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Re:There Are No Instances in ATProto
on Friday June 19, 2026 @08:31PM (#48605004)
This reminds me of the early arguments about RSS.
Re:A History of IDEs at Google
on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @08:29PM (#48129576)
xoogler from 2005 to 2018. People in developer tools always wanted a mandate to use their tools when their tools didn't gain enough users.
Re:Filesystems Are Having a Moment
on Saturday March 07, 2026 @12:45PM (#47289756)
Except android and iOS are both trying to keep you away from your own files.
Re:A simple web we own
on Monday February 23, 2026 @12:44PM (#47125755)
I like how it's not mobile friendly.
Re:Oat – Ultra-lightweight, semantic, zero-dependency HTML UI componen...
on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @12:17AM (#47043956)
bootstrap has not depended on jquery for a long time now.
Re:MTOTP: Wouldn't it be nice if you were the 2FA device?
on Monday January 19, 2026 @10:22PM (#46687561)
No. I'm comfortable remembering passwords.
Re:16 Best Practices for Reducing Dependabot Noise
on Saturday January 17, 2026 @10:06PM (#46664478)
try reducing dependencies.
Re:HTML as an Accessible Format for Papers
on Sunday December 07, 2025 @02:15PM (#46184213)
I would like to write code for latexml to translate a package but I found the documentation to be hard to understand. That might be what is holding developers back. I looked at this a year ago and gave up.
Re:FAA to cut flights by 10% at 40 major airports due to government sh...
on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @10:10PM (#45830935)
No doubt flights between blue cities.
Re:Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
on Sunday September 28, 2025 @11:19PM (#45410056)
you can't install for Firefox on Android unless you use a Google account for the play store.
Re:How the US Built 5k Ships in WWII
on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @11:37PM (#43922858)
I highly recommend the Rosie-the-riveter museum at the old Richmond shipyard. What happened there is amazing to this day.
Re:Sneakers (1992) – 4K Restoration
on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @05:18PM (#43909767)
They spelled Len's name wrong in the credits. :/
Re:Try Switching to Kagi
on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:15PM (#43840907)
Nah. I don't do subscriptions for much of anything. I just do fewer searches now that I know google is so heavily slanted toward commercially relevant queries.
Kagi seems like an obvious acquisition target. They will never raise enough paying subscribers.
Re:Perplexity CEO says browser will track everything users do online t...
on Thursday April 24, 2025 @10:59PM (#43789724)
Everyone in adtech gets a boner when they think people want more personalized ads. News flash: people hate them.
Re:Google reveals sky-high Gemini usage numbers in antitrust case
on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @03:33PM (#43775835)
Opting people into their sludge generates high engagement numbers. Or is it enragement?
Re:OpenSMTPD and Maildrop working in concert
on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @11:10PM (#43478498)
Note: that article does not contain the word "forward".
Re:Do you want to be doing this when you're 50?
on Saturday February 22, 2025 @05:15PM (#43143826)
I'm almost 71 and I still write code every day. The only difference is that I haven't done it for an employer in seven years.
Re:Show HN: Hacker News frontpage as a print newspaper that you can pe...
on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @11:39AM (#42064923)
For those who prefer scrolling to reading I guess.
Re:Y Combinator, AI startups oppose California AI safety bill
on Monday June 24, 2024 @04:44PM (#40780526)
AI is getting harder to build a tech business in because people are starting to see through the hype.
Re:Ask HN: Can we please get dark mode?
on Monday May 13, 2024 @11:10PM (#40351305)
Does Firefox send a header to request this?
Re:In Response to Google
on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:24PM (#40165344)
Context: a response to a hit piece on Prabhakar Raghavan that needs corroboration from people inside before anyone should believe it.
Re:The man who killed Google Search
on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @11:26PM (#40140191)
I know Prabhakar. He was my manager at Google Research and he tried to recruit me to Yahoo in 2005, but I went to Google instead. This article stinks of hatred and misunderstanding about how Google works. It's possible that Prabhakar bears some responsibility for the decline of search experience, but it sounds over the top to assign all blame to him as a manager.
Re:The truth is paywalled but the lies are free (2020)
on Monday April 15, 2024 @01:24PM (#40043286)
foxnews.com is not paywalled, but mostly spews crap to the uneducated. By contrast, nytimes is paywalled. I'm sure that limits the effectiveness of legitimate news organizations.
Re:What is the most useful project you have worked on?
on Saturday April 06, 2024 @04:29PM (#39955228)
Google search
Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to afford pric...
on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:37PM (#39748983)
I have a letter from Knuth as well as a letter from Erdos. I've been hanging onto these.
Re:Delivering Copilot for Everyone
on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @01:45PM (#39292493)
As far as I can tell, all copilot does is to regurgitate web results it has found, often out of context.
Re:AT&T applies to end obligation to service landlines in California
on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:02AM (#39238678)
My wife keeps a land line because of superior voice quality for calls to her family. I find it handy because I can give a number to businesses when they demand one. We never answer that phone (it has been silenced from ringing). AT&T has no broadband service in my area - they offer only DSL and I live in a fairly rich area of silicon valley. The problem is that my utilities were put underground when the house was built in the 70s, so it's too expensive to upgrade the utilities.
Re:The case to legalize single-stair multifamily housing
on Friday January 19, 2024 @12:11AM (#39051791)
The case for burning up in a fire.
Re:How to Build a Small Solar Power System
on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:42AM (#38790740)
I've been wanting to build a solar powered above-ground pump for a waterfall into my pool. The pump will not be submerged, so I'd like to use a well pump.
Re:GM's CarPlay replacement software is off to a disastrous start
on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @11:40PM (#38717074)
it's odd that you say that without having seen the competitor. This is evidence of belonging to a cult or being afraid of better things. Of course it's possible that the new one is shit, but I think I'll make my own mind up.