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Verizon doesn't know the difference between dollars and cents (2006) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUpZg-Ua5ao
3•empath75•2d ago

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empath75•2d ago
(Sorry the original video title was very clickbaity)
empath75•2d ago
I wonder how the post mortem on this was handled internally, because if the lesson learned was "we need to hire people that can do basic math", rather than "We should probably use '.2 cents per kb' in our documentation instead of requiring level 1 support people to do unit conversion off the top of their heads", they didn't fix the underlying problem.

Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift

https://mertbulan.com/2025/08/10/why-paying-for-spotify-mostly-pays-taylor-swift/
1•mertbio•39s ago•0 comments

Culture Game Over

https://web.archive.org/web/20171018143123/https://www.numair.com/culture/game-over
1•kwie•1m ago•1 comments

We're building "klarna" but for your annual software subscriptions

https://www.annualize.co/
2•bfayyumii•5m ago•2 comments

We're building "klarna" but for your annual software subscriptions

1•bfayyumii•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Coloring Pages Generator

https://aicoloringpages.app/
3•tomstig•10m ago•1 comments

Self-hosted open-source multi-user multi-platform secret management

http://day-to-day-stuff.blogspot.com/2025/08/self-hosted-open-source-multi-user.html
2•erikvanoosten•13m ago•0 comments

CUDA C++ Best Practices Guide [pdf]

https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/pdf/CUDA_C_Best_Practices_Guide.pdf
1•throwawaybutwhy•15m ago•1 comments

'It's a Mess': A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory's 100th Birthday Party

https://www.quantamagazine.org/its-a-mess-a-brain-bending-trip-to-quantum-theorys-100th-birthday-party-20250808/
2•nsoonhui•16m ago•0 comments

Cloudflare vs. Perplexity:Why AI Scraping Without Paying Is Digital Theft [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehRsBYawkY
1•real-hacker•17m ago•1 comments

Cheaters Spotted in Battlefield 6 Beta, Despite Secure Boot Requirement

https://www.ign.com/articles/cheaters-already-spotted-in-battlefield-6-open-beta-despite-secure-boot-requirement
1•josephcsible•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bugs and Feedback Collection Tool

https://www.feedbugs.com/
1•vignzviki•26m ago•0 comments

Pepe Auth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_Auth
2•motorest•26m ago•0 comments

Vvveb – open-source CMS drag-and-drop site builder

https://www.vvveb.com/
1•nreece•29m ago•0 comments

Being a Good PM at Google

https://thechrisperry.substack.com/p/being-a-good-pm-at-google
1•bruckie•29m ago•0 comments

David Chalmers: Could a Large Language Model Be Conscious?

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.07103
1•hackandthink•33m ago•0 comments

Useful GitHub template for Git projects and readme.md

https://github.com/dec0dOS/amazing-github-template
1•pinter69•34m ago•0 comments

How to Use Snprintf

https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/snprintf/
1•ingve•37m ago•0 comments

Automation Tools Are Fast... Until You Pay

https://medium.com/@mohamedalibenothmen1/why-automation-tools-get-slower-after-you-pay-them-953d08e2142d
1•dalibenothmen•45m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MinimaTXT – local-only .txt notes App for iPhone

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/minimatxt/id6749180676
1•Banev•47m ago•0 comments

Why do we even need SIMD instructions?

https://lemire.me/blog/2025/08/09/why-do-we-even-need-simd-instructions/
3•ingve•50m ago•0 comments

AI coding tools considered harmful

https://twitter.com/QuentinAnthon15/status/1943948791775998069
1•lr0•51m ago•0 comments

GPT-5 model price comparison via pelicans on a bicycle

https://nezhar.com/blog/gpt-5-model-price-comparison-via-pelicans-on-bicycle/
1•nezhar•55m ago•0 comments

Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/10/artificial-intellligence-avatar-death-grief-digital-resurrection-fascination-deathbot
1•devuo•59m ago•0 comments

Move fast and don't break (safety critical) things

https://substack.com/home/post/p-170571873
2•amusely•1h ago•0 comments

Agentic Web – Weaving the Next Web with AI Agents

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21206
1•hunglee2•1h ago•0 comments

A Cautionary Tale for Stupid Idiots Who Think They Can Lead with Integrity

https://jamesjboyer.substack.com/p/a-cautionary-tale-for-stupid-idiots
1•gpi•1h ago•0 comments

Getting Quality Sleep

4•Sleep_Well•1h ago•0 comments

Covid levels rising in much of U.S., with highest in West, CDC says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-wastewater-levels-rising-highest-west-cdc/
4•MilnerRoute•1h ago•0 comments

Before Ghostbusters: How Asperger's Shaped Young Dan Aykroyd

https://thewalrus.ca/before-ghostbusters-how-aspergers-shaped-young-dan-aykroyd/
1•pseudolus•1h ago•0 comments

IBM Selectric Typewriters Get DIY Typeballs (2023)

https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/ibm-selectric-typewriters-finally-get-diy-typeballs/
1•tosh•1h ago•0 comments