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Re:Anthropic S-1
on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:23AM (#50244237)
Also, most people don't want to build software. They just don't care. There'll be tinkerers like with anything, and I'm sure some people will create solutions to their niche problems with (as you say) 'whatever free thing MS bundles in Windows'. But like the programming trope - they'll build the 'ultimate' todo list and feel like it's an amazing achievement, but be back to pen and paper/notepad/todoist within 6 months.
Re:Show HN: Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard
on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @03:55PM (#50077701)
This is absolutely amazing. Well done.
Re:Gemini 4 Argon
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @05:54PM (#49914992)
Wonder if this one will be smart enough to run the automations in my Google Home that all broke now they've forced Gemini to replace the Google Assistant.
Re:Gemini Replaces Google Assistant on Android
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @03:41PM (#49913322)
Spent most of the day trying to figure out why my phone can no longer control my Google Home - no automations, no routines, "Hey Google" doesn't work anymore. Turns out Google just binned the Assistant and forced Gemini.
Except Gemini doesn't work. Can't do automations. Won't respond to voice activation. Even if I button push it and ask it to run the automations, it just searches the web and explains how to set up new ones.
Absolutely infuriating - breaking a product that's worked for years for 'AI'.
I think Gemini's own response to me explains it best:
"It comes down to a fundamental difference in how the two systems were built, and Google rushing the transition before the new platform was actually feature-complete.
It really is an absolute mess, and you shouldn't have to jump through technical hoops just to fix basic phone functions that worked fine yesterday."
Re:Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout
on Monday September 14, 2026 @07:51AM (#49695291)
Allbirds were just dreadfully uncool. Basically shoes manufactured for tech bros?
Even with another 5 years, I'm not sure they would have taken the market Hoka and On did.
We're living through an explainer epidemic
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Trump Crypto Took $100M from a Businessman with Red Flags
Re:Trump Crypto Took $100M from a Businessman with Red Flags
on Monday August 10, 2026 @06:35PM (#49250830)
Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick
on Thursday July 30, 2026 @04:18PM (#49115211)
I think that's a default for a lot of the older (and some of the younger!) generation, same goes for news and media. They grew up in a time where there was a practical barrier to publishing and (largely) laws behind you doing it.
So they trust literally everything they read. I still don't think my folks can fathom you can spin up a very real looking newspaper website with fake articles in about 10 minutes.
Re:Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport
on Sunday July 26, 2026 @06:34PM (#49063114)
Yes. I read the article. You leave your car in a close and available garage so you don't have to search for a space. The robot takes your car and finds you a parking space to leave it.
What about my comment was wrong? At some point my dad gets to park his car in a garage close to the airport, a robot deals with it. At that point what does it matter if the space is 30 seconds from the garage or 5 miles?
Re:Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport
on Sunday July 26, 2026 @02:04PM (#49060654)
I think this is solving the 'airport parking' problem my dad has. He drives to the airport, parks a mile or so away in some field and the company that owns the field drops him off at the terminal. He can leave his car there for the week.
This feels like a clever solution to have some spaces closer to the airport and many spaces further away.
Re:CD Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026
on Friday July 17, 2026 @04:46AM (#48944816)
One of my absolute favourite things as an impressionable teen getting into music was reading through the liner notes in the CD booklets.
You'd read the lyrics, see some pictures, and best you'd scour through the thank you section and those would be the bands you'd look for next time you were in the record shop. Great times.
Re:America pays workers just 27% of what its wealth allows – the worst...
on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @06:24AM (#48918657)
UK: A dentist will see you for an emergency appointment pretty quickly. I can usually get a routine appointment within a few weeks, but if it's a routine check-up I don't mind scheduling it for a few weeks/a month out. If I'm going private I can usually get a routine appointment same week.
For more urgent enquiries with an NHS doctor I can usually get a phonecall next day, and they'll ask me to come in if it's serious. For routine/non-urgent stuff you might wait a week or two.
Obviously this is going to vary depending on where you live, and the NHS is not without it's problems... But it's essentially free and a wonderful thing.
Elon Musk is currently worth more than the next 5 richest people combined
Re:Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?
on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @05:07AM (#48458569)
Go to a lot of smaller shows, been using DICE for a long time - I think they dominate the smaller venues (in the UK at least). They've made tickets as easy as Amazon made ecom.
Alerts when for when tickets go on sale, (almost one click!) buy for friends and share, bans if you sell over face value, and (for a lot of places) you can return tickets to the pool to resell if you can't go (so there's often last minute waitlist tickets). It's all super smooth and a genuinely delightful experience.
Rooting for them too!
Pornhub to become accessible again for some UK users
Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym
on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:39AM (#48019246)
Maybe just me, but two things -
1. You don't care about X until you do. Like, you can go for years without worrying cholesterol. And then you can have a reason to care about it and all of a sudden you do. The reason can come from something that forces your hand or just because you take an interest in a subject.
2. Altruism. Think less about care and more just doing without expecting anything back. People notice, especially with selfless conversation.
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A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
Re:A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War
on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @06:17AM (#47500602)
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