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Re:SimCity 3k in 4k (2025) on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:20PM (#48303596)
These are all amazing. Thank you.
Cue Cave Johnson: “The bean counters told me we literally could not afford to buy seven dollars worth of moon rocks, much less seventy million. Bought 'em anyway. Ground 'em up, mixed em into a gel. And guess what? Ground up moon rocks are pure poison. I am deathly ill.”
Re:Sneakers (1992) – 4K Restoration on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @02:04PM (#43907951)
> Astronauts would never be as stupid as they're depicted in that film, things like "oh gee I think I'll take my helmet off around all this potential biohazard."

My head-canon explanation for this is that a good portion of the crew specifically were not astronauts -- they were experts in their field (geology, anthropology, etc.). And true-to-form, they were dismissive of other experts telling them NO, NO DO NOT REMOVE YOUR HELMET. And once the first few were exposed the others decided well, if there's a problem with it we're already screwed anyway.

UBI for very small values of U.
Re:Nokia sues Amazon, HP over video compression technology on Thursday November 02, 2023 @01:43PM (#38117317)
Corporate death rattle.
Re:Live dashboard of carbon dioxide removal purchases on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:12PM (#36191143)
No. It has always been feel-good BS.
Re:What crappy beer demand tells us about the economy on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:38PM (#34745487)
This is me. High Life is now my go-to. I guess the hop-bombs and the trending flavor-blast-du-jour that craft beer descended into just wore me out. And $0.50/can vs $2.50/can sure doesn't hurt.
Re:Gorgeous Photos Capture Life Inside a Drop of Seawater on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:48AM (#34441567)
Came here to say this exact same thing. It had a beautiful soundtrack, too. https://austinwintory.bandcamp.com/album/flow
Re:Post-processing is ruining iPhone photos on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:15PM (#34293513)
I know that there is already a reply to this effect, but to repeat YOU CANNOT TURN OFF SMART HDR ON NEW IPHONES. Astonishingly stupid.
Re:Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2022 on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:02PM (#33923648)
Nah, that's just a "too many connections hug" costume that the server is wearing.
Re:Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2022 on Friday December 09, 2022 @12:00PM (#33923618)
This is entirely new to me, but the impression I have is that it's _somewhat_ about the awkwardness but _way more_ about the extreme specificity. My Seinfeld neurons are firing like mad in sympathetic response.
Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:09PM (#33352616)
"We the People" of? Of what?
Sure depends upon the side effect we didn't understand, doesn't it?
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Shaka, when the walls fell.
Re:Detroit Industry Murals on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:44PM (#32372268)
If art's worth is merely the response it illicits, bravo. Vile.
Ooof. dockerd is gonna be _pissed_.
Re:I regret my website redesign on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:37PM (#32197409)
It is beautiful. Do it. Works best with sweetish-savory items. I first stumbled upon it when I put peanut butter & Sriracha on an omelette filled with pork sausage, bacon, and browned onions / mushrooms.
Re:I regret my website redesign on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:40PM (#32182372)
Throw some sriracha on that BK PB burger and that would be _magnificent_.
Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:20PM (#31879219)
This is giving the dystopian chills when I consider that the Uber-wealthy proponents of population reduction (Bill Gates) are buying up crop land. Long game?
I just hope they can figure out how to suspend it in worthless bits of gold.
Re:-h –Help -help Help –? –? on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:23AM (#30999282)
And yet… now I am deeply wishing for this. :-)
Re:The Cube Rule (2017) on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:21PM (#30795486)
Also, a pie slice is "Side Taco" (not "taco on its side").
Re:The Cube Rule (2017) on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:20PM (#30795474)
Floating Toast
Re:Apple Event March 8, 2022 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:54PM (#30604304)
For me it's mostly that they no longer announce anything that I _want_. I guess I'm not a pro-sumer looking to spend $3k+ on a workstation.
Re:Building a web app with no framework on Saturday March 05, 2022 @04:46PM (#30572229)
Totally get it, huge not-a-fan of the endless JS framework race. _However._

- Constructing a House Using Only Wood Glue

- Removing That Appendix Yourself

- Boiling an Ocean with Two Sticks

- Granting Your Own Wishes Without a Genie

- Hosting Your Own Funeral

Re:U.S. firm Cogent cutting internet service to Russia on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:38PM (#30560950)
So… begging the question. How did those sanctions go then?
Re:Facebook removes 'Convoy to DC 2022' group on Sunday February 06, 2022 @12:13PM (#30234464)
So are you opposed to all forms of public political speech, or just that which you’re opposed to?
This looks to be an ISP issue and not AWS.
Re:Ask HN: Are Cybersecurity Workers Ok? on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:51PM (#29554710)
- It's not my fault: check - I'm busy: check - Making money: check

At some point we need to stop the coddling. Sink or swim people.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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