News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

onetokeoverthe

that figure of speech is called sarcasm.

very popular on Earth.

if only the fools selling vintage macbook pros for $200 were smart enough to still have them on SL OS.
Re:I Don't Have a Smartphone on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @03:04PM (#49540860)
yes
Re:BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising on Friday July 31, 2026 @11:33PM (#49130783)
and the in-dash eye tracking device shows 66% of drivers engage for at least 5 seconds!!
the ad business is dead and openai's brand is toxic.
Re:An American Privacy Emergency on Thursday July 02, 2026 @09:17PM (#48769483)
ask tom s. in california if all that spend guarantees anything.

more urgent is to repair the broken election process especially in california where it now takes 30+ days to "count" the votes.

Re:I Went to Jail on Monday April 27, 2026 @05:09PM (#47927336)
whoever gave that live-streaming advice wasn't their lawyer.

it was either an informant or an idiot.

Re:I Went to Jail on Saturday April 25, 2026 @08:49PM (#47906240)
don't take your phone with you when you go commit a crime. righteous or not.
suggestion. put all the 990pdfs and supporting docs into one zip file link.

draw a concise conclusion in one sentence and make that the lead.

in other words, write the headline and first sentence you'd want to read or hear in the news.

good work. thnx.

"Adobe did the exact opposite of what they told the public they were doing."

Lesson. Huge brands are evil.

Re:Ex-Tech –> Homeless in SF on Sunday February 15, 2026 @03:07AM (#47021931)
needs more backstory. what's your crime and why aren't you being paid for your superbowl work?
Re:Why haven't humans been back to the moon in over 50 years? on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:26PM (#47016945)
kubrick.

front screen projection.

another one bites the dust.
>>A license plate reader detected his car entering the national park on Oct. 7 and leaving Oct. 8,

This flock stuff is b.a.d.

Re:Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you? on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:55PM (#46787528)
thnx for the report.

Still don't understand why most web pages (including with forms!) are not static like here on HN. But instead, reload every time one tabs back to it.

The energy and time wasted...

Re:Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @11:44AM (#46782464)
not get far? at an airport?
Re:Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @10:45AM (#46707297)
Those unable to see or create the art in graphic design, photography, architecture, or writing...

...expect "tools of artifice" to help them discern between fresh and rotten.

Unaware how obviously fake and bad their "assisted output" is.

Re:China mandates 50% domestic equipment rule for chipmakers on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @08:53AM (#46444040)
does taiwan count as domestic?
just enter 10 license numbers.
Wait til it won't open your pod door.
https://archive.is/zrCGC

Maybe fire whoever ordered the raid?

Agree. Worse than short sighted.

Blindly foolish.

S Korea is an ally, treat them as such.

They're building a factory in the US. Be nice!

Re:I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:39PM (#45200267)
the exploratorium in san francisco has also been dumbed down.

the old palace of fine arts exploratorium had a working TESLA COIL !

captchas have eliminated 25 years of browsing speed progress.
dumb. these are allies.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Balconettes

2024.

She's been at it nearly 20 years. True creativity has limits.

Latins are not the majority in the bay area.
Re:Robots are suddenly getting cleverer. What's changed? on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:12AM (#43183324)
uber driver laughed as i gave correct(ed) directions for our short 5 minute trip.

directions the map voice had wrong.

laughed cause i compared it to AI.

which would be as dead on arrival as 3dtv, google glasses, and NFTs.

if half the population wasn't enthusiastically acting on their sub-100 iqs.

Re:Max Headroom on Monday February 24, 2025 @10:05AM (#43160350)
Re:Is AI thinking and reasoning – or just pretending to? on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:04PM (#43140735)
it's like a human brain, wearing a cotton mask 24/7

Older »