Hacker News: trocado

New comment by trocado in "Fastmail offers EU data region"

trocado — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:42:28 +0000

This may not have much practical consequence, but still there's some symbolic value which is welcomed in today's geopolitical climate.

Nudists, peaceniks, freeloading travellers: the people keeping Esperanto alive

trocado — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:47:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/28/nudists-peaceniks-freeloading-travellers-esperanto

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49081567

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by trocado in "Ancient Roman Board Game"

trocado — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:45:04 +0000

It should be "novus ludus" not "nova ludus". (now go and write 100 times...)

Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war

trocado — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:36:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/iran-war-bets-ethics-concerns

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47818305

Points: 364

# Comments: 241

New comment by trocado in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

trocado — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:07:58 +0000

Fwiw that post states:

> It has been pointed out to us that since we have our servers in the US, we are under US jurisdiction. We do not believe this to be the case. We do not have a legal presence in the US, no company incorporated in the US, no staff in the US, and no one in the US with login access to any servers located in the US. Even if a US court were to serve us with a court order, subpoena or other instruction to hand over user data, Australian communications and privacy law explicitly forbids us from doing so.

Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029

trocado — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:38:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/google-quantum-computers-crack-encryption-2029

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47536125

Points: 15

# Comments: 5

Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts

trocado — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:25:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/bets-us-iran-ceasefire-show-signs-of-insider-knowledge-say-experts-polymarket

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494629

Points: 193

# Comments: 184

Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

trocado — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:35:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/13/grammarly-removes-ai-expert-review-feature-mimicking-writers-after-backlash

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370275

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by trocado in "Evolving descriptive text of mental content from human brain activity"

trocado — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:53:22 +0000

"Mental content" seems way to broad for what is rather the sensorimotor part of speech.

ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US

trocado — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:41:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/16/chatgpt-ads-in-revenue-boost

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46654155

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by trocado in "Aviation emissions could be halved without cutting journeys"

trocado — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:17:11 +0000

Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-03069-4

Aviation emissions could be halved without cutting journeys

trocado — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:05:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/07/aviation-emissions-halved-flights-efficiently-study

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46524960

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The future of AI: What will your life look like in 2035?

trocado — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:10:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/dec/19/what-will-your-life-look-like-in-2035

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46326687

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by trocado in "2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web"

trocado — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:10:26 +0000

https://listenbrainz.org/ is an open source scrobbler, with the advantage that it leverages the musicbrainz database and connects listens to artist and track IDs instead of names, avoiding duplicate confusion. You can keep last.fm and submit to both of you like.

Reddit launches high court challenge to Australia's under-16s social media ban

trocado — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:46:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/reddit-high-court-challenge-social-media-ban-australia-under-16s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46242849

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Amazon reveals cause of AWS outage

trocado — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:40:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/24/amazon-reveals-cause-of-aws-outage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45691569

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

An outage that showed who runs the internet

trocado — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:35:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/22/the-guardian-view-on-the-cloud-crash-an-outage-that-showed-who-really-runs-the-internet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45679228

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Rhino horns made radioactive to foil traffickers in South African project

trocado — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:58:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/31/rhino-horns-made-radioactive-to-foil-traffickers-in-south-african-project

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44751923

Points: 12

# Comments: 0

New comment by trocado in "Trying to play an isomorphic piano (2022) [video]"

trocado — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:50:17 +0000

> Not sure how much difference this makes over the long run

I tune in all fourths as well. For me it has made a huge difference since I made the jump some years ago. Putting voicings, patterns, etc., into muscular memory is faster and a lot less work. For my purposes, it makes the instrument more intuitive with a better ear-hand connection. Even very advanced players trip on the G-B strings oddity (with things like playing a fast, angular melody on different string sets, without preparation, for example).

Benben: An audio player for the terminal, written in Common Lisp

trocado — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:19:04 +0000

Article URL: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/home

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44566673

Points: 80

# Comments: 8