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Re:Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or... on Saturday January 24, 2026 @11:29PM (#46750723)
The Taiwanese live feed news channels on YouTube were great. Little to no commentary and you could hear the crowd engagement.
Re:A unique collection of laptops adorned with creative stickers on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:36AM (#45897761)
In case you’re wondering, this is 我 (me).

https://stickertop.art/content/images/2025/11/IMG_4148-1.jpe...

Re:Fartscroll-Lid: An app that plays fart sounds when opening or closi... on Friday September 12, 2025 @12:20AM (#45218608)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster running this.
Re:Did the Windows 95 setup team forget that MS-DOS can do graphics? on Sunday February 16, 2025 @09:40PM (#43074422)
I need a saw to make a saw.
Re:A Made-Up Name Is Better Than No Name on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @07:06PM (#42323423)
But how do you discuss code issues verbally with others?

Ask HN: How do you use HN?

Posted by kaptain on Thursday October 24, 2024 @09:24PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I typically use HN as a newsfeed: I browse the top submitted links, usually clicking on the discussion and browsing the comments. I rarely post; I view HN as a source of education and entertainment and less of an engaged discussion.Sometimes I /will/ post or comment, but because I don't go back to my post or comment, I rarely see how people respond. Sometimes, when I'm bored I'll click through...

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Re:Why World War WordPress Will End with a Zombie Fork on Monday October 14, 2024 @06:21PM (#41842720)
The article explains it as a fork that just blindly copies the changes in the original source to avoid legal complications but not add any new technical value.
Re:Street Fighter II, paper trails (2021) on Monday May 08, 2023 @08:57AM (#35861058)
Can someone help with the math? Why do they divide by two to calculate the memory size of the sheet? Thanks!
Re:1Password Park – St. Thomas Ontario on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:41PM (#34843634)
I get the opposition to corporate branding in public spaces. But there’s also the complaint that corporations don’t contribute to the public good. I’m guessing David Teare didn’t want it named after him. You could have it named after a significant historical local figure but that still doesn’t address the issue of how to foster goodwill by demonstrating your company acts in ways that benefits the public good.

Ask HN: How do you verify backups?

Posted by kaptain on Thursday July 14, 2022 @12:07AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have a versioned backup system using a combination of Time Machine (locally) and Arq+B2 (remote) over two laptops. I've done spot checks to verify that my backups aren't corrupted but I can't figure out how users are supposed to verify their backups aren't corrupted. How do people do this? I'm asking this question in a personal context but I would be curious to know what an...

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Re:1 TW of solar to be deployed annually by 2030 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:01PM (#31429111)
Reliability, compatibility, political considerations (eg we partner with this brand)
Re:My take on Elon's offer for Twitter on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:29PM (#31048211)
Underneath all our clothes, we’re all naked apes.
Re:Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:52AM (#30525278)
“Not Trademarked Pong” would be the snarky name for it. But probably wouldn’t hold up in court.
Re:MacPaint and MacWrite First Public Demo (1984) [video] on Sunday November 21, 2021 @01:20AM (#29294563)
The beauty of this is that everyone in that room recognized the utility and the accessibility that the Mac provided. Contrast that to today’s demonstrations; many of today’s advancements are so technical and specialized that most users feel like they need to be experts to access those features. When I see MacPaint, I know how things work. I don’t have to lookup what Gaussian blur is.

That’s what makes this demo so fantastic.

Re:Selective abortion in India could lead to 6.8m fewer girls being bo... on Sunday October 17, 2021 @09:38AM (#28896354)
Separate but related thoughts:

* Abortion is an issue that transcends labels like "pro-life" and "pro-choice". We ought to look at the issue as having a spectrum of positions (and most people would nuance their position beyond these labels).

* "My body, my choice" seems woefully inadequate here. The individual's body doesn't belong to the state, but having personal autonomy be the highest value doesn't work very well in a pandemic.

* China had a ban on gender preference which was exacerbated by the one-child policy (where there was evidence in some places of forced abortions). A policy that is/was so effective that even with the government encouraging couples to have two children, many are choosing not to because of economic and cultural values.

Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App Made Kids... on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:24PM (#28547203)
I have children. Their access and usage of devices is my responsibility.
Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App Made Kids... on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:06PM (#28547095)
Are we assuming that parents have no oversight over their children’s devices? This seems like a social problem (ie family relations/management) rather than a technology/legal one.

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