mac-attack's comments

On: Anthropic's Killer-Robot Dispute with The Pentagon

[mac-attack]

Wow. The headline is terrible and buried the lede.

On: How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription?

[mac-attack]

I believe they offer prorated refunds when you cancel

On: Notes on Clarifying Man Pages

[mac-attack]

Speaking of manpages, during a different hn convo, I found out about mansnip [1]. It is for when you remember the command but forget what the flags do and has been very useful re: "I keep using curl -LO, what is that doing again?" etc

[1] https://github.com/day50-dev/Mansnip

On: The collapse of white-collar work as the most hopeful catastrophe of our time

[mac-attack]

Great read. Put into words what I've been feeling for a while now.

On: Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking

[mac-attack]

I've been using jetbird from fdroid. I have never tried the official app, but I have good experiences with Jet Bird.

[pranaysy → mac-attack]

Thanks! Will try asap

On: KISS Launcher – fast launcher for Android

[mac-attack]

I installed it today for the first time because of this thread. It is the perfect combination of minimal and power-user friendly. I'm impressed.

On: Radicle 1.6.0 – Amaryllis

[mac-attack]

same I almost went to search for the release notes

On: Iran report says 16,500 dead in 'genocide under digital darkness'

[mac-attack]

~2,500 for Tiananmen Square

[swat535 → mac-attack]

I think that the biggest problem with Iran right now, is that there is no clear opposition party.

South Africa had Mandela, India had Gandhi and Chile had Aylwin. We only have "Reza Pahalavi" being pushed by United State and Israel. He is nowhere qualified to run the country and hasn't stepped a foot there for decades.

None of these movements are going to succeed, unless someone from within the country forms a strong party and unifies everyone.

Either way, I'm afraid that Iranians are going to be suffering for a long time.

[qohen → mac-attack]

The toll was significantly higher -- this is from a 2017 BBC article [0]:

The Chinese army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests killed at least 10,000 people, according to newly released UK documents.

The figure was given in a secret diplomatic cable from then British ambassador to China, Sir Alan Donald.

The original source was a friend of a member of China's State Council, the envoy says.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42465516

On: Anthropic invests $1.5M in the Python Software Foundation

[mac-attack]

Maybe I'm the only one realizing it's exactly the same amount they were due to receive from the US Govt until the Trump administration said they were too woke.

On: AT&T Blocks T-Mobile's Data Portability Efforts

[mac-attack]

They are both garbage companies that will abuse the data they receive regardless