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New comment by blell in "FFmpeg 8.1"

blell — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:35:27 +0000

emerge ffmpeg ;)

New comment by blell in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

blell — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:52:42 +0000

What does that mean? People who believe in IQ?

New comment by blell in "Never knew news websites could survive without ads"

blell — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:33:21 +0000

There is publicly-funded media in my country too. Guess how they lean politically.

New comment by blell in "Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance"

blell — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:18:33 +0000

Have you realised those in power right now are against you? And it seems to work very well for them.

New comment by blell in "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform"

blell — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:24:29 +0000

>just like hundreds of other companies offering products with "Office" in their name

There may be hundreds of other companies selling products with the noun "office" in their names, but there only is one producing a productivity suite called simply "Office". I would expect launching another productivity suite called "Office" would be trademark infringement. Just like I can't release a car called "Beetle" or "Golf".

New comment by blell in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

blell — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:44:31 +0000

Yes. Those conglomerates also do TV. But Hollywood makes movies, and not talk shows. Many of those conglomerates also have internet access businesses. But Hollywood doesn’t lay fibre.

New comment by blell in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

blell — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:40:45 +0000

That’s because Hollywood makes movies, not videogames. You also spent a few hours driving but Hollywood hasn’t done anything about it because they are not in the business of making cars.

New comment by blell in "Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Costs Hit"

blell — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:31:05 +0000

Gas prices are high because of sanctions; maybe don’t shoot your own foot?

New comment by blell in "Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe"

blell — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:03:23 +0000

Consider using Google.

New comment by blell in "The Browser Becomes Your WordPress"

blell — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Maybe a celebrity gossip website would suit your interests better than HN?

New comment by blell in "UCP Protocol: The Internet Has 100M Shops and No Front Door"

blell — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:27:11 +0000

Why would shops implement this. It would detrimental to them if customers could easily find the cheapest option.

New comment by blell in "Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people"

blell — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:36:06 +0000

What government? Do you know anything about Haiti?

New comment by blell in "Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked"

blell — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:47:50 +0000

You've got to be a real low-life to collect all of that and put it in a database that is not air-gapped.

New comment by blell in "Does Where You're Born Matter More Than How Hard You Work?"

blell — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:07:56 +0000

You can overcome that with talent and intelligence. But since talent and intelligence are not evenly distributed, you have places with little natural resources that are rich and places rich in natural resources that are poor.

New comment by blell in "Does Where You're Born Matter More Than How Hard You Work?"

blell — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:49:56 +0000

Talent and intelligence are absolutely not evenly distributed. If they were, opportunity would be evenly distributed too.

New comment by blell in "Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war"

blell — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:54:54 +0000

Yep, your comment is deranged.

New comment by blell in "Google closes deal to acquire Wiz"

blell — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:31:35 +0000

I’m the wiz, I’m the wiz! And noooooobody beats me!!!

New comment by blell in "Explain it like I'm 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public?"

blell — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:28:31 +0000

> As an example, I never see Japanese people on their speakerphones in public. Some other cultures seem more likely to view it as acceptable.

Demographics is everything. Import speakerphone users, get speakerphone usage.

New comment by blell in "Traffic from Russia to Cloudflare is 60% down from last year"

blell — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:12:27 +0000

The blocking of cloudflare in Spain shows that citizens of “democratic” states have no agency either.

New comment by blell in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

blell — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:20:01 +0000

That list of ingredients is awful.

“Red jalapeno, sugar, water, salt acetic acid, garlic, natural flavor, xanthan gum, sodium metabisulfite, and/or sodium bisulfite (sulfiting agent / preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative).”

I’ve had sriracha in the past and it’s disgustingly sweet. Apparently it’s 17% sugar!