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Re:Other Communities Like HN? on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:02PM (#34395938)
Unfortunately the invite requirement keeps the rabble like me out.
A company buying up all the dying rural hospitals is like the companies who have bought up all the dying rural newspapers. Except more assets to strip.
Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:16PM (#34361023)
Looks like it’s been longer than I realized since I last paid attention to displays. That’s wonderful that alternatives to 16:9 are rising again.
Re:H.L. Mencken Reviews the Great Gatsby (1925) on Thursday December 22, 2022 @04:34PM (#34099050)
I haven't generally found that, but at least not having to read in the mode of trying to memorize all the facts for the coming quiz is an improvement.
Re:H.L. Mencken Reviews the Great Gatsby (1925) on Thursday December 22, 2022 @04:31PM (#34099011)
I recently read A Confederacy of Dunces, and my feeling was "Yuck. These people were all awful." I looked at reviews, and some people thought the same thing, and the others were like "Ha ha ha. These people are all awful. Isn’t this fun?"

And I was left wondering whether the two groups of people have had different life experiences. Some have had bitter experience of awful people and it'll never be something to enjoy.

Re:Bestselling books have never been shorter on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:38PM (#34019135)
I hope for the death of the recipe book with a separate recipe for every sort of nut or berry or so on that you can put into a cookie or a muffin with extremely modest adjustment.