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Re:My Favourite Laptop on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:27PM (#50344030)
I use a t14 gen 2 now but I still have my t420 w/ extra disk in the bay in my closet. Recently took it out and man, it's still the best keyboard I ever used.
Re:OccupySaaS on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:45AM (#50336723)
Remember when someone described dropbox as a wrapper around rsync?

This has a very similar vibe.

Re:PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory (2025) on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:51AM (#50245827)
That's a good point. Fwiw, I use throwaways because I don't want certain types of users to know anything about me. I wouldn't have felt this way, say, 5 years back.

What tools do you use for filtering if I may ask?

Re:PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory (2025) on Monday October 26, 2026 @11:45AM (#50245717)
Say more?

I've been reading HN since 2013 and the quality has gone down, kind of like eternal September.

Re:Hello Toronto – Waymo Is En Route on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:10PM (#50120205)
I'm sure disabled or elderly people would agree with you.
Re:Hello Toronto – Waymo Is En Route on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:08PM (#50120181)
A more uniform experience across taxi rides.

I'm sure many people have had enjoyable rides with taxis. I've had many.

But I've also has rides where the drivers was obviously exhausted and driving recklessly, and I've had a few drives where the driver started going on about some insane political topics.

Some days I don't want the latter. Having that service would be a nice option.

Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @10:02AM (#50118515)
Btw, I'm using throwaways because I want to keep a nice firewall between the new surge of doomer trolls on HN and my life.

Im happy to discuss and debate views

Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @09:58AM (#50118471)
Yeah! And being mean to musk on the Internet un-ruins the planet. Great thinking here!
Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @09:58AM (#50118464)
How is this scamming you or anyone?

It's an engineering demo. It obviously showcases impressive tech from several fields like automotive design, material science, etc.

Whether this turns into vaporware is something that will shake out in the future. Calling this a scam is jumping the gun.

> SOLVES ACTUAL PROBLEMS

Can you elaborate how the Mother of All demos suggested guis and networks and a mouse would solve actual problems?

Re:Tesla Roadster on Thursday October 15, 2026 @09:53PM (#50112851)
The HN crowd isn't what it used to be. Technology doesn't excite most people here anywhere.
Re:Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? on Thursday October 15, 2026 @02:40PM (#50108260)
Sign of the times.

"Back in my day", HN felt more signal than noise. Oh there was flaming and name calling, but there was a lot less of what you point out: simple outgroup dunking.

Re:Why is every rationalist blog post way too long? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @10:48PM (#50098549)
What the author here misses is that the verbosity is often a signal of work done.

It's like the "alternatives considered" section in a design doc or RFC: it shows you've thought through different approaches, considered trade-offs, etc. It's a little like showing your work combined with taking the reader on a journey.

Nice collections, cool to have these in one place.
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