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Re:Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @02:57PM (#49820806)
I would absolutely love to interact with a demo program made using this FoxPro.
Re:Cartoon Network Flash Games on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:57PM (#48070243)
Amazing, these games were my childhood. Some of them are actually really good. Hope to see the rest of the ben 10 games uploaded here.
So now you're forced to use Microslop Store to get Python? At the very least they could offer .msix files to download and use.
Re:Warp is now Open-Source on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @06:07PM (#47941515)
What does this mean?
Re:Warp is now Open-Source on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @06:06PM (#47941502)
You didn't answer their question. Asking your own questions isn't an answer.
> AI has become the perfect scapegoat.

I really feel it isn't a 'narrative created by AI Companies' that's responsible for this. First of all, any business touts itself as one that will reduce labor. That's marketing. It existed long before AI Companies, and it is very often exaggerated in its capabilities. We as a society have accepted this as normal. We all accept a loop that goes like this: New Product has marketing that claims it can solve world hunger -> You pay and use the new product, only to find that it cannot deliver on its great promise in whole -> You still end up using and paying for the product because while it doesn't solve world hunger, it at least feeds a few mouths and that's better than nothing.

The true culprit -and one that I personally hold responsible for this outbreak of violence that we are seeing- is Journalism. Every Newspaper for the last 3 entire years has constantly flooded headlines with 'AI is dangerous and will take away your job'. That's because each time they do that more people pay attention out of fear, which increases profit for newspapers. The same goes for TV News, Online News. And this has a trickle-down effect on society where YouTubers, Podcasters, and your local seminar hall has people talking about how insane AI is and how it is the worst thing to happen since Pandora's Box.

We seriously need to change how we as a society interact with news if we are to see this end. We need to stop incentivizing sensational headlines for newspapers that overtime lead to violence. We need regulations in place to prevent content specifically designed to target fear in people's minds. And we need to see this change take place fast.

Which will eventually happen no matter what. That's why it's important to start preparing now.
Re:“This is not the computer for you” on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:30AM (#47362602)
I was robbed of that safe environment. Gosh... it hurts me to think about what could have been.
Re:“This is not the computer for you” on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:30AM (#47362597)
Thank you thank you thank you for writing this. This made me smile and feel like shedding a tear. This is exactly how I felt when I watched the Dave2D video of the MacBook Neo, and other "reviews" that miss the entire point. This captures the point. The other reviews capture specs. This captures the emotion. This captures the reality.
Re:The Brand Age on Thursday March 05, 2026 @04:04PM (#47267274)
Wdym 'oral history'? Who has been talking about this history orally?
Re:The Slow Death of the Power User on Thursday February 26, 2026 @01:27AM (#47162591)
Here's my question: What do you mean a zip file can be opened without an application? I looked it up and couldn't find a way.

I'm considering terminal utilities as apps too, btw.

Re:The Slow Death of the Power User on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @04:40PM (#47158310)
This is a good and important counter-point to the given article. If we as 'tech people' expect the layman to have a higher standard of tech knowledge, then what is to stop people from other fields from telling us to do the same? Truthfully, an average person won't develop expert knowledge of every field.
Re:Why is Claude an Electron app? on Saturday February 21, 2026 @05:46PM (#47105710)
Call them out, call them out. Why isn't Claude a native Windows x64 app if code is free?
Re:Rise of the Triforce on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @02:52AM (#47044805)
A fantastic new addition to Dolphin
Re:XSLT RIP on Monday November 10, 2025 @06:51AM (#45875031)
But what is XSLT? Why is it important?

These points should be addressed first on the website.

Re:Geometric Pattern Generator on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:18PM (#45777302)
A web-based tool for creating customizable geometric patterns with line textures and colors. Each pattern is reproducible using a seed system.
Re:Free software scares normal people on Friday October 31, 2025 @08:18AM (#45771214)
Ignore the people criticizing you my friend, backlash is expected in a community of power users that use Hacker News- because they favor power tools. But you've made something really nice and quite useful, and you've solved a real-world problem.
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free on Friday October 31, 2025 @07:33AM (#45770872)
Exactly, this should be celebrated.
Re:Scripts I wrote that I use all the time on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:08PM (#45675163)
I hope to see an operating system with these scripts as built-in, because they are so intuitive and helpful! Which OS will be the first to take this on?
Re:How Kids' TV Got Way Too Normal on Monday October 20, 2025 @08:47AM (#45643287)
This article reeks of overly opinionated parent.
Re:Show HN: Firm, a text-based work management system on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @06:07AM (#45590210)
Can you share the github link to your cli asset manager project?
Imagine how many more users could be using if it had a product mindset.
> it really can become the Year of the Linux Desktop. Gnome has genuinely gotten pretty great in the last couple years, and I think a lot of former Windows would genuinely like it if they gave it a chance

This comment could have been written at any point in the past 20 years.

Re:Helium Browser on Thursday September 25, 2025 @04:05AM (#45370390)
A browser being based on Chromium has nothing to do with how private it is. Yes you are furthering an internet monopoly by using chromium. But there is noncorrelation between being based of Chromium and Privacy.
Re:Greatest irony of the AI age: Humans hired to clean AI slop on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @03:49AM (#45357481)
Man complains about AI giving him a starting point to do his work from.
Re:PKM apps need to get better at resurfacing information on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @07:52AM (#45196354)
I have been using Obsidian for 5 years and I strongly agree with this. My solution is just occasionally clicking random notes in my vault and reading them, 5-7 notes at a time. I do this a couple of times in a month
Re:A computer upgrade has shut down BART on Friday September 05, 2025 @02:36PM (#45142025)
snark is not productive.
Re:Show HN: Lazy Tetris on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @08:42AM (#44115417)
I love cosmo, thanks @jart for developing.
Re:How to Make a Living as a Writer on Saturday May 24, 2025 @03:22AM (#44079390)
Not everything needs to be about AI. Not everything should be.

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