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Re:Infinite Mac: BeOS on Saturday October 31, 2026 @12:55AM (#50313329)
Nostalgia is an addictive drug.
Microeconomics may give us a clue

Lack of demand and/or commodity product.

Either doesn't bode well for a multi-trillion dollar valuation for either company.

Is the song AI generated? If so, I am extra sad now.
Re:Embedding a bitmap font in your HyperCard stack on Thursday September 10, 2026 @08:42PM (#49652097)
It is just a resource! Hello ResEdit.
Did they assess if any wanted to use their own brain?
Re:Shinjuku Station in 3D on Monday July 20, 2026 @11:02PM (#48987549)
NO WONDER I've become lost in Shinjuku Station on at least 3 occasions!
Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:33AM (#48800671)
80Mb Drives were _expensive_
Re:Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:33AM (#48800669)
Installed via QIC tape to Rodime 120Mb drive. Had fun formatting the Rodime; but got it working.

Learnt TCP/IP with this setup. Good Times(tm)

Re:Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981 on Saturday June 27, 2026 @04:57PM (#48701683)
I remember hearing this live while in a car on a hot summer’s days in the Adelaide hills.

Not a cricket fan now, but was subjected to it as a kid.

NZ are generationally enraged. Australians have wilfully forgotten.

Well, kids, it looks like we're back to closing those tickets the old fashioned way.

By thinking for ourselves and writing the code with the keyboard.

Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:00PM (#48419451)
Asked AI to generate some code.

It looked absolutely unmaintainable and horrible.

"oh shit" there are serious developers using this crap? As an industry, we are so fsck'd

Re:The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:06AM (#48334935)
Reflect on this in the context of the US right now. Makuthink.
Re:10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips on Friday March 06, 2026 @04:42AM (#47272912)
Rust would fix this. Oh wait.
FND == neurologist gaslighting the patient. Formerly known as hysteria.
When you are an Apple Developer, as the poster states - it goes deeper and more destructive.
Re:Claude was down on Thursday October 02, 2025 @11:08PM (#45458513)
hypothesis: claude pushed vibe coded api router to prod
Re:U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:58PM (#44990363)
Here comes the nationalization phase of fascism. Well done, freedom lovers. You voted in exactly what you fear most.
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Search Engines? on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:02PM (#43626913)
Why disengage your brain and trust AI when searching?
Re:Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture on Monday February 10, 2025 @05:39PM (#43006208)
I bet this guy would still fail a first round FAANG developer interview requiring a Hash Table solution to move on in the process.

"Yeah, sorry. You didn't use the right Hash Table"

Severe ME/CFS. I am a carer for my wife who has this forgotten & hidden disease.

I am so glad Physics Girl is getting better with rest!

what fresh hell are we creating?
Re:Open Source Farming Robot on Saturday August 03, 2024 @10:39PM (#41150808)
But why?
Re:Stuff that is backwards in Australia on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:51AM (#39891483)
yeah nah
Re:Unveiling the big leap in Ruby 3.3's IRB on Sunday December 24, 2023 @12:02AM (#38751277)
... and JavaScript
Do People pay actual money for these crap products?
Re:Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:24AM (#35228686)
I think the western world is sending all its spare munitions as we speak.
Re:How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:01PM (#25249703)
Easier.

Step 1. Invent Bitcoin.

Re:Jupiter Moon Europa's Giant Geysers Are Missing on Thursday January 01, 2015 @10:33PM (#8825388)
"Aliens"

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