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> and even then being US-centric will work.

The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.

Might want to have an international version too?

I don't know US sport teams.

It helps a lot understanding diodes first. Like, really understand them. Then transistors are built on top of that knowledge.
Sometimes it's a paid botnet.
That's an awful recommendation for an entry level electronics.
Wait, Linux what? Gotta link?
Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.
Exactly! The are so many alternatives, why do we have to place THE truth so highly?
Re:Overengineered Anchor Links on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:47PM (#43577195)
> too far down to scroll

Yeah, when you can't easily scroll anymore because it's "too far" then something has gone very, very wrong.

Re:Was Houdini a Spy? (2021) on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:40PM (#43577162)
Re:Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @08:19PM (#43563374)
> because it's a complaint about votes

It's not a complaint. I'm just pointing them out. Without them I couldn't argue my case at all.

Re:Show HN: Seek Anywhere – A Chrome/Brave Extension on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @05:00PM (#43561515)
I haven't tried this out but if it works it's one the biggest bang for the buck I've seen on HN. Thanks!
Re:Show HN: Seek Anywhere – A Chrome/Brave Extension on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @04:59PM (#43561505)
And perhaps allow 3x playback speed. It's too fast for me to understand speech on most videos but not all. But some videos are so long winded that it can be tremendously helpful.
Re:Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @03:04PM (#43560282)
I said nothing about that.
Re:Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @03:03PM (#43560263)
And me pointing it out is also being downvoted.
Re:Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @02:25PM (#43559740)
I think the fact that you're being downvoted for your comment proves your point.
I'm not a designer so pardon for asking. What's the purpose of adding noise to an image?
I appreciate tools for CSV to tame that ungodly mess. But I loathe attempts to glorify the cursed and putrid sack of shit that it really is.
The Thin Client idea dates back to the 80s at least.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

I think their biggest enemy is distorted valuation/importance. Like sweets and toys could easily "sway" reasoning.
Re:Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi on Friday March 28, 2025 @03:25AM (#43502511)
Did Pinterest sue Google? Do you have a link for that?
Re:NotaGen: Symbolic Music Generation on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @08:10PM (#43489011)
A bit off topic, but is there any good recent Image to midi/XML/Sibelius stuff out there?
Could we start a community review pool?
Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes on Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:44PM (#43449253)
Crap equipment then and crap forecast.
Re:Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong on Friday March 21, 2025 @04:40PM (#43440568)
> Linus (Torvalds) technically "LEE-nuhs" in those European languages while "LYE-nihs" in English, but he actually doesn't care what you say

It's hard not to forgive people to pronounce your name wrong, when they've never met you or anyone that pronounces it correctly. They've only read it on the screen and they still say your name as best they can.

Re:FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies on Thursday March 20, 2025 @10:20AM (#43423909)
> There's already loads of these

Examples?

Re:FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies on Thursday March 20, 2025 @10:19AM (#43423898)
You don't need to kick anyone off the internet. Just ban them for accessing your resources.
Re:FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:57AM (#43423535)
Block them for 24 hours.
Re:FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:57AM (#43423510)
AWS and Azure can be blocked like anyone else.
Re:FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies on Thursday March 20, 2025 @09:18AM (#43422855)
Perhaps time to start a central community ban pool for IP ranges?

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