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Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:44AM (#50270739)
Not Linux, the X Window System. The first implementation in a window manager predates Linux by a couple of years. And to no surprise Xerox had them first
Re:Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran
on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:51AM (#50105456)
It’s not Fortran style, but the code of the original Bourne shell is a remarkable piece. “How to write Algol in C”
Re:Show HN: Honorfit – a pushup app blocker for your phone
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @04:02PM (#49913541)
It is absolutely my thing!
If you are interested, have a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/s/EVW8u8yx9w
It links to a video that for my personal taste does the whole movement too quick. I stay longer in both end positions and do a slower ascent and descent.
Anyways, great idea, and I hope you stay healthy and uninjured!
Re:Show HN: Honorfit – a pushup app blocker for your phone
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @01:37PM (#49911988)
I do appreciate the fun aspect!
But… pushups aren’t meant to be done in bulk. This almost certainly leads to wrong technique and that can seriously harm your shoulders.
Re:You can run Git on object storage if you re-make packfiles
on Saturday September 19, 2026 @03:04AM (#49764098)
4th submission in 3 days. Is this a marketing spam campaign?
Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights [pdf]
Re:Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi
on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:14AM (#49693050)
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Children of Time” is net optimistic.
Germany Power Grid Sabotage: Launch Devices Found Near Weisweiler Plant
Re:Alzheimer's treatment is advancing rapidly
on Monday September 07, 2026 @02:59PM (#49601739)
Re:Upcoming election could produce modern Germany's first far-right st...
on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:36AM (#49595147)
They will blame it on somebody else, federal government, the “old parties”, the “lying press”, immigrants, the “eco fascists”, the EU, …
They found their niche being the victims
Re:Germany's far-right AfD projected to win
on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:08AM (#49594916)
I fully agree, but I think you forgot social media as a catalyst. People being trapped in echo chambers. AfD (and all the associated conspiracy theorists) are classical con men.
Re:Germany's far-right AfD projected to win
on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:04AM (#49594889)
Merz is von Papen 2.0.
The same arrogance and overestimation of himself, a textbook old white man.
Re:Germany's far-right AfD projected to win
on Monday September 07, 2026 @03:02AM (#49594869)
Calling it a cult fits quite well. Like Trump supporters, AfD can do anything. They do a different style of politics? Sure, they aren’t like the “old parties”, their budget is projected to have a 2 billion deficit? But the “old parties” are increasing the debt as well. Arguments are bent beyond recognition. Facts don’t matter.
The term “pigeon chess” was coined for taking with AfD: while you comply to the strict rules of the game, the pigeon just randomly moves pieces, throwing some off, and shits on the board.
Re:Burnt out on a three-day week
on Friday September 04, 2026 @10:39AM (#49565347)
Not hard data: ChatGPT and Gemini both say that the article sounds like written by a human most likely with AI assistance.
Doesn’t mean it’s not an ad for coaching. I share your sentiment. (So do ChatGPT and Gemini, they also agree that the article sounds like an ad)
Re:Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @08:12AM (#49535094)
The power plant is in a very rural area with estimations of 100 people per square kilometer. Tokai Daini is in an area with approx 10 times the people compared to Fukushima. It’s only 8 meters above sea level and it’s also in risk of a tsunami in general. From my point of view that’s not an argument for the safety of nuclear power but more a “it didn’t happen this time”
Re:Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @07:35AM (#49534769)
And the waste, and the environmental impact on fuel mining, and the deconstruction, and the inherent risks, but otherwise yes, it’s great!
Re:Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @07:27AM (#49534712)
And yet there are still occasional accidents. 51 in 2025. Which end tragic in aviation but are so much more severe for nuclear power plants.
Re:Forgotten History of Small Nuclear Reactors
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @07:24AM (#49534691)
How much wiser do we need to be to build a large number of nuclear reactors? How much safer is each one compared to a larger one to justify the risk of building more items that can end in a disaster?
And aren’t large reactors quite uneconomical already? How much worse do small ones operate, given the economy of scale.
Nuclear power just didn’t deliver what it promised.
The uranium mines of the GDR resulted in 311 million cubic meters of mine waste. In 2005 for the the remediation 13.75 million liters of Diesel fuel were used. The costs so far have been 7.4 billion €. About 20 Billion € were invested in nuclear plants that never produced any power (or in one case was shut down after 100 days) in Germany. Add the costs of deconstruction of the existing plants. The whole narrative of cheap power is nothing but a house of cards.
Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-End Concept
on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:51PM (#49524572)
You could argue that the “Swedish Airplane Inc.” (Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, SAAB) also does cars.
Re:Europe's summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a gro...
on Sunday August 30, 2026 @01:46PM (#49500965)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin...
See “stability” section
Re:Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives o...
on Thursday August 27, 2026 @01:58PM (#49468726)
If you go to a Malaria zone, talk to your doctor to get Malarone and use it prophylactic (depending on the region)
Re:A single underscore led to an innocent Halifax man's conviction
on Saturday July 25, 2026 @02:12AM (#49044956)
They caught Archibald Buttle
Re:The curious case of the disappearing Polish S (2015)
on Sunday June 28, 2026 @10:14AM (#48707457)
“Polish uses the English/Latin alphabet” - was it developed back when the US and Italy were allies in ancient Roman times?
Re:Ask HN: Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision...
on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @04:12AM (#48276669)
The Newton team might disagree.
Re:Trump's Endgame Is Surrender
on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:29AM (#48233372)
Distraction from the Epstein files
Which supposedly were a distraction for high inflation and the tariff disaster.
Re:The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2022)
on Saturday May 16, 2026 @06:05AM (#48158701)
It can also mean anesthetics, which coincidentally would include cocaine as a strong local anesthetic, but not a narcotic in the pharmacological sense.