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42,033,238 | pseudolus | 2024-11-03T14:29:26 | A new copyright rule lets McDonald's fix its own broken ice cream machines | null | https://www.npr.org/2024/11/02/g-s1-31893/mcdonalds-broken-ice-cream-machine-copyright-law | 9 | 1 | [
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42,033,239 | mathgenius | 2024-11-03T14:29:34 | Renaissance minds in 21st century science | null | https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-020-01985-6 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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42,033,264 | zdw | 2024-11-03T14:33:24 | Docling parses documents and exports them to desired format with ease and speed | null | https://ds4sd.github.io/docling/ | 11 | 1 | [
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42,033,265 | pseudolus | 2024-11-03T14:33:42 | Iykyk: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets | null | https://thewalrus.ca/iykyk-when-novels-speak-a-language-only-part-of-the-internet-gets/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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42,033,270 | peutetre | 2024-11-03T14:34:28 | DFDS puts 10 Volvo electric semi trucks to work in UK, 'only' 115 more to go | null | https://electrek.co/2024/11/03/dfds-receives-first-10-of-100-volvo-electric-semi-truck-order/ | 4 | 1 | [
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European logistics firm DFDS placed a massive, 100 unit order for Volvo’s long-range electric semi truck earlier this year. Last week, they put their first 10 examples on the road delivering goods in northwest England and Ireland.
Since 2022, DFDS has been continually expanded its electric semi truck fleet, operating dozens of the zero-emission tractors in countries like Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands. Once the 100-unit order with Volvo Trucks is fulfilled, DFDS will have almost doubled its electric fleet to 225 electric semis in total – giving it the logistics firm the largest fleet of electric semis in Europe.
“With our extensive experience in operating electric trucks across Europe, we’re ready to bring this expertise to the UK,” says Allan Bell, Vice President and Head of DFDS Logistics in UK & Ireland. “The interest from UK companies in more sustainable road transport solutions is substantial, and we have ambitions to scale up our low-emissions transport offerings in the future.”
DFDS has deployed 115 electric trucks to date, adding more than 1.2 million all-electric miles to Volvo Truck’s massive mileage tally the first half of 2024 alone. That feat, according to the company, saved more than 2,100 tonnes of harmful carbon emissions compared to a conventionally-powered diesel ICE fleet.
DFDS’ Volvo launch party
The latest version of Volvo Trucks’ FH Electric semi offers customers up to 600 km (nearly 375 miles) of all-electric range, nearly twice as much as the previous version, thanks to Volvo’s new, compact, e-axle packaging.
That additional range is both another nail in diesel’s coffin and a game-changer for companies like DFDS, but more work is still needed. “There are still challenges ahead and we need to work together across sectors to be successful, for example in setting up charging infrastructure,” Bell adds. “DFDS is committed to do whatever we can to push the development forward.”
SOURCE | IMAGES: Volvo Trucks; DFDS, via LinkedIn.
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42,033,274 | amadeuspagel | 2024-11-03T14:34:45 | Show HN: BladeEvader – a game you play by moving your real head | null | https://bladeevader.com/ | 4 | 1 | [
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42,033,275 | rntn | 2024-11-03T14:34:59 | Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia | null | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06865-0?fromPaywallRec=true | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,279 | sbbq | 2024-11-03T14:36:00 | Understanding Multimodal LLMs: The Main Techniques and Latest Models | null | https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2024/understanding-multimodal-llms.html | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,280 | lordwiz | 2024-11-03T14:36:04 | Build up your confidence with Regex: 5 Techniques to make it STICK | null | https://journal.hexmos.com/regex-learning-techniques/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,284 | dxs | 2024-11-03T14:36:14 | Gnome OS to Become a General-Purpose Linux Distro? | null | https://linuxiac.com/gnome-os-to-become-a-general-purpose-linux-distro/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,295 | splash123 | 2024-11-03T14:37:25 | Auth Wiki | null | https://auth.wiki/ | 111 | 27 | [
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42,033,308 | mooreds | 2024-11-03T14:40:57 | To Document, or not, is that the question? | null | https://www.sounding.com/2024/11/01/to-doc-or-not/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,313 | geox | 2024-11-03T14:41:50 | Global gambling affects the vulnerable and is at almost epidemic levels | null | https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/global-gambling-affects-the-vulnerable/ | 8 | 1 | [
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42,033,323 | matt_heyqq | 2024-11-03T14:42:57 | Marketing Audit with Own Model | null | https://www.branding5.com/brand-audit | 1 | 1 | [
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42,033,330 | BenoitEssiambre | 2024-11-03T14:44:49 | Leveraging the lightcone around the source of truth with Postgres | null | https://benoitessiambre.com/pgcentrism.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,332 | throw0101d | 2024-11-03T14:45:01 | Daylight Saving Time and Artificial Time Zones (2019) | null | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00944/full | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,336 | indigodaddy | 2024-11-03T14:45:24 | Don't look now, but Macs are finally getting good for gaming | null | https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/macbooks/dont-look-now-but-macs-are-finally-getting-good-for-gaming | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,344 | simonhamp | 2024-11-03T14:47:07 | Create a native app in less than 90 seconds [video] | null | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OADra8csIY | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_article | null | null | null | null | 2024-11-08T10:48:47 | null | train |
42,033,345 | handfuloflight | 2024-11-03T14:47:27 | Start auditing and controlling the AI models accessing your content | null | https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-ai-audit-control-ai-content-crawlers/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,351 | thunderbong | 2024-11-03T14:49:02 | Fitting Flappy Bird (Assets Included) onto a QR Code | null | https://github.com/RandomGamingDev/qr-flappy-bird | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,367 | AbenezerDaniel | 2024-11-03T14:51:33 | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,389 | cdebeling | 2024-11-03T14:55:06 | Show HN: Directional antenna alignment using phone motion sensors | null | https://star.conor.link/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,392 | fanf2 | 2024-11-03T14:55:53 | qcp: QUIC File Copy | null | https://github.com/crazyscot/qcp | 3 | 1 | [
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42,033,400 | oneinfiniteloop | 2024-11-03T14:57:18 | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,401 | jorgelameira | 2024-11-03T14:57:25 | Show HN: AICruiter – AI-Powered Tool to Streamline Recruitment | Hi HN community,<p>I'm excited to share AICruiter with you—a cutting-edge AI-powered HR tool designed to enhance and streamline the recruitment process.<p>Why We Built It:<p>As recruiters and HR professionals, we often faced challenges like sorting through endless resumes, scheduling interviews, and ensuring an unbiased evaluation of candidates. We wanted to create a solution that not only automates these tedious tasks but also improves the overall candidate experience.<p>Key Features:<p>AI-Driven Candidate Evaluation: Automates pre-screening, parses resumes, and matches candidate profiles with job requirements, providing detailed scores and rankings.
In-Platform Interviews: Conduct interviews directly on the platform with the help of an AI meeting co-pilot that suggests targeted questions and handles scheduling.
Workflow Efficiency: An intuitive Applicant Tracking System that simplifies candidate management and accelerates decision-making.
Enhanced Candidate Experience: Ensures a smooth, engaging recruitment process, reducing drop-offs and improving employer branding.
Screenshots & More Info:<p>Landing Page: aicruiter.io
Feature Overview: Detailed breakdown of features, pricing plans, and how AICruiter can benefit your organization.
We're offering a special launch discount for early adopters and would love for you to try it out.<p>Feedback Welcome:<p>We're eager to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or any questions you might have. Your feedback is invaluable as we continue to improve AICruiter.<p>Thanks for taking the time to check it out! | https://aicruiter.io/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,402 | carsonpoole | 2024-11-03T14:57:55 | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,411 | hggh | 2024-11-03T14:59:02 | Angry crowds throw mud at Spain's king in flood-hit Valencia | null | https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg4p0y3xlpt | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,428 | lifeisstillgood | 2024-11-03T15:02:43 | Ask HN: Who interested in CPD (cont. prof. development) for software engineers? | Most “proper” professions have requirements on “continuing professional development” - assuming that a corpus of knowledge has been learnt then there are new developments or changes (ie new information on efficacy of drugs for anaesthesiologists)<p>What would that look like for software? | null | 3 | 1 | [
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42,033,429 | buzzhampton | 2024-11-03T15:03:02 | How Technology Is Shaping Online Gaming: Security, Fair Play, and Gamification | null | https://majestic-slots.com/ | 1 | 1 | [
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42,033,432 | 9woc | 2024-11-03T15:03:26 | Zed – The Editor for What's Next | null | https://zed.dev/ | 50 | 52 | [
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42,033,444 | PaulHoule | 2024-11-03T15:05:20 | Somebody Please Get Me This Desktop Wind Tunnel for Christmas | null | https://www.thedrive.com/news/funtech-lab-scaled-down-desktop-toy-car-wind-tunnel-price-specs-pictures | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,460 | ewuhic | 2024-11-03T15:08:20 | GM's automated recruiting goal: From 60 days to 60 minutes | null | https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/news/366614763/GMs-automated-recruiting-goal-From-60-days-to-60-minutes | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,469 | sandwichsphinx | 2024-11-03T15:09:25 | Fed Prepares Rate Cut Amid Economic Contradictions | null | https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-prepares-rate-cut-2024-election-99ec0333 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,476 | sathishwrksuite | 2024-11-03T15:11:13 | null | null | null | 1 | null | [
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42,033,486 | intrepidsoldier | 2024-11-03T15:12:35 | Why do you self-host? | When it comes to most enterprise software, the term "self-hosted" is such a misnomer. It makes the exercise sound like a cool and quick DIY thing.<p>The reality is that most self-hosted deployments require even more hand-holding and support from the software vendor for installation, configuration, training, etc., than the corresponding "vendor-managed" or SaaS offering. This is the opposite of "self". The correct description should be "Hosting the software on infra that you own or manage yourself."<p>Even for many open source projects, when it seems like "self-hosting" is really easy, the easy part is running the thing on your local computer (maybe through a Docker container). If you actually self-host (meaning self-install, self-configure, self-manage, self-patch, self-upgrade, self-....) it on server(s) for non-trivial production usage, it requires specific in-house expertise, which is seldom the core competence of the teams who just want to consume this software.<p>Having said that, there are often legitimate reasons for "self-hosting." What are yours? | null | 2 | 0 | [
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42,033,500 | imadjourney | 2024-11-03T15:15:03 | Show HN: I built a shadcn visual playground | I'm excited to introduce Robust Design Systems – a tool to make creating and managing design systems easier than ever. With the visual component editor, you can customize shadcn component variants without touching any code. When you're done, simply export the code instantly!<p>I'd love to hear your feedback and see how I can make it even better! | https://www.robustlaunch.com | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,501 | grecy | 2024-11-03T15:15:04 | Tesla vehicles are more "Made in America" than any other brand | null | https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2355/tesla-reveals-percentage-of-parts-made-in-north-america-for-2025-models | 10 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,502 | Brajeshwar | 2024-11-03T15:15:18 | African Sahara 'greening' can alter Northern Hemisphere climate, study finds | null | https://phys.org/news/2024-11-african-sahara-greening-northern-hemisphere.html | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,504 | Brajeshwar | 2024-11-03T15:15:26 | Not too big, not too small: Why modern humans are the ideal size for speed | null | https://phys.org/news/2024-10-big-small-modern-humans-ideal.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | http_other_error | Just a moment... | null | null | Please complete security verificationThis request seems a bit unusual, so we need to confirm that you're human. Please press and hold the button until it turns completely green. Thank you for your cooperation!Press and hold the buttonIf you believe this is an error, please contact our support team.24.173.64.2 : d6ead108-4ba3-43f5-a9ef-891b4d79 | 2024-11-08T00:32:01 | null | train |
42,033,505 | Brajeshwar | 2024-11-03T15:15:34 | UCLA Chemists Shatter 100-Year-Old Chemistry Rule – Textbooks Need a Rewrite | null | https://scitechdaily.com/ucla-chemists-shatter-100-year-old-chemistry-rule-textbooks-need-a-rewrite/ | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,506 | Brajeshwar | 2024-11-03T15:15:42 | Why flooding in Spain has been so deadly – and why it could happen again | null | https://news.sky.com/story/why-flooding-in-spain-has-been-so-deadly-and-why-it-could-happen-again-13245874 | 3 | 1 | [
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42,033,542 | stonlyb | 2024-11-03T15:21:14 | Creating Interactive and Embedded Physics Simulations from Static Textbooks | null | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18614 | 11 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,574 | circuitoftmrw | 2024-11-03T15:25:19 | null | null | null | 1 | null | null | null | true | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,576 | cempaka | 2024-11-03T15:25:33 | Ken Griffin's money machine: market maker Citadel Securities | null | https://www.ft.com/content/e7c88737-f972-438f-a7ac-1af358a85f07 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,581 | alyona0l | 2024-11-03T15:26:15 | null | null | null | 1 | null | [
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42,033,589 | jakeirving | 2024-11-03T15:27:26 | Capex and Opex Supercycles in AI | null | https://twitter.com/MohapatraHemant/status/1853092587546333394 | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,596 | thunderbong | 2024-11-03T15:29:02 | One Line of Code Triggered a $60M Meltdown | null | https://learnhub.top/how-one-line-of-code-triggered-a-60-million-meltdown/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,598 | Beuys | 2024-11-03T15:29:09 | Absurd Population Control – This Is How Logic Is Used to Trap People | null | http://hyperdialog.blogspot.com/p/absurd.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,619 | ohjeez | 2024-11-03T15:31:54 | Seismologists Solve Mystery of How Concertgoers Shake Things Up | null | https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/swifities-shake-it-off-and-help-seismologists-solve-mystery-of-how-concertgoers-shake-things-up | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,637 | yamrzou | 2024-11-03T15:35:24 | Defense Mechanisms: Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis (2009) | null | https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neuroscience-meets-psychoanalysis/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Defense Mechanisms: Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis | 2009-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 | Heather A. Berlin, Christof Koch | Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself. �—Ludwig WittgensteinHow much of what you consciously experience in your daily life is influenced by hidden unconscious processes? This mystery is one of the many that continue to confound our understanding of ourselves. We do not know how conscious impulses, desires or motives become unconscious or, conversely, how unconscious impulses, desires or motives suddenly become conscious.Advances in technologies such as functional magnetic resonance imaging permit scientists to directly measure brain activity. This ability has led to a revival and reconceptualization of key psychoanalytic concepts, based on the idea of inner forces outside our awareness that influence our behavior. According to psychodynamic theory, unconscious dynamic processes defensively remove anxiety-provoking thoughts and impulses from consciousness in response to our conflicting attitudes. The processes that keep unwanted thoughts from entering consciousness are known as defense mechanisms and include repression, suppression and dissociation.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.Suppression is the voluntary form of repression proposed by Sigmund Freud in 1892. It is the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness. Suppression is more amenable to controlled experiments than is repression, the unconscious process of excluding painful memories, thoughts and impulses from consciousness.If you are grieving over the death of a loved one or the breakup of a relationship, you may consciously decide to suppress thinking about the situation to get on with your life. Or, in another example, you may have an impulse to tell your boss what you really think about him and his abysmal behavior, but you suppress this thought because you need the job. In both cases, the desire is conscious but is thwarted by the exercise of willpower resulting from a rational decision to avoid the action. The impulse or drive may display itself in other ways, however: you may develop a nervous cough around your boss even though you are not sick. Or a suppressed sexual desire may resurface in a careless phrase or slip of the tongue. In general, “forgotten” thoughts, memories and urges can influence behaviors, conscious thoughts and feelings and can express themselves as symptoms or even as mental illness.Although some claim that suppression is a psychoanalytical myth with no scientific support, fMRI data suggest otherwise. Psychologist Michael C. Anderson, now at St. Andrews University in Scotland, and his colleagues carried out what they call a “think/no-think” experiment to explore the brain basis of memory suppression. Two dozen volunteers had to memorize 48 word pairs (for example, ordeal-roach or steam-train). Subsequently, while lying in a scanner, subjects were shown the first cue word and had to either recall the second, associated word (called the respond condition) or prevent it from entering consciousness (suppress condition). Actively suppressing the matched word while lying in the scanner had the effect of reducing recall of the word afterward (as compared with the respond condition); this result is not just simple forgetting that occurs with the passage of time.The imaging data that Anderson and his colleagues collected showed that the volunteers suppressed the words by recruiting parts of the brain involved in “executive control,” namely, areas in the prefrontal cortex, to disengage processing in sectors of the brain important for memory formation and retrieval, in particular the hippocampus. This finding is noteworthy because earlier experiments showed that the amplitude of activity in the hippocampus is proportional to memory recall—the stronger the activity, the higher the likelihood of remembering. A second intriguing observation is that the brain is more active when avoiding recalling a memory than during recall itself. People suppress unwanted memories by exerting willful effort that can be tracked in the nervous system in ways only dreamed of by Freud—who was, after all, a neuroscientist by training.Evidence of SuppressionLinking suppression to widely accepted brain mechanisms involved in behavioral control moves this concept from the domain of the psychoanalyst’s couch to the physical realm of the brain.A different form of suppression, known as visual perceptual suppression, occurs when an object—or part of one—is not consciously seen even though the image is always clearly visible. A common example is the bistable figure, such as the drawing of the cube, the vase-face or the duck-rabbit in the triptych illustration above. The eyes see the same lines and shapes on the page, but what you consciously see in your head changes from the duck to the rabbit and back again. When the image of the duck is being consciously seen in your mind’s eye, the image of the rabbit is “suppressed,” and vice versa.Another example of visual suppression is binocular rivalry. Here two ifferent images are simultaneously present, one in each eye. Say a photograph of a smiling girl is projected into your left eye and an image of a car is projected into your right eye. Rather than appearing as the girl superimposed on the car, the two pictures rival for conscious access, and one will suppress the other briefly. For a few seconds you will see the girl’s face; suddenly, patches of the car begin to shine through until the face is entirely gone, and you’ll see only the car. Subsequently, the smiling eyes will break through the automobile, and it will disappear to be replaced by the girl’s face, and so on in a never-ending pas de deux.So although the physical input to the eyes always remains the same, your conscious perception of it changes from one moment to the next and back again. Bistable percepts are ideal for tracking the footprints of consciousness in the human brain using functional brain imaging [see “Rendering the Visible Invisible,” by Christof Koch; Scientific American Mind, October/November 2008].Provided the eyes don’t move or blink, this ceaseless dance is under only very limited voluntary control. Thus, from the point of view of psychoanalysis, it would be more proper to call this perceptual repression rather than perceptual suppression. Whether the neural mechanisms underlying visual perceptual suppression and repression are related to those underlying psychodynamic suppression or repression remains to be determined.Emotions ApartDissociation is another controversial psychological state in which thoughts, emotions, sensations or memories are separated from the rest of the psyche. Originally championed by French psychiatrist Pierre Janet, dissociation can occur in healthy individuals such as when you blank out for a mile or two while driving along a freeway, become completely absorbed by a book or movie, or find yourself walking into a room in your house only to forget why you ventured there in the first place.More extreme forms of dissociation manifest themselves in mental diseases such as dissociative identity disorder (DID)—formerly known as multiple personality disorder—which involves the presence of two or more distinct identity states. These states are characterized by different emotional responses, thoughts, moods and perceived self-images that recurrently and alternately take control of a patient’s behavior and consciousness. DID is considered to be a result of identity fragmentation rather than proliferation of separate personalities. So patients do not have more than one personality (a proliferation of selves), but rather they have less than one (a fragmented self).Dissociative identity disorder is often associated with severe and prolonged childhood trauma (such as neglect or emotional or sexual abuse) and develops as a way to cope with an overwhelming situation that is too painful or violent to assimilate into one’s conscious self. The person literally “goes away” in his or her head to flee from the anxiety-producing experience from which there is no physical escape. This dissociative process allows traumatic feelings and memories to be psychologically separated off so that the person can function as if the trauma had not occurred. While in one mental state, the patient has access to traumatic autobiographical memories, say of a rape, and intense emotional responses to them. But when in her other state, she claims not to recall anything related to her rape. This defensive use of dissociation prevails long after the traumatic experiences have ended.Neurobiological studies of DID support the validity of the clinical diagnosis and suggest that one brain can generate two or more distinct states of self-awareness, each with its own unique pattern of seeing, thinking, behaving and remembering. Physiological markers such as changes in electrical skin conductance (related to sweating), heartbeat, response to medication, allergic reactions and endocrine function behave differently depending on which state the patient is in. For example, Simone Reinders and her colleagues at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands recorded subjective reactions (emotional, such as fear, and sensorimotor, such as restlessness), cardiovascular responses (heart rate, blood pressure and heart rate variability) and cerebral activation patterns in 11 DID patients. While the patients were first in one mental state and then the other, they were read a story from their life that pertained either to their trauma or to a nontraumatic autobiographical event. When in their neutral mental state, patients reacted to the story of their traumatic experience as if it were a neutral memory and claimed not to recall it; when in their traumatic personality state, they had a significant subjective and cardiovascular reaction to the traumatic memory and a different cerebral activation pattern, and they remembered the event. It appears that different identities can truly live inside the same skull.To See or Not to SeeSometimes the difference between the personalities can be as stark as night and day. Psychoanalysts Bruno Waldvogel and Axel Ullrich and psychologist Hans Strasburger, all in Munich, Germany, reported a dissociated patient who gradually regained sight during psychotherapy—after 15 years of diagnosed blindness. There was nothing wrong with the patient’s eyes per se, but she claimed she couldn’t see, and testing at the ophthalmologist bore this out. During the experiment reported here, one personality state had essentially normal eyesight, whereas a younger, male personality—which could be summoned momentarily by calling out his name—was blind. This phenomenon could be construed as hysterical ranting were it not for the electrical activity recorded by electroencephalographic scalp electrodes. When in her sighted personality, the EEG showed normal brain waves in response to a checkerboard pattern that alternated its squares 10 times each second—from white to black and back again. But visually evoked activity was much reduced in her blind personality state. There is no known mechanism that allows someone to consciously block vision with open eyes. This remarkable finding implies that the brain can rapidly intervene at a very early stage of the visual system, preventing visual information from reaching the patient’s cortex. How it does so remains a mystery.What may be altered in dissociative disorders is not so much the degree of activity of a particular brain area but the degree of interactivity between areas. Functional integration of cortical and subcortical regions is necessary for cohesive conscious experience. The way the brain is connected and the way different parts of the brain communicate with one another are important. Dissociation may be the result of a disruption of certain connections among brain regions. Hence, dissociative disorders may result from the failure of coordination or integration of the distributed neural circuitry that represents subjective self-awareness.New advances in neuroscience and technology are revealing the neurobiology of the dynamic unconscious that Freud, Janet and others envisioned. In the process, inevitably, much of what was originally put forth based solely on the “talking cure” will be revised, refined and enhanced. Devising novel ways to empirically test dynamic unconscious processes such as repression, suppression and dissociation will reveal their neural bases. This effort will ultimately lead to more effective treatment options for psychiatric patients and help us to better understand our own consciousness.Note: This article was originally printed with the title, "Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis". | 2024-11-08T17:41:29 | en | train |
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42,033,640 | acceptance-crit | 2024-11-03T15:36:27 | Ask HN: Is it burn-out or the culture pushing me? | As the title says, I am contemplating leaving my current engineering manager job at a mid-size company.<p>I have been at the job for >3 years and have had some great time shipping software and at the same time seeing the company introduce always-in-flux process after process for the past 2.5 years.<p>Most of my peers remain hush-hush because everyone feels helpless and there is an insane amount of time spent by line managers to do,
- paper-work(jira and SAFe) to do minor things (we are not even that big an eng org, probably 60-70 people),
- forced retrospectives on each an every defect(minor->major) where saying we missed a test-case is not sufficient,
- forced retrospectives after every sprint that need to be shared across the company in the name of visibility,
- slack-overload,
- Over-coordination in scrum of scrums each day where every change that was committed by all teams is announced to be deployed.
- Design by committee where every feature is discussed and needs to be approved by almost all Directors/VPs and most of the time they ask questions that are already on the document because they have no time to put a deep thought and dedicate time(understandably). So you end up repeating in comments what is already said on the document.
- Lack of appetite to build small and scale without going through a large scale design and architecture review that may or may not result in a feature that the market wants now. Leading to product teams complaining to the CEO and eng leadership not having the backbone to pushback but turnaround and question engineering line managers and engineers decisions to manage conflicting signals from business and eng leaders.<p>All the while managing the above, I can see my technical skills getting eroded in-front of my eyes because I seldom get time to think deep enough about a problem, provide valuable code-reviews like in the past, have the energy and motivation to have critical analysis and thought on new designs.<p>At the end of the day when I leave my desk, I am so exhausted that I do not even want to look at a laptop screen, leaving no time for any personal projects/coding exercises.<p>Discussing with my partner about re-evaluating the need for me to be a manager now that I have been doing for close to 5 years and taking a more hands-on role at another company, although not a full IC. However, she feels I will be stepping back in my career with this step and not a great idea. I am not sure if I seek another manager role at another place, is it going to be similar to where I am at now or is it more to do with the culture at the current place that it is leaving me jaded.<p>It could also be burn-out or just that I am not adapting well<p>Looking for some wisdom and excuse me if this feels like rambling. | null | 1 | 1 | [
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42,033,652 | EA-3167 | 2024-11-03T15:38:14 | Could AI Help Curb Conspiracy Theory Beliefs? | null | https://undark.org/2024/10/30/could-ai-help-curb-conspiracy-theory-beliefs/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,654 | rntn | 2024-11-03T15:38:41 | Large Language Models and the Rationalist-Empiricist Debate | null | https://kingdablog.com/2024/07/12/large-language-models-and-the-rationalist-empiricist-debate/ | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,657 | zquestz | 2024-11-03T15:39:01 | GeoClue TZ: Privacy-First Linux Location Service | null | https://thoughts.greyh.at/posts/geoclue-tz/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | GeoClue TZ: Privacy-First Linux Location Service | 2024-11-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | :: quest | Linux location services provided by GeoClue have been historically unreliable. Whether it’s VPN usage causing incorrect locations, rate limits from upstream services, or broken functionality after system upgrades, users often find themselves struggling with basic location-aware features.My own experience with this came after upgrading to iwd for better wireless networking. I discovered my location services were completely broken. RedShift, which I rely on to reduce eye strain, stopped working correctly. This wasn’t the first time I’d dealt with location services on Linux - traveling between time zones meant constantly reconfiguring RedShift with new coordinates. There had to be a better way.Enter geoclue-tz, a simple solution I created that provides GeoClue with location data based on your system’s time zone. This allows all GeoClue-enabled applications to automatically get the correct location information without relying on network-based geolocation. No more broken functionality after system upgrades, no more manual coordinate updates when traveling, and most importantly, no privacy concerns about sharing your precise location.A Simple Approach to Privacy⌗Traditional location services share your location with external services through your IP address or require GPS coordinates. Every time an application needs your location, these services make network requests, potentially exposing your whereabouts to multiple third parties. This creates both privacy and reliability issues: VPN usage causes incorrect locations, external services impose rate limits, and your precise location is continuously exposed.I decided to take a different approach. Instead of querying external services, geoclue-tz uses your system’s time zone information to update GeoClue directly. No network requests are made, no external services are queried, and no tracking occurs. Your location data never leaves your machine.This time zone-based approach provides just enough location information for applications to work correctly. Night light features know when to activate, and location-aware applications function properly. For users who need more precision or want to maintain a specific location while using a VPN, custom locations can be configured locally. This puts you in control - use the privacy-preserving time zone approach or configure exact coordinates if desired. Either way, your location data stays on your machine.Making Location Work⌗geoclue-tz solves several common issues I’ve encountered:iwd Migration: Many Linux users are upgrading to iwd for better wireless networking, only to find their GeoClue functionality broken. geoclue-tz ensures all your location-aware applications continue working after the upgrade, no additional configuration required.VPN Usage: Using a VPN shouldn’t break your system’s location services. You can choose whether to use your actual time zone location or maintain your VPN location through a saved configuration. This flexibility ensures your applications work exactly as you intend, whether you’re using a VPN for privacy, accessing geo-restricted content, or connecting to work.Service Reliability: External geolocation services can fail due to rate limits, service outages, or network issues. By using local time zone data, geoclue-tz eliminates these dependencies. Your location services work consistently, even without network connectivity.Travel: When traveling, your location-aware applications should update automatically. Instead of manually configuring coordinates for each new location, simply run geoclue-tz in your new time zone. All your applications update instantly with the correct location data.Privacy: Your location data never leaves your machine. There are no network requests, no third-party services, and no location tracking. You control exactly how precise your location information is, and where it’s used.Universal: All applications using GeoClue automatically receive the correct location data. Whether it’s RedShift adjusting your screen, Firefox requesting your location, or any other GeoClue-enabled application, they all work seamlessly with no additional configuration.The solution is simple: provide GeoClue with time zone-based location data. This approach fixes multiple problems while maintaining privacy and simplicity.Installation and Usage⌗Getting started with geoclue-tz is straightforward:# Install via Go
go install github.com/zquestz/geoclue-tz@latest
# Or on Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S geoclue-tz
Basic usage requires root privileges to update /etc/geolocation:# Update location based on time zone (requires root)
sudo geoclue-tz
# Optional: Update with custom location (requires root)
sudo geoclue-tz -l home
# Preview changes without root access
geoclue-tz -d
For custom locations, create /etc/geoclue-tz.conf:locations [
{
latitude = 19.520960
longitude = 155.920517
name = home
}
]
After updating your location, all applications using GeoClue will immediately begin using the new settings. When traveling to a new time zone, simply run geoclue-tz again to update your location. If you’re using a VPN and want to maintain a specific location, just configure that location and use the -l flag instead of the default time zone-based behavior.Conclusion⌗For Linux users looking for reliable location services that respect privacy, geoclue-tz offers a refreshing alternative. It just works, stays out of your way, and doesn’t compromise your privacy.The project is open source and welcomes contributions. Visit the GitHub repository to learn more, report issues, or contribute to its development. | 2024-11-08T14:55:52 | en | train |
42,033,659 | todsacerdoti | 2024-11-03T15:39:23 | Disaggregated Storage – A Brief Introduction | null | https://avi.im/blag/2024/disaggregated-storage/ | 5 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,670 | cwwc | 2024-11-03T15:40:58 | 'She's still alive': First Sarco suicide pod user'found with strangulation marks | null | https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/shes-still-alive-sarco-suicide-pod-user-found-strangulation-marks-boss-custody/ | 4 | 1 | [
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29 October 2024, 12:16 | Updated: 31 October 2024, 16:58
Dr Florian Willet, president of Sarco operator The Last Resort, and the suicide pod.
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The first person to use the controversial suicide pod dubbed the “Tesla of euthanasia” was found inside with strangulation marks on her neck.
The president of Sarco’s operator The Last Resort, Dr Florian Willet, remains in custody after being arrested along with several other people nearby. Willet was the only person present when the woman died.The inventor of the Sarco, Philip Nitschke, followed the process by video call but was unable to catch all of it due to technical difficulties.A 64-year-old American mother-of-two, who has not been named, died inside the capsule in the middle of a forest near a cabin in Merishausen, Switzerland on September 23.The pod, which prior to this had never been used, allows a person inside the device to push a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber.The person inside is then supposed to fall asleep before dying by suffocation.Willet remains in police custody in Switzerland nearly five weeks after the incident. He was the only person present when the woman died, describing her death as “peaceful, fast and dignified”.Read more: Sarco suicide pod 'used for the first time' as police detain staff after US woman dies in machineRead more: Mother took her own life at Swiss suicide clinic 'to punish husband for getting custody of their children'
Philip Nitschke, the inventor of the Sarco is seen inside one.
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The Swiss chief prosecutor of the case, Peter Sticher, thinks the death might have gone quite differently, raising suspicions that the woman may have been strangled in a case of ‘intentional homicide’, reports the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant.The newspaper reports that the pod is opened and closed several times before the woman presses the button which triggers the procedure, to test its closure.A Forensic doctor present at the scene told the court that the woman had, among other things, severe injuries to her neck.According to the news outlet, the company president, who was standing beside the woman throughout the event, was heard to tell the pod's designer over video call: "She's still alive, Philip".The comments came six-and-a-half minutes after the user pressed the button to end her own life.The president is said to have been confused by the sound of an alarm - thought to be a heart-rate monitor. The court heard how he continued to lean over the Sarco pod to peer inside, before the alarm ceases.
Australian euthanasia activist and inventor of the Sarco Philip Nitschke.
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The woman decided to take her life using the Sarco because of a longstanding disease, the company said. She had been diagnosed with skull base osteomyelitis, an infection of the bone marrow.She said she had wished to die “for at least two years” after suffering from the “very serious illness that involves severe pain”.Due to an immune disorder, the woman was unable to receive effective treatment for her osteomyelitis, The Last Resort disclosed.After being notified of her death by the two lawyers involved in the project and present at the scene, the police swept the forest and arrested everyone near the Sarco, including a photographer for Volkskrant.
SWITZERLAND-LAW-SUICIDE-DEATH.
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In September, chief prosecutor Sticher told Swiss newspaper Blick: “We warned them in writing, we said that if they came to Schaffhausen and used Sarco, they would face criminal consequences.'Everyone arrested has since been released except for Willet. Volkskrant has questioned why Sticher has not publicly accused Willet of 'intentional homicide' but has been using the suspicion to get judges to extend Willet's custody.A criminal investigation into the pod is underway and all of the 371 active applications have been suspended for use.Those feeling distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email [email protected] in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK
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42,033,687 | amirskn | 2024-11-03T15:46:01 | The Power of Prepaid Subscriptions for Products and Services | null | https://voucheriser.com/blog/the-power-of-prepaid-subscriptions-for-products-services | 1 | 1 | [
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The Power of Prepaid Subscriptions for Products & Services: A Guide for Businesses
Pricing is one of the most underrated tools in a company’s business strategy, new models of pricings such as Prepaid Service/Products subscriptions are evolving and they can be one of the most powerful methods to increase profit, customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty, prepaid subscriptions are gaining traction for their ability to enhance customer loyalty, ensure consistent cash flow, and provide predictable revenue. Prepaid subscriptions are no longer limited to magazines or digital streaming services; now, they’re applicable to a wide range of industries, from car maintenance and salon services to dining and home repair. This article explores how prepaid subscriptions can elevate your business, and how platforms like Voucheriser offer unique features to streamline and optimize these offerings.
What are Prepaid Subscriptions?
Prepaid subscriptions enable customers to pay upfront for a set of services or products they’ll use over a certain period. For instance, a customer could buy a prepaid car wash package that covers ten visits or a salon package for a series of beauty treatments.
Key Benefits:
Enhanced Cash Flow: Prepaid subscriptions bring in upfront revenue, allowing businesses to reinvest capital immediately.
Customer Loyalty & Retention: Prepaid options commit customers to multiple visits, making them more likely to return.
Predictable Demand: With subscriptions, businesses can better predict demand, making scheduling and resource allocation easier.
Upselling Opportunities: When customers redeem prepaid services, businesses have natural touchpoints to introduce new products or services.
How Prepaid Subscriptions Work Across Industries
Prepaid subscriptions fit seamlessly into various industries:
Car Maintenance: Packages for routine services like oil changes, tire rotations, and washes.
Salons & Spas: Beauty treatments like haircuts, massages, and skincare.
Home Maintenance: Services such as lawn care, cleaning, and plumbing.
Fitness & Wellness: Yoga sessions, personal training packages, or health check-ups.
Restaurants: Selling different items in the menu on a prepaid package for customers to redeem when they want.
Businesses can offer these services as standalone bundles or as part of a larger loyalty program to encourage more regular visits.
The Role of Voucheriser in Streamlining Prepaid Subscriptions
With Voucheriser’s advanced features, setting up prepaid subscriptions is easier than ever. Here’s how Voucheriser supports businesses in implementing and managing these services:
1. Service & Product Bundling
Voucheriser lets businesses create custom bundles of services or products that customers can redeem over time. This is perfect for businesses looking to offer prepaid packages, like 10 car washes or 5 haircuts, which can be redeemed individually. With this unique featuer, business can create Vouchers sets, include services/products with speciall prrices into the Digital Vouchers Sets, and allow customer to digitally redeem, when they want.
2. Customizable Loyalty Cards
For businesses with ongoing services, Voucheriser enables point-based loyalty cards. Each time a customer redeems part of their prepaid package, they can also earn points towards future rewards, creating an added incentive to stay loyal.
3. Multi-Business & Multi-Location Support
Operating in different locations? Voucheriser’s multi-location support ensures that your prepaid packages are redeemable across all business outlets, maintaining a consistent customer experience.
4. API Integration for Seamless Experience
Voucheriser easily integrates with existing systems, whether it’s your website, POS, or CRM. This simplifies the redemption process, making it quick and hassle-free for customers to redeem their prepaid services.
Implementing Prepaid Subscriptions with Voucheriser
Step 1: Define the Services You’ll Offer
Identify which services or products you want to bundle. Focus on high-demand offerings that drive repeat visits, such as monthly maintenance or regular beauty treatments.
Step 2: Design Flexible Bundles
With Voucheriser’s bundling feature, create bundles that customers can redeem over time. For instance, a salon might offer a "5 Visit Hair Care Package" that includes a mix of services like cuts and treatments.
Step 3: Promote and Upsell
Market these prepaid subscriptions via your own website, social media, in-store promotions, and emails. Encourage customers to purchase prepaid Vouchers Sets by showcasing the benefits of long-term savings and loyalty rewards.
Step 4: Track and Optimize
Use Voucheriser’s dashboard to monitor redemptions and gain insights into customer behavior. Over time, this data can guide you in refining your subscription offerings to better meet customer preferences.
The Customer Experience Impact
Prepaid subscriptions don’t just benefit businesses—they’re a hit with customers too. Here’s why:
Cost Savings: Customers often receive discounts when purchasing services in bulk, giving them a reason to choose prepaid options.
Convenience: With a prepaid package, customers know they have services lined up, reducing the hassle of individual bookings and payments.
Enhanced Value: Prepaid packages often include added benefits or rewards, making customers feel they’re getting more for their money.
Leveraging Voucheriser for a Smooth Redemption Process
Voucheriser makes the prepaid redemption process easy and enjoyable for customers, with these additional features:
Digital Redemption: Customers can redeem services via digital vouchers without the need for physical cards, saving both them and your business time.
Instant Notifications: Voucheriser offers notifications and reminders, ensuring customers know how many redemptions they have left and keeping them engaged.
Flexible Payment Options: Customers can purchase prepaid packages online or in-store, accommodating a variety of customer preferences.
Why Choose Voucheriser for Your Prepaid Subscription Needs?
Voucheriser is a one-stop solution for creating prepaid packages, loyalty programs, and vouchers that transform customer engagement. With features like customizable service bundling, loyalty cards, multi-location support, and API integrations, Voucheriser provides service businesses with the tools they need to grow and thrive. Embrace the power of prepaid subscriptions today and experience how Voucheriser can elevate customer satisfaction and drive revenue.
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42,033,689 | AbstractH24 | 2024-11-03T15:46:10 | Ask HN: Do you think your life better or worse than it was 4 years ago? | Not asking who or what you attribute it to, just curious.<p>I’d say mine is worse, but far up from the darkest times of the last 4 years. And while I don’t know what the future holds, I have a vague optimism that it’ll be better than
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42,033,699 | mfiguiere | 2024-11-03T15:47:29 | Apple Finds Its Gaming Console with the New Mac Mini | null | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-03/apple-finally-finds-its-game-console-rival-with-the-new-m4-and-m4-pro-mac-minis-m31na57p | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,709 | sandwichsphinx | 2024-11-03T15:49:08 | OpenWorm: An open-science approach to modeling Caenorhabditis elegans (2014) | null | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/computational-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fncom.2014.00137/full | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,714 | paulcarroty | 2024-11-03T15:49:54 | What Private Information Can Be Collected by ISP-Owned Routers and How Avoid It | null | https://nixsanctuary.com/what-private-information-can-be-collected-by-your-isp-owned-routers-and-how-to-avoid-it/ | 8 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | What Private Information Can Be Collected by your ISP-owned Routers And How to Avoid It? | 2024-11-03T13:40:04.000Z | Paul Nixer |
Networking
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The Internet is very important these days and can't be underestimated. Not just for shiny pictures on Instagram, but for work, education, dating, news, daily chats with friends and family, and many other things. So choosing a good and reliable ISP (Internet Service Provider) is also important - who's going to fix your broken internet connection when you've reached a work deadline or desperately want to check out new cat pics on Reddit? 😊
Jokes aside, there are plenty of ISPs to deal with. But there is a dark side of the business that many non-tech-savvy people don't know about - more, they can't even imagine it exists. We are talking about private data trading. ISPs collect private data and sell it to data traders, then any individual or organization can buy that data - just like you buy books on Amazon.
To simplify data collection, they often provide equipment for rent at a low cost: DOCSIS modem, router, or both. The customer often sees it as a great deal - getting equipment to rent for a low price, but it can be a trap.
This affects not only the users who signed the deal with ISP, but also their families and family guess who came and got access to guest Wi-Fi. ISP can constantly scan your local network and collect information about new devices, their MAC addresses, host names, OS versions, and more.
The data that can be collected
Device information: ISP can see and record the MAC address of devices connected to the router, with their local addresses, OS and OS version, what ports are open on the device.
Internet activity: Your ISP can track your Internet usage, including the websites you visit, even if they are opened in a private browser tab.
Location data - based on IP address.
Connection history: where, when, and from which device all connections to the Internet occurred.
Information about access points and devices with Wi-Fi around: we can call it people tracking.
Consumed traffic per each device.
Why ISP do this?
ISPs may spy on their users for a variety of reasons, not just for personal data:
Data retention laws: In many countries, ISPs are required by law to collect and store user data for a certain period of time, such as 6 months or 1 year.
Advertising: ISPs can sell user data to advertisers and help them create more targeted advertising campaigns.
Copyright infringement: ISPs may be required by law to share user data with copyright authorities to identify and punish users who use torrent or warez sites with stolen intellectual property.
National security: ISPs may be required to cooperate with government agencies for national security purposes, or "mass spying," depending on the country.
User profiling: ISPs can create user profiles based on browsing history, attach them to real names with locations, and sell them to advertisers or data merchants for a big profit because profiled data is expensive.
Advantages of using your own router
Better performance and wider coverage: Many routers on the market today can provide a more reliable connection and faster speed than the models provided by your ISP.
Additional features: new routers come with advanced features like VPN support, hardware acceleration for networking, antivirus, advanced parental controls, and more.
Customization: You can choose a router that meets your specific needs, not more or less, or pay extra for more powerful options instead of being limited to the one, two or three models provided by your ISP.
No risk of future add-ons: Buy it and it's yours, no risk of price jumps for rental equipment.
Better Support: Third party routers often get better customer support and more frequent firmware updates.
Easy to migrate to a new ISP: no headaches with returning equipment by mail or in person and installing new equipment, all of which costs personal time.
Poor security and lack of updates in consumer routers
Most consumer routers have problems with security fixes that are slow to arrive or never appear. That's because development and testing costs money, and most companies prefer to invest those resources in enterprise models, which are more expensive and profitable than consumer devices.
Older routers may use the WPA2 protocol, which is less secure than the newer WPA3 standard. To stay protected, it's important to keep your router's firmware up to date with the latest security patches and features. Many router hardware is capable of handling the WPA3 standard, and even the drivers are already written, but they never receive a firmware upgrade. In addition, using strong and unique passwords for your Wi-Fi network is a must, and consider using a VPN to protect your data. If you're experiencing slow Internet speeds, it could be due to a weak router or interference, and upgrading to a newer router or using a Wi-Fi extender may be a viable solution.
ISP routers often come with short default passwords and default AP names (SSIDs) that can be identified outside the local network by ISP personnel with access to customers' personal information. It's definitely not going to add extra security points, more really in opposite way.
Remote management of ISP routers often goes through TR-069 protocol, which is HTTP based and often used with non-SSL connections and hardcoded short passwords. Here is a great post about this problem and how to detect it.
Near future threat: human body identification in 5G networks
Human body 3D map, credit: Carnegie Mellon University
The [researchers] (https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00250) at Carnegie Mellon University have experimented with a system that uses standard Wi-Fi routers to track the location and orientation of human bodies without cell phones or other wireless devices in a room with standard walls and no hidden sensors inside. The test setup involved placing TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 routers at opposite ends of the room with varying numbers of people present. These routers are popular and freely available on the market. AI-driven algorithms then analyzed the Wi-Fi signal interference caused by the people to determine their positions.
The wireframe images generated by the Wi-Fi monitoring system showed promising results, with the researchers claiming that its accuracy is comparable to image-based methods. Using Wi-Fi has several advantages, including a more discreet approach to tracking human poses because it doesn't require light and can detect body positions even when there are obstacles in the way. In addition, the low cost of Wi-Fi routers ($30 each) makes this technology more accessible than alternative solutions such as radar and LiDAR, which are expensive and power hungry.
Currently, it doesn't seem feasible to put AI into routers, but in the near future - who knows? AI can be located on a powerful cloud server and just accept & work with signals from the router. Again, this is not sci-fi, it's real working technology and it forces us to rethink the control of the hardware we use every day.
How to defend yourself and your family
Buy your own router from a reputable vendor.
OpenWrt or DD-WRT third-party firmware: faster security updates and additional features.
Secure DNS: DoH (DNS over HTTPS) or DoT (DNS over TLS). Install and tell friends, plain text DNS is great for logging your browsing history through your ISP.
VPN: highly recommended, a must have these days.
There's a great resource called Router Security that collects information about security and ISP infosec failures.
If you want to do more to fight this bad thing globally, join FSFE's Router Freedom program - together we are stronger.
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42,033,725 | PaulHoule | 2024-11-03T15:51:38 | More social species live longer, study finds | null | https://phys.org/news/2024-10-social-species-longer.html | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,728 | shayonj | 2024-11-03T15:51:50 | Stream, transform, and route PostgreSQL data in real-time | null | https://github.com/shayonj/pg_flo | 6 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,738 | luyaohwang | 2024-11-03T15:54:11 | Show HN: Dream Interpretation AI – Free AI-powered dream analysis tool | I built a free tool that uses AI to interpret your dreams. Just type your dream, get instant psychological and symbolic analysis. Currently serving 50K+ users with 100K+ dreams analyzed.
Try it: <a href="https://dream-interpretation.ai/" rel="nofollow">https://dream-interpretation.ai/</a> | https://dream-interpretation.ai/ | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,743 | geox | 2024-11-03T15:55:16 | Jeff VanderMeer painted a grotesque picture of climate change | null | https://www.npr.org/2024/11/03/nx-s1-4916375/jeff-vandermeer-absolution-novel-climate-fiction | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,749 | caminmccluskey | 2024-11-03T15:55:55 | Consciousness as a Gödel sentence in the language of science | null | https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/consciousness-as-a-godel-sentence | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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42,033,775 | Rendello | 2024-11-03T16:00:20 | Ask HN: More courses like Math Academy? | I decided to learn math a few weeks ago and found this recent post about Math Academy:<p>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41534847<p>The site is great and clearly had a lot of thought put into it, and the founder posts here and on his blog about their design decisions. The things I've enjoyed most are:<p>1. It's paid, and fairly expensive. I'm the kind of person who can self-learn, but I can't follow a free course to save my life. I don't mind the cost as it incentivizes learning at a good pace and because of<p>2. The quality. It's excellent, and every lesson builds on the previous one in a knowledge graph. The most important for me might be<p>3. There's no videos, just text explanations and diagrams. I know some people prefer the Khan-academy style with a lot of videos, but I prefer just reading and jumping in.<p>Since I have a lot of free time right now and would like to brush up on my education, mostly in development, I'm wondering if there have been any recent courses that roughly follow this format. The only thing I can think of is the Execute Program by Gary Bernhardt. I remember enjoying working with it but it was fairly sparse on content if I recall correctly.<p>I'm eyeing "High Performance SQLite" but while the content looks great, it's sort of the opposite: all video and no work to submit:<p>https://highperformancesqlite.com/ | null | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
42,033,779 | jvanderbot | 2024-11-03T16:00:57 | Ask HN: Could I build a radar for tracking cars and boats? | I have a street where cars travel a bit too fast sometimes, and a family cabin where boats do too.<p>I think it'd be fun to plot speeds and courses, just for science, so to speak.<p>By "build" I mean make an antenna, signal generator, signal processor, and record echos to output range and velocity for fusing, association, and tracking, possibly using an MCU to record or broadcats tracks (position and speed over time).<p>I'm intimately familiar with tracking math and code (EKF, Batch Filters, old Bar Shalom methods, track association, etc).<p>I'm mildly familiar with MCU programming and PCB layout (have 3-ish decent PCB+MCU projects done in last 15 years).<p>I'm not familiar with FPGA, DSP, or complex signal processing.<p>I'm a Ham General and can manage electronics, oscilloscopes, etc.<p>Presumably the hardest part is timing and signal generation, and then signal processing.<p>Roadside ranges are < 100m, speeds < 20m/s.<p>Lakeside ranges are 100-200m, speeds as high as 20m/s.<p>Is this even legal? I live in the USA. | null | 6 | 20 | [
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42,033,790 | thunderbong | 2024-11-03T16:03:12 | D2: Declarative Diagramming – A modern language that turns text to diagrams | null | https://d2lang.com/ | 50 | 7 | [
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42,033,802 | mfiguiere | 2024-11-03T16:04:55 | AMD Heterogeneous CPU Design Topology Patches Coming for Linux 6.13 | null | https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Hetero-Topo-Linux-6.13 | 3 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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42,033,827 | rustoo | 2024-11-03T16:09:34 | The AP has called winners in elections for more than 170 years. How it's done | null | https://apnews.com/article/ap-race-calls-presidential-election-winners-0fd480f8ba2f37d0439b76e0c7071413 | 38 | 28 | [
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42,033,831 | paulpauper | 2024-11-03T16:09:50 | Smart, but Not Too Smart: IQ as a Double-Edged Sword in Leadership (and Romance) | null | https://www.robkhenderson.com/p/smart-but-not-too-smart-iq-as-a-double | 2 | 2 | [
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42,033,833 | paulpauper | 2024-11-03T16:10:04 | Why Streaming Subscription Prices Will Continue to Rise | null | https://www.honest-broker.com/p/why-streaming-subscription-prices | 4 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | Why Streaming Subscription Prices Will Continue to Rise | 2024-11-02T18:33:01+00:00 | Ted Gioia | I got a request to explain why streaming subscription prices are so damned high—and getting higher. This came in response to a chart I shared two days ago:And it’s not just Disney. All the streaming platforms are jacking up prices. I still subscribe to five different streaming services—down from six previously. Every one of them raised prices this year, and always by more than the inflation rate.Here’s what Spotify is doing:What’s going on? And will it continue?I recently described this as an “endgame strategy”—but that might be confusing to readers. A chess endgame from the 15th century (Source)Endgame is a term drawn from chess, where it refers to a body of wisdom about the final moves on the board. But business is like chess, so I frequently analyzed endgame situations back in my days at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey.I now see these endgame strategies getting implemented in various media, entertainment, and streaming businesses. But almost nobody inside those businesses wants to talk about it.So let me lay it out for you.You pursue an "endgame" strategy when demand for your business hits a wall, and it's hard to attract new customers. The most typical endgame strategy is to cut back investment into new products and services, while raising prices sharply.You're willing to accept some loss of customers, because you’re now squeezing more profit-per-user out of your remaining consumers—who stick with you out of loyalty or habit or inertia. These are your sheep, ready to be shorn.Profit per customer is now the key metric driving your business. It’s more important than innovation or growth or artistry or any of those old fashioned ideas. That’s why, for example, Netflix won’t share data on the number of subscribers anymore. They claim this is no longer relevant to their business model—and they aren’t lying. Price increases are now the engine of their business. It seems like a paradox—how can price rise while value falls? But this is exactly how the endgame strategy is played.That’s precisely how you grow profits when you can no longer grow your user base. This is how execs get rich in a stagnant business. They can still make buckets of money while their customer base shrinks.This is already happening in the newspaper business, private colleges, some healthcare sectors, and other stagnant industries. Private equity firms are experts at implementing this strategy—so be prepared when they arrive at your workplace. This is now starting to happen in entertainment and media. All the major players are cutting back investment in new stuff. The number of new scripted TV series fell by 23% last year, and will be ugly this year too. Record labels now keep pushing old songs instead of developing new artists—and put most of their investment dollars into the rights to tunes from the distant past. Film studios are “are releasing a smaller number of titles for a shrinking revenue pie”—in fact, everything related to traditional filmmaking is getting smaller and smaller. Newspapers were the first to do this in publishing—shrinking page count while raising prices. But the rest of the legacy publishing business is now embracing the same endgame strategy.This is the new normal. You will pay more for less. And there’s not much you can do about it—except walk away from these platforms. They expect a few of you will do just that, but more will stay. These remaining loyalists will get punished for their loyalty. That’s the new streaming business model in a nutshell.But don't expect Disney, Netflix, Spotify, or anyone else to announce it in a press release. Watch what they do, not what they say.Here’s a tiny glimmer of good news. As legacy businesses enter this endgame phase, opportunities emerge for indie operators and freelancers. Creativity won’t disappear—it will just change its location.If you work in entertainment or media, you can still thrive. Endgame for some will be the beginning for many others. | 2024-11-08T07:22:09 | en | train |
42,033,847 | strikebhack | 2024-11-03T16:11:30 | Show HN: Rund – Get and filter places around you | Hi!<p>Here's an app to get places around you. You can filter based on the type of place you're looking for (e.g. bar, restaurant) and/or opening hours (e.g. "open now", "open after xx:xx").<p>The searches you make are saved on your phone for offline use.<p>There are 3 free credits. A search cost 1 credits (unless in offline mode where it's free). You can get 20 credits for 1$.<p>Will be open source at some point. | https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/rund/id6737146937?l=en-GB | 1 | 0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | train |
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42,033,920 | Brajeshwar | 2024-11-03T16:22:20 | Energy-saving potato variety bidding to become Britain's ultimate roasting spud | null | https://news.sky.com/story/the-energy-saving-potato-variety-bidding-to-become-britains-ultimate-roasting-spud-13245914 | 2 | 0 | null | null | null | no_error | The energy-saving potato variety bidding to become Britain's 'ultimate roasting spud' | 2024-11-01T13:13:00Z | null |
What do you get when you mix a starchy vegetable and a cartoon fish? The "ultimate roasting spud", of course.It may sound like the start of a bad joke, but demand for the hybrid Nemo variety of potato has seen a boost in the amount being planted.
Distinctive for its appearance - reddish-pink skin with yellow patches - the potato was named after the clownfish in Disney Pixar's Finding Nemo.
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Finding Nemo was a box-office hit in 2003. Pic: Rex Features
But the vegetable has also been praised for cutting cooking times by 25%, which means saving energy in the home without sacrificing on taste, according to Tesco.The supermarket chain has said the potato proved so popular when they went on sale during a limited trial in stores, that potato supplier Branston has planted enough of the variety to last seven months.
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The potatoes are named after their distinctive appearance. Pic: Tesco/PA
"The Nemo is now well on its way to becoming a modern British classic potato and is already being talked about by those who have tried it as the ultimate roasting spud," potato buyer for Tesco, Lucy Moss, said."The potato is considered a game-changer not only because it can slash cooking time compared with the average roasting spud, but also because of its wonderful creamy taste, rich fluffy texture, crisp outer skin and distinct golden colour."Branston said it has plans to further increase availability of Nemo over the next few years, with the hopes it could join the King Edward and Maris Piper as the go-to spuds for roasting.
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Growers want Nemo potatoes to become one of the go-to spuds for roasting. Pic: Tesco/PA
Mark Willcox, director of agronomy at the supplier, said: "Establishing a new potato takes many years as we need to understand how and where it grows best while testing it in the market."
He said Nemo potatoes also benefit the environment as they require small amounts of fertiliser, have strong disease resistance and use water efficiently.Read more from Sky News:The ten deadliest weather events of the last 20 yearsRussia fines Google two undecillion rublesUK confirms first case of new mpox strain
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"Many of the Nemo fields have benefited local biodiversity through the planting of flower-rich grass field margins," he said.Nemo is a phureja hybrid variety. It combines the fast-growing nature of original Peruvian potatoes with the hardiness of modern European varieties from the Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae family.
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