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NYT is $4 per month, and you can then share gift links.

Why should journalism be free? Is $4 not an appropriate price for real journalism? If not, then what?

Your library if it's in the US also likely maintains access to NYT archives.

> 5 years of COBR

I know its very similar to the equivalent amount of cash but it feels a lot different. I feel like half my desire to work is connected to healthcare for the family.

Re:Danish Government silently drops plan to dump MS Office on Saturday October 24, 2026 @08:38PM (#50227013)
I think all 365 subscriptions give you access to the real desktop apps? Word and Excel desktop remain class leading on the desktop.
Re:Quad9 (DNS Resolver) to Exit France on Thursday October 22, 2026 @12:28PM (#50197613)
Do you think they will geoblock in addition to physically leaving?
The parent described "exponential returns", which I was reacting to.

For what it's worth, the S&P dividend yield is typically 1-2%, and below inflation for the majority of relevant years. So you are not ahead in real dollars until roughly the dates I mentioned.

An investment in the S&P 500 at the heights of 2000 would not materially exceed its basis until 2013!

An Nasdaq would not materially exceed until 2016.

Yes, this ignores dividends, but that really only helps manage inflation.

You would have done much better being out of the stock market until the 2009 crash.

Re:GLM-Legal: Advancing Agentic Legal Intelligence on Monday October 12, 2026 @01:31PM (#50059804)
> How much novelty can there be?

As much novelty as there is in human interactions.

Re:We Asked Starbucks Why Their 'Sugar-Free' Drinks Have Sugar on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @10:19AM (#49993233)
> else they would never get to the 21g of sugar in a 21oz drink, as mentioned by the article.

My carton of regular milk says 11g or sugar per 240ml. So seems like simple milk could get there.

Re:HomelabFest will be in St. Louis in September 2027 on Saturday September 26, 2026 @10:10AM (#49856747)
That's a fair opinion to have. Personally I have the opposite opinion and have no desire to participate in an event organized by someone with these views. I find homophobia absolutely abhorrent and cruel with real life harm to others. I am grateful this was pointed out to me.
Re:Allow Carriers on Planes on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:53AM (#49846253)
Haven't you got pushback that it blocks the tray table of the seat behind you? I've only heard very mixed things about CARES.
Re:U.S. Small Biz Can't Ship to the EU Anymore on Monday September 21, 2026 @09:57PM (#49795912)
> First of all, it addresses the issue of people in the EU importing things we really do not need.

I just don't understand this point at all.

So it's easier for big companies to import rather than individuals.

So niche products are more difficult and mass consumer products are easy to import.

Why would that mean that "things we don't need" are less likely to be imported. It doesn't follow at all.

Re:Let's make quality the norm again on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @09:20PM (#49721051)
I recently determined that it's basically the only place that reliably test PS5 VRR monitor capability!

A niche use case, but at least there was one source of information.

This definitely how the US system works. The core job of the appeal court is correct errors of law.

Your other criticisms are valid, such as time, money and there is definitely deference to lower court judges. But the recourse for a judge misunderstanding the law (for AI or any reason) is the appeal process.

Re:Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us on Monday August 10, 2026 @10:53PM (#49252815)
Because they have a better price?
Re:Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us on Monday August 10, 2026 @07:50PM (#49251439)
> Sony does not fully abide by these rules. If you buy a digital game or in-game content, Sony will only ensure that you can do so through its own PlayStation Store.

I have assumed that retail locations will continue to sell game codes, just not game disks, post disks going away. Currently there are games from like Just Dance that only include a game code in the retail box rather than game CD because of the way the game works (you're buying a dlc more than a game).

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would be surprised if PlayStation completely goes away from retail, for reasons including anti-trust, but also to encourage stocking the physical PS6 console.

> You can continue to enjoy the books and articles etc

No you can't, because those people have stopped creating because the creation economy was destroyed by AI. We just keep getting recycled slop based on what existed in 2025.

Re:Steam Machine on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:02PM (#48635313)
Disappointing to see the release and still no implementation of multi-user sign on for local multiplayer games (like all true consoles).

As I noted when announced, it's something that doesn't get headlines, but a real barrier for enjoyment for a console-like PC. Hate being stuck with 'guest 1' and 'guest 2' or whatever. Many games want each player to progress and without true multi sign on, it just doesn't work. Hence games dropping local multiplayer on PC.

Re:MiMo Code Is Now Released and Open-Source on Thursday June 11, 2026 @05:17PM (#48496542)
Wow. I saw 4.1B credits and thought it was super generous. But my math says the subscription plan gives less value than the API.

For example, API input is $0.435 / M tokens, which works out to 13.79 M tokens for $6.

Plan is 300 credits per input token, which works out to 13.67 M tokens at 4.1B credits per $6.

Very similar math for cache input and output.

The x.com post (by the journalist!) does not point to the actual article. I guess that's discouraged on X? Talk about social media being useless.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/13/lawyers-c...

https://archive.is/7ATtM

The main thesis is that the liabilities risk/cost from securities class action lawsuits is a tax on public companies.

I saw this story. I think the most fascinating part was halfway through (after two hours) the boy decided he had to ditch his life jacket in order to make it to shore.

What a hard and life changing decision to make at 13. Incredible.

Re:Steam Machine on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @02:33PM (#45905094)
I wonder if Steam will finally implement multi-user sign on for local multiplayer games (like all true consoles).

It's something that doesn't get headlines, but a real barrier for enjoyment for a console-like PC. Hate being stuck with 'guest 1' and 'guest 2' or whatever. Many games want each player to progress and without true multi sign on, it just doesn't work. Hence games dropping local multiplayer on PC.

They were originally working on a MS teams replacement, with a bunch of things in one app like teams. (I tried it back then, it was pretty green). Now it looks like they are focused on drive, chat and email. The old app seems deprecated, so I presume they forked it into some of this new stuff.
These sorts of projects always seem to end up with the worst doctors. At the end of the day, seeing a good doctor is all the patient wants.
Re:Tesla Is Redesigning Door Handles That Drew Safety Scrutiny on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @06:20PM (#45282091)
> Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s longtime design chief, said the company is looking to combine the electronic and manual door-release mechanisms, which are currently in separate locations.

I never understood this. I get that the electronic release is "cool" or something, but it never made any sense to me that it wasn't integrated with or connected to a manual release.

Re:Office CMBS Delinquency Rate Spikes to Record 11.7% on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:50PM (#45200433)
Edit: my math was bad.
> What is the alternative, ask them not to tell?

The moment the seals fired the rifles the mission was over, a complete failure.

So the obvious alternative was to abort without killing everyone. The vaunted seals can't escape from a fishing boat? Nothing was accomplished by this mission other than killing a bunch of fishermen. For shame.

Re:Windsurf Employee #2 lost 99% of value in acquisition on Saturday August 09, 2025 @01:39AM (#44844288)
Discussed previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44673296

The x.com post was always a little vague to me. I would be interested if we got more background on this.

Re:Lightweight LSAT on Thursday August 07, 2025 @09:17PM (#44832344)
Completely agree. Iny experience commercial prep was not of the same quality and the actual LSAT questions and doing actual true historical LSAT practice tests was cheap and effective.
Re:A Typology of Canadianisms on Thursday July 10, 2025 @04:50PM (#44525454)
I am well read on this case.

> She would have got the same treatment even if she spoke French.

This is simply untrue and I would be happy to hear a source for your position. It happens to allophones and white presenting anglophones:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/anglophone-accuses-fre...

Feel free to have the last word. My last word is leaving Quebec and never coming back.

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