter 2y ago
My bad, searched for finland quickly on the homepage and didn't see anything so figured I would post it.
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by veeter 2y ago
I believe this is the third incident in recent months. Who would possibly have it out for Finland to not be a player in the internet market? I am slightly concerned about the Helsinki cloud instances I've setup recently on Hetzner now
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Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outages(reuters.com)
10 points by veeter 2y ago|5 comments
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by veeter 2y ago
Wouldn't that inevitably end up with your server being more closely inspected (or at least more heavily trafficked) by hackers/bots? I doubt that most script kiddies are filtering out potential honeypots/things like this from
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by veeter 2y ago
It's deemed "experimental" so presumably they could do anything to augment it.
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Ask HN: Do you think Gemini 2.0 Flash is using humans to help pick responses?
1 points by veeter 2y ago|3 comments
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by veeter 2y ago
I always thought it was some kind of protectionist mechanism amongst the academic trades. Can't do your own taxes if you don't speak accounting, you have to pay somebody. Can't represent yourself in court if you can't ev
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by veeter 2y ago
Staying competitive swings both ways.