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Re:Vathographs: Photographic depth maps as creative expression on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @02:52PM (#50357243)
Could this be used to generate 3D models for games and such?
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:18AM (#50002023)
Where is "in" a Klein bottle, I ask!
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:16AM (#50002015)
Please don't encourage them, I fear this idea might take off...
Re:Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive on Sunday September 20, 2026 @06:46AM (#49774508)
What zdragnar says :)
Re:Almost Never Use AI to Write Anything Substantive on Saturday September 19, 2026 @05:58PM (#49770460)
Humans can learn texts by heart, even lots of text (I have some expertise on that, having studied opera singing). They can reproduce these texts accurately, deterministically and repeatably. An LLM is a statistical machine. It does not know any text by heart and it is by pure chance that it sometimes reproduces existing texts verbatim.
Re:DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:42PM (#49027757)
This was likely written sarcastically by the original commenter (throw...). Please termimate sarcasm with /s, not everyone is able to read the subtext. Cheers.
Re:Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey on Friday May 01, 2026 @03:06AM (#47971997)
> given benign governance

quite unrealistic imo, thus we (maybe and hopefully) needn't worry about the bland minority report future you're hypothesizing :)

Re:Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:44AM (#47971881)
This is depressing, don't you think? :/
Re:The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe on Monday January 12, 2026 @10:06AM (#46589493)
well said. well, sad. but true ...
Re:Maybe comments should explain 'what' (2017) on Sunday January 04, 2026 @07:23AM (#46487293)
Thank you! Taking that refactoring advice at face value when I still was quite junior led to me writing an immensely over-abstracted framework that bit me in the butt for years afterwards when trying to debug or add a new feature. Wasn't easy to unlearn...
Re:Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:48PM (#46277818)
Also, of course, the 73 would have to have a hook, which shortens the landing quite some (as well as the lifespan of the fuselage, I assume), as long as you catch the wire, that is. Wingspan-wise, this could also work. @RedBull, how bout it?!
Re:Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly? on Friday November 21, 2025 @11:48PM (#46012200)
Wow, thank you for this gem!!!
Re:Chess.com Regional Pricing: A Case Study on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:11AM (#45504124)
Valid inquiry!
Disclaimer: I also read it as rude at first glance.

Question: Can you classify what is rude or not for autistic people in general or is it more likely that you might perceive something as not rude which other autistic people might perceive as rude?

your brain is not alone with this wish!
Re:Mullvad Leta on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @12:01PM (#44117475)
Is it pointless though if e.g. there are no ads?
Re:Minimal Web on Sunday September 08, 2024 @05:20AM (#41479208)
This kind of wonderfully civilised and respectful discussion between people who do not see something the same way is why I love hn. Thank you both, have a good Sunday!
"We" do not talk about musicians stealing chord progressions, at least I do not. There is (in western diatonic music) a quite limited number of chord progressions (that sound "good"/"acceptable" to ears used to this kind of music) Should new music be prohibited from being created once they've been used? Should painters not be allowed to use a certain combination of colors anymore because another artist already used them? As a (studied but now hobby) musician, I think that is utter nonsense, excuse my french...
But do you think “work they did once” holds true for the majority of software that uses subscription based pricing? No updates, no migrations to new OSs, no bugfixing, no support, would you want that? Should people just write perfect software off the bat?
Re:iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:30AM (#37493841)
Hey Sean, really cool you’re here :)
Re:To Make Dishwashers Great Again? (2020) on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:37AM (#37467071)
Well, I lick most of my plates clean, our small washer takes 3 and a half hours and everything is cleaned just fine. EU citizen here :)
Re:The past is not true on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:43AM (#36801219)
Well put.
Re:Avoid the Apple App Store on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:09AM (#30373179)
This is infuriating. I've also had my fair bit of trouble with App Store Review but your this really takes the freaking biscuit. C'mon y'all, let's get this post some visibility.
Re:Traffic Simulator on Sunday February 13, 2022 @03:28AM (#30320232)
I’ve wanted to play with something like this for ages. Really nice, thx :)
Re:What impossible meant to Richard Feynman on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:41PM (#29397196)
This! Also, tone and general behaviour matters. I think many comments here mistake this beautiful article for advice to use words like this.

I’ve read both his biographic books multiple times, read into the Feynman Lectures and watched many an interview and other stuff with and about him.

If I’d ever gotten to meet him (he’s a top candidate on my “if you could have dinner with any person, living or dead” list) and he’d have called an idea of mine stupid, I’m pretty sure that my reaction wouldn’t have been to be hurt. I would have hoped for him to explain to me why it’s stupid or give me a hint on where to look to find out for myself. Context matters. Character matters.

Don’t call people stupid. Don’t call things (or ideas) stupid unless you can explain what’s stupid about the thing or idea and why.

If you’re passionate about something, try to appreciate when someone tells you, without euphemism, why it won’t work.

If anyone has an idea on how one could get to travel back and meet him, we can find out together why it’s stupid. Or “impossible” :)

Personally, when I’m writing for fun, I especially try writing quality code. There, I can reason about it, learn it and do it without management breathing down my neck due to business constraints like time and money.
Yes, that would be amazing! I absolutely adored playing this game on our first family PC back in the day.
Re:Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:55PM (#28675890)
Thanks :)
Re:Show HN: Tape It – iOS recording app for musicians on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:36AM (#28671974)
Hey 82-111-98 (:D).

Thanks a lot for the feedback and for trying our App. We're happy you like it :)

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