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Re:Patrick Stewart has died on Thursday October 29, 2026 @06:10PM (#50296903)
> The benevolent dictator always makes the right decisions. He's surrounded by his loyal band of perfect lieutenants, who apparently have zero desire to advance, and have no flaws at all.

That's why Orville is my favorite of the newer ST series. It has the high moral standards of the original series, but with characters who are far from perfect, who make mistakes, and who are sometimes even a little weird.

Re:Ghostty 1.4.0 on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @04:59PM (#50280812)
Pretty cool!
Re:Ghostty 1.4.0 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @01:45PM (#50262927)
Any source/screenshots?
Yeah, no wonder.

I realized its much faster to do the "google thing" just with chatgpt. Its filters all the sh!t for you. Searching the net frustrates me most of the times this days. Search engines are software for an older generation of the www.

The script is working like charm. I updated the packages so it has more access to tooling (ffmpeg, rmagick etc)
I used codex the first time yesterday and quickly decided I need to sandbox it and came up with a pretty easy and straightforward solution (I think).

I use nixos and use a little wrapper that wraps Codex CLI in Docker. Run codex-box /path/to/project and it starts or reuses a container with only that project bind-mounted, keeping login and history in a separate volume. It uses tmux for detaching and reattaching

https://gist.github.com/entropie/8f30b9e33e9412fda3adf2f7507...

Re:2D Vehicles on Saturday October 10, 2026 @08:33PM (#50038543)
Its more like focusing on more than one thing (little momentum) while also figuring out how to steer. It doesn't have to be overly realistic.
Re:2D Vehicles on Saturday October 10, 2026 @06:11PM (#50037715)
Can you please add a "parking simulator" mode? Iam not joking, my SO wants a simple way to train parking and I think that could work very well. Or maybe just let one draw obstacles.
Re:Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal on Saturday October 10, 2026 @04:51PM (#50037049)
It runs since like 30 minutes in fullscreen in ghostty on my 4k display and I love it.
Re:Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal on Saturday October 10, 2026 @03:35PM (#50036356)
> I wonder what is the value of such vibe coded programs.

It took weeks for me to code programs with no real value.

I think it's great that anyone with enough ambition can create software now.

Edit: I forked it and added a flake.nix just to see it in action and its awesome.

Proton VPN. They inverst very much in youtube sponsoring and every other twitch streamer is partnering as well.
Yes.

I think this is a good rule of thumb: "If a company invests so much money in advertising over the long term and promotes its products so aggressively, the product must be subpar."

Re:Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts? on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @05:45PM (#49984574)
Same and double checked and noticed I wasn't logged in so i logged in and I see still 30.
Re:Google no longer provides direct URLs in search results on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:03AM (#49668664)
Yeah, its way faster.

Its not because chatgpt is so superior. Its just because google search is dogshit.

They work on killing the web as we knew it and I fear its kinda working.

Re:Google launches Pixel 11 Pro Fold on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:05PM (#49275539)
> The RGB leds were one of my favorite features of early Android phones. I

Right man. I had forgotten that my nexus 7 had this kind of LED and I really liked it and missed it later.

They said that putting your phone away and reading a book before going to sleep improves the quality of your sleep. That's just not true.
Which is total unrelated and therefore i dont know what you want to commit to the discussion.
Re:Hacker Public Radio on Thursday July 30, 2026 @04:16PM (#49115196)
Yeah soma.fm is very good. I hear it for like 20 years now on off.
Re:Hacker Public Radio on Thursday July 30, 2026 @12:22PM (#49112187)
I really hoped for a radio station with nice music.
Good stuff.

Maybe you can make a playback speed option for the simulation/play button? I fail to follow up.

Re:LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @11:58PM (#49001697)
They might hardcode DNS. It's not certain that this will work.
Re:Texas Police Spent $4.5M on Four Chevy Tahoes on Sunday July 19, 2026 @02:19PM (#48970467)
> Most criminals are dumb

You mean most criminals who get caught?

Re:Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:16PM (#48910046)
> I actually read the first book and it was so poorly written it made me wonder if I should continue

In his defense, that was early in his career, and in one of the countless afterwords or prefaces, he also mentions that he has, of course, evolved since then.

"The Gunslinger" is really a bit borderline. The next one, "The Drawing of the Three" is much more complex and better written. You could also read the last book first ("The Wind Through the Keyhole"); it’s separate from the main story and set somewhere in between, but it’s the final book.

> Cormac McCarthy

No country for old men? Its probably in my top 5 of all the books (and movies) that I read. A masterpiece.

Edit: i realized i mixed the names up. Its not black, its "The Gunslinger". Its translated as black in the german series and confused me.

Re:Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @12:48PM (#48909621)
Really cool!

> The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

I did not refresh to check if you already have that, but I really find it very strong. Its from Kings "Dark Tower - Black" (edit: its "The Gunslinger", not Black. its named "Schwarz" in the german translations) the first of 8 books in the series.

If you dont know it; its not like the usual King books. It mixes fantasy elements (inspired by LoTR), western, scfi (robots, AI-trains) cyberpunk and horror. Its a great series!

Re:Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @10:58AM (#48832842)
Patch could be applied via pants.
I used brave a bit and really liked it.

But its obvious that these guys are semi shady and they will show sooner or later. I liked chrome derviates and used them over a decade. I got tired of feeling forced to switch after vivaldi/brave so I went the firefox way last year.

The circle is completed.

Re:Shepherd's Dog: A Game by the Most Dangerous AI Model on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:07PM (#48521965)
> My Belgian Tervuren and I have a basic herding title and about 4 years of herding experience.

Do you happen to have any videos of a Tervuren doing actual herding work or competing in herding trials?

I was apparently under the wrong impression that Tervurens are no longer bred for herding. My girlfriend just told me that there are still dedicated herding lines, but when I started looking into it, I could hardly find any footage. Compared to the thousands of videos of Border Collies working stock, there seems to be very little material available.

I'd also be interested to hear more about what your dogs are like. Are they from a specialized herding line?

Do you see them as being closer to the typical working Malinois - very intense, high-drive dogs with a strong prey focus - or more like a blend of the classic German Shepherd and Border Collie traits?

The latter type, at least in my experience, can make excellent everyday companions as long as their owners know what they're doing and provide enough mental and physical stimulation.

The reason I'm asking is that I've been considering getting another Malinois. I used to own a fourth-hand Belgian Shepherd who eventually turned into a reasonably good everyday companion, but it was a long and sometimes difficult road. There were also certain situations where he could never really be trusted.

He also had a habit of finishing arguments that my Pointer started in a very Malinois-like fashion, while my Pointer was generally too stupid(and proud) to learn anything from that experience.

Feel free to write a wall of text if you feel like it.

Re:The intracies of modern camera lens repair (2024) on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:11PM (#48426368)
Ok, that makes actually sense.
Re:DaVinci Resolve 21 on Friday June 05, 2026 @10:12PM (#48420731)
Yes, it sucks at the beginning. But eventually it clicks. It did for me.

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