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> I wonder why video games don't seem to be more popular as post-retirement hobbies.

I think it's a generational thing. Video games were fully entrenched as part of culture starting late gen x/early millennial. I expect to see elder gaming being a thing in the years to come.

Re:How Protein Took over the World on Saturday October 10, 2026 @12:46PM (#50034659)
My LDL numbers beg to differ.
Re:GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @02:16PM (#49897952)
hopefully the answer doesn't include an increase in cost/decrease in usage.
> clothes keep growing in width with larger sizes, but rarely grow in length

Humans have this same problem, which I suspect is the root cause.

Re:iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:56AM (#49707891)
Even further back. iOS 27 supports iPhone 11 (released 7 years ago, btw).

Source: https://www.apple.com/os/ios/ near the bottom of the page.

Re:iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:33AM (#49707740)
Kind of like a vechical's model year.
I would love to know how they are going to handle deepfakes.

Also, doesn't this give law enforcement an easier avenue to compel access to someone's accounts?

Re:Resetting Xbox on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @08:32AM (#48816822)
Would you accept 3% return on your money, especially if the investment was risky?
Re:Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development on Monday June 29, 2026 @09:55PM (#48727690)
And your government can’t take it away on a Friday afternoon.
Interesting. I wonder if there is opportunity to train a set of small model variants to excel at a certain stacks. Eg Qwen3.6-27B for Node + React or Qwen3.6-27B for Rust + TUI
Re:Openrouter Fusion API on Monday June 15, 2026 @10:25AM (#48541770)
prompting "no mistakes" was load-bearing
Re:If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @07:48PM (#48469377)
And if they do, their lawyers will use Claude to construct their legal case… which Claude silently nerfs as well.
Re:Go: Support for Generic Methods on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:56AM (#48295333)
"properly designed" - ah yes, programming languages are famous for universally agreed upon design philosophies.
Brb vibe coding a replacement /s
Re:GPT-5.5 Price Increase: What It Costs on Friday May 08, 2026 @12:29PM (#48065363)
Sure, but it did better on the test, which matches OpenAI's claim. More bang for more buck.

Interestingly, using your tests as a comparison, 5.5 low beats 5.4 medium at a 82% of the cost.[0]

[0]: https://aibenchy.com/compare/openai-gpt-5-4-medium/openai-gp...

Re:DeepSeek V4 Pro at 75% off until 31 May on Wednesday May 06, 2026 @08:46PM (#48044016)
I’m only seeing 3x the cost of DeepSeek for other providers on Open Router. Is there a better place to look?
Get comfortable with Deepseek's privacy policy for using this for anything serious.

"To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. Including by monitoring interactions and usage across your devices, analyzing how people are using it, and training and improving our technology."

https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-pol...

Re:Googleworkspace/CLI on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:22PM (#47256685)
Basically Google’s take on GAM https://github.com/GAM-team/GAM
Re:Gemini 3 Pro Model Card on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @01:43PM (#45970264)
It that true?

> For Claude Sonnet 4.5, and GPT-5.1 we default to reporting high reasoning results, but when reported results are not available we use best available reasoning results.

https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/gemini/gemini_...

Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:24AM (#45748052)
tldr ignorance is bliss

No shade! I have found the exact same thing.

That used to be the case. You can still get free email hosting, but POP/IMAP needs a paid plan.
Re:All-New Next Gen of UniFi Storage on Saturday October 11, 2025 @04:53PM (#45552607)
Agreed 100%. Perfect prosumer / small business setup.
Re:We'd be Better Off with 9-bit Bytes on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @05:36PM (#44818140)
No! No, no, not 10! He said 9. Nobody's comin' up with 10. Who processing with 10 bits? What’s the extra bit for? You’re just wastin’ electrons.
Re:Rotring 600 Ballpoint Pen on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @01:16PM (#44725949)
Ive had good luck with ‘Monteverde Capless Gel Ballpoint’ refills for my Rotring 600s.
Re:Different Clocks on Monday July 28, 2025 @06:13PM (#44716379)
Placed my cursor at the top of the hour peak on the 'Peaks' clock. Few moments later, it shifted slightly to the left. Had a bit of existential dread as I saw time slipping away.

Nice clocks though.

This would have been perfect fodder for Stump the Experts... c'est la vie.
Re:Ask HN: Is it time for dark mode yet? on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:59PM (#43959234)
just searched to see if there was any changes with dark mode. This week marks the 5th year anniversary of this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23199062
Re:A story about restoring and upgrading a Commodore Amiga 1000 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:43PM (#42868368)
Thank you for sharing! A year or two after you got your 1000, my dad bought the family an Amiga 500. It began my love of computing, gave me a scrappy hacker mind set (owning an Amiga in the US a rarity), and ultimately sowed the seeds of my career.
FWIW, the vast majority of sales people I’ve spoken to over the past 5 years have been WFH/WFCS (work from coffee shop).

Certainly for bigger deals they come onsite for the final stages of the sales process, but most interaction is handled remotely and they aren't in an office.

Re:Itch.io Taken Down by Funko on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @10:40AM (#42377859)
That's annoying. For some use cases, not a big deal. But I have used the AWS Route 53 'alias' functionality on a number of occasions and that requires the use of Route 53 nameservers.

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