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Re:Meta Ordered to Pay $25B for Deceiving Users on Privacy on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:28PM (#50186248)
link 404's. has some extra characters at the end of the url. should be https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/meta-penalty-n...
Re:The new (and vibe coded) Epic Games Launcher on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:45PM (#50090668)
those EAC changes are discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088166
someone at work unironically said they use ai to compose "thoughtful responses" to people, and my immediate thought was that what they are doing is the literal opposite of thoughtful
Re:The Permanent Upper Crow on Friday May 29, 2026 @03:12AM (#48320020)
Ah yes, arbeit macht frei
Re:Building for the Future on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:07PM (#48065917)
6. ceo/cto see the writing on the wall and exit before any blame sticks, receive a nice exit package, find another company to ruin
i use my steam deck on my tv all the time as a fairly weak steam machine. i also have a ps5 that i haven't bothered to turn on in at least a year. being able to convert my disused ps5 into a more powerful steam machine actually seems like a bit of an upgrade to my current setup.
Re:Code Is Cheap Now, and That Changes Everything on Thursday April 09, 2026 @12:10PM (#47705482)
i guess my point was that it isn't a given that hardware will always be cheaper, considering that memory prices this past year have gone through the roof.

you may argue that it is an outlier and capacity will increase to meet demand, which it probably will, but who's to say that won't just mean further demand from unlimited money ai companies and then further increased consumer prices?

Re:Code Is Cheap Now, and That Changes Everything on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:51AM (#47705282)
Citation needed. Hardware prices have gone up substantially in the past year.
Re:Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March on Thursday April 02, 2026 @12:48PM (#47616887)
i run endeavour (arch) and have a handful of things using bluetooth without any issues. i even have my airpods paired and use them constantly with no problems
> Obviously, the average consumer has no idea what that sentence means, and Apple hasn’t figured out how to make them care.

the article also does nothing to show how or why consumers should care.

> Gartner projects GenAI smartphone spending will reach $393 billion in 2026, up 32% from $298 billion in 2025.

is this because consumers are interested in "GenAI" smartphones, or because every smartphone manufacturer has decided to tack "AI" onto every piece of their branding and there's just no way around it?

Re:They're Vibe-Coding Spam Now on Monday March 23, 2026 @12:59PM (#47492126)
it doesn't help that all these companies' legitimate emails contain suspicious-looking links in the first place. the link tracking/shortening that's built into these services isn't doing them any favors for their actually important emails
Re:OpenSUSE Kalpa on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:40PM (#47417997)
i misread the name as "Kapla" and thought it was a reference to the Klingon word "Qapla'"
thanks ai, thanks sam altman. feels like we can't have anything nice anymore
Re:2 in 5 Americans did not read a single book in 2025 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @03:24PM (#46891145)
i'm actually surprised it's only 2 in 5
Re:FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @03:11PM (#46785774)
domestic terrorism, of course
down 64% over the last year, and 95% over the past five. yikes
needs a [podcast] tag.

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"play" is doing a lot of work here
Re:U.S. unemployment rose in November despite job gains on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @11:53AM (#46290906)
i think they meant that the people they know having trouble finding jobs are not engineers

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