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I remember playing Quake live back in 2010-2011 in the browser, was just as good as Quake 3 Arena. If it still exists then you should try it :)
Re:Show HN: Hacker Atlas - A map of what Hacker News talks about on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:29AM (#49854410)
Can you add some statistics about comment lengths averages over time. I swear comments are substantially longer on average today than they were even just 1 year ago, but I might be seeing things. It's easy to assume why this is if it really is the case.
Re:Google's Open Agentic Orchestrator on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:31AM (#49784638)
Axolotl
How does S compare to F if F is the bottom-of-the-barrel worst?

Or does it just stand for slop? Your link doesn’t mention it anywhere

Re: on Saturday August 01, 2026 @05:07AM (#49132596)
Where is the opinion or analysis ? Reposting of a chart and two pelicans. Such wow
Am I misunderstanding something, or isn’t this a non-issue, as people shared those links publicly for google to find them?
Re:Stolen Buttons on Saturday July 25, 2026 @11:47AM (#49048598)
It would be interesting if it was possible to sort them by similarity, width, height, shape, color, etc.
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Link doesn’t work for me:

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Re:Can you stop beans from making you gassy? on Saturday April 25, 2026 @06:43PM (#47905318)
Hmm, I’ve been intolerant my whole life, but I also used to drink milk daily during childhood, resulting in, for reasons I now know why, in a subpar youth ..

having discovered the lactase supplement has finally given me some peace of mind :)

Re:Can you stop beans from making you gassy? on Saturday April 25, 2026 @06:20PM (#47905155)
That seems like a very shitty cure..

But on a more serious note, does that actually work, even if just a bit?

Re:Behind-the-Scenes of MacBook Neo Introduction Video on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:55AM (#47901124)
What’s with all the bot comments?
I wonder if a top player with access to a robot like this can get an extra edge in training?
Wow. I’m curious as to why so much spam.
Re:AI chatbots could be making you stupider on Monday April 20, 2026 @02:12PM (#47838337)
The Merriam-Webster dictionary claims 'stupider' is a perfectly valid word
Re:Backblaze has stopped backing up your data on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @06:45AM (#47763864)
So that’s why Reader mode sometimes shows up directly when I click on the icon, I must be long clicking it by accident.
I might be wrong but I managed to get it to give me this “system prompt”. I got it to say the same exact thing using various input so perhaps it is correct.

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Re:Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2 on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:27AM (#47244676)
I too have this one. It is a great monitor, but mine has some coil whine unfortunately. And the coil whine is more noticeable when running the monitor at 120Hz. Before getting the U40 I tried 2x U2725QE but both had coil whine that was absolutely unbearable. Either I’ve been very unlucky or the 25 series monitors just all suffer from the same issue.
Re:Show HN: Boing on Sunday November 30, 2025 @05:22AM (#46095475)
I spent thousands of hours on that game.. just too good :)
Re: on Sunday October 12, 2025 @05:35PM (#45562139)
For those unaware, iOS includes a limited selection of such sounds. You cant mix or anything, but it might be good enough, at least it is for me. Search for Background Sounds in settings.
Re:Reasons to Not Parse Localized Strings on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @04:15PM (#43107783)
You can in excel: https://superuser.com/a/407085

Also, I believe you can change the default separator in Settings somewhere.

Re:Nullboard: Kanban board in a single HTML file on Thursday December 19, 2024 @01:34PM (#42464391)
Just wanted to say that I really like the style/design of your change log timeline. :)
Do you have any suggestions or experience with such devices? I’m using a DP with USB to host only, connected to a computer/DAW. Ideally I would like to be able to continue to have it connected to the DAW, but also connected to the Jamcorder for seamless recording :)
Do you know if there is any (noticeable) added latency when doing passthrough?
Do you ship to Europe?
Re:The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (2016) on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @08:28AM (#41787157)
I’m right handed but I often use my left hand and left ear, or sometimes even my right hand and left ear
Re: on Sunday August 25, 2024 @05:58PM (#41351838)
When pricing pages use keywords like “popular” for one of the options, is it just pure marketing tactics or is there any truth behind it?
Re:Windows 11 tweaks and usability improvements on Thursday August 22, 2024 @06:49AM (#41318769)
How many of these tweeks can be done without editing the Registry? And if they are all registry modifications can’t you just backup the registry before applying the changes?
Re:Fuzzify: A tiny library for fuzzy search on Friday July 26, 2024 @10:08AM (#41078781)
Regarding the name, doesn’t it implify fuzzification of data?

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