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Re:Claude, change the "Add to Cart" button to blue on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @11:01AM (#49627762)
Seems to be getting a polarized response. I quite enjoyed the it, but I do think the creator should have made it clearer that a) it is in fact a joke site and b) it does not consist of actual Claude responses.

It is easy to misinterpret this site, and therefore not "get" the joke.

The memory in the PC I put together early last year is now worth about three times the total cost of all the parts I used to build the thing. It is absolutely crazy.
I really like the reMarkable tablets, but they are still not quite the replacement for a paper notebook that I would like. I think the main problem is that the refresh-rate/software is slow enough that trying to "page through your notebook" to find specific notes is a grueling experience. The alternative is to just make lots of one page notes, but things still become difficult to find (not to mention you add a lot of stress coming up with good names for stuff...)
Re:The Therac-25 Incident on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @08:55AM (#45039000)
I was kinda shocked by the results of his informal survey, because this was a big focus of my ethics course in college. I guess a lot of developers either didn't get a CS degree, or their degree program didn't involve an ethics course.
The Skype for Business "installer" is too good at removing stuff.

Skype for Business stop working, I run "Repair" on the installation, progress bar zips to completion. Skype for Business is now gone. Oh, and so is the rest of Microsoft Office.

Re:When Tech Says ‘No’ on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @10:26AM (#37392122)
Indeed. I supported the absentee voting push during the pandemic, but one thing a lot of my friends don't understand is my opposition to absentee voting being normalized going forward.
In the US, implied employment contracts are "at-will". This means the employer may fire an employee for any reason (except reasons that explicitly break a law, like firing a black employee for being black). Likewise, an employee can quit at any time, with no recourse for the employer (2-weeks notice is a custom, not a contractual obligation under at-will employment).
Re:Russian firms rush to open Chinese bank accounts on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:57AM (#30543494)
Ah yes Tesla, the largest car manufacturer in the world...
Re:Life at 800 MHz on Friday January 14, 2022 @09:44AM (#29935033)
There are other usages of we for an individual. I think the writer is trying to use what is called the editorial we, not the royal we.

I will say it's use in that article is rather jarring however.

edit: Looking it up, it appear this has a fancy name, encompassing the royal we, the editorial we, and more: Nosism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosism