Hacker News with Generative AI: Migration

Life pro tip: macOS migration can run over thunderbolt (xeiaso.net)
Wifi is "it depends" fast. Ethernet is either one or 10 gigabits fast. MacBooks come with very high data rate thunderbolt ports, so why not use them for migration?
I failed moving my Google calendar to Proton (shilin.ca)
Basically, the title.
Ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India (bbc.com)
New research using ancient DNA is rewriting prehistory in India - and shows that its civilisation is the result of multiple ancient migrations, writes Tony Joseph.
U-Haul Growth Metros and Cities of 2024: Dallas Top Metro for In-Migration (uhaul.com)
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 3, 2024) — The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, better known as the DFW Metroplex, is the leading U-Haul Growth Metro of 2024.
You don't need Next.js – Why we migrated from Next to React (comfydeploy.com)
We migrated the ComfyDeploy dashboard from Next.js to just React
Mexico Plans Alert App for Migrants Facing Arrest in US (barrons.com)
Mexico will launch a mobile application with an alert button for migrants facing imminent detention in the United States, the government said Friday, following President-elect Donald Trump's threats of mass deportations.
Young Italians are leaving in droves (yahoo.com)
Billie Fusto is not after a fat pay cheque: he is training to be an archivist and wants nothing more than "a quiet life" at home in Italy.
Migrating a Client onto OpenTofu for Cost and Speed [video] (youtube.com)
California loses professional workers to low-tax states like Arizona, Texas (nypost.com)
Tens of thousands of professionals left California last year while fewer moved in to the state as the exorbitant cost of living as well as high taxes make it harder to retain talent.
Fiji is already relocating villages because of climate change (zmescience.com)
Climate migration is no longer a distant fear — it’s a reality. In Fiji, it’s a particularly pressing reality. Rising seas and extreme weather have forced entire communities to move. For this Pacific island nation, the question isn’t whether to relocate people but how to do so in a way that protects lives and livelihoods. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is watching closely as one billion people may find themselves in a similar situation in a matter of decades.
I tried out this extension to bring my followers from Twitter to Bluesky (techradar.com)
An English castle became a stork magnet (bbc.com)
Helped by a bold rewilding project, storks are migrating between Britain and North Africa again for the first time in 600 years. How can we make their journey safer?
Bhutan, after prioritizing happiness, now faces an existential crisis (cbsnews.com)
Bhutan, the tiny kingdom that introduced Gross National Happiness to the world, has a problem: young people are leaving the country in record numbers.
Ask HN: How to extract Twitter followed users, then import and follow in Bsky? (ycombinator.com)
Is there a way to extract a list of all followed users from one's Twitter profile, then conduct a "bulk" search on Bluesky for those profiles, maybe even set to follow in the latter?
How to migrate from X to Bluesky without losing your followers (zdnet.com)
It's no secret that X (formerly Twitter) has been in flux since Elon Musk took over the company. The platform has undergone a series of controversial changes, alienating users with each new decision. The most recent privacy shift, which allows blocked users to view your posts (though they can't engage with you directly), has sent many of X's most loyal users scrambling for the exits.
Turns out the Twit Export was garbage (mastodon.social)
Seamlessly transition your Twitter network to Bluesky with just a few clicks (skyfollowerbridge.com)
Seamlessly transition your Twitter network to Bluesky with just a few clicks.
EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia human rights inquiry (theguardian.com)
The European Commission is refusing to publish the findings of a human rights inquiry into Tunisia it conducted shortly before announcing a controversial migration deal with the increasingly authoritarian north African country.
Migrating In-Place from PostgreSQL to MySQL (yelp.com)
The Yelp Reservations service (yelp_res) is the service that powers reservations on Yelp. It was acquired along with Seatme in 2013, and is a Django service and webapp. It powers the reservation backend and logic for Yelp Guest Manager, our iPad app for restaurants, and handles diner and partner flows that create reservations.
Migrating birds find refuge in pop-up habitats (hcn.org)
Every July, the western sandpiper, a dun-colored, long-beaked bird, leaves the shores of Alaska and migrates south. It may fly as far as the coast of Peru, where it spends several months before making the return trip. Western sandpipers travel along the Pacific Flyway, a strip of land that stretches along the Western coast of the Americas, from the Arctic down to Patagonia.
Bluesky gains 1.2M in 2 days, 12M total after X disables blocking (entrepreneur.com)
X users may be migrating to bluer skies after a major change.
How to Convert a WordPress Blog to an Astro Static Site (okturtles.org)
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to migrate a blog off of Wordpress and onto a static site generator while preserving your blog’s content, links, and even comments.
Why Americans Stopped Moving (axios.com)
How we migrated Gov.uk notify to AWS elastic container service (blog.gov.uk)
What I Saw in the Darién Gap (theatlantic.com)
More Americans are searching online about moving to Canada. But will they? (ctvnews.ca)
Wikimedia Gitlab Migration Status (mediawiki.org)
Vlogger crosses the Darién Gap, the world’s deadliest migrant route (bigthink.com)
Mapped: Millionaire Migration (visualcapitalist.com)
ChromeOS to Linux migration: requirements and setup (paoloamoroso.com)