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  Our European visitors are important to us.
  
  This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we
  work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws.

At the bottom of each page: <https://www.nexstar.tv> - If you click this link, you are not geoblocked! In fact, there are a ton of statistics showing just how many resources this media group has at their disposal to address releasing news articles to Europe. Save a click. It's 4 billion USD revenue, over 100 news sites and TV stations, and a reach into two-thirds of American households. This is no mom and pop operation. They just don't---or maybe can't---care.

I only focused on one media group, but there are others. Here's a news article from the same year GDPR began enforcement two years after its introduction in 2016: <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44248448>

A little has changed, but not much! Chicago Tribune is finally available. NY Daily News? Can't access. Baltimore Sun or Orlando Sentinel? Also, no.

"Why are you complaining?" you might ask. "What is your goal?"

Besides the obvious---I'd like to read about the communities of my friends and former neighbors---I want two outcomes:

First, any giant search engine company with a news subdomain and 100,000 employees could stop suggesting/featuring geofenced articles to European residents. At least weight these results so they aren't the number one, front page feature. (Although in Google's defense, one can usually click the "Cached" button to get the linked story.)

Second, say something else. The people living across the Atlantic (and their pesky differences of opinion on privacy) can't possibly be more than an inconvenience at this point.

  You are in Europe. Mind your own business.

Edit: First post. No idea how to get links to display properly even following "Formatting Options" instructions.

I visit the following sites:

https://bbc.com/travel
https://reddit.com/r/FoodPorn
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIix6MklfJFywa_36iDj8Sw

Amazon's ecommerce site

https://bjornfree.com/travel/

Thanks

* Facebook's Free Basics initiative in India:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35169226

* The Stingray phone surveillance device:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker

* North Korea's Red Star operating system:
https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7174-lifting_the_fog_on_red_star_os

* Hacking Team's surveillance software (sold to countries with a poor human rights track record):
https://theintercept.com/2015/07/07/leaked-documents-confirm-hacking-team-sells-spyware-repressive-countries/

Do you think that the software engineers who consented to work on the above projects acted ethically?

2. It's impossible to use Cloudflare proxy without giving up encryption of data. They are a man-in-the-middle that has access to unencrypted information of all the traffic they proxy. (Yes, even with Full-Strict/Keyless SSL)

3. Of the remaining 80% of internet traffic, 43% comes from Netflix, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, none of which seems to be using Cloudflare, which makes Cloudflare the ultimate tool to break encryption on distributed servers. Only 37% of the internet traffic is routed outside these major tech companies. [3]

4. In July 2021, a random guy discovered a vulnerability on Cloudflare's cdnjs that allowed a complete takeover of the CDN, which is estimated to be used by 12.7% of websites. The NSA has a whole division dedicated to discovering and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities on systems. Even if Cloudflare is not willingly feeding unencrypted traffic to the NSA, it is a single point of surveillance that, if compromised, breaks the whole encryption of a good portion of the internet. [4], [5]

5. Cloudflare follows a freemium pricing plan. In 2016, Cloudflare's CEO Matthew Prince said in an interview that only 4% to 5% of the websites they protect are paying customers. The cost of maintaining Cloudflare infrastructure for the remaining 95% of customers that use it for free is unclear, as Cloudflare does not run ads on the sites it protects. [6]

6. In the same interview, he mentions that the initial impetus for Cloudflare came after an acquisition by the Department of Homeland Security of his previous project, Project Honeypot, in 2008, which demonstrates that the government was at least aware of it since the beginning. [6]

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*Bibliography:*

[1] https://twitter.com/AxelrodG/status/1447938954758705155

[2] https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2017/cloudflare-introduces-argo-a-virtual-backbone-for-a-faster-more-reliable-internet/#:~:text=Cloudflare%20handles%20more%20than%2010%20percent%20of%20all%20HTTP/HTTPS%20Internet%20traffic%2C

[3] https://www.sandvine.com/blog/netflix-vs.-google-vs.-amazon-vs.-facebook-vs.-microsoft-vs.-apple-traffic-share-of-internet-brands-global-internet-phenomena-spotlight

[4] https://blog.ryotak.me/post/cdnjs-remote-code-execution-en/

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations

[6] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-37348016

I believe a lot of people can relate to the legend, John Draper - Captain Crunch. He's being really ill lately and has undergone multiple surgeries! His insurance is almost gone and they won't cover the cost of post op medication, which ran out a week ago.

Please everyone, let's try to help him! The campaign has been verified by John himself https://twitter.com/jdcrunchman

About John from Wikipedia:

"John Thomas Draper (born 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch or Crunchman (after Cap'n Crunch, the mascot of a breakfast cereal), is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak. He is a legendary figure within the computer programming world and the hacker and security community. Draper has long maintained a nomadic lifestyle;[1] as of May 2013, he resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]"

It's not much he needs, and it would be wonderful if anyone can help!

BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29381279

Thank you! Bellow is the fundraiser:

https://www.qikfunder.com/crowdfund/help-john-draper-captain-crunch

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05ml3q2gn7o

Now, Europe doesn't really buy that many things from the US. What we do buy is services. For the HN crowd this generally means e.g. AWS/GCP services.

I work for a EU company with a (un)healthy AWS spend. Workloads are all in EU zones.

What is the likely outcome here, in case the EU decides to put some kind of "tariffs" on digital services from the US in their inevitable response?

Would AWS likely be able to avoid those tariffs for non-US workloads?

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=Musk&sort=byDate&type=story

Here are the most recent results ... is this really the best topic for HN to spend it's attention on? Seriously?

   Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...

   “Temporarily on hold” is not a thing. Musk has signed a binding contract(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...

   Matt Levine Blog: Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...

   Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...

   Elon Musk Trolls Twitter(https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?...

   Elon Musk says Twitter deal is 'on hold'(https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/elon-musk-tweets-that-deal-for-twitter-is-on-hold)

   Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over bot numbers claim(https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/13/musk_twitter_on_hold/)

   Elon Musk tweets Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’(https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/13/musk-twitter-bid/)

   Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’(https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-says-twitter-deal-temporarily-on-hold/)

   Musk Says His Twitter Takeover Is ‘On Hold,’ Then Says He’s ‘Still Committed’(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/elon-musk-says-his-takeover-of-twitter-is-on-hold.html)

   Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61433724)

   Elon Musk is putting his Twitter deal on hold because bots(https://thenextweb.com/news/elon-musk-twitter-deal-hold-bots)

   Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘on hold’ after spam/fake account report(https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/13/23070306/elon-musk-twitter-deal-on-hold-spam-inauthentic-accounts)

   Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter is on hold(https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/13/tech/twitter-deal-on-hold-elon-musk/index.html)

   Twitter takeover temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk(https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/13/twitter-takeover-temporarily-hold-elon-musk)

   Elon Musk puts the Twitter deal on a temporary hold(https://www.teslaoracle.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-puts-the-twitter-deal-on-a-temporary-hold/)

   Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold(https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/twitter-deal-temporarily-on-hold-tweets-elon-musk-2972524)

   Elon Musk says Twitter deal on hold pending details on fake accounts(https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/13/elon-musk-says-twitter-deal-on-hold-pending-details-on-fake-accounts.html)

   Musk puts $44bn Twitter deal ‘on hold’(https://www.ft.com/content/a0aa177e-607c-4f3c-b2af-ac74535e2d26)

   Elon Musk puts Twitter deal on hold over fake account details(https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61433724)

   Musk $44B Twitter deal temporarily on hold(https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-44-billion-twitter-deal-hold-2022-05-13/)

Your time is limited, and cannot be replenished. "Spending Time" is not really a metaphor,
it's a reality.

I'm choosing more carefully how I spend my time. I've spent this time in the hope that a few
of you who are significantly more skilled and able than I might reconsider how you spend yours.

Before the war [1], 4% of GDP, employed 200k people.

but for many in the country’s bustling tech hubs of Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv and Dnipro business has been better than ever. The country’s rapidly growing IT industry saw exports grow by 20.4 percent in 2020 crossing $5 billion for the first time, according to figures from the National Bank of Ukraine.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/future/ukraine-innovating-for-the-future/ukraines-dynamic-it-sector

still editing: for all the people focussed purely on "now", think ahead 5-7 years. 2nd hand parts are common, development costs recovered, manufacturing costs in decline. Petrol harder to come by making a lot a of classic cars too expensive for the average car guy - now a conversion might be worth it in both time and bank.

Original post:
From engineering and economic perspectives. Given that all existing cars have passed crash-tests etc and that the only real reason to go electric is environmental, does conversion make sense for many existing vehicles?

Inspiration for the question from here:

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150521-vintage-gas-guzzlers-ripe-for-a-battery-powered-reboot

But then there's this: https://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=TWTR&subView=institutional

Did Saudi Arabia close out its position in Twitter?

Rewind back 3-4 weeks, many governments were hesitant to institute lockdowns, out of concern of economic impact. Some still are.

Why can't central banks print money as exception? Calm economic concerns down, and let everyone focus decisively on dealing with virus.

While I am not an economic and behavioural expert, I am aware of counter arguments to printing money.

Yet, these are unprecedented times. The leeway is going to be time limited (say, 6 months).
Assumption: any downside of limited printing money is far less damaging than global economic engine going in recession.
Not to mention, putting everyone's mind at ease, can shape behaviour that can save lives.

Pay small businesses, companies that are hit hard with no WFH options and can't employ.
Pay premium to folks on the front lines, critical services.

Can ones more educated on economics and behavioral psychology post their answers?

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225

This is nothing new and was also described in this article: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240402-return-of-never-ending-job-interviews

Can you give me some advice, please? How much time should I give the company, e.g. 3 months? Can I assume that if they cannot decide after 3 months the job ad is just fake?

(BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26706417)

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A quick summary from IMDB of the movie "Wag The Dog":

"Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a presidential sex scandal."

(IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120885/)

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"Everyone, it seems, is waiting for compromising sex tapes to emerge, a tawdry phenomenon with a history in Turkish politics, especially at election time. Already, sex tapes supposedly involving high-level officials have been delivered to some news organizations, which, for now, have shown restraint. It is probably only a matter of time before they begin showing up on social media."

(NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/world/europe/turks-are-glued-to-a-sensational-drama-this-one-political.html)

Allegedly Google pays between $8 billion and $12 billion each year to be default search engine on Iphones and Ipads[1]. They could stop paying Apple and save $12 billion every year.

My only reasoning is if Google doesn't pay some other search engine will for example Bing but then again Google is the most searched word on Bing[2].

So Google is entrapped in a situation where they are afraid not to be default search engine on Apple devices because Microsoft could jump in or even Apple itself with its future search engine. I don't see how this decision is reasonable because let's say Google pays $100bn in 10 years that's a lot of money that could've been invested elsewhere or even in Google Search itself.

This brings me to conclusion that Peter Thiel was right when he said Google bets that no one else will come with better search technology so Google uses its enormous cash flow to stay dominant instead of investing all that cash to improve search technology and and come up with search innovations[3].

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/apple-services-success-story-bolstered-by-huge-google-payments.html

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58749525

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q26XIKtwXQ

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200129-why-vegan-junk-food-may-be-even-worse-for-your-health?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Last week the BBC claimed veganism makes you less intelligent, and their nutritional claims were soundly debunked by HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22174445

What's going on over there, UK friends?

Here are some other details from the agreement:
- The NDB’s objective is to mobilize resources for infrastructure and other projects within BRICS and emerging economies
- The bank will have an initial authorized capital of $100 billion, with an initial subscribed capital of $50 billion, equally shared by all BRICS members
- The first chair of the board of governors will be Russian, while the first chair of the board of directors will be from Brazil
- There will also be an NDB Africa Regional Center established in South Africa
- Membership will be open to other members of the United Nations

link for the BRICS Agreement (contingency reserve and NDB) - http://brics6.itamaraty.gov.br/agreements

Media Links -
1. http://www.dw.de/emerging-economies-launch-development-bank/a-17779926

2. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/brics-to-create-development-bank-mini-imf/articleshow/38434321.cms

3. http://qz.com/235367/how-to-start-a-bank-and-let-each-of-the-brics-be-in-charge/

4. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28317555

What web domains do you query most often to answer questions? List at least 50 and include the % of queries sent to that domain.

1. Google.com - 65%
2. YouTube.com - 8%
3. Yahoo.com - 5%
4. Bing.com - 4%
5. Amazon.com - 4%
6. Wikipedia.org - 3%
7. Twitter.com - 2%
8. Reddit.com - 2%
9. Stackoverflow.com - 1%
10. Quora.com - 1%
11. Facebook.com - 1%
12. Instagram.com - 1%
13. Apple.com - 0.5%
14. Linkedin.com - 0.5%
15. PayPal.com - 0.5%
16. BBC.co.uk - 0.5%
17. ESPN.com - 0.5%
18. Microsoft.com - 0.5%
19. BBC.com - 0.3%
20. Cnn.com - 0.3%
21. Imdb.com - 0.3%
22. WordPress.org - 0.3%
23. Tumblr.com - 0.2%
24. Weather.com - 0.2%
25. MSN.com - 0.2%
26. Dropbox.com - 0.2%
27. Ebay.com - 0.2%
28. Flipkart.com - 0.2%
29. NewYorkTimes.com - 0.2%
30. Pinterest.com - 0.2%
31. Aliexpress.com - 0.2%
32. GitHub.com - 0.2%
33. Walmart.com - 0.2%
34. Adobe.com - 0.2%
35. Walmart.ca - 0.1%
36. Target.com - 0.1%
37. BestBuy.com - 0.1%
38. Booking.com - 0.1%
39. Office.com - 0.1%
40. IMDb.com - 0.1%
41. Steam.com - 0.1%
42. Twitch.tv - 0.1%
43. Expedia.com - 0.1%
44. Wikia.com - 0.1%
45. HomeDepot.com - 0.1%
46. TripAdvisor.com - 0.1%
47. AOL.com - 0.1%
48. Lowes.com - 0.1%
49. Yahoo.co.jp - 0.1%
50. AOL.co.uk - 0.1%

Europe and the UK seem to be exempt from the changes. The key quote from the BBC article seem to be "Facebook says it does not use WhatsApp information for those kind of purposes (i.e. ads, --Ed.) in Europe, because of negotiations with European data protection bodies."

In practice, what does "negotiations" mean in this context ? Are Europeans clearly protected under European data protection laws (with the UK lumped only until the can be technically / legally separated once Brexit clears up) or is there a risk that these same changes will be eventually applied here too ?

1. negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or

2. undermine, overturn or replace the UK's system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or

3. intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2)" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68564429

On searching around a bit, I stumbled upon https://pricehistory.in/ which has a kind of price audit of products on different Indian platforms which is kind of cool and I will try this out. But are there other such platforms which solve this problem? Does someone here use some useful tips/tricks to buy a product at optimal price?

This story passes the HN submission guidelines tests [1]: it is deeply interesting, tied directly to technology, and can provoke interesting discussion about the role of moderation in technology.

In the interest of transparency, why was this story removed, if it was done intentionally? If it was organically flagged, can people who flagged the story explain their motivations for doing so?

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50228549

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yesterday, I watched an interview[2] with a former Iran's "National information network" project employee, claiming his intentions was to improve the security of the country in general but he is deeply unhappy that it has helped the government to shut off the Internet while killing people.

As a developer and a security expert myself working for a private sector company in Iran there is almost no day in my life without thinking about the morality of my work. I have never (or even intended to) work on projects like "National information network" or other similar projects.

Alas the problem does not end here. In a country with all the infrastructures controlled by government, naturally most of our customers are important government-affiliated organizations. Because of our company's position and considering the NDAs, the developers are not supposed to know the customers. Alas, this is just theory. I know a lot of our customers and some of them are pretty bad, very very bad, with bloody hands even in this weeks suppressions.

I don't think our product is used for killing people, but what if it indirectly aids those organizations to achieve their nasty goals? This question drives me crazy and I am not alone. There are lots of ethical developers in my country working directly or indirectly for such organizations. I have lots of friends, former employees of companies with censorship/monitoring projects that has left the country for new jobs. Seriously, what other options do we have?

[1] https://www.wired.com/story/iran-internet-shutoff

[2] In Persian, https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-50504210

[3] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7258

Multiple mainstream news outlets, including BBC [1], Reuters [2], The Guardian [3], and even Fox News [4] are featuring this story as frontpage, breaking news. And yet, on CNN, the story is nowhere to be found on the front page, neither in the U.S. edition [5] nor the International edition [6].

Does anyone else appreciate the absurdity of this? To me, it's a prime example of how mainstream media outlets like CNN, relied upon by many in the U.S., are no more than a mouthpiece -- or a muzzle -- for the administration. I have no doubt that CNN is withholding this story at the request of the White House, where I'm sure many bureaucrats are hoping they can tide over the mainstream American sheeple with stories of Tornadoes and Bush-bashing.

Millions of Americans rely on CNN as a source of their news. Is it any wonder that so many Americans are ill informed or lacking any substantial opinions of their own?

[1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27875053

[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/16/us-iraq-security-usa-warpowers-idUSKBN0ER2XU20140616

[3] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/16/us-iran-talks-iraq-john-kerry

[4] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/16/us-sending-275-troops-to-iraq/

[5] http://i.imgur.com/2pDmKhq.png

[6] http://i.imgur.com/2t8RKJT.png