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Re:Shapecatcher – Find Unicode characters by drawing on Saturday January 18, 2025 @04:10PM (#42751455)
well does also not work for most of the ones I tried without those. Do you get “pi” to work?
Re:Shapecatcher – Find Unicode characters by drawing on Saturday January 18, 2025 @04:09PM (#42751449)
try the pi π - does also not work. Far off tbh
Re:Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds on Friday November 22, 2024 @04:13AM (#42212312)
Thank you very much, may your sleeves stay dry forever when you wash your hands.
Re:Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds on Friday November 22, 2024 @04:03AM (#42212250)
Surprised by HN again. 1st Place „Story“, wanted to read because no headphones with me, ending up reading a podcast transcript, and TL,DR out.
Re:Amazon Aurora Serverless V2 scale to 0 on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @06:48PM (#42199405)
There are some scenarios when an Aurora Serverless v2 instance doesn’t automatically pause:

> If user-initiated connections are open, the instance doesn’t automatically pause

thanks
Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat on Sunday November 03, 2024 @04:58PM (#42036406)
Ah damn! After joining a Family - it crashes
Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat on Sunday November 03, 2024 @04:51PM (#42036364)
Nice! Solving this problem with technology. Looks amazing. Well done!
Re:Ask HN: Do canceled products look bad on your resume? on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @08:53AM (#41720063)
When I was still a hiring manager, this was not a negative point for me. If the applicant was committed to the product, was innovative despite a difficult situation and was able to learn from it, the candidate might be a better candidate overall. I would take the candidate over someone without a dead product with same qualifications.