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Re:The Myth of Medieval Small Beer (2017) on Monday May 20, 2024 @04:38AM (#40413501)
this website is getting dumber by the day
Re:How to get 7th graders to smoke on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @12:40PM (#40369231)
The sole take away I got from DARE when I was a kid is “LSD sounds really cool, gotta try that someday”
Re:Happy JavaScript Naked Day 2024 on Friday April 26, 2024 @07:18AM (#40167990)
wow a text only website isnt using javascript. therefore no website should rely on javascript, ever what is the point of this post exactly? seems incredibly pointless and short sighted
Re:Everyone Has JavaScript, Right? on Sunday April 21, 2024 @07:33PM (#40110133)
Ok but what are the actual stats? I can’t imagine more than 1 percent of users have JS disabled. I think I can live without that.
I personally don’t use it because the sensors are always fiddly and if I am in an emergency I don’t want to struggle opening my phone.
Re:Ask HN: Why is OpenAI and ChatGPT design so bad? on Thursday February 15, 2024 @11:40AM (#39384869)
I never thought this a single time. The UI is perfectly fine.
It will always be a Wilson’s Warbler to me
I am surprised a 737 is only 100k lbs, I would have assumed like 250k. A blue whale weighs significantly more.
wow this specific single use cable with two proprietary ends looks superficially like a lightning cable. apple is so evil!

are people just pretending to be outraged now?

Horrible article
Re:Infinite Craft on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @03:33PM (#39208983)
I noticed that mixing a 2 word item with something else will often combine the words instead of looking at the meaning:

super volcano + man = super human

but then it breaks if you mix further:

super human + giraffe = super giraffe ?

Re:Infinite Craft on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @03:10PM (#39208708)
There used to be webgames with a similar premise. Pretty fun.

I think some of the recipes don’t make sense and it would be a lot better if each thing only had one recipe to create it.

How is this a form of life?
Re:Streaming wars are over and Netflix won on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @06:35AM (#39188891)
Unlabeled sponsored article
Re:Lossy CSS compression for fun and loss (or profit) on Friday January 26, 2024 @12:12PM (#39145005)
wow this sounds incredibly useful
Re:Don't Talk to People Like They're Chatbots on Friday January 26, 2024 @10:12AM (#39143518)
>you might be tempted to 'yell' at your chatbot, but that won't actually get you any results.

Are you sure? Chatbots seem to give better results under “pressure”.

Re:Don't Talk to People Like They're Chatbots on Friday January 26, 2024 @09:59AM (#39143338)
I would love if we started talking to voice assistants like they talk to the computer in star trek.
The “dudesy” thing is not a real LLM or anything similar. Its just a gimmick for some dumb comedy podcast with Will Sasso. It is very obviously not a real chatbot and is scripted. I am almost 100% certain this is the same thing. One of the comedians in the podcast probably wrote this.
Hideously evil company
Re:Why Rich People Don't Cover Their Windows on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @05:23AM (#39115722)
what a vapid pointless article
Re:Antidepressant use is surging in Britain on Saturday January 20, 2024 @03:50PM (#39072175)
They don’t work for everyone and have negative effects for lots of people including myself.
gps is accurate enough to tell what room you are in. Google knows roughly how large each addressed building is, theyre outlined on the map. Theres no reason to assume this particular feature would be less accurate than every other GPS feature.
I just checked someones home business and it did indeed show the busy times

Perfect for a burglar lol

it keeps saying its green and safe for the environment but doesnt explain how lol
Re:Ask HN: Why does React need 1484 dependencies by default? on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @08:03AM (#39027079)
That is create-react-app not react itself but I agree webdev has reached a point of schizophrenia regarding dependencies and performance.
Merlin has been out for like a decade
isnt there a difference in glycemic index between the two?
thats entirely subjective, I love the flavor of celery
Sounds neat but its really expensive and will never get pictures as good as a real camera despite costing as much. You can also just use Merlin on your phone.
its a real birding term, i have heard older birders say it

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