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What is the fullstop doing here? It's redundant to end a sentence with a literal sentence ending.
Either you still don’t get it or you are commiserating with CPB, and we can’t really tell which at this point.
Re:Patrick Stewart has died on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:43PM (#50297856)
Tank Girl makes this list? Why not Judge Dredd, or even Idiocracy?
Re:Show HN: Making a smart TV dumb and then smart on Friday October 23, 2026 @02:13PM (#50213166)
Interesting that smart-less TVs cap out at about 43” overseas as well.
Re:An ad-free Android TV on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @02:40AM (#50176894)
It could still be connecting anyway and using its microphone and using content recognition on what you watch. I am surprised how few people in this set of threads read about the LG spy TVs.
Re:An ad-free Android TV on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @02:38AM (#50176880)
If ad free is the only goal this is probably OK, but privacy is still an issue and on the shield you have to agree to google and nvidia’s agreement. I bet most people don’t read either one.
Re:Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins on Sunday October 18, 2026 @01:48AM (#50138254)
I am guessing you installed Zone Alarm or BlackICE, or possibly configured your router, and then used Steve’s Shields Up to test your work. Shields up is a tool to scan your open ports.
Re:Photopea creator weighs in on Photosuite project on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:15AM (#50114010)
Ouch
Re:Crypto thieves sell hardware wallets with secret eSIM on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:14AM (#50113998)
Genuinely curious, why the hate for MediaMarkt?
Re:Wayland desktop for Linux with skeuomorphic design on Thursday October 15, 2026 @02:02PM (#50107615)
And did it have a Quantum Bigfoot hdd in it that you could never use again because of its size?
Re:Photopea creator weighs in on Photosuite project on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @02:17AM (#49974886)
Does this mean that every mass-produced automobile is a ripoff of the Ford model T? Is Gimp also a ripoff? Paintshop Pro?
Re:A tribute to one of the best games on the Atari 2600 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @11:24PM (#49960354)
What is the appropriate age to move on from gaming? Asking for a friend.
Re:The new Firefox design is here on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:10AM (#49917639)
Thanks, that’s a hot tip. How long until it’s mandatory though, I’m wondering.
Re:The new Firefox design is here on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @05:07AM (#49906277)
You should probably use Firefox ESR instead, disabling updates just isn’t an option anymore.
Re:Sublime Text Build 4213 on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:53PM (#49793255)
Notepad++ is like if Word 98 and IrfanView had a baby, a baby who updates twice a week. No disrespect to any of them, but having a clean interface and killer performance was never their claim to fame.
Nailed it. Adding the fact that the majority of HN comments are negative or at least at odds with the post, HN is a bean soup fallacy/theory/dilemma generation system.
Ignoring my incredulity at this response, the risk to the lives of the drivers seems to me to be of greater importance than the potential that some people might benefit from the carcasses lying on the side of road.
Re:Whoisinspace.com/ on Thursday September 17, 2026 @01:33PM (#49743975)
Whoisdangerouslyfarfromthesurfaceofearth.com doesn’t have the same ring.
This person is my hero, the technical prowess, fearlessness and grit to keep at this for six months is inspiring.

I am wondering why Rust in particular made it simpler to use the code or template into another app. That kinda seems like something most languages can achieve.

Agreed and works well on mobile as well.
I like that there are so many haters who don’t get it or don’t think it’s useful and then there are 5 or so very similar projects in various stages of development listed in the comments. It’s giving “what if I don’t like beans?”
That was never the case back when I was rooting phones. Sometimes the phone would reboot immediately after getting root so that you could do something useful like installing recovery, but maybe something has changed.
Re:iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @01:08AM (#49707971)
I feel attacked, but it’s probably the same reason, we both think we know the answer before you finished.
Re:Steam Frame starts at $1059 on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:50PM (#49707488)
Just my two cents, Xreal is a long way from a good product. There are other brands like Viture to consider which have more support for the limited software solutions out there. Make sure you do some looking into whether they are compatible with your setup. Or if any of the various features will work without buying additional hardware from the manufacturer.
Re:Steam Frame starts at $1059 on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:09PM (#49707250)
Maybe some of the non-xreal brands or some combinations of hardware provide usable experiences, but all my experiences with xreal have been abysmal.