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Re:How I use HTMX with Go on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @07:24AM (#48919178)
GASH?
This wouldn’t be the first time “tarot card reader” and “scammed” have appeared in the same sentence.
Thank you for this comment. You have expressed this far more eloquently and magnanimously this I would have.
How about a balloon then?
How about a parachute to keep it the right way up?
Re:Entangled Photons Maintained Under New York Streets on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @05:00AM (#41244111)
Not 4 qubits?
I wonder how much of the French/UK imports are resold as duty free good’s especially champagne, spirits and LVHM luxury items.
Re:How Actors Remember Their Lines on Thursday May 30, 2024 @08:22AM (#40522841)
“These pretzels are making me thirsty!"
Perhaps being under water makes it harder to “cheat”.
Re:What is the most useful project you have worked on? on Saturday April 06, 2024 @07:14PM (#39956550)
Wrote an Excel macro to produce “Marimekko” charts in a few hours (25 years ago).

A big name consultancy was trying to sell a software suite for $5K per seat when this was the only feature most people wanted.

Re:The Magical Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding on Friday October 27, 2023 @06:49AM (#38036903)
before or after?
The most delicious is:

“(-1)^0.5 2^3 Σ π.”

Finally! A use for Theranos.
Not sure about that. A teaser was released around 16/18 March which was two or so days before WGA and AMPTO negotiations started (according to Forbes).

It’s fun!: https://youtu.be/BwuQtdb4guo

Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering mistake on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:37PM (#37591885)
They take you out back and cut it off with a circular saw. At least then there’s no more “fat fingering” to worry about.
ChefGPT perhaps…
Re:AI to name your Java Classes on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:21PM (#35031651)
Exactly ! In my experience OOM certainly seems to be a Java key principle.

(Currently replacing a Java application with one written in Go).

Re:Gitlab's Startup Acquisition Process on Monday February 20, 2023 @05:53PM (#34874001)
Thank you! This might be a useful term of art to bandy about my current work situation.
Re:Gitlab's Startup Acquisition Process on Monday February 20, 2023 @04:50PM (#34873429)
Can anyone expand “MVC” as used in this guide? It appears as

“Outline a simple integration timeline for those features, considering an MVC release on the first month …”

I’m only familiar with this meaning Model-View-Controller. In this context I’d probably expect “POC”.

Re:Ask HN: Is Recursion Worth It? on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:34AM (#34545777)
It’s discussed in depth here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34542559
Re:David Zucker reflects on "Airplane!" in 2021 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:52AM (#28916456)
Surely you can’t be serious?
Re:Ask HN: Where are all the old Show HNs? on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:16AM (#28690787)
IIRC a while back there was a thread on HN about a successful “Uber for heirloom onions” business.
I believe they are Dutch and they look fine to me.
Re:An Unbelievable Demo on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:07PM (#27396796)
Or, if less is more, perhaps “C-+”?
Re:Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video] on Saturday April 11, 2020 @12:57PM (#22842645)
Maybe PBS "The Ring of Truth” - not Feynman though, Philip Morrison.

https://youtu.be/Nk8CQNThbc0