ringe's comments

On: Full AMD Linux Laptop (Radeon 7600M XT GPU, Ryzen CPU): Tuxedo Sirius 16 Review

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Looks lovely

On: Meta is not threatening to leave Europe

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Too bad.

On: Ask HN: How should I use my $2000 training budget before end of year?

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I'll give you a one-on-one experience based 20 hours class in Software Engineering, Management and Business. It's a bargain at $2000 if you sign up before year-end 2021. :)

On: Ask HN: How do you switch off from work, particularly when working from home?

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Ah,I replace the siding of the house, after adding more insulation. Besides being busy with physical work as a distraction, I try to focus on what my wife and my kids want me to do.

So maybe go help someone renovate a house?

On: Well-known web sites that port-scan their visitors

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This link sent me straight to a malicious ad page pretending to be Telenor

On: Why are diapers so expensive?

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"Diapers are sold at much lower prices in Norway than in the rest of Europe. The large price difference has led to smuggling of diapers, mainly to Eastern-European countries. The diaper smuggler gain both from the price difference and by evading taxes on the trade"

https://www.duo.uio.no/handle/10852/57685

[matsemann → ringe]

I was also thinking about that. Normally we do everything we can to buy stuff from abroad, but for diapers even low cost countries buy here. Kinda absurd.

On: Munich confirms switch to Windows 10

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Imagine if Munich had put the same amount into improving the upstream software instead.

Politicians never fail to disappoint, feels like.

That said, I often can't replace Windows due to legacy applications.

Regarding MS Office, some people buy iPhone. These people also seem to need their Microsoft Office.

[jodrellblank → ringe]

Microsoft Office apps are available for iPhone - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/microsoft-corporation/...

On: Microsoft Blocks Windows 7/8 Updates on AMD Ryzen and Intel Kaby Lake Systems

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Ah, the delight of renting place to live.

Landlord: You cannot take a shower unless you upgrade your bathroom. The pipes now monitor the equipment in use to stop you.

[wapz → ringe]

Not to support Microsoft's decision, but I'd say your analogy is backwards. It's more like you can't upgrade your bathroom unless you redo all the pipes (which is somewhat feasible). Your example would say in order to get windows 10, you would have to upgrade your hardware first (which isn't the case).

On: Can sleep deprivation cure depression?

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No.

On: Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio

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This is all about lobbying politicians. Very hard to understand why they want to set aside separate bandwidth for different sorts of media, when Internet access would provide all we needed.

We have digital radio, digital television broadcast, separate emergency frequencies and so goes the list.

What about gathering around standard that work and are already in place? What about making cell phone and Internet connectivity more robust?

But no. Let's throw billions in taxes down the drain. For instance: The emergency network fails when there's a storm. Then we're back to RHF!

From the inhabitant perspective, this is all a power party. A few people with high positions get to make big decisions and pat each other's back. I'm sure the CEOs of the businesses getting the contracts are good at patting backs too.

Good thing we already pay so much taxes we don't even notice the difference.

Except for the bumpy roads and understaffed elderly homes.

[Angostura → ringe]

Errr - are you really suggesting that we really move all broadcast media to TCP/IP? You're going to give free streaming plans to everyone in the country?

Or does it perhaps make sense to use dedicated broadcast technology for free-to-air broadcasts?

[Johnythree → Angostura]

The disadvantage of radio broadcasting is that it ties up valuable spectrum, has only one direction, and only allows a limited number of channels.

The advantage of streaming internet is that it allows unlimited channels, while only using bandwidth for one channel at a time for each user.

Depending on the number of channels you wish to provide, and the number of users in each area, there is a point where Internet streaming is way ahead.