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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:17PM (#50341115)
The one that always trips me up is when a man is a Stacey.
Re:My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii
on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:34AM (#50337390)
Emulators are lacking the "nostalgia" of the hardware. I've bought and returned many handhelds, like the Abernic *. Playing Tetris on my 2DS or TOTK on my Switch is a completely different experience than on any of these gizmos. Someone who never played on the original HW, sure, but I can't and have tried, with RetroPi etc. There must be a term for that.
Re:Pi Is the Last Harness
on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:33PM (#50329515)
I've seen many mentions of pi and omp, but I can't figure out what they bring to the table. Does one need to be in the 10x club? I don't have herds of agents, I have different "chats" for different project or search queries, on the desktop and CLI.
Re:Casio Watches of the 1980s
on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:22PM (#50319755)
I find that Apple sleep tracking concentrates on how early you go to sleep and how many times you get up. I haven’t tried anything else, but the Apple thing doesn’t tell me what I don’t already know. Any suggestions for something basic, BPM and simple alarms ant timers? About to ditch my Ultra S3.
Re:Casio Watches of the 1980s
on Saturday October 31, 2026 @04:10PM (#50319644)
I saw a newish Subaru this week and there was a thin strip near the left rear light that spelled out “symmetrical AWD”. That gave me a slight chuckle. Same with 16g, Turbo or Platinum or “sea salt”.
Re:My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii
on Friday October 30, 2026 @06:35PM (#50311012)
If I can play Specter or Shuffle board air hokey, the BW boulder dash clone, Marathon, I'm game. Can I? You just cost me some, now a search for a Mac classic. The emulators don't do it for me.
Re:Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office
on Monday October 26, 2026 @04:13PM (#50250236)
I can't answer the ethical question, but I don't think it's binary B/W. We are not talking Oppenheimer here who's been elevated and his sins "pardoned".
I've listened to the most recent books, e.g. "Apple in China", "Steve Jobs in Exile", "Apple the first 50 years". By all accounts, he was a very difficult persona, but somehow folks gravitated to him or he changed gravity. Not trying to idolize the guy but failing, but I'll tell you I cried and my heart sank when I heard the news of his passing.
Who can you name now at the helm of any tech company today that has anywhere same gravitas? The charlatans at the 2 top AI firms? Certainly not MSFT, Google, Amazon and FB ether, imo. Nobody cares about their CEOs.
The stakes are not nearly the same when we're talking about luxury consumer tech gadgets. How much do workers need to be abused just to produce those?
But on this, vote with your wallet. This is not luxury though, this is - https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/prod293940005
Neiman Marcus The 2026 Fantasy Gifts Star Wars Legacy Experience $182,500
iPhones are just phones at a different price point at a different quality point with different levels of support. Some like Hondas, others - Lexus'. I can't say about abuse, I haven't been to China or India, but do you think any people on Android assembly lines fare better off? Not arguing, just spitballing.
Re:iPhone Duo Teardown
on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:22AM (#50245318)
And yet mine won't ship until the end of January. We don't know how many they've made.
I would argue that this is an attractive selling point for tech enthusiasts, but most people aren't going to care.
But people camped out at my Aventura Apple Store in Miami at 8PM the previous day. Not a nerd hub really.
Re:Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office
on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:16AM (#50245227)
But would we have what we have now without SJ? I read (listened) the book. I've worked with phony CEO talking heads with zero "vision". Apple has gone through many like that and still ended up on Steve, that says something, no?
Re:Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
on Sunday October 25, 2026 @08:04AM (#50230711)
I'M WRITER, TECHNICAL WRITER, HIGHLY TECHNICAL PERSON EXECUTIVE SPACE. COMMUNICATION HAS ALWAYS ONE STRONG POINTS, BLATHERING AI DOES DRIVES ME DISTRACTION. 'S IMPOSSIBLE REALLY TAILOR OUTPUT LLMS VERY MUCH. I VALUE INFORMATION DENSE, DIRECT WRITING WHEN COMES TECHNICAL THINGS THEY'RE ALWAYS EMBELLISHING GOING OFF SIDE QUESTS 'S OBNOXIOUS. UGH.
Re:Jailbreaking the Switch 2
on Friday October 23, 2026 @09:04AM (#50208370)
TOTK requires too many button gymnastics, it won't be playable on an iPhone without a gamepad shell and the iPhone screen is too small. I've played through both BOTW and TOTK to the end.
Re:Learning to live with Waymos
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:28PM (#50202998)
Understood. Other people bother me little, but If it happens, I’ll sit elsewhere, no big deal. It is certainly cultural but my 35 years in the US, I’ve seen most everything … I’m pretty immune.
Re:Where Wealth Is Moving in America (2023)
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @05:03PM (#50200991)
Hmm, I live here (Miami-ish) and sometimes you need a canoe or a Tacoma with a snorkel to get up to the surface. Or, just stay at home. 2 years ago my wife was stuck at intersection for 8 hours 1 mile away from home, I had to relieve her on foot. It's not just about the wind, the infra here is outdated (drainage). I've seen it, I've been there got the tee, it's not hypothetical.
Re:British Airways: Filming Crew W Meta Glasses Could Get Your Tickets...
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:15PM (#50198261)
And this way of thinking, believing it is the service employee's fault seems to be the American way of thinking, you don't see it anywhere else in the world.
What's this got to do with American whatever? I paid for the ticket and will use the bathroom as often as my body requires. Should I relieve myself in the seat?
The problem is never caused by the employee.
You can even report the company itself but never the employee because they are just robots.
Calling flight attendants robots is low. Nicest people in the world, especially given their grueling schedules.
Re:British Airways: Filming Crew W Meta Glasses Could Get Your Tickets...
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:05PM (#50198154)
In my building, people walk into the elevator with their speaker on full blast without paying any attention to the rest of the riders. Same in stores or gyms, just blissfully yada-yading. I blame the Kardashians.
Re:Maybe There Was an Egg Cartel After All
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:44AM (#50196124)
In many places, farmer markets aren't a thing. I live in South Florida and there is just one farmer's market near me that's open on weekends. I tried the organic eggs at $3 each, or geese eggs at $5, meh, stinky and gamey. So I get my eggs through Publix or Winn Dixie and they charge what they want to. It's pure price gouging, a dozen of eggs was under a $1 6 years ago, now it's $4. I wonder how the things compare in Europe, eggs there taste on another level better.
Re:'I've applied for 300 jobs. My 25 years' experience is worthless'
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:28AM (#50195900)
I sympathize with the OP as I have roots in the former USSR, but this is unfortunately true. My previous workplace in the US straight out rejected any resumes that smelled Russian.
Re:The Future of CSS
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:06AM (#50195511)
No, I've been using frameworks to abstract all this gibberish ugliness away. CSS and HTML are not artisanal, means to an end, not art.
Re:Learning to live with Waymos
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:00AM (#50195443)
Hey, of course I read your comment. You prefer robots, that was my takeaway, and I prefer people.
Re:Epic vs. Apple AU:Court Orders Alt App Stores,Sideloading and 3rd P...
on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:49AM (#50194629)
Because with Apple refunds are easy and scammy subscriptions are easily terminated. Do other non first party stores provide that piece of mind?
Re:Getting Banned from r/java
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @12:05PM (#50183292)
Tangent re:Java, but I got recently banned from r/archery for suggesting that a bow string shouldn't cost more than $20. The problem with Reddit is mod super powers, they love their fiefdoms.
Re:The Other Epidemic: Trying to get off benzodiazepines
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:46AM (#50182957)
6: DON'T EVER TAKE A BENZO, EVER. Maybe 1 before eye surgery where they can't anesthetize you and you leave without any more pills.... Something like that. Otherwise, avoid.
I bit of a harsh take. I started having out of nowhere physical panic attacks (GAD) in my early thirties and they worked wonders. 0.25mg did it. Taken when needed, not daily or as a party drug. I don't use them anymore, for a long time, but they were a crutch that I needed at the time. Breathing into a brown bag wasn't it.
Re:Learning to live with Waymos
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:27AM (#50182640)
Are you too young to have never been in a yellow cab? A strange take... engage, don't, the driver is just making a living, they'd rather be left alone ... put your AirPods on.
Re:Learning to live with Waymos
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:16AM (#50182466)
That's cool, I bike too, but that robos test on public roads will never sit right with me.
Re:The Future of CSS
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:13AM (#50182403)
But it's just too complex, more and more stuff. What is this even (from another comment):
<div class="container"></div> .container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr 1fr; grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap: 0px 0px; grid-auto-flow: row; grid-template-areas: ". . ." ". . ." ". . ."; }
I've been away from CSS for a few years and this looks alien to me. I don't know any of this syntax except for the div declaration, and I used to think I was good at CSS with less and sass. I don't want to deal with molecules, or atoms, this is just too much.
Re:Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England until the Black Death
on Monday October 19, 2026 @03:06PM (#50156574)
Really. Didn’t think that still stood, re: kings’s deer, a shame. Bows miss more than rifles.
Re:Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England until the Black Death
on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:11PM (#50154176)
You can also use blunted arrows to knock them out. Don't know about the humane aspect.
Re:Rabbits were a medieval royal luxury in England until the Black Death
on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:07PM (#50154130)
They were a common protein source when I was growing up in Ukraine, I'd venture to say similar in neighboring countries.
I remember the taste to be nothing spectacular, it's not venison, if anything I prefer poultry. Anything can taste well enough with butter and garlic. Rabbit is commonly available in my local LatAm and Eastern European stores in Miami, but I don't crave it. Lamb on the other hand...
Most winter hats were made from their fur - Ушанка - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka
These were disposable items, the fur wore out very quickly. One per winter if memory serves.
Re:I built a programming language that LLMs can't use
on Monday October 19, 2026 @11:55AM (#50153958)
Aren't you making them even smarter once they crack your PL?