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Re:QGIS bans AI assisted contributions on Monday October 12, 2026 @07:40AM (#50054921)
I recommend people actually read the updated commit for the full message.
Re:Scarf has moved away from Haskell on Saturday July 11, 2026 @08:24PM (#48877138)
You all are overthinking it. Haskellers aren’t hard to find. The roles fill fast. This is about embracing an AI-slop workflow so they can get that sweet increased valuation and investment. Nothing more.

Most of the issues presented are valid, but overstated. It’s just PR for the swap.

Is that talk free as in beer or free as in speech?
Re:The Profitable Startup on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:56PM (#45787533)
If you slow grow and keep it smallish, then it’s a “lifestyle business”. That number can change but maybe $5million or less ARR. Thats enough to pay yourself and a few staff with benefits.

But like palata said above, it is a startup if hasn’t found product-market fit.

Re:Tell HN: iPadOS 26 bricked my iPad Pro on Saturday November 01, 2025 @03:53PM (#45784758)
I don’t doubt it.

Regardless, the device overheating to this extent is a serious issue regardless of what causes it. It’s on Apple to make sure they design safe hardware and responsibly release working software.

Re:Tell HN: iPadOS 26 bricked my iPad Pro on Saturday November 01, 2025 @06:28AM (#45780602)
Apple explicitly confirmed that the battery was fine.
Re:Tell HN: iPadOS 26 bricked my iPad Pro on Friday October 31, 2025 @06:36PM (#45777454)
It was the public release for me, though apparently that person in the other thread had experienced similar issues on the beta months ago.

I was never on the beta.

Tell HN: iPadOS 26 bricked my iPad Pro

iPadOS 26 bricked my 6th generation iPad Pro 12.9".About a week after the official update launched, I updated my iPad to the new ipadOS. Afterwards, my device began to get incredibly hot even at idle. The device began to charge intermittently and eventually stopped recognizing any USB C cables at all. Additionally, the battery drained to empty overnight multiple times.This device was not...

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Re:iPhones 17 and the Sugar Water Trap on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @05:44PM (#45204319)
Why does every new phone have to be a completely revolutionary game-changer? Can’t you just live your life with the people you care about? Pretty sure all modern phones are fine there.
Re:Just Fucking Use React on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:52PM (#44009202)
This style of abrasive language works best when promoting the simple thing. Like Grug brain, etc. You use simple language to show how little thought is needed to get to the good stuff.

Each of the many paragraphs here requires thought to understand. That's React for you.

Re:Don't Try to Reform Science on Tuesday March 18, 2025 @08:47AM (#43398782)
It’s called being institutionalized.

You can let it happen or resist its influence over you from the start. Maybe through reform. Maybe by doing your own thing.

Re:Sigma BF Camera on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @07:14AM (#43182967)
Sounds like you want a Fuji.

Sony and “I don’t want to have edit RAW” don’t mix. Compactness and straight to Insta is more of a Fuji workflow.

> this type of complexity tends to have a more favorable profile for economies of scale

Yeah, but what about economy of safety?

Re:New Horizons for Julia on Sunday February 02, 2025 @11:09PM (#42914868)
> I'm surprised this has no comments/interest

Julia is all well and good, but who is hiring for numerical computing roles? Lots of web and ML API plumbing. No real applied math anywhere to be found. I guess math doesn’t make money?

Re:Fractional Jobs – The Job Board for Fractional Work on Sunday December 15, 2024 @04:40PM (#42426171)
If I may paraphrase “300” with some stylistic embellishments:

- [Fractional], only 17 jobs listed. We thought your commitment would at least match our own. Indeed has 20k+ jobs.

- Indeed opportunity 1, what is your status?

- Unresponsive company.

- And opportunity 2?

- Fake role.

- And you, opportunity 3?

- Underpaying role

- Fractional roles, what is your status?

- Aoo, Aoo, Aoo.

- See, Indeed. We did bring more actual roles to the table.

(Allegedly, but 17 real roles is better than 20k fake or unresponsive ones).

Re:Idea stolen during an interview. What should I do? on Friday October 18, 2024 @06:54AM (#41878183)
Ah, the old “Count of Monte Cristo” strategy.
Re:Ditching EVs for Hybrids Is Already Paying Off for Automakers on Thursday September 05, 2024 @12:02PM (#41457880)
The clear choice.

Please explain to me how being in the wilderness camping or fishing without a charge network close by is the clear choice?

Please explain how waiting an hour to charge your vehicle or doing “micro” 20 minute top ups followed by 35 minutes of driving followed by another 30 min top up is the clear choice versus a 5 minute fill up?

Please explain how to get charging when you don’t own your own house and street parking cannot accommodate charging your car overnight?

Please explain how EV is the clear choice when you do have your own house and still cannot get a charging solution installed?

Please explain how one can get a used gas car and repair it and do maintenance for years before hitting the cost of a new EV is the clear choice?

So are EVs the clear choice for affluent, urban people with discretionary income and time to waste when traveling? Are they for people who shouldn’t travel or dislike it? Where’s the clear choice here?

This points to a widely unspoken reason why people use vim/emacs instead of VSCode, JetBrains, etc. No one can take my editor from me, upon which I stake my livelihood because of some corporate whims. Neither do I have to pay a yearly subscription or worry about an arbitrary terms of service change after I’ve incorporated the tool into my livelihood.

Yes, I am aware that VSCode is open source and that there is a fork that removes Microsoft’s telemetry every release. Even so, there is only so much trust that can be given to an organization in charge of my main tools. So too have Anaconda users been bitten.

Re:Ask HN: How did yall meet your SO? on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:18PM (#39265670)
Live in a college town and be intriguing. People are consistent. Those who want to be in a committed relationship do so early. Waiting just filters for those who don't prioritize it.