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Race Against Time to Save Brixton Market from Private Equity(novaramedia.com)
23 points by vincvinc 3mo ago|3 comments
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Greenland bans all oil exploration (2021)(cbc.ca)
4 points by vincvinc 8mo ago|0 comments
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EU hits X with €120M fine for breaching the Digital Services Act(dw.com)
83 points by vincvinc 10mo ago|90 comments
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by vincvinc 10mo ago
"All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France." How is thi
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Ursula, Break Up Google(peoplevsbig.tech)
3 points by vincvinc 10mo ago|0 comments
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by vincvinc 10mo ago
Related: "IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT" (white house, feb 2025) https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/impo... Microsoft admits in French court it can&#x27
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ICC ditches Microsoft 365 for openDesk(binnenlandsbestuur.nl)
646 points by vincvinc 10mo ago|212 comments
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My First Months in Cyberspace(gyford.com)
3 points by vincvinc 11mo ago|0 comments
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by vincvinc 1y ago
About half of the problems mentioned by the article are solved by the all-in-one-inbox beeper.com, now owned by Automattic. It allows me for example to avoid Instagram's crack app while still DMing with friends only available on there.
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by vincvinc 1y ago
I am less optimistic than the author. Everything we have seen over the last few years (eg what microsoft is doing to Windows) points to a push to make the platforms we used to control, more like the 'consumption' platforms. Profit
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by vincvinc 1y ago
Oh? I think the outrage over making the reader feel like "a bad or prejudiced person" that accompanies any invitation to challenge assumptions is so tedious. How come this culture war mindset infuses everything we do online now? N
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by vincvinc 1y ago
Is there any type of advocacy or laws anywhere to push Apple to make data like this intercompatible?
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EU calls upon experts on encryption(berthub.eu)
5 points by vincvinc 1y ago|1 comments
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ChatGPT helped me translate Mao's Red Book but DeepSeek won't go there(adamtooze.substack.com)
3 points by vincvinc 1y ago|0 comments
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by vincvinc 1y ago
See; GDPR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...
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by vincvinc 1y ago
Remember: this is only possible not thanks to Apple's good graces, but by: - the EU Digital Markets act - (in the US) Judge Yvonne‑Gonzalez Rogers’ final Epic v. Apple injunction https://www.theverge.com/news/66002
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by vincvinc 1y ago
first screen is 'Select a language' - maybe good to make clear if that's your own language, or your target learning language
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For-Profit (Creative) Software [video](youtube.com)
1 points by vincvinc 1y ago|0 comments
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Stripping Trump of a key weapon – the English language(volkskrant.nl)
12 points by vincvinc 2y ago|1 comments
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by vincvinc 2y ago
So what's stopping anyone from forming a group or foundation based on donations from like-minded people? And maintain a secure, free fork? I see this topic often enough on HN, this might a big enough group.
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The Edgelord AI That Turned a Shock Meme into Millions in Crypto(wired.com)
2 points by vincvinc 2y ago|0 comments
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by vincvinc 2y ago
related: see HN user jacquesm's work on a LEGO sorting machine https://jacquesmattheij.com/sorting-lego-many-questions-and-...
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by vincvinc 2y ago
Usually it’s a good move for articles but for this title, it’s a bit distortive to the point of HN selfparody
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by vincvinc 2y ago
I was thinking about making this the other day. Would you mind sharing what you used?
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by vincvinc 2y ago
Shift | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Hybrid or Remote | Full-time or Contract WANTED: Fullstack developer that wants to save the world At Shift, we want to make it easy for anyone to combat climate change. We are a non-profit startup. We develo
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by vincvinc 2y ago
If you want to experience Strandbeest yourself, Theo will be giving demos on september 14 in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. https://instagram.com/p/C_Fr24Zg2pl/
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by vincvinc 2y ago
Needs to add (2024) at end of title
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by vincvinc 2y ago
Would be relevant criticism but here’s fusion startups skipping the “boiling water” step - see Helion Energy (Sam Altman funded)
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Cryptophasia(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by vincvinc 2y ago|0 comments
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by vincvinc 2y ago
An important topic to be on HN for several reasons. Let's hope it doesn't get downvoted / flamed into oblivion. > There’s a leaderboard on the Blue Wolf app, which effectively tracks the military units that are using the t

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