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As I was reading this, I was mentally preparing my reply to call BS on your story, as no instructor would do this on your first lesson.

Glad to see the twist at the end - great story!

Re:Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth on Thursday December 14, 2023 @05:56PM (#38648554)
TIL about a 2,000 lb "manhole cover" (big armored plate they welded on the end of a pipe to contain (HA!) the explosion) that got launched into the atmosphere in 1957 by a nuclear explosion test, leaving ground at 150,000 mph (220,000 fps). Spoiler: it probably vaporized.
Re:No One Wants to Talk to Your Chatbot on Thursday July 27, 2023 @05:49PM (#36900604)
Prometh? Trying to process that product name. Is it promise with a lisp, or are you in favor of meth?
They need a fake hand to rise up and wave over the steering wheel so pedestrians will know they’re waiting for them.
Could heat the place with GPUs.
Re:The Password Game on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:03PM (#36494733)
didn’t think I needed the /s
Re:The Password Game on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:01PM (#36494698)
This would be great to use on my sites so users choose stronger passwords.

Is there an api planned, or is it open source?

Re:How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @11:30AM (#36126039)
Pretty much every browser extension can/must do that.
Something you never want to hear from your lawyer, or doctor, is that your case is interesting.
Re:Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @11:58AM (#35248052)
Clippai™
Probably the same number. Almost every startup in SF uses SVB by default.
Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:12PM (#34728503)
Maybe the 10% quit over that, and they spun it as layoffs.
Re:Ice not recommended for soft tissue injury treatment on Monday December 19, 2022 @11:19AM (#34053849)
NSAIDs are anti-inflammatories. Analgesics are anti-pain. Completely different mechanisms.

I had arthroscopic surgery for a torn meniscus in my knee this year. My doc (well-respected pro sports ortho in Austin) put me on ice and rather long term Naproxen (NSAID). So not every doc has gotten with or believes in the new thinking.

Re:Worst Opening Sentences of 2022 on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:07AM (#34016142)
> All I can say is that I have never been so insulted (even by the likes of my moronic sister (who seems to delight in making me uncomfortable (and she is so good at it, knowing just how to push my buttons (which I think is a skill that all siblings possess to some extent (which I believe proves some sort of genetic link (despite the fact that I really enjoyed genetics in school (relating on so many levels to Gregor Mendel and his peas (but of course peas make me gag, since my throat swells when I eat them)))))))) as I was by someone suggesting that I have ADD.

Brilliant.

Re:Why some feces float and others sink on Monday November 21, 2022 @12:27PM (#33695232)
Same as it looks coming out of your nose or throat - clear to whitish/yellowish.
No, we’re tracking ball flight (in one of our future products).
Three years ago I started a side hustle in the golf industry to pay for my obsessive love for the game.

Never really talked about it in my software circles (until now), but it’s probably time, as we’re doing mid 7-figures/yr, growing rapidly, and have three ft employees (sales and shipping). It’s become my ft gig as well and I couldn’t be happier.

Currently I’m considering hiring another dev with a similar passion for the game, ideally someone with computer vision experience. Austin location preferred but would consider remote.

fyi, the long loom url in your post is causing this page to be nearly unreadable on iPhone Safari. Have to squint to read tiny text or scroll horizontally.
Re:Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:57AM (#30524244)
29 on fifth try, on iPhone Safari. Love it!
Re:Effects of Toxoplasma on Human Behavior (2007) on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:42PM (#29361872)
Nope.
Re:Effects of Toxoplasma on Human Behavior (2007) on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:35PM (#29361817)
For anyone curious about treatment for latent toxoplasmosis, this was an interesting read: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00381-19

I’m a former practicing veterinarian, had 13 outdoor cats as pets as a child and several indoor cat pets over my life, and so almost certainly am in the 1/3rd of humans who are infected/affected.

Thanks for your response. This happens to me whether or not I've collapsed any comments or hidden any posts. Frustrating, because I've tried it on a couple of friends' iPhones and their phones don't have the same problem.

It feels like some kind of issue with the response cache headers sent by the webserver, but since it's not reproducible on some phones or any desktop browser, that's unlikely.

Ask HN: Bounty – iOS doesn't hold my scroll position when going back to HN

This is a problem that's been frustrating me here on HN when using iOS Safari on iPhone 12 Pro Max:When visiting any link on HN, whether it goes to another HN page or external website, then using the Back button or back swipe to return, my scroll position is not held. The page appears to reload and I'm left at the top of the page. The only way to hold my scroll position is to open the link in a...

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Re:How I built a modern website in 2021 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @12:07PM (#28819498)
Surprising that with all that infrastructure he’s not compacting/obfuscating his JS.

Also surprising, of course, that an expert isn’t doing that redirect server-side.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021) on Friday October 01, 2021 @02:05PM (#28721667)
GunghoGolf.com | Austin TX | remote or onsite | PT or FT

Prefer a software engineer with a passion for golf and some experience with golf tech. RoR and iOS dev a plus. Our small team of three is innovating in the indoor golf space, which is booming. Email ron at domain above, reference HN in subject.

Yes. They need overflow-x: hidden and text-overflow: ellipsis on the post title div.
Just some quick feedback on your mobile site with iPhone Safari:

“Send a clients” typo on home page. Client should be singular.

Pricing page: not clear I could swipe plan cards to right. When attempting to swipe, could not get second card to come into view. Recommend letting them flow beneath.

Re:Post Mortem of Google Outage on 14 December 2020 on Friday December 18, 2020 @05:11PM (#25472705)
I’d say that’s solidly on-topic, and was more damaging to my business than the previous outtage.

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