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Re:Laptop Based on 6502 CPU on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:43AM (#50153816)
it was very respectable until i read "Better sound chip, the SID is ok, but it’s a bit limited by modern standards."

sheesh.

Re:Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @02:20AM (#49974908)
I protect my privacy, but I have no major problems with these smart glasses. Cameras are everywhere, if they don't want to accept cameras they need to stop the double morals. Law needs to be equal to everyone, not just because there is some high and mighty populist politician that doesn't understand technology or want to ensure that the core principles of protecting apply.

The current regulation is good enough; we don't need more regulation - if anything we should update the existing regulation to ensure we protect our privacy in critical and sensitive places.

we keep forgetting that having cameras readily available is not just a negative thing, it does help provide forensics material in cases where something happens.

that said, we can probably find common ground rules for using these - norwegians are best in class when it comes to adhering to rules and regulations.

this is so interesting, memory and storage is cheap until it isn't and then you optimize.
Re:Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B on Thursday August 27, 2026 @04:34AM (#49461643)
Agree. this sucks already.
Re:Firewood Splitting Simulator on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:50AM (#48527764)
I spent too much time on this.
It's critical that we adapt to a strategy where AI supports our learning instead of the having it the other way around.
Re:Fluid Simulation for Dummies on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:11PM (#48387561)
article is good, comments are fantastic!
Re:Why Janet? (2023) on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @06:30AM (#48368351)
Excellent. Although I suspect the author of the programming language invented this Janet for all the perfect puns. Yes, Janet. No. Janet.
Re:The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription on Sunday May 31, 2026 @12:56PM (#48347306)
maybe this is the future now, your list of achievement could be anyone's list of achievements. heck even the salespersons at work can do this with AI now. There is no affinity to it. Future will potentially be like this, marked will be overflooded by artificiel software.
Re:Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:14PM (#48226032)
Elite Dangerous does it better. Pretty but idk.. get the AI generated feeling.
Re:The Miller Principle on Sunday April 12, 2026 @06:28AM (#47738092)
..and emails
i guess marked is going to be oversaturated with these kinds of tools. can someone who use this tool tell us about it?
primary login method with linkedin? "continue with login, recommended for enterprise professionals"

how disgusting.

Re:Should AI have the right to say 'No' to its owner? on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:56AM (#47611780)
Sounds like we need some laws for robotics/ai
Re:VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @05:53AM (#47515283)
I had to read this message twice, gotcha
Seems very vulcan. Works with vulcans and to some extent vulcan wannabees. Words have meaning, and how we express ourselves through our words is how we lead and share knowledge. There is nothing wrong with being honest, but honesty without love and care is brutality.
Re:Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love on Monday February 23, 2026 @06:45AM (#47121037)
well, that was awkward. that said, some I didn't love some I absolutely did. Is this fair?
Re:On Getting Hacked on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:37AM (#46550417)
It is an humbling experience the moment when you accept that getting hacked is something that can happen to anyone, including the best of us. No one is too good not to be hacked.
Re:AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:20AM (#46542822)
AI is built to be non-deterministic. Variation is built into each response. If it wasn't I would expect AI to have died out years ago.

The pricing and quality on the copilot, codex (which I am experienced in) feels like it is getting worse, but I suspect it may be my expectations are getting higher as the technology is maturing...

Some of their high priced noise cancelling headphones have excellent quality. I purchased the QC-25 ages ago, and when it stopped working I reached out to support, this was beyond their 3y warranty, provided serial number and they sent me a new QC-35 no questions asked replacement unit.

I am very happy with my QC-35 headphones. They are probably 5y+ now and they go with me everywhere. I think it is unfair to state their hw quality is low. It is much better than low.

This is an actual hard problem he is trying to fix. 50-line python? Pfff..! My current personal 400-line rule script begs to differ not to mention the PAIN of continuously maintaining it. I was looking into using AI to solve the same problem but now I can just plug and play.
I want to read each and every halluicinated post. Detectic deep fakes for seniors... Microsoft Office sub for 40$

yes

Re:I made a down detector for down detector on Saturday November 22, 2025 @05:38AM (#46013709)
I wish.
Re:I made a down detector for down detector on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @05:34AM (#45977949)
Slippery slope- just matter of time before someone makes a downdetector for the downdetector for downdetector. Ad nauseum.
Re:Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @02:08AM (#45976667)
Excellent write up. Cybersecurity professionals read the story and learn. It’s textbook lesson in post-mortem incident analysis - a mvp for what is expected from us all in a similar situation.

Reputationally this is extremely embarrassing for Cloudflare, but imo they seem to get their feet back on the ground. I was surprised to see not just one, but two apologies to the internet. This just cements how professional and dedicated the Cloudflare team is to ensure stable resilient internet and how embarrassed they must have been.

A reputational hit for sure, but outcome is lessons learned and hopefully stronger resilience.

Re:ZOZO's Contact Solver (for physics-based simulations) on Thursday October 30, 2025 @01:11PM (#45762382)
hey, what a time to be alive
Appreciate it, for me it became this stress inducing xmas calendar. Did it a couple of years and then I stopped because it wasn't fun anymore. Some puzzles were really hard and I took it really personally when I couldn't complete them.
Re:No more "check mail from other accounts" in Gmail web on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:05AM (#45447020)
It's a shame. I use this functionality to retrieve and delete messages from other mailboxes on a daily basis in order to use Gmail as my primary email interface.
Re:Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 3rd Edition (1991) on Saturday August 30, 2025 @08:19AM (#45073991)
Excellently written, and a must have back in the days
Re:Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:23AM (#44948491)
Shorts and Reels are designed to be incredibly addictive. I really wish there were an option to turn them off, especially on Instagram and Snapchat. What I want is to see my friends' photos — but instead, Shorts and Reels quickly funnel me into an endless discovery feed. It feels toxic, distracting, and completely misaligned with the core purpose of these apps. This functionality isn’t necessary, and I’d much rather have the choice to block it.

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