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For real. The bullet-point summary at the beginning with a "Why this matters for..." immediately followed by, "This isn't just a theoretical exercise—it's a real example of..." Dead giveaways.
Wild to ask, "Is it legal, ethical, responsible or even harmful to build in this way and publish it?" AFTER building and publishing it. Author made up his mind already, or doesn't actually care. Ethics and responsibility should guide one's actions, not just be engagement fodder after the fact.
Re:Learn to Play Go on Sunday September 28, 2025 @02:03PM (#45406455)
I love Go! Been streaming it on Twitch for the last five years or so (https://twitch.tv/mirthturtle), lately as a "Go airline" (MS Flight Simulator & Go simultaneously). There is an engaged community in the Twitch category, if you are looking for Go friends, but still, nowhere near as large as Chess.
Re:"Traffic Violence": The Grifters Go After Cars on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @12:22AM (#41633087)
You're saying non-profits trying to save lives are the grifters? Not the for-profit car companies selling lethal weapons to anyone old enough for a license?

If you're more upset about the language evolving than actual deaths caused by negligent driving and badly designed infrastructure, you need a reality check. This reads like right-wing agitprop.

Their "People love our replies" section shows a bunch of RandomWord-1234 accounts giving positive feedback. I wonder if those are included with the service.
Re:Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today? on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:19PM (#39556999)
Found one on iMessage! Wished former coworker a happy birthday, and it said, "Siri found a birthday: March 1". Though when I pressed update, it correctly marked it as the 29th.
Unpopular, at least compared to cars: e-bikes.

- costs next to nothing to charge

- fast and fun to get around

- never pay for parking

- cheap maintenance

- hauls groceries easily

- good exercise

Re:The Mod Archive on Friday October 21, 2022 @10:26PM (#33295144)
I love Mod Archive! Managed to find 99% of my favourites from the 90's on there... though they don't provide a way to play a list in sequence, so I made one for myself: https://www.mirthturtle.com/crunchy-reliable-beats

Ironically it's been unreliable since HN traffic started crushing Mod Archive.

Re:Ask HN: Does this idea make any sense? on Sunday July 17, 2022 @02:47PM (#32129806)
I don't think the math works. $5k + $500/m, for 6 months: that tops out at $160,000 yearly revenue for the 20 projects. Even if it's the same 4 employees spread across all projects, that's $40k yearly salary each as a base. Sounds bad!

It'd take years for any winning bets to pay off and I don't know how you'd pay your employees.

Someone tried this a while back and it didn't go so well: https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/03/02/recipeasly-fo...
Re:Space Debris is an Amiga mod I composed back in 1991 on Monday December 20, 2021 @12:18AM (#29621783)
One of the best MODs ever! It's on rotation at the player I made to listen to my MOD Archive favourites (https://christiancodes.github.io/mirthturtle-modplayer/) & I'm always happy to hear it.