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New comment by beejiu in "AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran"

beejiu — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:49:56 +0000

The SLA excludes force majeure.

OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap leaves as shakeup at AI lab continues

beejiu — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:22:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/longtime-openai-executive-brad-lightcap-leaves-as-shakeup-at-ai-lab-continues.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261504

Points: 5

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New comment by beejiu in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

beejiu — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:59:12 +0000

Splitting hairs, but the public health bodies are separate from the National Health Services (so there exists Public Health England _and_ NHS England). Public health is slightly different to healthcare, but of course they work together.

Oddly, Public Health Scotland is part of NHS Scotland; but Public Health England is not part of NHS England, it's a parallel department.

New comment by beejiu in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

beejiu — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:38:27 +0000

A lot of powers are devolved away from England to each other country in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingd...

New comment by beejiu in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

beejiu — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:37:06 +0000

Each country also has their own Public Health bodies, so pretty much everything related to health is devolved

New comment by beejiu in "London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service"

beejiu — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:43:25 +0000

You give them the keys, then they go to the site to collect your item.

New comment by beejiu in "Weightlifting beats running for blood sugar control, researchers find (2025)"

beejiu — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:57:53 +0000

"In this model, mice lived in specially designed cages where food was accessed through a hinged, weighted lid. To eat, the mice had to lift the lid while wearing a small shoulder collar, causing a squat-like movement that engaged the muscle contractions people use during resistance exercise. The load was gradually increased over several days, mimicking progressive strength training."

So the study doesn't really show that weighlifting per se is beneficial, but putting food behind weighted hatches is?

"Voluntary wheel running (EEX) was conducted as previously described in single-housed mice with access to voluntary running wheels and food and water ad-libitum,"

And the runners could each as much as they liked?

Sounds like bunk.

New comment by beejiu in "Trains halted across Germany because of communication system problem"

beejiu — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:01:18 +0000

Yes, and just yesterday a passenger train was routed into the path of a freight train due to some points failure. It does make you wonder. https://www.railmagazine.com/news/points-failure-results-in-...

New comment by beejiu in "Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school"

beejiu — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:24:20 +0000

A bit part of education is (should be) independent learning with textbooks and reading. You don't need to be "tutored".

New comment by beejiu in "Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school"

beejiu — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:17:57 +0000

When I was 8, I could use the Internet at school but every website was whitelisted.

Apple and Google to be forced to check ID over social media ban

beejiu — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:57:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/social-media-ban-keir-starmer-under-16s-h73wk6qzj

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546949

Points: 4

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New comment by beejiu in "UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s"

beejiu — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:19:32 +0000

I'm probably going down a conspiracy theory, but it's notable when all the Five Eyes countries seem to start talking about the same problem and pushing through legislation. The US would probably do the same if not for the constitution.

UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

beejiu — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:51:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-set-announce-social-media-34119132

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48527766

Points: 167

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London Cool Spaces Map

beejiu — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:59:43 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48236871

Points: 2

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New comment by beejiu in "Getting arrested in Japan"

beejiu — Sat, 09 May 2026 23:16:21 +0000

Of charges, not arrests.

New comment by beejiu in "Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision..."

beejiu — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:04:14 +0000

Are your UUIDs generated client side or server side? If it's client side, it could be due to a crawling bot. Googlebot for example executes Javascript using deterministic "randomness".

New comment by beejiu in "Credit cards are vulnerable to brute force kind attacks"

beejiu — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:42:26 +0000

In Europe, the max interchange fee is 0.3%. In the US, the average is 2%. So the relative impact of fraud is much higher.

New comment by beejiu in "Is my blue your blue?"

beejiu — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:20:22 +0000

I got a 98-percentile result and realised my Mac had Night Shift turned on.

New comment by beejiu in "Fast16: High-precision software sabotage 5 years before Stuxnet"

beejiu — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:03:49 +0000

If you're using R in 2026, you're probably invoking code compiled from Fortran from the 70s/80s somewhere along the line. It's a foundation for a lot of numerical computing.

Sebastian Sawe breaks two-hour mark in marathon world record

beejiu — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:40:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/live/cjd9xpmnvj3t

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909159

Points: 11

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