Hacker News: mmarian

UK GP practices' websites 'taken down' after company enters administration

mmarian — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:34:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/breaking-news/gp-practices-websites-taken-down-after-company-enters-administration/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295479

Points: 2

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New comment by mmarian in "The Slow Formation of Durable Software"

mmarian — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:11:05 +0000

> AI doesn't preclude this. In fact, it can help accelerate parts of it.

It can also slow it down as people get distracted experimenting with features they can build quickly.

LibreOffice Conference 2026: Building a free AI assistant extension for Writer [video]

mmarian — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:13:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkzRPeZxmtE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49898853

Points: 1

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New comment by mmarian in "Floci: Locally emulating any cloud service"

mmarian — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 18:48:31 +0000

> you want a high fidelity test of a specific cloud dependency

Reached the same conclusion. Plus it's a fair amount of effort to set them up and maintain.

How LibreOffice Is Funded

mmarian — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:59:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/28/how-libreoffice-is-funded/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476898

Points: 5

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France, Saudi Arabia agree on €6B Dragon Ball Z theme park project near Paris

mmarian — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:16:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/france-saudi-arabia-agree-6-billion-dragon-ball-z-theme-park-project-near-paris-2026-08-24/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49445146

Points: 10

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New comment by mmarian in "OpenBB winding down and open-sourced"

mmarian — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:28:15 +0000

Editorialised, I know. But much clearer what it's about vs original title "OpenBB belongs to everyone".

OpenBB winding down and open-sourced

mmarian — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:28:15 +0000

Article URL: https://openbb.co/blog/openbb-belongs-to-everyone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438450

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

New comment by mmarian in "Shein's $100B Dream Unravelled"

mmarian — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:35:42 +0000

https://archive.is/6UdWR

Shein's $100B Dream Unravelled

mmarian — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:35:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/5c8aaa6d-5170-4688-beeb-f1319e5ff29e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425498

Points: 4

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New comment by mmarian in "LibreOffice Conference 2026 Schedule"

mmarian — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:34:47 +0000

Side note - I'll be giving a talk about my AI extension on Thu @ 3 pm!

LibreOffice Conference 2026 Schedule

mmarian — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:33:19 +0000

Article URL: https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-conference-2026/schedule/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49322462

Points: 19

# Comments: 1

Asda rolls out loss prevention tool across full estate following £100k savings

mmarian — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:40:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/08/asda-rolls-out-loss-prevention-tool-across-full-estate-following-100k-savings/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49316968

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same

mmarian — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:35:59 +0000

Article URL: https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperature-zero-for-culture-why

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49249341

Points: 9

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New comment by mmarian in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

mmarian — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:58:26 +0000

My suspicion is that it's by design, to fight scrapers and extensions like this one.

New comment by mmarian in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

mmarian — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:57:53 +0000

Most people genuinely want that, even if they say they don't. It's the only reason I can think of why low-value posts get so many likes.

New comment by mmarian in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

mmarian — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:55:14 +0000

Built one 6 years ago that I gave up on https://github.com/mihailthebuilder/simplyfeed. The problem was that so many posts were filtered out that the feed would just show up empty.

Do Personal AI Conversations Reduce Loneliness? Evidence from an Experiment [pdf]

mmarian — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:21:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo1_wp12882.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49174520

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good

mmarian — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:09:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0nqpy1rk4o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49119564

Points: 3

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Cyber-attackers take 607,000 records from Department for Education

mmarian — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:37:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6dmgrp21po

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112382

Points: 4

# Comments: 0