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Re:elect.horse on Friday October 30, 2026 @11:47AM (#50305634)
I always thought it was rlstne. I might be conflating English letter distribution with Wheel of Fortune letter ordering.
Re:Tesla Roadster on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:13PM (#50120257)
Are you kidding me? That was real? I laughed that off as AI BS and went about my day.
Re:Submarine Cable Resilience on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @07:12PM (#50096887)
This was a fascinating, well written article.
I swear I'm not trying to criticize, but, uh--why only 10 or so photos? Why not just film it long term? Is it our position in earth's orbit that only lets us image that system once a year or so?
Re:How I Over-Engineered My Book on Monday August 17, 2026 @08:56PM (#49339799)
I love this! I'm writing short stories and I use Astro to build the site, I generate sharable qr codes and epubs for every story as well as the whole, and I use gh-pages to push to GitHub pages.

And I hear you about over-engineering. I feel like a Linux user--spending more time getting my laptop just right instead of using it. I have to remind myself that the point of it is the result, not the process.

Okay, the article I read on HN yesterday about the ram shortage crippling inexpensive devices feels relevant here. As far as I can tell, the article treats the low memory capacity as a foolish business decision rather than perhaps a required economic decision.

Like, I didn't see a single mention of why they chose 8GB while recommending 16GB. It's like a straw man argument: why not at least explore possible causes?

That is addictive!
Re:Apple Introduces MacBook Neo on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @04:01PM (#47253749)
In case you didn't already know or haven't considered it, you can find right-angle usb-c MagSafe adaptors that basically allow the charging cable to disconnect from the device like MagSafe.
Re:Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:40PM (#46726056)
Tell me more about this game!
Re:4k tons of potatoes to be given away for free in Berlin on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @12:27PM (#46619020)
Oh, wow--what if Big Ketchup is behind this? Huge, if true.
Re:Date is out, Temporal is in on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:56PM (#46594195)
So, hold on--the author's soul-breaking complaint isn't all of the "quirks" and inconsistencies with the Date functions, but rather the fact that it's an object? Specifically, an object with mutable properties in a language when all objects have mutable properties?

I mean, the author's conclusion is correct. But I disagree with the rationale. It's like hating an evil dictatorship because they use the wrong font in their propaganda.

Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time on Saturday January 03, 2026 @07:38PM (#46483487)
Here's my brilliant idea: the longer it takes for an answer to be marked correct, or the more answers there are before one is marked correct, the more points that answer deserves.
Re:Show HN: Picknplace.js, an Alternative to Drag and Drop on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:33PM (#46320329)
Surely you're being hyperbolic. I've seen some atrocious UX before. Maybe what you mean is it's a good idea but the scrolling part should be list-based instead of page-based.
Re:Cerebras Code now supports GLM 4.6 at 1000 tokens/sec on Saturday November 08, 2025 @02:00AM (#45854727)
It's not that the product you're building is a commodity. It's that the tools you're using to built it are. Why not build a landing page using HTML and CSS and tailwind? Why not use swift to make an app? Why not write an AWS lambda using JavaScript?
Re:The New Calculus of AI-Based Coding on Monday October 27, 2025 @06:25PM (#45727054)
This reads like "Hey, we're not vibe coding, but when we do, we're careful!" with hints of "AI coding changes the costs associated with writing code, designing features, and refactoring" sprinkles in to stand out.
When they say their battery storage capacity is 15,000 MW, do they mean MWh? Because watts are time-independent, or rather, they're like speed to Joule's (watt-hour's) distance.
Re:Macro Gaussian Splats on Sunday October 12, 2025 @05:02PM (#45561884)
I still don't get the point of Gaussian Splats. How are they better than triangles?
Re:Retrocide Mono – A monospaced font with no decenders on Saturday October 04, 2025 @02:44AM (#45471096)
It's very nice, but why? The lack of descenders makes it slightly harder to read. More of the letters look the same.
Is this similar to Peltier coolers?
Re:Plex Security Incident on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @01:56AM (#45177944)
I don't understand. I run a Plex instance on my home server as well. Are you referring to jellyfin not needing a centralized Plex account? Or do most Plex users rely on a plex-provided server?
Re:Plex Security Incident on Monday September 08, 2025 @06:54PM (#45175178)
I am a faithful Plex lifetime user and have never had problems.

That said, I shouldn't be blinded by convenience. I hear jellyfin is a good alternative. Can someone share

- how easy is it to administer for clients outside of my network or possibly even outside my country?

- how good is the app support? I transcode all of my media to AAC and h264 for compatibility

-what about for streaming music? I really like Plex amp

- what do you like the most about jellyfin

- what do you miss most about Plex?

Thank you.

Re:Where's the shovelware? Why AI coding claims don't add up on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @06:50PM (#45121221)
What the author is missing is the metric that matters more than shipping product: how much happier am I when my AI auto complete saves me typing and figures out what I'm trying to articulate for me. If devs using copilot are happier--and I am, at least--then that's value right there.
They're serious because ...

> ... would provide Perplexity with a shortcut to user acquisition and enhance data collection for targeted advertising.

... advertising dollars? Wouldn't every company want that? I'm guessing Perplexity wants to make an AI browser, but wanting advertisement money hardly makes a company's offer stand out.

Re:I Drank Every Cocktail on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @09:16PM (#44665837)
This was a pleasant read. I want a goal like this to try and achieve. Neat!
I am not getting rid of windows 10 for several years at least. Too many of my workflows require windows apps, and windows 11 is incoherent, full of ads, and way too controlling.
I'm on my phone, trying this. It's a question about how many people are in the air right now.

- when I tap on a factor, I can edit the slider, but it doesn't do anything.

- when I tap another factor, the previous editor stays in place.

- how do I choose my factor?

- where do I actually do the multiplication?

- where do I check my answer?

- why do the factors have "grab icons" (the six dots)? Why would I drag one?

https://imgur.com/a/QSRBbYR

Etc.

It's nice but it takes a million clicks to get to another day's puzzle. Tap to close the results page, Tap the toast to show the close button, tap the close button, tap the calendar, tap the day. Maybe some big left and right arrows at the top of the page?
I don't understand why so many modern motherboards continue to include ps/2 connections on their rear i/o panels.
I'd like to play this on my phone but everytime I try to zoom or pan it thinks I'm making a guess in the middle of the ocean. Also it often gives me a success when the country is definitely not within the chosen circle. Sometimes it starts a new view with the circle already in the right place.
I read this in electroboom's voice. Much more entertaining that way.

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