Hacker News: behringer

New comment by behringer in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

behringer — Sun, 31 May 2026 07:18:43 +0000

If digital purchases are not ownership then piracy isn't stealing.

New comment by behringer in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

behringer — Sat, 23 May 2026 20:39:35 +0000

Far better than who?

New comment by behringer in "Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets"

behringer — Fri, 22 May 2026 02:31:04 +0000

it's personal responsibility to get taken by a business? I don't think so.

New comment by behringer in "Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets"

behringer — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:12:19 +0000

That would be awesome.

New comment by behringer in "Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets"

behringer — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:10:49 +0000

There's rampant fraud on the "prediction markets".

New comment by behringer in "Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets"

behringer — Tue, 19 May 2026 23:28:29 +0000

They do ban fraudulant learning centers...

New comment by behringer in "Kickstarter is forced to ban adult content by payment processors"

behringer — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:59 +0000

Kickstarter should allow ACH transfer and checks for such projects. @#$% the man.

New comment by behringer in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

behringer — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:08:38 +0000

no need to go up in a plane, just learn to fly in a flight simulator. It's not quite the same but they are very realistic.

New comment by behringer in "Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged"

behringer — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:27:01 +0000

well it drives nails, we've lost the plot!

New comment by behringer in "Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged"

behringer — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:38:14 +0000

The analogy works if you think of RMS as a nailgun.

New comment by behringer in "Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125k years ago (2025)"

behringer — Sun, 03 May 2026 07:01:23 +0000

Are you suggesting our brains are getting better? I find it far more likely that our improved education techniques and our skyrocketing access to information as being the cause.

New comment by behringer in "Only One Side Will Be the True Successor to MS-DOS – Windows 2.x"

behringer — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:04:12 +0000

Which feature do you want to get rid of? If you try out an OS like fuzix you'll have a blast and you'll also wonder how to do many things since it's got about 1 percent of all the modern features.

New comment by behringer in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

behringer — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:24:25 +0000

What? Military trials are not necessarily public.

New comment by behringer in "'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win Polymarket bet"

behringer — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:36:19 +0000

You could just sue, but usually gambling is already illegal in most jurisdictions unless licensed in the location.

New comment by behringer in "Cal.com is going closed source"

behringer — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:37:12 +0000

right, they're just securing their application by making the bugs obscure. It's totally different.

New comment by behringer in "Cal.com is going closed source"

behringer — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:33:25 +0000

Security via obscurity and you get to blame AI too! What a win for their marketing team.

New comment by behringer in "Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal"

behringer — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:19:00 +0000

It's the second thing

New comment by behringer in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

behringer — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:42:08 +0000

It's worth it for a spin at millionaire roulette.

New comment by behringer in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"

behringer — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:25:31 +0000

If it's insufficient then there's no risk of removing the geoblocking then.

New comment by behringer in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

behringer — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:22:57 +0000

It's not smears when it's (mostly) true or opinion.