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Re:We're Missing a Key Reason Why Americans Hate AI on Friday October 02, 2026 @11:56AM (#49934976)
I agree that I hear the threat of job destruction or 'they scraped the entire web stealing everything and are trying to charge us for re-packaging it for us' argument more than I hear that AI will bring abundance.
Re:Distributed data centers in our basements on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @02:59PM (#47591898)
At least one company is working on it. Https://leaf.cloud
Re:Personal Computer by Perplexity on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @07:35PM (#47344049)
You can do anything on zombocom

I thought of zombo.com the other day and booted it up. There is maybe no other website that continues to bring me as much joy as zombocom

Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams on Friday November 07, 2025 @10:37AM (#45847497)
A lot of people did pay for ad-free Netflix, only to wake up one day in the future to find that product ending, and a similarly priced tier that has ads in it.

Amazon Prime Video didn't have ads. Then one day it did.

Maybe you're right that _the masses_ need to start rejection ad-tiers, but so far we've seen that people will accept advertising to get more.

Re:Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams on Friday November 07, 2025 @10:30AM (#45847420)
Your comment is so naive. Most products out there have a terms and conditions that equate to 'the company can change the product at any time and you're always free to stop using it', while giving their salespeople little to no idea about future progress because that would limit sales. Even if you didn't "maybe forgot to ask", there isn't anyone to respond with the truth.

If you purchase a product that doesn't have ads and then they introduce ads - that is a huge change in the value proposition of the product.

Re:War story: the hardest bug I ever debugged on Thursday March 27, 2025 @12:07PM (#43495048)
I'd love to see the rest of your postmortem template! I never thought about adding a "Where did we get lucky?" question.

I recently realized that one question for me should be, "Did you panic? What was the result of that panic? What caused the panic?"

I had taken down a network, and the device led me down a pathway that required multiple apps and multiple log ins I didn't have to regain access. I panicked and because the network was small, roamed and moved all devices to my backup network.

The following day, under no stress, I realized that my mistake was that I was scanning a QR code 90 degrees off from it's proper orientation. I didn't realize that QR codes had a proper orientation and figured that their corner identifiers handled any orientation. Then it was simple to gain access to that device. I couldn't even replicate the other odd path.

Re:Diagrams AI can, and cannot, generate on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:07PM (#43425107)
Comments like these are why I come to hacker news! I'm working on a project right now where I've been learning mermaid, but have gotten to the point where it would be easier for me to draw it out and convert this way by a lot. I'll try this!
Re: on Friday July 05, 2024 @05:01PM (#40885974)
I was going to try it but when presented with no explanation and an account sign up, clicked out.

Great idea, could benefit from more upfront info.

Re:Show HN: Gpl2 2d web paddle game on Thursday June 06, 2024 @05:50PM (#40602777)
Yup - and that was worth it! I love a good a-ha moment.
Re:Krazam OS on Monday April 22, 2024 @08:36PM (#40127217)
It's a video feed of yourself with clippy in the bottom right corner saying "It's you"
Re:How engineers straightened the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Monday March 11, 2024 @05:43PM (#39673569)
No, they actually succeeded because it's still leaning. The tower was known for leaning and they wanted to preserve that famous lean while still increasing safety, which they increased.
You've got it backwards.

The article claims that the AI does not have a tendency to innovate, specifically stopping when it doesn't have the most probably result at hand.

Re:End of Life of Technologies and Devices on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:15PM (#38631642)
I just want to say that I love this and have it bookmarked! I've moved into my 30s and am now thinking about life "maintenance first" and this will be a helpful resource for planning.

I imagine the only help y'all need is for us to update EOL info when we see it?

While it doesn't hurt you, it was a frustrating waste of time. If you're showcasing something, you should be specific to your target market.

"Show HN: I made a tool to turn your Spotify artist profile into a website" would have been accurate.

Shame on me for not reading further, but someone using my Spotify profile data has so often paid off with exciting ways to see how I listen, I fell succumb.

Good luck on your site! Maybe it's useful to artists.