<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: born2discover</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=born2discover</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:20:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=born2discover" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Russia's glide bombs devastating Ukraine's cities on the cheap"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>May I wonder what would you propose in his stead ?<p>I am not a military inclined person, but asking for missiles that are purposefully built to target air missiles as well as their delivery mechanisms seems reasonable to me.<p>Am I missing something ?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 17:55:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408542</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408542</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Russia's glide bombs devastating Ukraine's cities on the cheap"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would assume Russian military would not be relying on GPS but use GLONAS[1] instead.<p>[1]: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 17:47:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408481</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408481</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Framework Laptop 16 Review"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Same question but for Switzerland.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:04:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39111228</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39111228</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39111228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Ask HN: Where can I find good legal documents?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This actually depends. If you need something specific, tailored to your needs and operational niche, then obviously you can not forego a visit to a lawyer. However, for some documents, a reputable template is more than enough. (As even lawyers rarely draft "bespoke" documents for every client and happen to use a templated text more often than not).</p>
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<p>My apologies for hijacking the thread, but could you please elaborate on your noscript/(x)html map setup ?<p>How would one even handle zooming and paning in such a case ? With forms ?</p>
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<p>And ad a bonus, you get to be tracked everywhere for a tiny monthly fee ! Who wouldn't want that ! /S</p>
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<p>Funny but Chrome on Android opens the website without any issues</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:14:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38275488</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38275488</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38275488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Google/IAC/Expedia (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Your comment is based on the premises that Meta/Google... are there to help you shop/find the best result once you've made your mind. For that purpose, an optimised search engine is indeed very useful.<p>But I don't think that's why intent profiling exists. What if, instead of helping you find quickly what you are looking for, they forced you through a less perfect system that, while leading you to your result, suggests you other, somewhat similar articles... Maybe you'll buy more? That incentivises ads and thus increases profits for the AdTech.</p>
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<p>The Guardian seems to have covered that as well here: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/ex-danish-defence-minister-and-spy-chief-relieved-after-charges-dropped" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/ex-danish-defe...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 10:12:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203151</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203151</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "I Am Happy Not to Be a Web Developer Anymore"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>According to the lore a goldfish has an attention span of about 3 seconds, are you sure humans nowadays have one *that long* ?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:02:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37929699</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37929699</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37929699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Security Vulnerability of Switzerland's E-Voting System"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yep, that pretty much mirrors my own experience as well, and I am also Swiss.<p>Sadly, IT companies in Switzerland aren't serious about security. Even big, reputable firms have been shown to be sub par when it comes to it... One of such incidents involved a highly reputable firm in Geneva that had many federal contracts. They got a data breach and their dirty laundry got aired out in the open: passwords to client networks/accounts/... were stored in clear text, contracts and other confidential information barely protected...<p>So I'd say, while in Switzerland we do some things right, IT ain't it.</p>
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<p>That's a really interesting project !<p>One pet peeve, though. Some entries have "Arbitration Award" listed as an action. However, these usually mean that the physician won an arbitration case (i.e. the ruling was in their favour). Listing them without any differentiation can potentially negatively bias a person's opinion against a perfectly honest doctor.</p>
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<p>Too many to count I'm afraid</p>
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<p>That sounds intriguing, could you please elaborate?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:32:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37153371</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37153371</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37153371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK to Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Bill"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And yet Australia voted not to become a republic in 1999. Seems like it did survive a simple popular vote at that time.</p>
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<p>Police does not hold any discretionary powers on whether to enforce a law. In a functional State, Police is a subordinate of the executive branch, not it's willing accomplice. It can't enforce laws it deems "ok" and turn a blind eye on those it deems "meh".</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 11:54:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35872951</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35872951</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35872951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Switzerland Weighs Full or Partial Credit Suisse Nationalization"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Credit Suisse is indeed one of several globally systemically important banks.
The list is annually established by the Financial Stability Board [1].<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.fsb.org/2022/11/2022-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fsb.org/2022/11/2022-list-of-global-systemically...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:55:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35220973</link><dc:creator>born2discover</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35220973</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35220973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by born2discover in "Switzerland Weighs Full or Partial Credit Suisse Nationalization"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There is no such thing as a "constitutional right given to Swiss citizens to banking secrecy". Swiss constitution does not provide anything of sort [1]. The "Banking Secret" is defined at art. 47 of the Federal Law on Banking [2] and it has a rather narrow definition.<p>So there is no such thing as "banking secret" for Swiss residents. Hence even if Credit Suisse is nationalized, it won't change anything for their customers, except perhaps an increase in trust.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1999/404/en</a>
[2]: <a href="https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/51/117_121_129/fr#art_47" rel="nofollow">https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/51/117_121_129/fr#art_47</a></p>
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<p>IMHO that greeter function of yours is unnecessarily complicated. The same could be achieved in an easier way:<p>"""python<p>from functools import partial<p>def greeter(name):<p><pre><code>    print(f"Hello {name}")

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greet1 = partial(greeter, "Joe")<p>greet2 = partial(greeter, "Sue")<p>greet1()<p>greet2()<p>"""</p>
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<p>Could you please elaborate on the "..., and have a fake first MX record" ?</p>
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