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AWS mumbles about its cost-busting networking tech when it should be shouting

sandbach — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:36:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/08/29/aws-mumbles-about-its-cost-busting-networking-tech-when-it-should-be-shouting/5293379

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49498123

Points: 4

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New comment by sandbach in "A decades-old bug in Knuth's long division (TAOCP Vol II, Algorithm 4.3.1D)"

sandbach — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:41:34 +0000

Most people reading this would be hung on your wall?

Excel's Copilot function is headed for the Recycle Bin

sandbach — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:57:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/17/excels-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin/5288327

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344963

Points: 4

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New comment by sandbach in "Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD"

sandbach — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:46:03 +0000

For those curious about the Godson–dog food connection, the Chinese code name was 狗剩 gǒu shèng 'scraps for the dog'.

https://baike.baidu.com/item/Godson/10744024

New comment by sandbach in "Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes"

sandbach — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:24:23 +0000

Compare https://deskto.ps/

New comment by sandbach in "Write some software, give it away for free"

sandbach — Wed, 06 May 2026 12:53:28 +0000

They've recently done up Norwich castle and it's better than ever. It's in the running for Museum of the Year!

Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

sandbach — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:32:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225130

Points: 1448

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New comment by sandbach in "Microsoft team creates data-storage system that lasts for millennia"

sandbach — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:28:37 +0000

Not at low temperatures.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-fiction-glas...

New comment by sandbach in "We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science"

sandbach — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:44:24 +0000

Skill issue.

America's Future Is African

sandbach — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:16:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/future-is-african/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024885

Points: 2

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New comment by sandbach in "Qwen-Image-2.0: Professional infographics, exquisite photorealism"

sandbach — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:06:56 +0000

The Chinese vertical typography is sadly a bit off. If punctuation marks are used at all, they should be the characters specifically designed for vertical text, like ︒(U+FE12 PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP).

A Missive on the Leitmotif

sandbach — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:23:47 +0000

Article URL: https://wehwalt.net/leitmotifs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46812354

Points: 1

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New comment by sandbach in "Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3"

sandbach — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:40:46 +0000

There are ETFs that specifically exclude companies with lots of negative externalities (no Exxon, etc.). The term to look for is "socially responsible".

E.g. https://www.ubs.com/uk/en/assetmanagement/funds/etf/lu062945...