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Re:Reforming English Spelling on Friday October 23, 2026 @11:01PM (#50218022)
Re:How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years? on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @05:26AM (#49813529)
That's why I'm all in on hammers. Garage full of them.
Re:Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video] on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @09:11AM (#48207126)
If nobody understands them, why would I watch this video - Either he also doesn't understand them, therefore why would I watch? Or he does understand them, in which case the title is incorrect, therefore why would I watch?
What do you believe? The news?
They know that sometimes it's not windy, and they know about night.
Maybe you can explain it for we non German speakers.
Re:Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @08:04PM (#46879962)
Who shall we sacrifice for the greater good? Shall we sacrifice one child for two elderly? One healthy adult for two sick?
Re:Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @11:51AM (#46873499)
> shouldn't you always decide to help the most people?

no.

Re:Replacing Protobuf with Rust to go 5 times faster on Friday January 23, 2026 @06:08AM (#46731099)
Don't read clickbaity headlines and scan hacker news five times faster.
Yes it's so easy - Just tell the butler to put it on charge when you arrive home.
And I don't think social media is a net positive for 16 year olds.
languagejones has a good overview in this video

https://youtu.be/xdpvR3kaXaQ?si=dcNS-3VcH8AMU7dt

Re:Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:16AM (#46600550)
Yes, that's what social media is - a battle ground for nudging opinions.
> my diagnosis was free

As long as you don't factor in your taxes.

spoilers
Re:MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @06:32PM (#46296212)
"Don't ask questions, just consume submission and then get excited for next submission"
I've not read and am instead trusting Betteridge's law of headlines.
Re:The 'Toy Story' You Remember on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:47AM (#45887218)
Don't tell me what I remember.
> London specifically, AFAIK after midnight has no tube service

If only such things were googleable.

Re:Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:00PM (#45366938)
That's not everything that's wrong.
Re:YouTube Won the Battle for TV Viewers on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @06:15AM (#44657512)
> uncensored news. Get a load of this guy
Re:Crypto's Wild West Era Is Over on Friday July 18, 2025 @07:23AM (#44603449)
Well it's not backed by anything, so governments can just print more of it, devaluing all the existing holdings of that currency.
Yes the AI would be much easier to train.
Re:You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:53PM (#42958023)
> Let me tell you what you do or do not know.
Re:Sweden is investing €104M to bring back printed textbooks on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:09PM (#42717042)
If only we had more than one datacenter.
Credit for not assuming to know the reader by saying something like "Sci-fi books that you've never heard of!". I now routinely block youtube channels that do such things.
The same thing occured to me a while back. There is this wikipedia page about it but I didn't get much further than that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-translation

Re:Are Rotary Mixers Better? on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:51AM (#41960879)
Hello to other UK readers having a little chuckle to themselves.
Well that also needs to be heavily vilified and taxed.

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