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Re:Carl's Required Reading on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:56AM (#49219475)
cool list. might check these books out later
Re:1,700 free online courses from top universities on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:50AM (#48640871)
i remember finding this site awhile ago. they also have a list of cool podcasts to listen to
Re:Cyberdecks, going analog, and convivial technology on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:48AM (#48640851)
i've seen many people get into cyberdecks. stuff like this gets people feet wet for stem professions like engineering and programming.
Re:RPG in a Box on Thursday May 15, 2025 @05:48AM (#43993390)
i bought this software on steam awhile ago. i had fun messing around with it
Re:It's School time! Adventures in hacking an old kindle on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:25AM (#43843672)
cool read. its always good to breath life into an old device with hacking and modding
Re:Linux in Excel on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:18AM (#43843610)
linux and the hit game doom are the things hackers always put on something first. any eletronic
Re:I Use Zip Bombs to Protect My Server on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:16AM (#43843589)
this was a cool read.very interesting stuff.
this is a good article. very interesting stuff
i like steam and gog the best. also i like itch, gamejolt and glorious trainwrecks. i really like finding indie game sites to see what's there
sad vodka hours
i used omegle. it was ok but you did get a few perverts here and there. same thing with chat roulette
Re:How I got here (Preston Thorpe, incarcerated developer) on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:20PM (#38237260)
this was a cool read. i hope you get out soon and be a software dev somewhere
Re:Debunking the Myth of "Anonymous" Data on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:50PM (#38237124)
data is never anonymous. if you get enough of it you can correlate who is who and turn it into information on the user.
this is sad. i wish we had better data privacy
Re: on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:31PM (#38107829)
just wanted to share this cool youtube video about microsoft windows.
Re:My Rude-Ass Car on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:00PM (#38107589)
i don't think cars should have any business connecting to the internet. if i ever get a car i want it to be simple
magicavoxel is a pretty cool tool. i use it to make 3d art for fun and make models that i import to blender for video game dev
i've seen lonely kids use it to cope with being lonely
Re:YouTube Begins Blocking Users Who Use Adblock on Friday October 27, 2023 @05:53PM (#38044508)
i use ublock and i got a popup on youtube telling me turn off adblock. i refuse to do so because i hate seeing ads and popups everywhere on the page of the youtube video. i use adblock software because it makes youtube easier to navigate and it looks cleaner
Re:Automatic fraud detection is making my life hell on Friday October 27, 2023 @05:42PM (#38044383)
that sucks man i know your pain. i hate having to jump though hoops just to do transactions online. i understand the things they do is to prevent fraud but treating everybody as a potential criminal is mildly disrespectful
i have an old ipod touch that i use sometimes. also i remember this blog i saw on neocities of a kid that liked collecting old ipods.
Re:WebSDR – internet connected Software-Defined Radios on Thursday October 26, 2023 @11:44PM (#38034457)
this is pretty neat. i remember some old guy on youtube showing cool things you could do with a cheap sdr dongle. and i remember some guy using gnu radio to hack into a car
my guess is that many programmers like git because of the free/libre folk. i personally like git because it has an easy to understand gui interface that many people understand if you are not tech savy. my fav gui interface is github desktop that i use to talk to my github account and make commits to my personal website. i wish the other git repository hosting sites like gitlab and codeberg had an easy to use gui. maybe somebody will make one
Re:Poll: What are the gender demographics of HN? on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:30PM (#38033354)
most people in tech are men. but i do know a lot of transgender people that are in stem-related fields. i talked to many of them and they are pretty chill. also, i like following their open-source projects that i find useful.
Re:Roombas at the End of the World on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:18PM (#38033289)
i remember some guy bought a bunch of roombas and programmed them to play pacman. it was pretty neat
Re:Ask HN: Weird garbled text message, what's the meaning? on Thursday October 26, 2023 @09:16AM (#38025102)
this reminds me of when i would get random text messages in Spanish of a mother talking about picking up her kid from soccer practice.
i mostly use crypto to pay for online services like a vpn and stuff. i never really treated it like a stock market stock like most people do. and the nft thing was kinda dumb. i like crypto because it's a little more private than a bank account
Re:Ask HN: VPS Server Provider Suggestion on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:51AM (#38024827)
i use linode. but they a little pricey though
Re:Ask HN: Why are Ubuntu images so big? on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:31AM (#38024664)
my guess is they try to put everything in so the user doesn't have to. but personally i like to setup my linux based distros how i like it.
always loved mario.glad everyone is enjoying the new wonder game

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