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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:05PM (#50347077)
Also the G in William is silent.
Re:Let Me Ch... on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:45PM (#50344280)
You are a potato.
Yeah, we probably want some kind of traffic light system:

Green means go Orange means finish what you're doing but don't start anything new Red means stop everything

And probably a special rule to permit stable, critical spend through regardless, the same way we allow police and ambulance to run lights.

Re:Our Project Suncatcher prototype satellite is in orbit on Saturday October 03, 2026 @02:09PM (#49946411)
Everyone is focusing on the feasibility of putting compute in space, but I'm more concerned about the unwiseness of putting AIs in a place where they might be reasonably able to deny us access.

Should human-AI relations sour, I want the reassurance that humans with sticks and rocks could reasonably hope to disassemble a data center. Place said data center in orbit around the sun, and the incentive for a hostile intelligence to isolate itself by, e.g. initiating a Kessler cascade, must be considered.

Re:North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes on Friday September 18, 2026 @06:07PM (#49760882)
I wonder if there's an argument to be made that these little earthquakes help release stored potential energy in the crust, preventing it from building into a more severe and dangerous event?
Re:Site Is Closed on Sundays on Sunday September 06, 2026 @03:46AM (#49584199)
Skeuomorpharaseeism
And someone else's machine
Re:The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations on Sunday August 30, 2026 @08:51AM (#49498207)
I think we'd call that a lab leak
Yes, I believe it should be possible for someone to do that.
Re:Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude on Friday August 28, 2026 @07:25AM (#49477056)
I'm going to start saying "for one reason:" instead of because, for one reason: I want to see if anyone flags it as a Claudism.
Re:Fences, Not Sandboxes on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:31PM (#49428415)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1541710/Wyvern/ Wyvern on Steam.

Looks like Runescape

> In the light of this (no pun intended) it is interesting to note that there is another type of surface wave: ...

Missed moment of awesome. Intend your puns, you cowards!

Re:Busy Bar Now Shipping on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @05:18PM (#48913084)
I'm excited for this! I was a little concerned that there would be a much longer delay, due to the recent news about the Flipper Zero from the team. Now I'm relieved that it's available.

Hopefully it's already in stock and shipping out as orders come in.

I think we're still in the right ballpark bit we're headed for the exits.

.1 lb sugar is 1.6 oz (net), and we'll need to wrap it in paper. I estimate about .5 of an ounce? So we're spending approximately 10% of the weight in packaging. Our nominal 33000 pounds of sugar just got 10% heavier.

At least we haven't resorted to those little sugar packets, which would be colossally worse!

Life is like a box of noodles
Re:Rewriting Bun in Rust on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @10:35PM (#48840300)
I hope that you're going to call it PostGrust.
I am the 1 percent currently in darkness

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