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Re:Starling: The first real desktop written by AI on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @09:43AM (#49097435)
That was my immediate thought as well. "Ok, you built a desktop environment. Why? What can it do that can't be easily obtained elsewhere?"
Re:Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100? on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:34PM (#46638876)
[EDJY](https://edjy.com/products/edjy-fingernail-cutter) nail trimmers have been awesome and I will probably only ever use that from now on
I knew I recognized it from somewhere, thanks for the context
it's already prohibitively expensive for most people since most insurance doesn't cover it. Doesn't really seem like a solution. Edit: in the US. Can't speak for other nations.
Re:Is it time to open source SublimeText? on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:11AM (#35373886)
[citation needed]
You're arguing in bad faith, the point is that limiting access to speech platforms is not in the interest of citizens and only serves the government.
Wow that’s quite convincing!
Re:Most Education Is Wasteful and Immoral on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:15AM (#34628670)
> Unschooling works for some, mostly those who have a desire to self-direct. That's not everyone.

Definitely agree, I've also seen a non-zero number of parents using (home/un)schooling as an excuse to basically not parent their children and have intentionally disconnected from those communities

Re:Most Education Is Wasteful and Immoral on Thursday February 02, 2023 @11:11AM (#34628592)
This is very similar to my own experience. Having the freedom to try things out and explore my interests at a young age had a large impact later, and gave me a real sense of personal direction that I see many of my peers lacking.

I do find many of the arguments in this article somewhat nonsensical, but this one in particular hits home.

We did buy the app :)
Re:Scripting-language inspired by JavaScript and GLSL on Friday December 30, 2022 @11:21PM (#34193529)
Cool project, writing a lexer/parser/tokenizer for a simple language was an enjoyable and gratifying experience when I dabbled in the past. It's fun to learn about how those things work in such a hands-on way.
Re:Poll: Which IDE/text editor do you use? on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:47PM (#33711999)
Coming from a similar background I found that it was super helpful to create my own keybinds for stuff like navigating forward/backward through tabs, toggling the sidebar etc. Before I did that I felt similarly that it was too mouse dependent.

The VSCode Vim extension has a `gh` key sequence for showing the hover info you normally have to use the mouse for that made switching much easier.

Re:Joe Rogan Interviews Steve Jobs on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:25AM (#33163738)
This concept is explored in-depth in the Hyperion book series. Highly recommended if you like the genre :)
Re:Show HN: Depot – fast, remote Docker container builds on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @05:26PM (#33013489)
How does this compare to nixpacks? I've heard good things but admittedly haven't dug in too far yet.

https://nixpacks.com/docs/how-it-works

I was under the impression JMAP was just a sync protocol and had nothing to do with js in email. Is that incorrect?
Re:Unity rejects AppLovin’s $17.5b takeover offer on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:23PM (#32487540)
Seems like great news if you work for Epic
Yes, HubSpot
Re:Ask HN: How do you start your remote work day? on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @10:32AM (#31327594)
Oh no, This hits a little too close to home
Re:After the first tech job on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @11:50PM (#31269218)
Reading this was like holding up a mirror. I’m also 32 and recently realized i need to learn how to spend a healthy amount of time away from a screen.

Getting stuck in “career” mode consumed the majority of the last decade. Self taught is not an easy path, but my life is much better than it would have been had i continued what i was doing before getting into tech.

Now i just want to play an instrument and sit outside. :)

IIRC Spectacle is no longer maintained and is spiritually succeeded by https://rectangleapp.com
Streisand effect in full swing
Re:Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:50PM (#30296700)
I'm inclined to agree, though I feel they're already pretty hands-off for most things that don't have corporate interest or overreaching power driving them.
Re:Key senators have voted for the anti-encryption EARN IT act on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:30PM (#30296550)
> I really wish politicians would embrace a "we will make policies for things we can understand" motto.

I don't think they'd make many policies if that were the case

Re:Creating randomness Without Math.random on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:03PM (#23815142)
I just watched a really good video explaination of this the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYawx70iP4
Needs Jira to be useful for me, very cool idea though!
Re:Why I dislike Modern UI on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @09:18AM (#14358093)
Complaining is easy. If you don't like how modern UI's work, do something about it instead of making more noise.