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Re:CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87
on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @08:11PM (#48043701)
isn't that land part of a scheme to farm bison and save them from extinction? it would make sense for his will to specify that it keeps being used for this.
Re:No, Windows Start does not use React
on Monday March 23, 2026 @08:24PM (#47497081)
The recommended section using React Native is honestly more strange and confusing than if they had just used React for the whole thing. It doesn't seem like a particularly complex UI element, it would be easier to just develop it using the already used native APIs.
Re:Is Twitter/X Down
on Thursday December 21, 2023 @01:17AM (#38717564)
everything except spaces is out for me
Re:Ask HN: How many of you still have a Facebook account?
on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:02AM (#38238304)
Facebook marketplace has basically supplanted gumtree as the place to buy and sell things in Sydney. Its the only reason i have an account
Re:Yuzu Progress Report December 2022
on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:39AM (#34335391)
>A used Nintendo switch is less expensive than a gaming computer.
Clearly you never used the 'Mum I need a good computer for school' trick.
Re:Excess deaths in all age groups
on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:24PM (#34334990)
It seems like maybe a year or two ago this guy was fairly reasonable, and gave what seemed to be genuine opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of lockdown strategies. Sad to see him succumb to audience capture and make what seem to be willful misinterpretations of data (outlined well in jiggawatts' comment). If I as a second year undergrad who has never taken a stats course can see these statistical problems, then a PhD with multiple bachelors definitely can.
Re:Replit Mobile App
on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:09PM (#33270062)
I don't see why you would implement google docs like multi person editing. There's a reason basically every VCS has discrete commits and anybody who has ever coded anything knows why.
Re:“Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is easy to forge
on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:26AM (#31501540)
Some bars and clubs require you to use the app to scan a QR code for entry if you use a digital license. Other places you can use screenshot of your twin's drivers license because you forgot it and didn't have it set up.
Re:How many bots are on Twitter? Question is tough to answer and misse...
on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @02:32AM (#31501259)
Isn't the number of bots primarily relevant to advertisers? This article entirely misses why the question is even worth asking.
Re:AU Border Force searched 822 phones in 2021 despite no power to dem...
on Friday April 08, 2022 @01:58AM (#30953769)
This may come as a shock to many who use 2FA and have 15 digit passcodes like me, but a lot of people don't have any sort of lock on their phones.
Re:OpenCL on Metal – what if clvk works?
on Saturday April 02, 2022 @01:36AM (#30886058)
Now all we need is a way to run CUDA code on OpenCL
Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @04:31AM (#30852686)
I've heard the same with China and WeChat Pay even pre pandemic. This is just from second hand anecdotes though so take it with a grain of salt.
Re:Arguing Without Warning
on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:02PM (#30798208)
It seems interesting that the norms argued for here are contrary to the norms in a field like journalism, where journalists have an obligation to ask relevant people for comment. I'm not arguing for one approach over the other, but it would be interesting to look at the development of journalistic norms for counterarguments.
Re:Silicon Valley’s supposed obsession with tech-free private schools ...
on Sunday March 20, 2022 @09:07PM (#30748831)
Where he speaks from intuition I speak from personal experience. Through my entire High School experience iPads and computers were more often used to play Clash Royale or Tetris in class than used for actual work.
Re:Software is no longer sold; it's adopted
on Saturday March 19, 2022 @12:26AM (#30731002)
This is probably also why both companies give out free licenses to primary and high school students (at least in Australia). It causes a positive feedback loop, where their software (e.g. photoshop) becomes the industry standard because most people have been taught to use it, and it is taught in schools because it is the industry standard.
Re:BiglyBT is a feature filled, open source, ad-free, BitTorrent client
on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:51AM (#30696015)
I think he might be trying to point out the fact that it ought to point you to your package manager, and not some dodgy shell script.
Re:BiglyBT is a feature filled, open source, ad-free, BitTorrent client
on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:23AM (#30695890)
Why would I use this over Transmission or qBittorrent?
Re:Firefox removed Yandex search option
on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:29PM (#30678605)
Can't you just manually put yandex search in? Seems like an odd place to be putting a red line.
Re:Veloren is a multiplayer voxel RPG written in Rust
on Sunday March 13, 2022 @10:07PM (#30667796)
If I put a 5 year old in front of a polygon based 3D modelling program they will have no idea what to do, and even if I teach them the tools they will have trouble. If I put a 5 year old in front of Minecraft they will eventually figure out how to build stuff. I hope this answers your question.
Re:CD sales grow for first time since 2004
on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:56PM (#30648871)
I may or may not have torrented many films available on Netflix (which I pay for) because of this issue.
Re:Russia to legalize software piracy
on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:07AM (#30587934)
Putin has a 70% approval rating in the same way Stalin had near 100%.
Re:“The NYT ruined Wordle ” – a great case study in confirmation bias
on Monday February 21, 2022 @08:13PM (#30422940)
First they came for Joe Rogan
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Joe Rogan
Then they came for Dr. Seuss
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Dr. Seuss
Then they came for Wordle
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Wordle
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Re:“The NYT ruined Wordle ” – a great case study in confirmation bias
on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:38PM (#30422733)
>Why is the small part of the population that overreacts to everything allowed to dictate what's acceptable for everyone else?
As opposed to you, who is definitely not overreacting to a word game.
Re:CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Deck
on Friday February 11, 2022 @09:43PM (#30309443)
I haven't played it, but this video gives the impression that it is much less polished in comparison to its predecessors. However it could just be nitpicking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdRLNUGmFC8
Re:Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @08:08PM (#30281182)
I would wager that some percent of them confused it for thermostat.
Re:Yuzu: Nintendo Switch Emulator
on Saturday January 22, 2022 @11:33PM (#30043650)
There is an experimental PS4 emulator that ran using QEMU, taking advantage of the fact that the PS4 is x86. Something similar could be done for M1 and ARM.
https://wololo.net/2021/09/08/release-spine-ps4-emulator-v-2...
Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward
on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:59PM (#30019361)
I've heard it improved with Windows 11. It used to be the one think I pointed to when talking about the downward trajectory of Windows.
As someone acquainted with linux gaming, the general rule of thumb is that anything without anticheat works.
Re:Wikipedia Editors Have Voted Not to Classify NFTs as Art, Sparking ...
on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:20PM (#29942288)
When we say pyramid schemes are not sales businesses, or NFTs are not art, I think we sneak value judgements into what should be objective definitions. If we were to have a definition of a sales business in the dictionary, it would not read: 'A business based around sales. Except for pyramid schemes because they are bad.'
Re:What's your take on Twitter's use of Parasitic Dark Patterns?
on Saturday January 01, 2022 @07:26PM (#29764396)
This happened to me without posting or even liking, retweeting, replying, or really interacting in any way other than following people. I know Twitter has fallen into controversy about bots often, but some calibration of sensitivity needs to be done