redbell

IRE which stands for Invoice Reliability Engineer.

Lovely game indeed!

Spoiler alert ahead: unethical way to win that needs to be fixed.

Play in incognito mode and when you lose, you already know the word(s). Restart the browser and you are ready to play again, instantly.

Kaboom Valley

This game reminded me of Gorilla Basic (GORILLA.BAS), it really brought back some childhood memories, so nostalgic! Unfortunately, this Kaboom Valley game seem to be unplayable! None of the buttons is working for me and only the computer is able to fire its projectiles over my head :(

Football coaches and players, especially in Europe games, were used to speak freely during gameplays but in recent years they were forced to mask their lips/mouths otherwise, specialists will decipher their conversations and reveal their intentions in the game.

We are rolling out identity verification for a few use cases, and you might see a verification prompt when accessing certain capabilities, as part of our routine platform integrity checks, or other safety and compliance measures.

I'd like to know what capabilities/features/plans that need ID verification as it is unclear for me right now. Also, this would become a true barrier in the future if they apply this for every account regardless of the features being used.

We selected Persona Identities as our verification partner based on the strength of their technology, privacy controls, and security safeguards

Since I read I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098245), I, somehow, start feeling very uncomfortable with ID verification as it appears there are actually many players processing my personal data, not just Persona.

Launch announcement from four days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518684

The requirements to run this model locally: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1u8ai2a/glm52_i...

Another one from Dec, 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38591084

I’ve heard of these attacks and read about them on HN

And, I am reading this on HN right now. What a coincidence!

I read a lot about social engineering and how the human being is considered the weakest layer in the security chain but this is the first time I've came across this pattern. Eye opening indeed.

For reference, here's the original post:

Show HN: Microlandia, a brutally honest city builder (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46137953)

Haha.. This reminds me of a classic Windows MessageBox meme that goes: "Operation failed successfully!"

IMHO, Meta is the prime example for privacy intrusion in tech history and with this new smart glasses device, they've leveled their game too far by recording people in their home, sometimes even naked, without their consent. This was already discussed here about a month ago: Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47961838)

Speaking about Gmail->FastMail migration, you might be interested in this ten-years old thread: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12247401)

Workforce Reduction

A synonymous but more gentle term to layoff.

Came to post the same comment!

These statements are so weird to be joined together. In other words, he was able to just say: "I am proud to announce that we are going to reduce the overall workforce.."

It's okay, we all miss these guidelines from time to time but if you wanted to know if people are interested in that type of product or not before launch, you can join the monthly discussion "Ask HN: What are you working on?" [1]. If the HN community is interested in your idea, you will get a lot of feedback/questions to validate your concept.

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Andreas Kling, creator of the Ladybird browser and a career C++ engineer, ported Ladybird’s JavaScript engine from C++ to Rust in two weeks

Discussed here with 698 comments (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120899)

I miss the old days. Thirty years ago, 64MB of RAM was considered a thing (http://www.typewritten.org/Media/Images/winnt-4.0-ppc-new.in...)

From the screenshot in the article "Troubleshoot reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification":

To complete the mobile verification, you must use a compatible mobile device.

At first glance, reading this made me wonder: what is exactly a compatible mobile device? But they quickly answered this question just below:

If verifying on iOS/iPadOS...

If verifying on Android device with Google Play Services...

OK then, got it! These are the ONLY compatible mobile devices. No de-googled devices are being welcomed here.

Visiting the referenced website (https://notepad-plus-plus-mac.org/), the first thing I see is a big, green Announcement that says:

  In coordination with Don Ho, the creator of the original Notepad++, I'll be evolving the branding of the macOS version so it stands on its own while respecting its lineage. These updates, such as a new logo, a refined name, and likely a new domain will ship with version 1.0.6 in the coming days. Continuity for existing users is a priority, and I'll make the transition as seamless as I can. Thank you for your patience.

"We see everything - from living rooms to naked bodies," one worker reportedly said.

Meta said this was for the purpose of improving the customer experience, and was a common practice among other companies.

Am I reading this correctly?! This is probably the weirdest statement I've read on the internet in twenty years.

The other day, I was watching a video by fpt.(@FrontPageTech) entitled Tim Cook is Leaving Apple from Mar 12, and honestly, seeing this news today, I had to go back and rewatch it again and it strikes hard on me, especially at the linked time (https://youtu.be/8xo4uG7YpJI?si=eHP5yyEOFGn85ajv&t=278). At 6:46, Jon Prosser said: John Ternus is the next CEO of Apple.

You may also be interested in this video where Jon Rettinger predicted that John Ternus will be the next Apple CEO. Goodbye Tim! A new era for Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqLWZtdQTc)

Another related submission from 22 days ago : iPhone 17 Pro Demonstrated Running a 400B LLM (+700pts, +300cmts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490070

Persona also might send your data to 17 different subprocessors

You reminded me of this submission from two months ago: I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47098245)

This behavior of blocking some domains and IP ranges during LaLiga games has become a routine by now. You might also want to check these similar submissions:

My game's server is blocked in Spain whenever there's a football match on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45358433

Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114235

While I agree that the $15 difference won’t make any financial difference, I look at the numbers from another angle. The main idea here, as per my understanding, is to reduce the hosting cost as much as possible.

Excellent project! This is one of the topics that keeps Hacker News ever refreshing. Seeing work get done in a way that feels like real hacking but in a positive way.

You might also be interested in this similar work: Installing Mac OS on the Nintendo Wii [video] (123pts, 37cmts): (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37306018)

The author has mentioned earlier attempts to port other OSes to the Wii but it appears these works didn't get much traction here on HN except for Windows:

  WindowsNT (255pts, 86cmts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221633
  Linux (53pts, 1cmts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30568676
  NetBSD (4pts,0 cmts): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668959

This 2018 video from TechAltar discusses the same topic: Why Microsoft Can't Design A Consistent Windows (https://youtu.be/hn5QjtpjW_U)

Related:

Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its schools (2023) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42715841)

In a totally unrelated matter to the subject, I found the linked website's name very strange! Visiting the website, I can see in the address bar that the name is in Chinese or Japanese!! This is the first occurrence I witnessed of this kind.

Similar project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41247023