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Comment · 1 day ago
Probably shadow banned, I would say for being too gruff and blunt a lot of the time with the rest falling into the snarky territory. I still read their comments in a topic I'm viewing ... from what I read, I'm not concerned for their mental health than many other HN contributors, I'd guess most of their days are very stressful and they would not be the first person to purposely take their daily frustrations out on some forum they frequent.
Comment · 3 days ago
Certainly as Google gets more aggressive over their android phone, options to easily load another OS to enjoy similar experience to what I uncounted with early android version would be most welcome.

I am aware that back a few years ago, 2018 iirc federal law was introduced which granted additional powers to law enforcement in regard to telecommunication equipment, though only skimming though the rules, but not greatly understood - I was left to assume if the device is discovered via a search, the law can view and copy data the device stores or accesses if they so desire.

I actually have an old pixel phone that given to me and has GrapheneOS ... but like the rest of my cheap phones, I only use them for phone calls, texts, photos, time piece, maybe once a year utilise GPS and a hotspot when the signal from the nearby towers are good enough to get some bandwidth. [Mobile networks as such that my usual location can be so iffy even receiving a simple sms in a timely manner can be a challenge]

Comment · 3 days ago
There were a couple of dumber phones for sale in Australia at Kmart that are neither apple or google OS. I bought one that I'd guess was imported from China, and used Moor OS as the operating system, back a couple of years I could find only the barest amount of info on the OS as I was curious to see if there were additional apps. Presently nothing to find by way of the google or ddg, even Yandex came up empty handed.
Comment · 4 days ago
A simple old browser (qtweb) I'm not logged into, and my browser that's logged in - presently shows the same content on the front home page.
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Comment · 7 days ago
Just remember that with RCS, unless they've decided to include a setting that bars any remote deletion - RCS is something that could be abused by arseholes allowing them to send nasty shit, and then play innocent after remotely deleting the evidence ... hard proof screen shots worked back in the day, but with the wonders of A.I. not so much.

My phones are strictly sms for text, I've no interest in google messages or other alternatives since the signal strength is low - I'd rather get messages in a timely fashion - not in a day or two.

Comment · 8 days ago
Comment · 8 days ago
Note - link is to site and could not locate actual article with an external search.

I searched the rest of teh web instead and revealed an article from last year [1] ... reads very close to what I found at [2] which is today - yesterday.

The Chinese have also been working with a couple hundred doctors to create an LLM that can help with triage.

Done correctly there should be little doubt with anyone who's had ended up questioning some of the silly things said, that a LLM will be a lot more accurate, not have to be told about certain drug interactions, considered rather than ignored the rare side effects of some potent medications and not spiral into a cascade of additional issues due to missteps and treating for symptoms that, had they bothered to read the warning labels, realised the patient was hitting a tipping point.

I certainly aim to have add a health directive for hospital admission that I prefer a doctor is very much aware apparently normal blood pressure is not definitive of being properly hydrated. I meet a dozen of so last year that seemed blindly unaware and argued the point with me ... it's sad that pretty much the obvious things (check points) came to pass as I said they would. I'm forever mad at myself for not insisting a nose tube for my Mother who though other things were at hand was suffering mostly from what was extreme dehydration - just beaten down and the mental exhaustion of BS all around me.

[1] https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-says-it... (July 2025)

[2] https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1016690/... (Oct 22 2026)

Comment · 8 days ago
For my old browser, deny list that kicks a number of problematic trackers and the like: site including ask hn threads all have been loading fine without issue.

I would suspect a timing issue. A couple of decades ago some sites within Australian gov ... .edu used to do that as a method to guess if the person was within Australia but it really messed with those on satellite.

Comment · 8 days ago
To be clear yes even for that price, it's bang for buck so as long as the project completes and works as expected and not severely limited due to some other unforeseen problem.

There was a more expensive pumped hydro projects planned but ultimately the proposed Aud 62 billion development was shelved. [1] I note there's now a near Aud 3 billion dollar pumped hydro project with a storage capacity of 12 GWh proposed west of Eungella, Qld [2] [3] about 20 to 30 miles to the west (further inland) from where the large Pioneer - Burdekin project was to be built. This time around there seems to be a lot more details included, like power infrastructure etc - unlike the Pioneer Burdekin project where community interaction was farcical - no one with authority could publish a map or communicate just where the wall of the lower dam was going or how high, where the power lines were going or any thoughts for HVDC transmission for robustness out to the industry that ultimately would seek out an all year round stable power supply, and absolutely no assurances that those who had livelihoods in an already well developed agricultural area below the lower dam wall out to the coast would not be slowly displaced by industries that would move into the area as part of construction, and then subsequent industrial / technological developments.

I feel like a lot of product that are development, gain acceptance, uniformly embraced and ... finally becoming a necessity, high capacity battery prices will slowly increase higher than inflation in a couple of decades onwards.

[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-02/lnp-scraps-pioneer-bu...

[2] https://www.capricorniapumpedhydro.com.au/project

[3] https://epbcpublicportal.environment.gov.au/all-referrals/pr...

Edit: missing word would -> would not ... brain to hand issue when words are skipped I guess.

Comment · 9 days ago
It's bad luck when one of the main tools to do the job runs into issues, or conditions struck are much different to what was expected.

However I have my suspicions [1] that there's plenty of people who've either opted to milk as much as they can get from the project or padded bills for reimbursement as the taxman is paying ... or they're quietly in league with the crowd who are very much against renewable power.

The blow out in costs is being used presently by some of the more influential cats to try and talk up why government should not involve itself in critical infrastructure ... after all it's better when private interests do these things ... pinky swear they'll never sell at prices that squeeze the public for every little bit they can get ...

As much as it is, it's going to cost less than having to decommission a single nuclear power plant.

[1] From what slowly occurred for the years after covid on federal and state funded road upgrades in my neck of the woods, moved from high percentage of actual workers with a few safety folks ... until it reached silly proportions of non workers standing around the road works and weeks passed on with little occurring ... steaming when at one quarter mile section there was 14 or 16 safety personnel while two blokes with spades were busy. Later I'd chat to one of the guys who worked there and he spelt out that the contractors were getting every ounce out of it as they could ... the stinger being there's sections not even 5 years after completion that with all traffic travelling on one side for too long, it's failed and now it's not just the sides of the roads that have to be redone but the entire road.

Comment · 10 days ago
My sincerest apologies. My old firefox loaded sharply, no ads, just the singular page which seems easy to navigate

I would probably have opted for the first method, from within firefox's settings. Else opted for something different like about:config and searched out DisableLaunchOnLogin setting

Comment · 10 days ago

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