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New comment by juujian in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

juujian — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:13:12 +0000

IIRC there is actually a practice of nullifying laws that cannot be enforced (Vollzugsdefizit). One example I remember is that the enforcement of minor drug possession charges was declared unconstitutional because that law was only selectively enforced.

New comment by juujian in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

juujian — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:23:51 +0000

It is already published at Geophysical Research Letters, a highly (if not the most) reputable source in the area. But that journal is behind a paywall: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...

New comment by juujian in "I fixed Windows native development"

juujian — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:23:55 +0000

> Hours-long waits: You spend an afternoon watching a progress bar download 15GB just to get a 50MB compiler.

What year is it?! Also, haven't heard any complaints regarding VS on MacOS, how ironic...

Rotten Tomatoes Desperately Claims 'Impossible' Rating for 'Melania' Is Real

juujian — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:45:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/rotten-tomatoes-desperately-claims-impossible-rating-for-melania-is-real/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923415

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by juujian in "A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs"

juujian — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:25:20 +0000

Look, what I'm saying is that I don't have a scanner at home or at work and I've find this.

New comment by juujian in "Everyone Is Stealing TV"

juujian — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:39:56 +0000

Even now living in the states, I cannot comprehend how someone can end up paying hundreds of dollars a month for tv streaming. Can someone enlighten me?

New comment by juujian in "A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs"

juujian — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:22:58 +0000

Not that I can speak from personal experience or anything... But somebody on an email chain may have requested a scanned version of the document to ensure there is no metadata and the employee might have found it easier to just flatten the pdf and apply a graphical filter to make the document appear like a scanned document. There might even be a webtool available somewhere to do so, I wouldn't know...

The User Guide for Elite, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

juujian — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:03:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/here-is-the-user-guide-for-elite-the-tool-palantir-made-for-ice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46842607

Points: 45

# Comments: 3

New comment by juujian in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

juujian — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:58:54 +0000

> Windows is now also too much work.

Most people overlook that. I only ever see comments complaining about time spent to set up Linux. It's not the only variable, and for Windows it's the constant maintenance that's the issue. You are never just done setting up Windows.

New comment by juujian in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

juujian — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:54:19 +0000

Amazon has contributed enough to the current administration that I doubt they will face any consequences. Maybe another round of shakedowns and more financial contributions, but they have figured out pretty quickly how to play the game and end up on the good side of the current administration.

New comment by juujian in "ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants"

juujian — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:13:36 +0000

> if there were any mechanism to investigate and prosecute it.

If only there was an independent Judikative or something idk...

New comment by juujian in "You can now download Windows 7 and Vista ISO images with all the updates"

juujian — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:33:28 +0000

Windows 7 kind of pulled me back from Ubuntu. Alas it was only for a few years.

New comment by juujian in "Threat actors expand abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code"

juujian — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:39:23 +0000

On Debian I actually get a surprising amount of packages from just the official repo. In Python or R, I could almost do a full analysis just with those packages. The smaller number of separately installed packages, I can at least do a superficial sanity check. An alternative model of doing things exists. Considering how infinitesimally small Debian is compared to Windows and MacOS, if we had more users, momentum, and volunteers, I have no doubt that I could do everything with well-tested packages only.

New comment by juujian in "I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows"

juujian — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:07:42 +0000

I have definitely spent less time on maintaining my Linux setup than I spent on trying to tame Windows to my wishes. Windows imposes a steep toll on your time as well. Just looking at the time spent to set up Linux is not sufficient. Unlike Windows, once you set up your Linux system it generally runs well a long, long time.

New comment by juujian in "The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV"

juujian — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:51:16 +0000

Wow, that really puts the 10W my laptop uses into perspective.

New comment by juujian in "Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy"

juujian — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:32:32 +0000

Yes, whole foods is great, but if you look are they locations, name Americans don't have access to one and or cannot afford it.

New comment by juujian in "Dude, where's my supersonic jet?"

juujian — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:16:58 +0000

> Three reasons: noise, regulation and cost.

So the environmental impact isn't even worth mentioning?

New comment by juujian in "Why Microsoft Store Discontinued Support for Office Apps"

juujian — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:41:26 +0000

I always thought Microsoft had seen how much money Google and Apple were making with their app stores and decided they wanted some of that pie...

New comment by juujian in "Why Microsoft Store Discontinued Support for Office Apps"

juujian — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:38:07 +0000

I always assumed the Microsoft Store was just windows' attempt at grabbing some of the app store money that apple and Google are making...

New comment by juujian in "Why Microsoft Store Discontinued Support for Office Apps"

juujian — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:35:47 +0000

Love it, jank like that might explain why windows is so busy on startup...