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I get most of them but why recap?
Maybe they're signalling that the post was written by a human
the person you replied to
I actually thought this was OpenAI until I read your comment
Posted by
cianmm on Monday September 07, 2026 @05:33AM
from the variety.com dept.
I've had a paid licence for it for many years but I have ended up shying away from using it because the UI is just so cumbersome. An incredibly powerful piece of software though.
What a lovely surprise to see EscapePod. One of the early early podcasts. If you search through their backlog along with the backlog of their sister podcasts, you’ll find some narrations from a much younger, less tired, me.
I miss that age of podcasting. I’m glad EscapePod is still going.
I won't be clicking on that first link because I'm on a work machine but is that _Limewire_?
Posted by
cianmm on Saturday June 20, 2026 @02:58PM
from the dirtylittlezine.com dept.
I didn't make this, but came across it and though it felt like the kind of thing HN would appreciate
As a Proton user - the main trade-off for me is that you are forced to use their apps on mobile, and those apps are pretty barebones and (on iOS at least) have none of the bells and whistles of a modern iOS app, such as Home Screen widgets.
Since I use my own domain for email, I am considering moving over to another provider once my subscription term is up. I really miss widgets.
My solar install took about 4.5 years to break even, which I understand is maybe a bit below average for where I live (Ireland).
I have spent ~3 months working on various aspects of an MCP server builder at my day job and I hadn’t considered this solution to the nightmare of getting non technical end users connected. I shall be borrowing it next week!
Posted by
cianmm on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @06:28AM
from the show-hn dept.
Posted by
cianmm on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:02AM
from the ft.com dept.
Why would a private company deciding to release a Linux version of their product signal a government's follow-through? As far as I can tell, there is no current connection between Solidworks and the French government.
Is this real or a satire? The link to GitHub 404s.
Posted by
cianmm on Sunday October 26, 2025 @03:12PM
from the futurism.com dept.
There are also firms that handle all of this for you for a % (in the region of 20%). They validate the claim and threaten ti take the airline to court if they don’t pay out.
I generally go direct to the airline these days but if I get pushback beyond what I’m willing to deal with myself, I’ll use one of those services.
The issue is getting the lenses in and out of my eyes. I simply can’t. I tried really hard for about 4 hours with a consultant and I think that I got it in successfully once, and she had to remove it for me while I held my eye open.
If they invented this for shortsightedness, which I have very slightly, I would pay a huge amount of money (in European medical cost terms) for it.
I mildly dislike wearing glasses but need them or I have a headache within an hour, I can’t overcome my blink reactions to put in contacts (after several hour long sessions with my optometrist) and my shortsightedness isn’t strong enough to convince myself to go for laser eye surgery.
Posted by
cianmm on Thursday July 24, 2025 @10:16AM
from the youtube.com dept.
I remember some blog (maybe HackADay?) suggested sanding the back to give it a brushed aluminium look and that ended up looking so cool. Those early iPods were all-time-great products.
Is Kagi getting better for places outside the USA? Last time I tried to use them (in Ireland) all of the results were US focused, while Google would realise that I'm in Ireland and prioritise Irish businesses/sources and so on. I needed to include the word "Ireland" in any search phrase like "curtain cleaners Dublin" or otherwise I'd get curtain cleaning companies in a Dublin somewhere else, with no Irish results until the 2nd page.
Also, there was significant latency in searching compared to Google.
I went through my drawers and I have a bunch of black nylon Joseph Joseph spatulas and fish slices and things [1]. ChatGPT tells me that nylon is not frequently recycled because it's tough to do so - so I'm hoping that these are safe. They also say:
> All of our food contact products comply with EU regulations which states that materials do not release their constituents into food at levels harmful to human health. [2]
and they aren't some no-name brand that wouldn't suffer from lying about that.
[1] https://www.josephjoseph.com/products/elevate-carousel-utens...
[2] https://us.josephjoseph.com/pages/faq?search=recycle
I am extremely interested in this. I’ve got a new iPhone 16 and I’d love to use it in its case with this stand.