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Re:Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator on Friday July 10, 2026 @04:52PM (#48865091)
Calling this AI slop would be generous. If we made a list of the things wrong with it we would be here all day. Nothing has an effect on redline RPM, you can create compression and turbo combos that would instantly grenade an engine, the preset “super car” has 200hp?

The only thing it illustrates is the authors lack of understanding.

I know this is about the Japan and not the US, but software patent law has been incompatible with traditional IP protection in the US for a long time and it really doesn't make sense in the current age.
I wonder if you think other OSes are any different?

TempleOS is the only thing that comes to mind that doesn't fit your description and it's not practically useful.

Any sufficiently large codebase is a mix of ideas and concepts implemented by different people with different priorities over a large timespan and if you can fit the entire thing in your head it's not very interesting or complex.

Oh my lord. I'm sorry fellow tortured soul.
Re:Anti-*: The Things We Do but Not All the Way on Monday September 22, 2025 @01:56PM (#45337085)
Only one drawer? I think I have a problem. Maybe I'm a hoarder.
Re:Age Simulation Suit on Thursday September 04, 2025 @04:48PM (#45132039)
If you preorder I can get you the same thing for half the price. It just sometimes takes a few years for delivery.
Re:Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds on Friday November 22, 2024 @04:34AM (#42212414)
This isn't surprising at all if you have every had an interaction with Fedex.
Re:PHP 8.4 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:59PM (#42206866)
Python's packaging system is worse, but Javascripts packages / standard libraries are far worse than Python.

In python managing packages is a pain and there are too many package manager options, but for the most part there are good libraries, and chances are you don't even need one because the standard libraries are so good and mature.

In Javascript NPM is really all you need (even if yarn is a bit nicer), but you're gonna need to install 50 packages just to get a basic boiler plate app going and the quality of said packages is not always great.

Re:K1 Buys MariaDB on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @07:31PM (#41506714)
This code base has been sold like 3x now and is still around.
Re:Algorithms We Develop Software By on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:13PM (#41285562)
I like the "gun to the head" heuristic but I would probably rephrase it to be something like "If you only had 24hrs to solve this or the world would come to an end".
Re:Canada's maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:03PM (#39841011)
The thing is the production was already artificially limited by the government. So as the article says one way to increase production is just to allow for additional production.
Re:Punk is dead and so are we on Monday February 26, 2024 @10:59AM (#39512768)
No, it's mainstream pop culture. As the author alludes it's trendy even for straight people to emulate gay culture.
So what's taking you so long?!
Re:When Did Postgres Become Cool? on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:05PM (#37071044)
Nobody seems to have mentioned the MySQL licensing kerfuffle that got it pulled from most main stream Linux distros. For some of us this was the nail in MySQL coffin at a time when Postgres was becomming easier to manage.
Facebook ads are like 90% scams. I don't even understand how any of them get accepted. It's also night and day difference from Instagram which is also owned by Meta, I don't get it.
The problem with modern concrete falling apart prematurely is usually the use of rebar as a reinforcement.
Re:Arduino Uno R4 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @05:26PM (#36498890)
and the weird staggered header design was a mistake from the very first boards that has just continued to carry on through the years.
Re:Loneliness is stronger when not alone on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @12:35PM (#36406626)
For me it's more about lack of connection. My loneliest times are when I'm at home with my family, but we're just occupying the same space. If I actually make an effort to connect by sharing what's going on in my life or talking about the future then it's a lot more positive.
Compared to what?
Re:How Do I Identify? on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:52PM (#35192844)
Dad?
Re:Using a Raspberry Pi to add a second HDMI port to a laptop on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:01PM (#35171286)
Given the cost and availability of RPi at the moment this is an expensive option.
Re:FreeCAD User Book (2019) on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @11:45PM (#35065363)
I've spent some time trying to learn FreeCAD and ultimately decided that the cost of Fusion 360 pays for itself several times over in productivity compared to trying to deal with how clunky and difficult FreeCAD is.

Alternatively PCB stuff in Fusion is pretty horrible and IMO worse than Eagle was before they all but abandon it and started shoe honing it into Fusion. Meanwhile KiCad continues to get better and more feature rich.

Re:The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:27PM (#34644451)
If C++03 is old code then you're in one of the outer circles. The code base I'm working on has "Old style" C function declarations that predate C89.
Re:At 4.4 miles, Wyoming team sets new rifle shot world record on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:04PM (#32958107)
"The shooter was 4.4 miles away, a distance so great, the Earth’s rotation came into play."
Re: on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:39PM (#32233987)
It's kind of telling of how much Hacker news moderation has fallen off when the only comment adding any real discussion (aaron695) is down voted into oblivion while lame jokes get up-voted.
Re:Guest WiFi using a QR code on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:06PM (#32071943)
Or they could just be trying to connect from a laptop! Or a mobile device that doesn't understand how to parse this sort of WIFI connection code. Is this any sort of standard? Do Kindle devices support it?

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