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Re:America.gov – Whatever you need from government, start here on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @06:06PM (#49901397)
I think the idea is great and hopefully the implementation can keep up
Norm Macdonald: I remember the good old days when tweeting meant ...
Re:iPhone Duo on Thursday September 10, 2026 @11:44AM (#49645710)
I had the Samsung Flip 6 and I liked it a bit in the beginning but quickly tired of having to flip it open and so I'm back to the soap bar- but otherwise this looks cool
Re:Latest Airbus Single Aisle Aircraft Innovations on Friday July 24, 2026 @05:32PM (#49041839)
good luck getting most people into a pilotless aircraft as well- there is at least an incentive for the pilots to stay alive
Re:Grok 4.5 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @09:57PM (#48839997)
nice try fbi
Re:Grok 4.5 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @08:33PM (#48839402)
Claude literally today just reprimanded me on my personal account and refused a request due to political bias- and so I decided to cancel and subscribe to Grok. SuperGrok performed the task no issue.
Re:Almighty Lisp: Lisp and Emacs Essentials Book on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:56PM (#47620062)
very nice though I am old fashioned and would like a hard copy option
Re:Apple Introduces MacBook Neo on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @11:01AM (#47249438)
that's a wild price point for a mac, impressive
I'm tempted not to use it to control everything, but install it on my mac and give it access to keyboard maestro macros and that's it
Re:The Last Drops of Mexico City on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:12PM (#43425947)
Been in Mexico almost 7 years- it's common knowledge, you don't drink the tap water, ever. The destitute who can't afford bottled water might be the exception.
Re:Game Boy Advance Architecture – A Practical Analysis on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:25PM (#43356478)
adjacent perhaps but I am looking forward to this book https://nostarch.com/game-boy-coding-adventure
cocaine shark was the obvious sequel
No. The parents are responsible for their children, not tech firms or anyone else.
I don't use it but it's one of the few projects I have followed the change log fairly religiously for many years (others being Slackware and MAME which I also rarely use)
Re:Meta outage on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @11:41AM (#39605924)
Google was acting up for me as well, so that could be
flying is not safer than driving- unless you drive 500 miles with 150 other people every time you get in the car- statistics are massaged, and I think risk of accident per journey is better (and is higher in flying)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18439872

If I was 104 I would have just made the dive without a chute and gone out that way
I was on a plane during an aborted landing over the weekend, I think the 2nd/3rd I've experienced. I always assume death will occur shortly after but it hasn't yet.
Re:Eggspensive on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @12:56PM (#34899742)
I'll have you know in Mexico my eggs are still $1.50 or less a dozen
Re:Lean pork has 34 % less cholesterol than skinless chicken on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:40AM (#34520489)
Was about to say- dietary cholesterol doesn't matter! Eat those eggs folks
Come on Telegram uncensored!
Re:Edward Snowden gets Russian passport on Friday December 02, 2022 @02:54PM (#33835931)
His traitorous nature made official
I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole so good riddance
I don't have any problem with giving monkeys a job, but it does appear they were abused in this case
Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:33PM (#33536709)
I use obsidian because apple notes lost all my notes amazingly when syncing between two computers and my phone- and my hope is that the markdown file method that obsidian uses in iCloud will be more resilient.

That said I'd rather have something that versions my notes files

Re:Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.? on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:19PM (#33439477)
I was going to guess without reading the article that it has to do with Drs etc arriving at work at 8am and mothers waiting until they arrive to have the baby extracted- seems about right
hopefully
Re:George Hotz is leaving Comma.ai on Monday October 31, 2022 @11:37AM (#33407325)
I must say props for the BAP reference
the based Riddley Walker

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