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New comment by ljf in "A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias (2025)"

ljf — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:13:39 +0000

This - I hate to be the person that always posts the same thing, but read about Operation Gladio ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio ) to see how NATO encouraged and enabled far right groups (with support of police, secret services and the army) to operate clandestine militias across Europe. If that is what they did in Europe, I wonder what they were supporting in America?

Super El Niño sets another record as it strengthens to 'unprecedented levels'

ljf — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:34:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cmlye0d7q7zno

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50078320

Points: 8

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New comment by ljf in "YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to track police vehicles, gets police visit"

ljf — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:15:29 +0000

I've often thought about a number plate reading dashcam app for citizens that would warn you of dangerous drivers around you, let people flag the cars they want to call out. Moderation would be a nightmare though, but I thought you could have to submit some sort of proof (recorded from. The dashcam) but that just increases the moderation overhead... Of course AI could be help and hinder.

YouTuber builds 'Flock-like' camera to track police vehicles, gets police visit

ljf — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:40:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/canadian-youtuber-builds-flock-like-camera-to-exclusively-track-police-vehicles-officers-visit-his-home-to-express-privacy-concerns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50045735

Points: 84

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New comment by ljf in "Study: Exercise increases cancer survival rates"

ljf — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:34:07 +0000

Does this end up filtering out those who cannot maintain regular exercise from the exercise group? Otherwise isn't this just filtering for the healthier subjects?

New comment by ljf in "Margaret Hamilton, whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90"

ljf — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:34:16 +0000

Thank you - wasn't on the front page when I first looked over my coffee - but some excellent discussion there.

Margaret Hamilton, whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90

ljf — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:20:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/07/margaret-hamilton-moon-computer-software

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003185

Points: 4

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Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board

ljf — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:04:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/07/mumsnet-denies-using-ai-for-content-message-board-prompt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49993842

Points: 9

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New comment by ljf in "House with 15m underground tunnels for sale for 300k"

ljf — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:55:50 +0000

Ha I came to see if anyone had posted her. I love her Instagram, so much of it is the logistics of moving all the rock out and supplies in. Fascinating problems to solve on a small scale.

New comment by ljf in "What's Earth's dominant species by mass?"

ljf — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:41:23 +0000

I love that story and the recent 'AI' retelling of it https://maxleiter.com/blog/weights

New comment by ljf in "The Evolution of Vending Machines"

ljf — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:29:27 +0000

Which then led me to people who do up washing machines/driers that are dumped at the side of the road, and resell them, which led me to a guy that bought a laundrette - I still watch him, he has a car wash too now...

New comment by ljf in "The Evolution of Vending Machines"

ljf — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:19:34 +0000

For a while I seemed to end up on a YouTube algorithm that was full of people doing just that - a good few found success, but there seems to be a good chunk of work to do looking after the machines and stock.

New comment by ljf in "My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps"

ljf — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:13:38 +0000

I love wondering around streets I know from my own past. Since my father died I love to 'walk past' his house on Google maps, changing the date to a time when he was still live, and look in to the lights on there and know that at that moment, he's alive and in the house, happy and probably reading a paper or a book. Forever. Somehow it feels even more poignant than my own photos of him.

New comment by ljf in "Two-tier encryption in the UK"

ljf — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:07:09 +0000

Off topic - but I am not sure that is true in the UK/EU - did it happen elsewhere in the world?:

Before the COVID restrictions, airlines were required to use their allotted spots at least 80% of the time.[6] During the pandemic, the European Commission temporarily suspended Europe's airport slot rule for a short period.[citation needed] Due to travel restrictions, many flights were cancelled or had limited capacity, which made it difficult for airlines to fulfill all the requirements for possessing an airport slot. The suspension of the slot rule was reinstated in October 2021. After the slot rule was reinstated, the rule only required European airlines to use 75% of their flight slots for the winter season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_flight_%28commercial_avi...

New comment by ljf in "Two-tier encryption in the UK"

ljf — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:59:14 +0000

I don't have time to dig up her post - but she was calling on people to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers - she had around 10,000 followers, and her post was read 300,000 times: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po

New comment by ljf in "KDE Goes to the Pyramids [video]"

ljf — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:18:11 +0000

This is awesome! |Thank you for sharing

New comment by ljf in "El Niño projected to cause 450k deaths in next six months"

ljf — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:09:50 +0000

Agree - 10% of the figure is still a lot of people who would have been here, productive and loved and cared for by their families...

I always think of the compound nature of these things - e.g. this happening along side some major wars, potentially a global recession, then what happens if we get another mass virus or similar at the same time. Any one of those things we can cope with (maybe?) but if/when we pile them on top of each other...

El Niño projected to cause 450k deaths in next six months

ljf — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:03:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/el-nino-450000-extra-deaths-six-months

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812219

Points: 11

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New comment by ljf in "Disney+: New user agreement allows ads before movies in all subscriptions"

ljf — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:47:21 +0000

When we first got Disney + it was a winner in our house, then kids loved what they could watch, there was good family viewing too, and then was a few good shows that my wife and I were interested.

Lately, it has been right down our list. I think my daughter still watches it on occasion, but nothing of note that I want to watch. If we didn't get it for free with our bank account, I'd cancel it. And with adverts, I'd be cancelling in a heartbeat.

Juggling subscriptions has become really expensive lately - but the only one I value is Netflix, but even then I don't feel I get great value from it, we seem to watch far less TV or films this year.

New comment by ljf in "Canada invited to become first 'associate member' of the EU"

ljf — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:13:11 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724141 existing discussion