Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Sticky Vicky: Legendary Benidorm dancer dies aged 80

The X-rated performer had a legendary status among Brits travelling to the Spanish resort on holiday.

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Sunday, November 26, 2023

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Tesla strikes in Sweden are 'insane', says Elon Musk

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/31ac4ef0-e945-4a9f-acb7-8330ab35680e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38395989

Points: 6

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Pakistan charging refugees $830 to leave

Pakistan is charging undocumented refugees an $830 exit fee to leave the country if they arrived without a visa.

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Nicki Minaj responds to Nigerian fan's complaint about tour venues

A fan of the rapper is overwhelmed at her responding after asking Minaj to add Nigeria to her tour.

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Monday, November 20, 2023

E-Sports for Conflict Resolution?

A while back i was watching POV footage of Ukraine/Russia warfare and there seemed to be this dark humor of comparing the warfare that these young-adults would go into, to Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO).

Given that the infantry forces that drive trench warfare i.e ground soldiers are typically young-adults that have now aged to play virtual video games.

Could there be an instance of widespread online consensus whereby young-adults internationally come to agree that physical warfare is senseless.

The senseless nature of warfare : "Empire of the Ants" by Bernard Werber

Sport has seemingly over the years been vector towards tension resolution (an international language). Given the abundant creative nature of e-sport why not have a warfare game (or any other game) that simulates planetary land and gives multiplayer access to a CSGO like environment.

Where physical land territory is determined by the active push of young-adults that love competitive gaming to rank and gain points for their country. Given a ranking system, history of successes achievements... ETC

Now you might tell me go outside and take some air...

But I have done enough digital wiretransfers for plots of land. Or payed for my food using a swipe of my apple pay to tell someone I deserved my food or plot of land by sending over some pixels/numbers on a screen.

It seems absurd and senseless to still fight over land physically using pre-historic methods.

Let me know what you think.

This idea arised when watching Lex Fridman's recent podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4wLXNydzeY&t=5s


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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Man Utd 1-3 Man City: Visitors win Manchester derby to boost WSL title hopes

Manchester City bounce back from successive defeats to beat rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford and put their Women's Super League title challenge back on track.

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Ask HN: Any Open Source GUIs for OpenAI Assistants API?

Hey HN community -

Has anyone come across an open source way to locally control an assistant that has a user interface?

I've been enjoying the custom GPT tool but have run into a few limitations. Given GPT's similarity to the Assistants API, I was going to try and re-create one using the Assistants API and threaded messages.

My near term goal is a tool usable by some internal folks to beta test a custom assistant. These users would not be comfortable working in a Jupyter notebook (and GPTs are a bit too limited for our needs, such as only supporting 1 auth type, etc).


Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293747

Points: 1

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Loudness War

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293742

Points: 2

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Air Accident Investigation Branch: film lights caused window damage on A321neo

Article URL: https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/aaib-says-film-lights-caused-window-damage-on-titan-a321neo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293714

Points: 4

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Gaza faces communications blackout due to lack of fuel

Israel defends blocking fuel deliveries, as the UN warns this could lead to a breakdown of civil order.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Rwanda asylum plan: Fact-checking claims about the government's policies

Looking at claims about small boats and returning failed asylum seekers.

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Monday, November 13, 2023

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Chipotle's founder builds a new concept light on meat and long on automation

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/how-chipotles-founder-is-moving-beyond-burritos-5c1d7fe4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38233121

Points: 2

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Role play with large language models

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06647-8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38233114

Points: 1

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Bitcoin is America: Why mind control won't stop the revolution

Article URL: https://www.jtwoodhouse.com/bitcoin-is-america-mind-control-wont-stop-the-revolution/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38233092

Points: 1

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A Report on Instagram Strategies and Brands

Article URL: https://thesocialjuice.substack.com/p/whats-happening-recalling-instagram

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38233088

Points: 1

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Science Says Teens Need More Sleep. So Why Is It So Hard to Start School Later?

Article URL: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/school-start-times-sleep-parents/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38223078

Points: 1

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Colombia passes ambitious 'junk food law' to tackle lifestyle diseases

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/10/colombia-junk-food-tax-improve-health-acc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38223074

Points: 2

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Star Wars director, mum and butcher receive Nuneaton and Bedworth highest honour

Article URL: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/star-wars-director-mum-butcher-28072351

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38223066

Points: 1

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The Beatles top singles chart 60 years after their first hit

Sir Paul McCartney says their final song Now and Then reaching the top spot has "blown my socks off!"

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Spain's Sánchez secures power deal with Catalan separatists prompting anger

Pedro Sánchez's agreement is attacked by conservatives in Spain as opening a back-door to tyranny.

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Shelf-Conscious

Article URL: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/12/27/shelf-conscious/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38195081

Points: 1

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Russia strikes civilian ship in Black Sea port of Odesa - Ukraine

At least one person is said to have been killed when a missile hit a ship entering the port of Odesa.

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Catherine, the Princess of Wales, drives armoured vehicle

The Princess of Wales also met the her regiment's mascot, Emrys Jones, a Welsh Mountain Pony.

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'A strange, crazy night' - managers reflect on marathon 44-penalty shootout in BetMcLean Cup

Ballymena United manager Jim Ervin and Coleraine counterpart Oran Kearney had contrasting fortunes of agony and ecstasy in a marathon penalty shootout at the Warden Street Showgrounds on Tuesday.

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

PGMQ: Lightweight Message Queue on Postgres with No Background Worker

Article URL: https://tembo.io/blog/pgmq-self-regulating-queue/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181236

Points: 1

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Automatically determine video sections with AI using Python

Article URL: https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/automatically-determine-video-sections-with-ai-using-python/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181220

Points: 2

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A Prehistoric Pyramid May Have Just Rewritten Human History, Scientists Claim

Article URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy35mx/a-prehistoric-pyramid-may-have-just-rewritten-human-history-scientists-claim

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181200

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Delay to law on e-scooters criticised

No mention of legislation on e-scooters in the King's Speech but trials will be extended to 2026.

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Before Growth (2016)

Article URL: https://blog.samaltman.com/before-growth

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38166655

Points: 2

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Indi Gregory: Critically ill baby granted Italian citizenship

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says she will defend Indi Gregory's life until the end.

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Seeking advice about crypto payment processing

I'm running an e-commerce store and I'm interested in enabling cryptocurrency payments. After conducting some research, I came across services like Coinbase that handle the checkout process. However, I've noticed that they require company documents, which I don't possess. Moreover, I prefer to have clients send funds directly to my wallet.

Are you aware of any services that allow me to configure multiple wallets for various cryptocurrencies and manage the checkout experience while also confirming the transactions?

I'm open to any insights on why I should or shouldn't pursue this approach.


Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38103717

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Rio Ferdinand racially abused: Staffordshire fan guilty

Jamie Arnold made racist gestures towards the ex-England defender during a Wolves game in May 2021.

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Show HN: rtrvr.ai – AI Web Agent for Automating Workflows and Data Extraction

Hey HN, I'm excited to share rtrvr.ai, a Chrome extension that brings the power of AI agents to your everyday web browsing. It's de...