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Re:My Favourite Laptop on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:15PM (#50343863)
My old T420 still works and I still always smile when using the keyboard on it. Pure bliss.
US is way behind it seems. Latest season of Clarkson's farm is focused heavily on autonomous farming.
Re:Reid Hoffman – AI for All Americans on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @04:02PM (#49732179)
Because AI (like global warming) is going to respect borders. If we gave up measuring our dicks and collaborated with others we'd be in a much better place.
Re:Cursor Is Joining SpaceX on Friday August 14, 2026 @09:21AM (#49298330)
Eeeewww. Grok. Off to look at Zed.
Re:Quake – 30th Anniversary Update on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:44PM (#49202277)
I have no idea what any of these are LOL

Dawn of the Machine is available as a free update for Quake owners on XBOX Series X/S, XBOX One, Microsoft PC Store, Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Steam, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2 (via backwards compatibility), and Nintendo Switch versions of Quake.

I do still have my Quake CDs...

This is crazy. I imagine a few environmentalists are alarmed as well.

I thought light pollution from WalMart was bad...

Re:Mozilla Thunderbolt on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:09AM (#47793213)
"Mozilla Bubble" Building things no one wants.
Re:Protect Your Shed on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @10:35AM (#47690815)
I find the older I get - the more I want to work outside building a real shed.
Re:Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:14PM (#47143160)
This will be an interesting test of money vs morals.

Sadly I think we all know which one will win.

Is that why the Linux version is still broken?
Re: on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:22PM (#46479166)
Sorry. But if you think Trump actually cares about the people of Venezuela, you will be disappointed. Saw this on CNN: "...Venezuela is sitting on a massive 303 billion barrels worth of crude — about a fifth of the world’s global reserve...". Ah there it is. Money!
Re:Clicks Communicator on Friday January 02, 2026 @03:00PM (#46468715)
Can wait to get my Clicks jeans with 18 pockets for all my devices. Or my Clicks sport coat which includes a hood.

Also find it ironic how all these things are starting to look more and more like my old Palm Pilot.

Re:Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @08:23PM (#46381247)
I switched from Sublime to VSCode years ago and have been fairly happy but the recent AI onslaught in VSCode is making me look at other editors.
Re:The Browser Company (Arc, Dia) Has Been Acquired by Atlassian on Thursday September 04, 2025 @03:26PM (#45131252)
Say it with me. Bubble.
Re:Google Pixel 10 series review: Don't call it an Android on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:17PM (#45110353)
The summary is perfect. I had the first Pixel phone and at the time is was sooo nice compared to everything else. No bloat! Now it's just a hot mess with weird functionality and UI choices. It's like there are multiple teams working on it and they don't talk to each other.
Re:US to paint southern border wall black to make it hotter on Thursday August 21, 2025 @01:28PM (#44975574)
It's hard to believe we once put a man on the moon.
Re:Pixel 10 Phones on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @04:42PM (#44966217)
Only one question. Can you disable the stupid date on the home screen. No I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on a phone and then load another launcher on it. Just hire someone competent at programming to make this an option.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/132929200?hl=en

Note to self: cancel Hulu
Re:Tesla board awards $29B of shares to Elon Musk on Monday August 04, 2025 @02:08PM (#44789455)
Love seeing people rewarded for good behavior. Oh wait...
Re:Telo MT1 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @09:55AM (#44776613)
Why do these 'new' trucks feel they need to reinvent the wheel? I don't want something I need to 'reconfigure' to either carry people or a 4x8. I don't need seating for 4. I need a small utility truck. Like... a Toyota. A late 70's, early 80's Toyota. No electric windows. No fancy interior. Seating for 2 (my and my dog). No information screen...
Re:Typing Speed Is the Hidden Signal of a 10x Developer on Saturday July 05, 2025 @01:27PM (#44474192)
Some of the smartest people I've worked with over my career were horrible typist. I'm not sure how you'd ever measure this but in my experience this hasn't been the case.
Kill Star Wars. Done. Kill Indiana Jones. Pending.
Meta developers can't even make Marketplace search work properly. I can't seem them making a 'super intelligence' LOL
HAHAHAHAHA I mean turn signals work great (oh wait no one uses them). Headlights work (nope people still don't turn them on when it's raining).
I'm waiting until the trash pile on Everest is higher than the mountain itself. Everest isn't supposed to be easy to climb. If someone wants to do it faster/quicker - why would I care how. I'd still look at them and say you cheated.
After scribbling down notes in paper notebooks for years I finally decided I didn't want to kill any more trees to take notes I seldom referenced.

Now I have a digital tablet (Supernote) on which I scribble down all the meaningless stuff throughout the day. Then I review that and anything useful or important goes into Obsidian where I can tag/search it later.

Re:Android and Wear OS are getting a big refresh on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:39PM (#43977451)
This will be my last Pixel phone. I had the original and it was perfect. No fluff. Simple. Each version gets worse and worse. 7 is horrible. Still can't remove the stupid date from the home screen.
Re:My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit safer on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @11:35AM (#43917079)
Your site really needs a video :) I've run Hyperlites on my bikes forever (https://hyperlites.com/). I like them as they don't interfere with the original brake light, and provide additional lights higher up on the bike.
Love this! Would like to see a (manual) split rear window- super helpful for hauling longer things in a smaller truck. I put 10' conduit in my Ridgeline all the time.
Re:Everyday life improvements since the 90s (2022) on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @04:16PM (#43765834)
Eh. I'd argue while some of the objects have improved - I'm not sure my life has improved because of them.

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