Hacker News: obtino

New comment by obtino in "Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws"

obtino — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:59:15 +0000

Tesla shouldn't call their driver assist system "Autopilot" either, but here we are.

New comment by obtino in "A startup is deploying armed bodyguards to NYC"

obtino — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:46:49 +0000

This is just a disgusting way to promote any product!

New comment by obtino in "VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration"

obtino — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:49:44 +0000

It wasn't originally their product. It came with the Sun Microsystems acquisition. Sun themselves acquired Virtualbox close to selling to Oracle. Sun never monetized their products well, hence their demise.

New comment by obtino in "VirtualBox 7.0 Released – Full VM Encryption Support, New Direct3D Acceleration"

obtino — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:48:47 +0000

I was happy to pay the USD30 they charged back then, but they wanted a minimum order of 100 units!

Microsoft Defender Falsely Detects Win32/Hive.zy in Google Chrome, Electron Apps

obtino — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:16:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-falsely-detects-win32-hivezy-in-google-chrome-electron-apps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32716666

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Atlassian Product Outage

obtino — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:50:16 +0000

Article URL: https://status.atlassian.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30940087

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by obtino in "Apple Mac Studio review"

obtino — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:26:44 +0000

They’re talking about the previous model there.

The Verge does a lot of 4K edits for their content, not just photoshopping.

New comment by obtino in "Ask HN: Why is MS Teams so slow, do devs test Teams on less powerful machines?"

obtino — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 22:57:21 +0000

Half the reason it's bad is because it uses SharePoint as the back-end. Another awful product that Microsoft tries to sustain.

New comment by obtino in "Drug ring hid $1B worth of coke on a single ship"

obtino — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 04:53:17 +0000

From what I've heard, it's 4x the price per gram in Australia. So valuations like the ones in the linked article must be taken with some context.

New comment by obtino in "Masked email from Fastmail and 1Password"

obtino — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:57:10 +0000

There was a Show HN project last year that did something similar. I'd be keen to try that out before this one. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the link.

New comment by obtino in "Many of the clothes we donate to charity end up dumped in landfill"

obtino — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:34:56 +0000

It was chosen because of the name given to the clothes by the locals.

New comment by obtino in "New HIV vaccine with a 97% antibody response rate in phase I human trials"

obtino — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:28:29 +0000

> Elsewhere in the world, Truvada might cost $40. In Australia, Truvada costs $8 for a 30 day supply[1].

AUD 6.60 in Australia is the cost for those eligible for the concession PBS rate (those that are on welfare, pension etc.). It's AUD 41.30 for everyone else.

This is all thanks to our government negotiating a good rate with the manufacturer and then subsidizing the costs. This is not what all governments do, unfortunately.

New comment by obtino in "A Saudi Prince's Attempt to Silence Critics on Twitter (2020)"

obtino — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:33:31 +0000

Is this the same guy who's now on the FBI's wanted list?

New comment by obtino in "Germany, once a model, is swamped like everyone else by pandemic's second wave"

obtino — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:54:14 +0000

UK is an island as well. It's not a special case then?

Facebook news ban is “arrogant,” Australia will not be “intimidated,” PM says

obtino — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:28:06 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/facebooks-australia-news-ban-backfires-hits-government-and-charity-pages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26182737

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Singapore reveals Covid privacy data available to police

obtino — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:49:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55541001

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25645444

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by obtino in "The Fake Cisco"

obtino — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:53:37 +0000

No, it's not. If you don't, you will face an extremely high 'tax bill'. Tesla had to negotiate hard to decrease this bill.

New comment by obtino in "Dyson has scrapped its electric car project"

obtino — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:05:08 +0000

> Any recommendations for a good vacuum are welcome!

Any German-built Miele vacuum would beat a Dyson any day.

New comment by obtino in "Telecom Lobbyists Successfully Remove Canada from Wireless Pricing Report"

obtino — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:15:14 +0000

Pricing in Canada for mobile plans are downright awful! I can buy a plan from Australia and use it there in Canada for cheaper with international roaming.

I remember only 10 years ago that Canadian telcos still considered moving between state lines as ‘roaming’. I don’t know if it’s still the case.

New comment by obtino in "$8k to Give Birth"

obtino — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:43:28 +0000

That's about how much it costs (after insurance) to give birth in a private hospital in Australia as well. This is in a country that has universal healthcare. The largest costs are the often the hospital fees.