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IMO the Mach virtual memory API is much nicer than the Linux one.
Re:RISC-V: They should have known better on Saturday August 15, 2026 @09:41PM (#49316095)
Wayland too!
Re:The AI Aesthetic on Thursday July 30, 2026 @11:35PM (#49118714)
I am pretty sure the shimmering effect for loading originated in the Facebook Paper app, released in 2014.
Re:Ghost Cut – or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @02:51PM (#49011635)
A 2012 historical retrospective on the subject from Larry Tesler (the NOMODES man himself): https://www.lri.fr/~mbl/ENS/FundHCI/2013/papers/Tesler-CutCo...

The issue he had with the “move to” operation is that it forced you into a mode where you had to pick a destination right away. I wonder if OP’s proposal was ever brought up at the time—it does seem like a promising middle ground!

Re:Sizing chaos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:47PM (#47068511)
To be clear, you’re advocating for women to lose the right to vote? The misogyny in this thread was disappointing already, but seeing this comment being voted up is maybe a sign I should not be on this website any more.
Re:Sizing chaos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:29PM (#47068384)
They can be! The key phrase to search for is “tubular weaving”.
Re:Sizing chaos on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:13PM (#47068253)
The article points out that the problem is deeper than this:

> Once I compared my personalized sloper to commercial patterns and retail garments, I had a revelation: clothes were never made to fit bodies like mine. It didn’t matter how much weight I gained or lost, whether I contorted my body or tried to buy my way into styles that “flatter” my silhouette, there was no chance that clothes would ever fit perfectly on their own.

Re:I Started Identifying Corporate Devices in My Software on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @02:48PM (#46800611)
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45747938 for discussion of the original article where this idea was described.
The fact that OP was a new account communicating completely via LLM made me suspicious. He does seem legit though based on his more recent comments.

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