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Ptchd commented on ‘Gold hydrogen’ is an untapped resource in depleted oil wells   wired.co.uk/article/gold-... · Posted by u/unripe_syntax
hannasm · 3 years ago
"a biotech firm in Texas, had spritzed a carefully selected combination of bacteria"

Would this spritz be measured in gallons or tons?

As much as it's worth considering the co2 byproduct and it's affect, doesn't pumping large volumes of liquids into the earth like this lead to all sorts of unintended consequences as well?

Ptchd · 3 years ago
> doesn't pumping large volumes of liquids into the earth like this lead to all sorts of unintended consequences as well?

Is it better to have the large voids that were created when oïl was extracted?

Ptchd commented on Why it is a bad idea for source control sites to ban crypto projects   codeberg.org/Codeberg/Com... · Posted by u/Zenul_Abidin
imnotjames · 3 years ago
By banishment of free speech, you mean the right of a private entity to decline to host content that they seem to not be a fit with their ideals and brand?

I don't think this is a freedom of speech issue.

Instead, it's an issue that the private operators (codeberg & sourcehut) are looking to apply their own freedom of speech to take a stance against projects that have a high case of fraud.

You see the same thing from Stripe[1]: they ban similarity predatory systems from using their services & tarnishing their brand.

[1]: https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses

Ptchd · 3 years ago
> I don't think this is a freedom of speech issue.

it is, when the platform is so huge and are controlled by the government behind the curtains... Doesn't surprise me that people on HN are pro-Biden when I hear stuff like this....

Ptchd commented on Europe accuses US of profiting from war   politico.eu/article/vladi... · Posted by u/macleginn
Ptchd · 3 years ago
I guess Europe doesn't understand the purpose of war...
Ptchd commented on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal   web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/carbolymer
pvg · 3 years ago
How many? Like 1 percent of people?

You're asking me for stats about a statistically non-existent problem you made up. How many article get changed after they get posted and this isn't brought up in the comments?

Also, sometimes articles get changed because authors respond to HN feedback. Interaction between authors and the community is one of the valuable things about the forum. There's no added value to discussing some frozen snapshot of a web page - its a web forum for talking about web links rather than some revision control system.

What type of information?

The domain, for one thing.

Ptchd · 3 years ago
> You're asking me for stats about a statistically non-existent problem you made up.

You are the one that said that people actually notice that... I was trying to find out where you got that from.

> The domain, for one thing.

you can get the domain name from the archived page...

Are you an HN admin trying to defend strange policies?

Dead Comment

Ptchd commented on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal   web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/carbolymer
pvg · 3 years ago
People notice that. Archive links remove important info from the post, this is a pretty well-settled HN thing with lots of moderator commentary if you want an infinite supply of reasoning.
Ptchd · 3 years ago
> People notice that.

How many? Like 1 percent of people?

> Archive links remove important info from the post

What type of information?

Ptchd commented on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal   web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/carbolymer
skissane · 3 years ago
Post the actual URI, then put archive URI in comment. If it helps people (with paywalls or hug of death or whatever) people will often upvote it and it will achieve a reasonably prominent position among the comments.
Ptchd · 3 years ago
But what if they modify the article after you post a link to it?
Ptchd commented on A Dad Took Photos of His Kid for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal   web.archive.org/web/20220... · Posted by u/carbolymer
dang · 3 years ago
Please don't post archive.org links when the original URL works or there's a good alternate source available.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

Ptchd · 3 years ago
It's to avoid pay walls....
Ptchd commented on Why it is a bad idea for source control sites to ban crypto projects   codeberg.org/Codeberg/Com... · Posted by u/Zenul_Abidin
Ptchd · 3 years ago
The same reason why it's bad to ban free speech on major platforms like Twitter....
Ptchd commented on Wayland Protocol Finally Ready for Fractional Scaling   phoronix.com/news/Wayland... · Posted by u/edward
hackyhacky · 3 years ago
People are responding to this comment by saying "Screenshots work," and yes, they do, somewhat. However, you're limited to using the screenshot tool built in to your Wayland compositor, rather than any third-party tool. For example, my favorite screenshot tool supports automatic timed screenshots, of particular windows or the whole screen or of a specified region, of one desktop or several, and various customizations. Those features aren't supported by my compositor, and I don't have a choice. So Wayland limits my options.

Another area missing functionality is remote desktop. Yes, most Wayland compositors support VNC or similar remote desktop, but without the functionality of previous solutions. For example, I used x11vnc extensively: with it, I can share just one window or a whole screen, with various security options, and I can do so programmatically from the command line. Because VNC is now a feature built into the compositor, I no longer have a choice which remote desktop tool to use, and adding features is not a priority for maintainers of the compositors.

So, while, yes technically, you're right that some analogues of screenshots and remote desktop exist on Wayland, they do so without any of the modularity and flexibility that Linux is (allegedly) proud of.

Ptchd · 3 years ago
> However, you're limited to using the screenshot tool built in to your Wayland compositor

That not true anymore... I use Flameshot

u/Ptchd

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