boringalterego
Re:Ask HN: What work/office purchase transformed your life?
on Thursday November 16, 2023 @09:35AM (#38290001)
Portable USB monitor for business trips. That second monitor when on the road does wonders.
Re:Tech layoffs: Google, Amazon, Snap and Zillow announce new job cuts
on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:02PM (#38227514)
Wait two years, there will be more.
Re:What we are doing today with CAR-T cell therapy against cancer seem...
on Friday November 03, 2023 @07:40PM (#38136469)
If you zoom out a bit, the doctor looks like Harrison Ford.
Re:Starlink plans to launch texting service in 2024, voice/data in 2025
on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:19PM (#38116906)
When you're very rural, news like this is wonderful. Hope it works out.
Re:Establishment of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:31PM (#38105630)
Be glad they didn't put it into DOE. It would be NRC 2.0.
Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to delay elect...
on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:06PM (#37837482)
The person in the thumbnail for the article is hitting my uncanny valley.
Re:Ask HN: Whats the modern day equivalent of 80s computer for kids to...
on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:59PM (#37732753)
Well simh was listed a couple days ago on HN.
That and virtualization will get you just about all the old software experiences that you could want.
As for hardware . Visit a regional vintage computing festival.
There will be people very enthusiastic about what they have got working from that era.
Re:SIMH – Old Computer Emulator
on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:56AM (#37714599)
Same, got it emulating an old tape recovery image of a vax 3100 m76.
Re:Misinformation Should be Refuted, not Censored
on Monday September 25, 2023 @06:16PM (#37651465)
When I don't know something, posting what I know is wrong is usually the quickest way of getting someone to post the correct answer.
Re:Ask HN: What's the biggest red flag you've encountered during a hir...
on Monday August 21, 2023 @05:27PM (#37215597)
"Hi autistic, I'm dad. "
I've had that answer before... That was a fun but volatile place to work for a summer internship.
Re:Low dose radiation cancer 2x worse than predicted by LNT model
on Friday August 18, 2023 @01:24PM (#37179017)
Same with the commercial nuclear industry. They don't like you taking them off site most of the time.