skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just “contact their support” or be on the lookout here on hn and CEO will sure be “making exceptions” in hn comments. Don’t fret.
Great marketing keep it up :) ignore all the nerds on here staying stop being mean.

I would tell him that the comparison page is staying up, but if you want to request SPECIFIC changes on anything defamatory then invite him to enumerate his concerns. The valid concerns you genuinely change-- then post your email exchange for more marketing clout :D
AFAIK virtually all Android games use NDK because game engines like Unity are not written in Java.
What that company is trying to do is breach hundreds if not thousands of contracts just because said customers belong to a certain country. Such actions have legal ramifications that either the CEO or the entire Namecheap board did not take into account.

Hence this entire act resembles an emotional response of a distraught individual that lashes out. Have a look at [1] for an interesting take on the matter.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507443
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https://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/12/17/drone.video.hacked/ind... - Looks like it happened in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Damn.
I worry about Google nuking your account if they figure out who you are and you are using the Aurora store.

Is there any way to handle paid apps with Aurora, or are you limited to free apps only?
Beautiful. FTR I'm totally against the war and completely understand where namecheap is coming from. But this is proper racist.
So it is kind of like server-less, but each instance:

- Persists for the lifetime of the user session.

- Only processes a single user session.

- Has large amounts of CPU/RAM and writable disk to handle large datasets.
Enlightenment is still going :-) (1) and E16 had a release last November(2). Seems like Raster is still active as well ! :-D

'dharrop' seems to have a big repo of E16 themes (3)

1) https://www.enlightenment.org

2) https://www.enlightenment.org/e16

3) https://github.com/dharrop/themes
Those missiles that are killing 6 year old girls aren't building themselves and paying for themselves. I respect that it's tough, but you have to respect this company's right to do the things you can't or aren't willing to do.
> "Country X cannot wage war because the economic blowback would destroy them"

Note that a common corollary to that is that countries cannot afford to impose sanctions on others because the economic blowback would destroy them (even sanctions against "smaller" countries, due to how global liquidity works). This is more readily acknowledged by academics, and essentially cancels out the whole theory; but for some reason didn't make it into the trickled-down-for-the-masses version.

If Western leaders apply strong sanctions, it's quite likely we'd go back around 90 years, so you won't be far off!
There were surveys years ago reporting that more than half of Russia's youth would like to emigrate. I doubt it is easy.

ETA: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-politics-emigratio...
> systematic terrorism against its Russian-speaking population.

Interested in knowing about this. Any proof?
MIT prohibits this. You can use the code and remix it or add your own copyrighted code, but pretty much the only thing you can’t do is remove the original copyright text.
You are describing an authoritarian government.
Bumping no_std support up the priority queue would be extremely welcome.
Presumably oligarchs and Putin think that there's a way for them to evade sanctions.
"at the drop of a hat" - I think you mean "at the drop of a bomb"
If you continue to make this flamewar worse, we will ban you. Please stop now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Edit: the parent comment originally read "I don't mind." It has since been abusively edited, and I've banned the account.)
Disney will halt theatrical releases in Russia
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No, sorry, I don't think it is.

Better, almost certainly (I have played a terrible $1000 guitar -- it was a Gretsch and if you have played guitars you know what I mean by this).

But that isn't what the comment I am replying to is saying.

It says absolutely and way better.

And that just isn't supported by evidence if you ask me.

Not least on the playability: if you treat the $100 guitar to the same setup as a $1000 guitar, you may well get an extremely similar experience.

$100 guitars, particularly the ones from Aeirsi, can be extremely good.

OK so the gap between $100 and $1000 is much bigger with acoustic guitars, as you'd expect. (That is if we stipulate there is much of a $100 acoustic guitar market. Can't be many).

But a $100-ish Encore Strat clone in the right hands? not so much.

And it's especially true of lap steel guitars, IMO. Some of the best ones are cheap, some expensive ones are terrible, and the 10x price multiplier adds less than you'd expect.
What do you mean tough luck? The system works exactly like he said. It’s tough luck for people who want it to work differently.
> That should be an entirely expected

So now in addition to all things I need to consider using a service from $SOMECOMPANY I should also:

check where is their registration (simple)

check where is their main office is located (not that easy)

check where is their support located (how the hell I could know)

check anything else which could be a thing two weeks later?

Do YOU knew where Namecheap hires their support?
To clarify, I'm saying sanctions is a crappy tool.
But there are no better options.

NATO isn't going to liberate Russians from Putin. That seems like a bad idea.
> There are multiple ways to not pay Russian taxes that go towards war effort against Ukraine besides starving to death. Protesting the war is one of them.

Do stores refund your VAT if you have a protest sign or something?
I'm here to have interesting discussions. I resent you wasting my time and brain cycles with your silly crusade.
> This war has created such pain and damage in only a few days its unimaginable.

Not to spoil your evening but it is so far perfectly imaginable, though it very well could become unimaginable soon.
And that (men between 18 to 60 not being allowed to leave Ukraine [1] to save their lives) is an obvious act of discrimination. It's of the kind you are not supposed to point out though. [2]

[1]: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/02/25/russia-...

[2]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10560821/amp/Man-...
I own osdev.(com|net|org) and I've experimented with using different email addresses over many years. The .net and .org TLDs still cause a lot of confusion. I'd guess that .edu is questioned the least after .com. But even .com addresses from non-common domains cause people to question them.

wildrabbitmonkey1971z@gmail.com - no problem.
matt@osdev.com - I'm sorry, can you repeat that for the forth time?

I've experimented with other domains using common English words and its no better.

I still like to use a personal domain to register with most sites but if I have to give someone an email address over the phone its going to be a common email hosting service that forwards to my real email.
Which enemy is German Gas trading with?
Can you disable the "seasons" feature? I don't love the idea of constant stream of random software getting loaded on there
We've banned this account for repeatedly making this flamewar hellishly worse. You can't do that here, regardless of how right you are or feel you are.

Creating accounts to break HN's rules like this will get your main account banned as well, so please don't.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
If everyone is concerned about commit identity hijacking, you can configure your repo settings to reject any commits which aren't GPG signed.

https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-si...

https://www.devopsauthority.tech/2020/07/18/github-getting-s...
This appears to be the repo that the copyright originated from

https://github.com/mwshinn/forceatlas2-python

bhargavchippa also contributed to this repo, so this doesn't seem like one of those random "fork and lie" sort of thing. Without the necessary context, we can't assume much. It could well be that mwshinn was in the wrong or there was an "okay" from mwshinn for bhargavchippa to make those changes.
The post does not specify acoustic guitars, I would note.

And it says way better as well as absolutely.

Acoustics: the rule is more likely to apply, I will grant you that.

But playability is about setup. Treat a cheap guitar to the same level of setup as you treat an expensive one and the gap could disappear.

Electrics? ehhh. A typical (non-specialist) $1000 electric guitar is a waste of at least $700, and everyone who has bought more than one in the last decade knows it.
No, clearly not, you were the one that brought that up.

> Do you realize how many people would suffer and even die because of that?
While I applaud the positivity here and relish it, when meals like this are no longer highly unusual to you they can also cease to be highly rewarding.

The key to repeated pleasure in this arena is to not fetishize luxury or cost, but rather to focus on the things that matter to you like flavor, ingenuity or even authenticity. Personally, I’ve had more fine dining experiences than the average person but I’d trade dozens of them for the meatloaf sandwich at my favorite Greek diner.
Do you have a citation for your claims about the Android security model?

The only things I can find about app stores in the paper by Google[0] run directly counter to your idea:

> Android explicitly supports installation of apps from arbitrary sources, which led to the development
of different app stores and the existence of apps outside of Google Play.

And this:

> Both users and developers are part of an open ecosystem that is not
limited to a single application store. Central vetting of developers or registration of users is not
required.

And as far as signing goes:

> In order to ensure that it is the app developer and not another party that is consenting, applications
are signed by the developer. This prevents third parties — including the app store — from replacing
or removing code or resources in order to change the app’s intended behavior

[0] https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05572
I genuinely hope this is a joke, REALLY....
I don't understand the definition of 'repository' here:

> A more serious flaw opposing the Android security model is the fact that an app store is supposed to feed from a single repository which F-Droid does not adhere to.

Also, where is this documented? I read through several security pages (e.g. https://source.android.com/security/overview) and can't find any reference to a 'repository' or the idea that F-Droid is not secure because it aggregates apps from many sources. I think I'm misunderstanding your point entirely...any links to more detail would be very interesting to me.
> You can mess around in the garden (overseas) as much as you want, as long as you keep the house clean.

> That’s not fair, but it is consistent.

I guess xanaxagoras was just assuming that the CEO of Namecheap had basic human decency.
Take a position, fine. Talk about it, have a big block on top of every page letting everyone know how you feel, donate, etc., I have no problem with any of these.

I also think it's for acceptable for them to choose not to renew someone's agreement based on some political stance (obnoxious but within their rights). But if we signed a contract and I paid you to register my domain name or host my e-mail, you can't just take it away from me mid-contract because you're upset about something that somebody else did. There are people downstream from me that rely on that domain or that e-mail hosting service, it's not up to you to take that away from them because you're tangentially involved in one hop.

> This is going to hurt Namecheap.

Lost me as a customer.
> I wouldn’t risk doing business with a company that might change their TOS at the drop of a hat because of the political views of their CEO or some geopolitical event.

So, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Delta Airlines or any of the other myriad of businesses, large and small, that have taken action affecting business partners or customers without or in advance of government mandates? Well, I mean, good for you that you will restrict your business to such a small pool of suppliers/partners, but good luck competing with those that don't.
Bless your heart. Take any modern media information with a grain of salt.
Seems pretty clear to me. Not sure how exactly you could find this unenforceable; it's pretty much boilerplate:

> Namecheap expressly reserves the right to deny, cancel, terminate, suspend, lock, or modify access to (or control of) any account or any Services (including the right to cancel or transfer any domain name registration) for any reason (as determined by Namecheap in its sole and absolute discretion)

Additionally, covering unenforceability specifically:

> In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by applicable court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render this Agreement unenforceable or invalid as a whole. We will amend or replace such provision with one that is valid and enforceable and which achieves, to the extent possible, our original objectives and intent as reflected in the original provision.
Ukrainian Government Confirms Destruction of An-225 the World’s Largest Aircraft
Indeed. And given the state of democracy in Russia and in the US (for now), you could argue that the average US citizen bears more responsibility for the actions of the US government over the last decades than the average Russian for the actions of the Russian government.
The continued refrain of “contact our currently being bombed support teams” has got to be the most amusing part of this whole thing - for those watching from the outside.
> But the majority was just chugging along in 'everything is fine' mode as long as they had their jobs, their pension and their food on the table

I believe this is a good definition of cowardice. People indeed do it all the time.
I would bet this causes more harm to innocent people than frustration to the Russian regime.

Why not do something more targeted? E.g. take down domains that are related to the government, propaganda, etc.

As can be seen in the HN community, Russian tech workers are the likely the least influenced by propaganda and do support Ukraine. With this service termination however, they're most impacted.

At the very least, please give people an extension. March 31? Innocent Russians are going through a lot right now.
It's because first world countries (especially U.S.) are not being banned at all.
I tried reading this book, but I kept summarizing what I read into "You got here by being an a-hole. Now stop that".

I'm genuinely curious, is that what the book is about? Did I need to keep reading? Would you consider yourself an a-hole (note: I'm guessing you aren't because your CEO promoted you, and then gave you the book)?
Isolation has never helped but always made things worse. The way you state that making life painful for people is the right thing to do - is exactly Putin’s way of thinking.
I don't know but recently Emotet email worm is widespreading in Japan
>"The regime in Russia is much more likely to topple if Russia is quickly isolated. It is painful to individuals there, but it's also the right thing to do."

I think it is absolutely the other way around. If you isolate regular Russians from the information and will not let them communicate with the rest of the world Putin will be the first to send you thank you card.

Look at all the international crying when China puts firewalls. Meanwhile you are advocating basically the same thing.
Read both if you can: On Reddit in particular, the comments often seem insightful if you read the comments first, but idiotic if you've read the article.
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Putin is definitely going to try and launder his monetary reserves through China to access the greater world.
A DNS transfer doesn't take 5-7 days. It takes up to, but rarely, ~72 hours.
> deeply privileged app compromising the whole system's security

doesn't this also describe Google Play Services?
KDE Connect is a killer app. I am able to use my phone as a mouse and keyboard wirelessly over wifi when my laptop is plugged into the TV and the latency is low!
If you enjoy this feature, I'd recommend Self-Control. It works on all sites (offline too).
My sympathies, these are hard times and there are very few absolutes. I really hope that at least someone in a position to make a difference will do so and soon because the clock is running out for lots of people if that doesn't happen.

Note that you are closer to the point of origin so people will automatically assume that you have more agency than they do. Some people in Russia are already taking action, depending on how many will stand with them they may succeed, there is ultimately safety in numbers, you can't jail a whole country.
Interesting. Didn't expect Namecheap would start looking like a forbidden fruit
America dropped more bombs, killing more civilians in other countries than the rest of the world combined in the last 50 years. Oh I forgot it's justified bc they're fighting terrorism, for freedom and/or the killed are brown people which doesn't count. Got it.
Entrepreneurs are great, but it’s mom and dad who gave them their start
Hmm, maybe I'm wrong... You probably are innocent.

It's just you end up as collateral damage.
I am imagining an alternate reality where text editors have basic support for displaying tabular data, formatted using US/RS/GS/FS, the same way they support TAB, CR/LF, and FF.

But, modern text editors almost universally can't even manage to provide a coherent means of editing boldface text (cursors always get stuck on the wrong side of a hidden tag). So I doubt such a feature would have been well supported, even had it existed at all.
USA been letting some armed crazies do some wild shit tho.
At least you are not a target for a missile. For a lot of people right now it's the best what they can hope for.
Can you redirect traffic to anti-propaganda news articles :)
Personal attacks will get you banned here. No more of this, please, no matter how right you are or feel you are.

Attacking individuals personally is no way to express your feelings about this situation. Everyone with any connection to it is in a high emotional state right now. Having HN community members get aggressive with their fellow community members only makes things worse.

Nationalistic attacks aren't allowed either, and you crossed that line too. We're not practicing collective punishment here, as long as I have anything to say about this place.

I know it's hard to stay tolerant in the presence of strong feelings, but that's what commenters here are asked to do—and if anyone can't do it, they should refrain from posting until they can.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
You can slam "whataboutism" all you want, but it successfully points out hypocrisy, double-standards and opportunism.
Are you fucking kidding me? Questioning USA’s human rights violations and war crimes in a thread where an American company is threatening to shutdown accounts of people in a country because their leader has gone berserk is whataboutism?

So basically you’re supporting - either live in a country that’s strong enough to get away with war crimes, or be ready to get fucked whenever an extra righteous American company/CEO feels whimsical!

Or even better - if you want to talk about this very topic and point out this double standard - then do that in “another thread”, right? That is some logic!

Or maybe you just want to be saying “war crimes in some countries are more kosher than war crimes in certain other countries”.
a paper bubble? :)
seriously now, every leader has this problem. the question is how do they mitigate it and do they let their ego get into the way or receiving critical feedback.
> They might not be bearing arms, but they are contributing to the russian economy.

First, that's a very weak justification to attack civilians. Second, how does stopping them from paying for a non-local service help?

> Without the presence of nuclear weapons, NATO forces would be bombing moscow right now, causing significantly more economic disruption and disruption to civilians.

I doubt it, there's a reason Ukraine isn't in NATO, but thank God for nuclear deterrence. I don't want WW3, some people seem to be jumping at the bit for it.

> It's war.

Not ours. I support aid, nothing else.

-- EDIT [reached post limit, replying to below] --

> It's causing a disruption and lessening the productivity of the Russian economy

No it's not, if anything now more Russians will go to domain providers based in their country, keeping the money in their economy.

> If you're Russian. It is your war.

I'm not Russian. I'm not Ukrainian. Therefore it's not my war.
The (mis)use. Of periods. and commas, in that, article. Was. Very, annoying.
I was skeptical about fine dining. It was something my wife wanted to try but not so for me. I live in Singapore so one day we went to the famous Les Amis restaurant, a French dining experience. I've had French food before and wasn't very impressed.

I recall being amazed with every single dish that was served. The explosion of flavors, the originality of each dish, the intricate plating. It was like being able to taste "art". Sure the service was great but that's not the highlight. The highlight is in the details. And I love how after you're done with everything, they give you a little something to take home to complete the experience. They gave us a little lemon sponge cake made fresh with a little card.

It was definitely worth the $400 I paid for my wife and I. Sure, it's not something you eat everyday, but it's definitely you yearn for everyday. Since then I've been looking forward to anniversaries and birthdays; because that's a time I get to spend on fine dining.

A word of caution though: Not every fine dining experience was a hit. I went to one at Raffles Hotel and that was totally unmemorable; even though it was highly rated.
Why don’t you cut off United States citizens while you are at it? The regime that has probably done more damage and caused more instability to the world than any other country. The U.S. uses the entire world as their playground couping any Government that disagrees with them or refuses to bend to their demands and bombing their citizens and civilians. What about the atrocities and war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan? Syria? Libya? Yemen? Etc.

Just because it is covered up or whitewashed by the media in the U.S. does not mean it is not happening.

Blaming the citizens of a country for the actions of their Government is absolutely atrocious behavior. I used to have all my domains on Namecheap. I have since moved them, but now I will make sure I never use your service ever again and will never recommend you to anyone else either.

Also the argument that tax money is supporting the regime is ridiculous. If citizens could CHOOSE how their tax money was spent it would be one thing, but in the U.S. our tax money has literally gone to providing weapons and training to terrorist organizations.

Again, this doesn’t EXCUSE the actions of the Russian government, but taking their people hostage to use as leverage is disgusting and despicable.
I am commenting just because I want to remember KDE Connect. Had no clue that project existed.
Any sub that gets even a little traffic by now is so heavily moderated as to be useless as far as submitting content is concerned. Pre-2015 reddit is gone for good. Now everything is moderated to death. Not just subs but admins have tons of power too and readily ban users or subs for the smallest of reasons.
Given the amount of “just contact support” replies from the CEO it seems all they’ll be doing from now on is taking russian support calls.