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Re:Meta Down on Friday June 12, 2026 @10:14AM (#48504414)
So BGP misconfigured again?
Re:Mass Resignation from xAI on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @12:45PM (#46978186)
If you thought that, you would be really delusional about what is actually failing.
I use models only through APIs - e.g. gpt-4o through Azure, or Google models through Vertex API. So no data are stored about me.
I don't even know the other meaning of this word.
Re:RegEx Crossword on Saturday November 01, 2025 @10:01PM (#45787264)
[^X]* means anything but X as many times as you want. So F will match this part.
Re:Talent Is Alignment on Friday October 03, 2025 @04:53AM (#45460634)
> In fact, while I’m unable to remember sounds or hear them in my head, it seems I have a rather good understanding what “sounds nice” that allows me to ad-hoc compose music.

This is interesting. I can remember and hear sounds in my head, but can't visualize any images.

I wonder how common it is.

Re:Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage on Monday September 15, 2025 @02:06AM (#45246598)
Not sure if sarcasm or flame bait.
Re:Ask HN: LLM struggles to center div too? on Saturday September 06, 2025 @04:56PM (#45152764)
I had much better success with FE than with BE.

Does it mean AI is really bad at FE and even worse at BE?

Completely agree.

That’s why I always prefix my commit messages with “IntelliJ:”.

Re:Why your website should be under 14kB in size on Saturday July 19, 2025 @06:26AM (#44614228)
I have a suspicion that the 30 second loading time is not caused by TCP slow start.
Re:GLP-1s Are Breaking Life Insurance on Sunday July 13, 2025 @03:26PM (#44552829)
Is there any research on whether GLP-1s are also beneficial for generally healthy and not overweight people?
Check out the StaffPlus conference:

https://leaddev.com/staffplus-new-york/

It depends on which part of the world you live in.
Re:Vibe Coding is not an excuse for low-quality work on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:33PM (#43740883)
If my manager fire somebody for using common sense, I’m not going to tell them anything. Because I can be next.
> So if you want a better web experience with uBlock Origin, Firefox is your only choice

Too bad a lot of websites just don't work with Firefox. It seems web devs are not testing with Firefox anymore.

Re:Solitaire on Thursday February 27, 2025 @12:16PM (#43196335)
This game is freaking addicting. I had to uninstall it.
I realized that it's impossible to find clubs that serve alcohol till morning. The laws are more strict nowadays.

Most of the raves I attend now are on indigenous lands, it's definitely not mainstream, and I can party till morning.

Re:How long til we're all on Ozempic? on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:00PM (#41813090)
To paraphrase: Instead of relying on medication that helps with issues caused by our society, let's completely change the society so it's no longer the issue?

That's very idealistic, in my opinion.

Re:What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager? on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:18PM (#41759451)
The Catcher in the Rye
Re:Ask HN: Phone Behavior on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:41PM (#41605744)
Happens to me when my phone connects to a cell tower in Mexico. I get a Mexican IP address, and Google tries to accommodate.
You encode the cleartext with a single master key. Then you encrypt the master key with multiple keys and store it together with the encrypted cleartext.

This will not take much more space as only the master key is encrypted multiple times.

Now anybody who has one of the keys can decrypt the master key and subsequently decrypt the cleartext.

Re:Tell HN: Asus, good hardware, horrible customer service on Saturday August 10, 2024 @03:50AM (#41208001)
Because if it breaks, it will break for good?

And exactly one week after warranty ends?

Re:Ask HN: How do you go about finding a job? on Sunday July 14, 2024 @09:00PM (#40964481)
I posted here the steps I'm following when looking for a job:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36494126

And I would say I am pretty successful.

Just moved to Canada. When it gets warmer I will move further to the north.

Besides that - recycling and avoiding single-use plastics as much as possible.

> Do scripting languages really need both "null" and "undefined" values?

Do programming languages really need any of these two?

Re:Java is becoming more like Rust, and I am here for it on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:29PM (#39594030)
I'm surprised there aren't more people using Java nowadays. The JVM is rock solid, the speed is really good, and the latest changes are making the language much more modern.

Maybe people are actually using it but not talking about it? Not sure.

> you don't buy a million dollar home with a mortgage. That is crazy. Buy a smaller, inexpensive "starter home", and move every few years

But there are 0 houses under 1 million in my area.

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