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Re:Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source on Thursday July 16, 2026 @01:07PM (#48937224)
That's the article author Robert Standefer, I don't think he created Comic Chat, that was David Kurlander...
Re:The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car on Monday June 15, 2026 @05:08AM (#48538590)
British influence?

I'm not sure the correlation holds up in Japan's case though

Re:Show HN: Unusual Wikipedia on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @08:32AM (#47933642)
Wikipedia has: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles

I think this is just an interface to that.

Re:Show HN: Tiao, A two-player turn-based board game on Monday April 27, 2026 @06:37AM (#47919862)
Magic Maze

Bananagrams

probably others from my shelves

Re:Why is Singapore no longer "cool"? on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:56AM (#46958009)
Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta

jb?

e: oh, Johor Bahru, interesting

Re:Fallout 4 – The Mushroom Case on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:12AM (#46923229)
Great article. Nicely didactic without being overly verbose. I wonder what an article on the same/a similar subject written today would look like, and whether I'd still be able to follow it.
Probably because they find it uncomfortable to be pressed and the net result is a less productive relationship.
Re:The QNX Operating System on Monday October 06, 2025 @04:48AM (#45489164)
My Passport was my favourite phone ever, I think if apps like WhatsApp hadn't stopped supporting it I might still be using it.
Re:Peasant Railgun on Friday July 04, 2025 @08:12AM (#44463842)
I'm going to be that that guy and say "plank length" is probably constant for a given plank. Planck length, on the other hand... :)
Re:Telephone Exchanges in the UK on Monday June 16, 2025 @08:39AM (#44288981)
My dad (who worked for BT in various positions) claims he was involved with the decision to move the exchange in our/their village from one end to the other. Coincidentally, closer to the end in which we lived, which I gather would have a non-trivial impact on our internet speed.

I think this probably coincides with the time period we got ISDN, very early, and I was amazed by the concept of _always connected_ internet. I can still vividly remember watching GoZilla download a game demo at 7kb/s, stunned and excited.

Re:English Multinyms on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @07:47AM (#43398287)
I also would have said "Sikh" and "seek" are homonyms until recently when I found out that Sikhs' preferred pronunciation is generally to sound closer to "sick" (aspirate the H if you like)
More people use their phones outside than use their desktop computers outside, though
You could have a look at Harbor: https://goharbor.io/
Re:OpenAI is shockingly good at unminifying code on Thursday August 29, 2024 @09:12AM (#41390462)
More common in the UK
Re:RuneLite – open-source RuneScape Client on Saturday June 22, 2024 @05:54AM (#40757743)
They've just released a version as it existed some time in 2005: https://www.habbo.com/community/article/34151/launching-tomo...

Like OSRS but for Habbo

Re:A Knight's Tale on Friday May 03, 2024 @06:15AM (#40246032)
Of the Cornish variety, the singular is pasty.
Re:Tai chi reduces blood pressure better than aerobic exercise on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @11:15AM (#39371637)
Isn't the expression usually "blow a gasket"? Meaning to blow a seal in a pressurised system
It's the "HiPhi Z":

> Despite having a 74 km less advertised range than the favored Tesla Model 3, The HiPhi Z bested the world’s best-selling electric sedan by a whopping 81 km (50.3 miles) in real-world winter testing.

Re: on Thursday February 01, 2024 @11:33AM (#39217766)
Specifically, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[0], not just Malta the country.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Ma...

Re:Macaroons Escalated Quickly on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @10:07AM (#39204657)
It's French for starter, even
Re:Weaveworks Seems to Be Disintegrating on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:40AM (#39143101)
The Reddit link I think you meant to post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GitOps/comments/19f4los/weaveworks_...
Re:Waterway Map on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @04:54AM (#39115543)
The "sidewalks" are towpaths - horses and/or people would walk along those to pull boats along.
Re:The Humble Brilliance of Italy's Moka Coffee Pot on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @07:25AM (#39102445)
I like to put an Aeropress filter between the coffee and the integrated metal filter above, I've found it makes the coffee much smoother.
Re:One-Pedal Driving Explained on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:47AM (#39053961)
In my experience the threshold is high enough that it only helps you distinguish between "incredibly sudden but non-emergency stop" and "full-on emergency stop"
Re:You Don't Batch Cook When You're Suicidal on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:52AM (#38630116)
Sister
Re:Thermoelectric Heating Comes in from the Cold on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @11:08AM (#38545735)
Octopus have a tariff with dynamic electricity pricing: https://octopus.energy/smart/agile/

There's a (third-party?) dashboard of the data here: https://agile.octopushome.net/dashboard

Re:Okta Says Hackers Stole Data for All Customer Support Users on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:27AM (#38471861)
Lock your computer when you go to the bathroom
Re:GM's big bet on driverless cars turns sour on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:02PM (#38351686)
How many people were involved in engineering in the Apollo program?
Re:OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:45AM (#38347934)
It's not humans going extinct

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