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Re:Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug on Friday May 22, 2026 @07:57PM (#48243057)
Yeah, I was excited until I read that. Last time I was tested I had 48 events per hour. 4 wouldn't help me much.
Re:Map of Metal on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @07:07PM (#48215571)
I kind of always considered that Industrial Metal, but looking at the examples on the site, they don't really match with what's in my head.

For concrete examples of what I'm thinking, something like Crossbreed[1], or more recently Electric Callboy[2]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS2zMciGHBE [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w

Re:What Are Your Guilty Displeasures? on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:04PM (#47227873)
I was obsessed with a handful of Deftones songs back in the day. But outside those, I just couldn't get into them wholesale. I think they just weren't heavy enough for me. Now I'm old, and one of my mates is a huge Alice in Chains fan, and he showed me their ropes (I didn't know much prior). I'm very into them now. It's the same with a lot of bands that were before my time. My dad loves Dire Straights, and I thought they were OK when I was younger. I appreciate them at a different level now.

Not sure what my point is.

Same with me, but I was camping as a kid. One took the snag out of my mates bread just as he was about to bite it. It made sure it was dead by hitting it on the tree it landed in.
It's at least half of what the article is about.
Re:The Next Chapter in Swift Build Technologies on Saturday February 01, 2025 @01:41PM (#42900889)
I wish they would stop adding anything to the language and document what they have. I constantly need to reverse engineer how things work. For example, I just had to integrate AccessorySetupKit and the docs are laughable.
Re:What the hell is a luminiferous theremin? on Friday August 09, 2024 @06:04PM (#41205735)
It features in one my favourite songs 'Red right hand' by Nick Cave.
Re:How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile? on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @07:07PM (#40071044)
Could you share the name of the yard?
As an Australian, is this true? Granted, I grew up rural in Victoria, but I don't know anyone who uses it.
Sounds like the Dreame L20 Ultra. I have it, it's miles better than any irobot I've owned.
Re:Why scientists are making transparent wood on Monday December 11, 2023 @11:36AM (#38602065)
It's addressed in the article. It could work as windows, but they'd be 'frosted'.
Re:Ask HN: What's your favourite hobby and how did it start? on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:16PM (#37342335)
I gave it up about 7 years ago, but have recently started again. It's so fun, but so addictive!
Re:Ask HN: What's your favourite hobby and how did it start? on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:15PM (#37342326)
Woodworking - It started when someone on my work slack posted an image of an arcade machine they had made. I thought "I want one of those". So I borrowed a circular saw and made one. Then I was hooked. Now I'm doing lots of home improvements, such as building a coffee bar and converting an unused area into a pantry. I'm currently building some shop furniture, then I'll be converting an unused cupboard near our entry way into a mud room.

The two downsides are: * It's easy to want to buy all the shiniest tools, which are expensive * I don't want to buy furniture anymore, I want to make it. But there just aren't enough hours in the day.

As an aside, it's commonly called "Violent agreement".
Re:Water Cooled Rooftop Solar Panels on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:13PM (#37083453)
As an Australian who has moved to the USA, I don't know why it's done. I don't know a single person in Australia who has ever replaced their roof. My dad lives in the same house I was born in 40 years ago, same roof. I've been in Colorado for 4 years. We had a new roof put on 2 years ago, then another 6 weeks ago due to a bad hail storm.
Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:23PM (#36672418)
Is there a good way to hide the top tabs without getting into barely supported config files?

I like TST, but I gave up on it because I could never get the top tabs hidden correctly, and all the information I could find on the internet was different levels of out of date.

Re:Ask HN: Good Books on the History of Technology? on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @11:43AM (#36602028)
"Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe" is the best I've read.

https://www.amazon.com/Turings-Cathedral-Origins-Digital-Uni...

Re:Tapping Morse Code on a Wall – MRA on Sunday June 25, 2023 @11:32PM (#36475450)
That's an amazing story!
Re:Colorado repealed law limiting municipal internet on Thursday May 25, 2023 @06:18PM (#36077073)
I'm in Erie and get Gigabit. It's not symmetrical, but it's the best internet I've ever had.
I don't know why, but after being a professional programmer for around 20 years, I have replaced all my hobby programming with woodworking. I love it. There's something about having a tangible object you can touch when you're done that makes it satisfying for me.
Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry on Friday February 03, 2023 @02:04PM (#34646282)
I like Rust and think it's got a good future. However I've not seen too many job postings that actually use it, but as it catches on more that will probably increase. I guess it depends on if you're thinking near term or long term.
Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:24PM (#34644413)
I started writing C++ about 15 years ago. It's still my strongest and most enjoyable language. However, at the moment I mostly write Swift\ObjC because I couldn't find any decent paying C++ jobs. I'd love to get back to it.
Re:Serverless Video Transcription inspired by Cyberpunk 2077 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:18PM (#34102003)
Very cool. Zack Friedman made something similar to wear on a hoody. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. https://youtu.be/mTK8dIBJIqg
Re:Software engineers paying 75K to get 3 inches taller on Thursday September 15, 2022 @09:47PM (#32861027)
I haven't seen that movie in years, but I'm quite sure it was his tibia & fibula, not ankles.

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