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Re:Mac at Any Scale on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:04PM (#50354642)
Not crappy. Skill issue.
Honestly I’ll just wear a watch.
Re:The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:10AM (#50336367)
How you can make this argument then present the most unreadable memory hog mess of a language that’s really just functional sugar on top of Java as the example is hilarious. You must be trolling.
This is the mantra of blue cities too.
He isn’t avoiding consequences. Only delaying them.
Let’s hope so
Re:GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:55PM (#50251615)
Right. Because they don’t know. They’re just pumping out crap desperately trying to stop hemorrhaging billions.
Re:GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:54PM (#50251602)
It’s totally clear. About as clear as mud.
Re:GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:53PM (#50251591)
Don’t forget to refill the kerosene tank!
Re:GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:53PM (#50251587)
No. It’s not similar at all.
Re:GPT-6.1 Terra on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:51PM (#50251566)
The length of your explanation shows just how bad of a naming scheme this is.
Nothing lasts forever. Dinosaurs will die eventually.
Absolutely. Yes they are. To believe anything different is to be a Luddite.
It’s not callous to tell people to stop being lazy. It takes almost 0 effort to type “how does xyz work” into an AI assistant.
I know right? Especially by Microsoft. The pinnacle of code quality!
Let’s be honest, Microsoft never made anything that wasn’t broken, messy, and bloated before AI was a twinkle in Sam Altman’s eye.
Re:Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:45PM (#50251476)
You think Hacker News’ design is new? It’s looked exactly the same since I started using it over a decade ago.
Re:Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:43PM (#50251453)
Skeumorphism is the opposite of user hostile. Flat design. Now THAT is user hostile.
Re:Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 on Monday October 26, 2026 @05:42PM (#50251426)
I just learned that X Window System came out a year before the first Windows release. Interesting. Thanks for pointing out the compiz ripoff. It spurred me to look up the original release dates.
Re:Eye of Sauron: Long-Range Hidden Spy Camera Detection on Saturday October 10, 2026 @12:57AM (#50029707)
Eye of Sauron to counter Palantir. Makes sense.
Re:Apple and a Hacker's Future on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:38AM (#49965481)
I'd feel about 100x safer with my child using MacOS than any Linux distro. Linux comes with much more footgun built in than any commercial OS.
Re:Apple and a Hacker's Future on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:35AM (#49965452)
> I would never write a 3,000-word article about how bad someone else is because of an issue I caused for myself.

Welcome to hacker news!

Re:Apple and a Hacker's Future on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:34AM (#49965433)
No it hasn't and it's not even close.

- Guy writing to you from Windows 11 with multiple Macbook Pros next to him.

Re:Why don't more developers "use the platform"? on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:55PM (#49957756)
This is the case with being a zealot for and trying to 100% adhere to any ideology. There’s a very good reason Linux runs on a huge percentage of world server infrastructure and virtually none runs on GNU HURD. The real world doesn’t care if your model is theoretically better. At the end of the day, actually shipping things is what truly matters and strictly adhering to an ideology tends to stand in the way of that.
Re:Why don't more developers "use the platform"? on Sunday October 04, 2026 @04:52PM (#49957727)
Thank you for typing this all out because I could not articulate this nearly as well as you did but this was exactly what I wanted to respond to that comment.
You kid but AI can absolutely make security professionals far more productive just as it does for other professionals.
Re:A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts on Thursday September 24, 2026 @08:05AM (#49829491)
My windows button properly handles windows. Window + left arrow snaps left. Windows + down snaps it down. Etc… It’s literally the best default window manager any OS has.
Re:A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:54AM (#49829381)
Floating dickbars? What kind of websites are you visiting!?
Re:A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:51AM (#49829363)
Sure. Not every computer has a keyboard either.
Keyboard shortcuts on Mac are a lot more consistent than windows and Linux actually. On a Mac command + C / V is copy / paste. In Linux sometimes it’s control + c, sometimes it’s control + shift + c.

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