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I want to frame this comment. I could have written this word for word. It's so interesting that there are people disagreeing with you. Is it fair to presume that the HN crowd majorly over-represents the pro-RTO voice or are workers really so divided on this issue?
Here’s something I’ve not understood. A major argument for legalizing is that studies can be done. But I regularly hear that studies have been done. What’s the reality?
Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @03:39PM (#47680345)

  I see things like this and remind myself that I have free will.
What a compliment for an artist- I hope somebody says something like this to me some day
This was released in 2017 for one thing. Considering that enough people are still interested in it a decade later they probably did something right.
I don't disagree but I also don't think it's a bad thing. This is a show that stuck the landing. You never know, it could have felt stale with a singular writing team
Re:Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up on Thursday January 29, 2026 @09:49PM (#46820000)
It's pretty crazy it's Apple's second-largest acquisition ever but it's kinda boring so nobody cares. Of course, Beats was a household name and founded by Dre... a much more accessible story
Re:KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:32AM (#46743868)
I think it’s one of the best pieces of software in existence and I don’t say that lightly. In a perfect world we’d have a magic of box of every modular component to build and rebuild to tinker with the physical controls but in lieu of magic vcv rack plus a midi controller is the next best thing

Strudel is very cool. Possibilities are endless with music tools

Re:KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:40PM (#46740843)
Totally agree. Have you tried VCV Rack? You're welcome/I'm sorry :D
Re:KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer on Friday January 23, 2026 @03:12PM (#46737258)
That is how many synth users feel as well, that they don't need presets because they'll just create a new sound. Neither approach is invalid as there is no right or wrong way to be creative.
Ahh well that’s very different and equally unlikely to be true! Current and previous household name employers are all-in on SwiftUI and it is unquestionably a valuable thing to learn. Something new always comes along but I’d bet a lot of money we’re not going back to UIKit
That’s one I haven’t heard yet, do elaborate
This course was integral in kicking off my career over a decade ago. I think there's no better way to learn to build an iOS app, and the fact that it's free is a true gift. Pre-reqs are in the first lecture:

-Experience writing code (100% of the work in this course involves programming) -At least CS106A (Programming Methodology) + CS106B or X (Programming Abstractions) and CS107 (Computer Organization & Systems); CS108 (Object Oriented Programming), CS43 (Functional Programming Abstractions), CS11O (Principles of Computer Systems), CS147 (Introduction to Human Computer Interaction Design) are awesome! -Know some "structured" programming paradigm, e.g. OOP or Functional Programming -Preferably you know more than one language (cause you're gonna learn a new one here!)

Re:Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter on Monday November 17, 2025 @07:06PM (#45959923)
The newest one, EP-40, just came out! It's got the best specs by far and the features are a superset of the original EP-133, so it would be my strong recommendation. Unfortunately EP-1320 never received any updates so it lags behind, but hopefully they remedy that. Just don't buy hardware with hopes of unpromised future updates!

Edit: Because they don't make it totally clear- whichever one you buy, you can clear all the stock sounds and make any genre of music, regardless of the theming.

Re:Steam Frame on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:22PM (#45910171)
I own the Index and Vision and haven't tried this yet. I was considering buying PSVR2 controllers since they're officially supported but maybe I shouldn't bother?
Re:iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:14PM (#45891490)
Wow, that article is wild! Talk about "aged like milk." I'm not saying iPhone Pocket will be a hit as big as AirPods, but it goes to show how unimaginative early reactions can be.
Re:Apple Vision Pro upgraded with M5 chip on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @11:29PM (#45601158)
Expectations vary but I find that regardless of perfect comfort and battery life I don’t want to go more than a few hours without a break. I’ll watch a jumbo movie or a few hours of tv on a flight no problem

Comfort: For me, the answer was “no” out of the box. I had to exchange my light seal twice before I got the right one. This was no charge but obviously it would be great to get it right the first time and it seems like a large number of users never did this and those are the ones who complain most about comfort. Not blaming the users btw, Apple needs to fix this if they care about the product

Onlookers: I always wonder if somebody will bug me and they never have. If you are self-conscious, it might not not be the product for you

Gestures: You learn that they can be done very subtly and you don’t need to bother the person next to you

Re:Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado on Friday October 10, 2025 @09:40PM (#45545808)
When will this stop being controversial? All you need to do is look at past winners of this farcical prize
Re:Electron-based apps cause system-wide lag on macOS 26 Tahoe on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:38PM (#45380151)
Without question worth it for the big CO’s like salesforce (market cap $230B) and MS (market cap $4T)
CEO-hate is bipartisan and antithetical to the mission of our media (propaganda). Getting the working class to argue over wedge issues keeps them from seeking meaningful change.
Re:Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized on Sunday July 13, 2025 @10:24PM (#44555867)
The site is cool but as a runner this is not admirable and not something others should emulate. Interesting how few comments call that out but perhaps not surprising if your audience admires The Hustle
Alright alright I did it myself :)

* git clone https://github.com/Interactive-Echoes/IEMidi.git

* git submodule update --init --recursive

* cmake .

* cpack

I also had to install Vulkan because I didn't have it

Amazing, this is exactly the kind of thing I happened to be looking around for this week. I'm sure I can reason it out but would you mind adding macOS steps to the readme? I notice you marked an issue about macOS compilation as completed so I assume it works?

Edit: Yes yes yes this is awesome, thank you!

Re:FFmpeg School of Assembly Language on Saturday February 22, 2025 @07:47PM (#43145009)
Given there’s a mini genre of games that emulate using assembly to solve puzzles the answer is clearly yes. Not sure if any of them teach a real language.

The most popular are the Zachtronics games and Tomorrow Corp games. They’re so so good!

Re:Surface-Stable Fractal Dither on Playdate on Saturday February 22, 2025 @09:21AM (#43139147)
It’s definitely not for everyone but I feel like, of the people who were intrigued enough to buy one, you’re probably in the minority. I would have found it worth it just with the first season of games. It has exceeded my wildest expectations
In case you haven’t seen this nostalgic strip

https://imgur.com/gallery/memories-yOgNF7w

Yes, thank you for saying so- reading about all this, but especially all the people chiming in who already knew about a lot of it? The fact that the founder of LessWrong coined the term “alignment,” a subject I’ve read about many times… it feels like learning lizard people always walked among us
Re:Icelandic turf houses: Laufas, Glaumbaer and others on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @12:10PM (#42795019)
Do both if you have time. We thought Blue Lagoon was awesome even though we try to avoid overly touristy things. Some things are popular for a reason.
Re:Starship Flight 7 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @09:46PM (#42733563)
I watched this with my very young daughter and she pointed that out, she will be fascinated if that is the case!
Re:Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] on Thursday January 16, 2025 @10:47AM (#42726849)
That's their actual standard and hopefully it has returned to the "default" controller(s). I think they just flew too close to the sun in terms of trade-offs with the Switch 1 joy cons. Not possible to make them good enough at that price at that size at the time of release
Re:Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video] on Thursday January 16, 2025 @10:38AM (#42726702)
Definitely, I watched the UK version shared somewhere else and thought the direct was 2 months earlier than it was!

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