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> It has no public equivalent of the platform-vendor secret-scanning partnerships that have become standard on GitHub.

And mosquito city during the fall here in Texas
Re:RIP Eric Binnion on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:39AM (#50087644)
His last blog entry was a tough read this morning as I sit at my desk for another day at the long day factory wondering if I should be doing more with the time I have because you just never know when it is up. RIP.
Re:Gemini 4 Argon on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:13PM (#50074077)
I'm Ultra and seeing it now (US)
Re:Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts? on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @08:58PM (#49986511)
I randomly discovered https://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories a few weeks ago
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Saturday October 03, 2026 @11:06AM (#49944946)
> Sometimes new design phenomena slip past even those of us who are most in tune with the happenings of the built environment.

I went to Wayfair and searched ceiling fans and holy moly this space has changed! I thought to myself, "I don't see these when walking through my local bigbox hardware store?" So I went to Lowe's website and fandeliers are an entire category now.

And a skip button breaks the immersion!
Re:Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @03:10PM (#49731532)
Totally unrelated but I google'd their username to see if there was a clue, and I had no idea this feed existed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/noobstories

Re:The Cables That Connect the World on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @01:03PM (#49539216)
The tab titles it changes to are pretty funny
Re:Gemini 3.8 Flash on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:46PM (#49538968)
Same here. I see so many people obsessing over the latest most state of the art bleeding edge models and yelling at Google for not being there, but I feel like the vast majority of people don't actually need those models. Flash has just been super useful and incredibly fast in my experience.
I clicked the button on my Logitech M720 mouse to free spin, spun the wheel like I was on the Price is Right, and got to 791,001!
Re:I Made Tinnitus My Friend (Then It Disappeared) on Sunday August 09, 2026 @08:20PM (#49237744)
This is a funny but sad coincidence! I'll chime in the same as others, I've had tinnitus for 20+ years and I know it is all due to one event. Somedays if I am tired or stressed it gets worse, and then some days I have so much going on I don't think about it (much). But sometimes when I have a calm moment or if I am on vacation trying to relax, I really have no idea what silence sounds like anymore.
Re:Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:20PM (#49184971)
I think he was referring to an obvious typo "publicity benefit corporation"
Re:Star Just Ate a Planet, and It's Not Done Yet on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:12PM (#48854952)
I love stories like this. A subtle reminder how inconsequential our actions are on this planet in the grand, unplanned scheme. I look forward to reading HN with my breakfast each morning then going to a job that helps me raise a family and have fun on the weekends. I read stories of war, corruption, sadistic leaders, and great suffering. I've learned to appreciate the joys of life and have come to terms that we are not here for a long time - just for a good time.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

-Bill Watterson

Re:Microsoft Fire IdTech Team at Id Software on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @11:56AM (#48819582)
Or future releases will just use Unreal Engine or something pre-existing :(
I just pre-ordered the 4K UHD remaster of The Sopranos, and while on the Gruv site I saw another UHD remaster of a movie I enjoy and ordered it. I am excited to experience this (haven't watched physical media in forever), but I was planning on using my PS5. My research also confirms that standalone players are legit, but they are more expnsive than I figured! I guess I'll give one a try and hope this isn't another addiction...
Re:How H-E-B Became Texas' Most Beloved Brand (2024) on Saturday June 27, 2026 @11:12AM (#48698961)
I'll avoid going during super busy times (which is always) but if the meal calls for tortillas I am going to HEB.
I read a book this year about sports gambling in the US [1], and it points out how nasty and predatory it is. I think "prediction markets" have even less regulation? I would talk to my sports fan buddies at work and they would say "oh, just how sportsbooks in Vegas operate already", but this is on-demand, in your face, constantly nudging you to bet with dark patterns and "comps". I used to want sports gambling legal in the US, but the way it has gone is incredibly disgusting and is starting to make watching sports almost annoying. The crawl on the bottom is no longer scores, but moneylines...

[1] "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling" (2026) by Danny Funt

Re:Map of Metal on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @08:21AM (#48206531)
Very nice! As soon as I saw the landing page and the loading/start button I immediately thought of Flash.
Re:OnlyCats – TikTok for Cats on Friday May 15, 2026 @07:48PM (#48155410)
At first I was picturing short videos that cats would enjoy watching, but this is nice too!
Re:I Want to Live Like Costco People on Thursday May 07, 2026 @03:38PM (#48053851)
I have a Sam's Club membership primarily because it is much closer to me than Costco. I hate the crowds but it baffles me there are lines when the scan & go app exists! And I swear last time I went they weren't even scanning receipts, but you walked through some sort of gateway?
Re:Pulitzer Prize Winners 2026 on Monday May 04, 2026 @07:02PM (#48016097)
Aaron Parsley of Texas Monthly For his extraordinary personal account of survival and loss written days after the historic Central Texas floods that tore the writer’s house out from under him and his family, taking the life of his nephew.

Love Texas Monthly, this was a tough read after that awful flood incident:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-first...

The times had a little story relevant to this recently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blos...

A little curious about this website, I just pulled up the local menu (Texas) and the same burger is $2.19.
It has not been the department of war since 1947, it is more disrespectful to me, the reader.
> But former President Jimmy Carter in 1980 reinstated the Selective Service in the event of a “national emergency,” where the registry could be used to “provide personnel to the Department of War and alternative service for conscientious objectors, if authorized by the President and Congress.”

Department of Defense*

Didn't it start as Bard?

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