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Re:C vs. C#: racing VLC's Gaussian blur on Saturday October 24, 2026 @02:28AM (#50218776)
Because of Docker. You want the images to be as small as possible.
"Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate WebKit framework and WebKit JavaScript." https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/tim-berners-lee-on-apples...
Is it clickable? As in do they get Click-through rate (CTR)? Otherwise it is really hard to calculate any value for these.
Re:The Fairphone (Gen. 6) on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @07:44AM (#49344256)
Submitted with title "The Fairphone (Gen. 6+)" but HN ate the +.
Re:99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots on Friday August 07, 2026 @11:16AM (#49211763)
AFAIK you already have to use VPN if you are e.g. westerner visiting China or Belarus.
I have been waiting for this. There are many cheap vehicle tracking IoT devices that only support TCP/UDP.
Rosetta will go away. Game support won't. "Starting with computers using macOS 28, Rosetta functionality will be available only for certain older, unmaintained games that rely on Intel-based frameworks." https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527
Re:Telegram Serverless on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @08:07AM (#48919566)
If anyone from Telegram is reading this thread, please answer to my email support request I made in 17th of January about account that I did not create.
Re:WSL container is now available for public preview on Monday June 29, 2026 @12:34PM (#48721415)
There has been some speculation that this will be really bad for Docker Desktop licensing. https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-on-windows-is-about-to...
Re:Half-Life 2 RTX has shrunk from 80 GB to 50 GB on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @06:47AM (#48568471)
It is using RTX IO for texture compression. https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx-io
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @02:52AM (#48366881)

  Location: Finland  
  Remote: Yes  
  Willing to relocate: No  
  Technologies: C#, .NET, Azure  
  Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pswg0tvswqbcg7xv578hf/CV_hn2.pdf?rlkey=k2bkc1jb63iufxm9zbhval6c1&st=jgl2iuui&dl=0  
  Email: hn at raiha.rocks
Re:I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200 on Sunday May 31, 2026 @01:38PM (#48347718)
I assume you can game with it if you use modded drivers. At least with CMP 50HX that is possible https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-cmp-50hx-turned-into-gami...
Re:The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending on Friday May 15, 2026 @05:16AM (#48146347)
If you have Android tablet with WLAN only connection I assume you can still create a new Google account from setup wizard without phone number. (I have not tested this)
There should be at least one Motorola phone before end of the year that has GrapheneOS support.
Re:How Pizza Tycoon simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:30AM (#47705037)
At least in Finland it was also Pizza Tycoon https://www.pelit.fi/artikkelit/pizza-tycoon-2/
Re:HarfBuzz Slug Support with WebGL on Friday April 03, 2026 @09:57AM (#47626716)
Not mine. I noticed that Aras was mentioning it https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@aras/116335267839588454
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026) on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @12:47PM (#47603337)

  Location: Finland
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: C#, .NET, Azure
  Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k09fyqewow3ihbny7mf25/CV_hn.pdf?rlkey=opdoezjo4v0sk5lhpnko6be0x
  Email: hn at raiha.rocks
Re:Even Faster Asin() Was Staring Right at Me on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:32AM (#47409332)
At least Srinivasa Ramanujan has gotten some attention.
Re:TUI Studio – visual terminal UI design tool on Friday March 13, 2026 @08:35AM (#47363635)
Also fill the Website field in About section.
These are mobile chips shoehorned into AM5. They aren't very good e.g. for gaming purposes. https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-ai-400-does-not-suppor...
Re:Writing a Guide to SDF Fonts on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:46AM (#47197452)
Are there any games that use SDF for 2D character (player, enemies, objects etc.) rendering?

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