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New comment by abc123abc123 in "Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa, Canada"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:10:34 +0000

I think the OP was thinking about northern europe. Less ticks far up north.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa, Canada"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:07:40 +0000

You should really get a mongoose to take care of the snakes after that. Highly recommended!

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Post-Mythos Cybersecurity: Keep calm and carry on"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:54:57 +0000

Yes! Keep your firewalls in order, and do not directly expose your servers and software to the public internet, and you will have done a lot to mitigate mythos style attacks. I've been looking for the nr of remote exploits vs non-remote, and this has not come up in the media. Without a lot of remotes, I would not be so worried.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Post-Mythos Cybersecurity: Keep calm and carry on"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 10:52:14 +0000

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:58:13 +0000

No. Welcome to the wonderful world of SaaS. If you want your gui, your terms, your software, self-host.

But I think, in time, a new generation will relearn this truth.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:53:17 +0000

This is actually very interesting and a proof of how well we have it. Many today expect to have children without lifting a finger and without sacrificing anything, and as soon as cost or housing becomes cumbersome, they just give up in despair.

As you say, rewind 100 years, and the child would take up all the time and become the entire purpose of your life, while living on 20 m² in many western countries.

If it worked then, it works now. Just man up, re-prioritize (if you really want a child that is, and not just a toy) and get on with it.

And, let's not forget that thanks to technology and the enormously positive developemtn of the world, the ones of us who do not want a child, can choose not to, while still enjoying life, and not be constrained by not having little workers on the farm. Truly life is good!

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:49:29 +0000

Incorrect statement. Please read again, and work on reading comprehension.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:49:12 +0000

This is the way. Exceptionally well put.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:47:29 +0000

This is incorrect binary thinking. Them releasing open source can be good, but that does not commit you to think that china or chinese companies are saints. There are many shades of grey here and one does not exclude the other (nor include it).

New comment by abc123abc123 in "DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:46:33 +0000

This is the way! Open source models will benefit, and once open source models reach the state of "good enough" the hyped up US AI companies will fear, since the availability of free, good enough, AI models will set the ceiling for how much they can charge. Then the bubble will pop.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "We all depend on open source. We will defend it together"

abc123abc123 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:14:38 +0000

Note that the LF of today is basically just like any other global corporation with its own political agenda. You can just follow the money, and see that it is controlled by corporations. They neutered Torvalds, are very woke, and generally a nightmare to work with.

I always advice aspiring open source enthusiasts to stay far, far away from the Linux Foundation. It has become a barrier to software freedom these days, rather than an enabler.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "We all depend on open source. We will defend it together"

abc123abc123 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:13:45 +0000

I always advice aspiring open source enthusiasts to stay far, far away from the Linux Foundation. It has become a barrier to software freedom these days, rather than an enabler.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

abc123abc123 — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:22:27 +0000

Sure do! Infant mortality lowest it has ever been in the history of man, we live the longest, our material welfare is the highest it has ever been! I have electricity, I can talk with friends all over the planet for free, instantly, I can get to anywhere on the planet within a day. I could go on and on forever.

AI will crash, and once we're through the trough of disillusionment we'll see where it will shine and it will further increase our wealth and enjoyment of life.

If anyone feels negative, I recommend seeing a psychologist. There is no reason for anyone not to feel exceptionally optimistic about the future these days!

New comment by abc123abc123 in "45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero"

abc123abc123 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:48:08 +0000

Already done and in use in the nordics. Most likely in most dc:s in the northern hemisphere with cold winters.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero"

abc123abc123 — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:47:12 +0000

Silence! Do not let fact and reason stop the woke or anti-AI agenda! Only emotions count in this space!

New comment by abc123abc123 in "The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:32:23 +0000

Drugs can alter taste. I've had experience with cancer patients, and a side effect of the treament is that food starts to taste differently. Would not be surprised if the drug+treatment combo of traumatic surgery might result in something similar in some percentage of the patients.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil"

abc123abc123 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:28:36 +0000

This is the way! One jurisdiction where I resided for a while loved these alerts. A rain cloud, warm weather, too cold, too warm, the phone was beeping at least 1 or 2 times a month. Fortunately my trusty chinese produced Nokia allowed me to turn all of it off to get some peace.

New comment by abc123abc123 in "The discovery that changed how scientists think about memory"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:51:28 +0000

"Every memory begins with tiny changes inside the brain. A discovery that helped explain those changes has earned neuroscientist Oswald Steward one of science’s highest honors.

Steward received the 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, a USD 1 million award and one of science’s most prestigious awards, for research that transformed scientists’ understanding of how the brain learns and stores memories."

And that's what it took. One comment on hackernews and the prize was retracted. HN at its best! ;)

New comment by abc123abc123 in "I Stored a Website in a Favicon"

abc123abc123 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:48:41 +0000

Bravo Maestro! Wonderful performance! =)

New comment by abc123abc123 in "I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M"

abc123abc123 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:17:23 +0000

5 years?! That's a f*cking joke. Democracy and rule of law does not exist any longer. The politicians get richer, no one challenges them, they pass their offices down within their family, taxes get higher and higher, and services worse and worse.

On the other hand, it is fascinating to be able to watch the destruction of europe and western democracy while it is happening! I imagine that this painful slide is what must have happened during the end of the roman empire. Now we're seeing the end of the european/US empire.