Hacker News: alan_cx

Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue a 'pedo' in baseless attack

alan_cx — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:08:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter?CMP=fb_gu

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17537835

Points: 22

# Comments: 4

New comment by alan_cx in "WhatsApp is down?"

alan_cx — Wed, 03 May 2017 21:41:07 +0000

UK too.

New comment by alan_cx in "Pinebook ARM Linux Laptop Powered by Allwinner A64 CPU"

alan_cx — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:44:40 +0000

Simply scroll down and:

"How Does It Work? NexDock is a laptop that runs on your smartphone, tablet or mini PC. Use NexDock with the latest Windows 10 mobile devices (such as the Lumia 950) and take advantage of the new Continuum feature, which allows smartphones and tablets to switch between touch and desktop modes. iPhone and Android users can utilize of the mini HDMI port or wireless adapter for a substantial screen size and productivity upgrad

New comment by alan_cx in "Concorde"

alan_cx — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:08:20 +0000

Me too, and I still miss it.

New comment by alan_cx in "Doudou Linux – For children from 2 to 12 years old"

alan_cx — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:15:24 +0000

No idea about research, but my youngest first started playing with a smart phone at about 9 months. Yes, really.

After about a month he could unlock it and launch games. Soon progressed to finding YouTube videos of preschool songs for the alphabet, colours, shapes, etc. He is now 5, and can happily search google for things like mine craft hacks, which he can easily apply, and his current hobby is installing old skool operating systems on Oracle VM. His current favorite sound is the Win 95 start up sound....

He has now got a reading age of about 13, so for example he can read a broadsheet newspaper with out help, he can type anything, but is only just learning to write with a pen. But even that is now happening super quick. He started learning to write 9 months ago and had caught up with his class.

Just by my experience, I'd give them devices as soon as possible, but perhaps remember to get them writing as well.

Why didnt we take care of making sure he could also write? Frankly piss poor parenting on our part.

Is Tesla telling us the truth over autopilot spat?

alan_cx — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 22:43:21 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/19/tesla_autopilot_spat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12535383

Points: 53

# Comments: 29

New comment by alan_cx in "Iran’s exceptional reaction to 9/11 attacks (2015)"

alan_cx — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 23:58:40 +0000

No. Its everything to do with common human empathy. Does that has nothing to do with the US?

New comment by alan_cx in "UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Brexit funding fears"

alan_cx — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:39:21 +0000

Oh, just workers rights, human rights, safety regulations, that sort of thing...

Google removes Chrome extension used by Neo-Nazis to target Jewish-sounding name

alan_cx — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 18:19:19 +0000

Article URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-removes-racist-chrome-extension-used-by-neo-nazis-to-target-people-with-jewish-sounding-names-a7066496.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11842277

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by alan_cx in "Google Wants to Solve Robotic Grasping by Letting Robots Learn for Themselves"

alan_cx — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 18:39:13 +0000

If that were to happen, I would suggest that an artificial "soul" could or would be created. Once you have that on your hands, things being to get interesting. Ethics, religion law, and so on will have one hell of a job on their hands. Especially when you consider that there would be immediate and obvious military applications.

New comment by alan_cx in "Another Vietnam – Unseen images of the war from the winning side"

alan_cx — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 12:55:19 +0000

Reading your initial comment, its very hard to believe that. It reads like someone who only believes one side of the narrative.

WhatsApp drops subscription fee to become fully free

alan_cx — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:38:41 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/18/whatsapp-drops-subscription-fee-free

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10930286

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by alan_cx in "State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions"

alan_cx — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:27:11 +0000

Why? Its an angry comment, but its what very many think. Don't we listen in order to understand that which we don't understand? Is only one view allowed?

15 years of this war on terror, and we have this. Something isn't working, something needs to change. I'd suggest that flagging people we don't like the sound of is one of those things we need to change.

New comment by alan_cx in "Man builds giant computer at home"

alan_cx — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 17:57:47 +0000

And there is a link to the site: http://www.megaprocessor.com/index.html

Man builds giant computer at home

alan_cx — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 17:56:40 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33237863

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10525566

Points: 33

# Comments: 2

New comment by alan_cx in "The Devastating Effect of Ad-Blockers for Guru3D.com"

alan_cx — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 09:17:37 +0000

Why is this down voted? Its what most people who use ad-blockers think. Its probably the most honest comment in this thread. HN members might not like it, but so what?

New comment by alan_cx in "Volkswagen rigged tests on 2.8M cars in Germany, Berlin says"

alan_cx — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:53:34 +0000

I believe that Mercedes and BMW have reasonable suspicion cast on them too.

New comment by alan_cx in "Refugees Welcome"

alan_cx — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:36:08 +0000

Perhaps the attacks on our fundamental values helps to prevent the silent majority taking them for granted? Im not talking violent terror type attacks, more the freedom to argue against them.

New comment by alan_cx in "A Case That Has Microsoft, Apple and Amazon Agreeing"

alan_cx — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:19:59 +0000

I'm in the UK, no idea where you are. I don't trust my government one bit with my data, or any one elses. The US so called justice system literally scares the hell out of me. From a UK perspective, its terrifying. Unfortunately for UK subjects, the UK government willingly hands our data over to the US government, and equally willingly allows us to be extradited on little more than a request. Being a European Citizen offers us in the UK very little protection from the US.

As others have said, I have very little problem with the likes of google and MS having a lot of data on me, as long as they use it fairly and reasonably, and Im kept informed. Of course we do have the problem of government access to that data.

New comment by alan_cx in "“One billion people used Facebook in a single day”"

alan_cx — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 21:46:40 +0000

Are users of sites which use facebook authentication included?