CharlesW

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Supersonic Trebuchet [video](youtube.com)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
> …the link to add them there is buried in the UI… It's a standard "Send To" option (the "buried" option you refer to?), but PWAs can also use SFAddToHomeScreenActivityItem.
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
The use of 'loss leaders' has a long history, so is your point that Temu's use of loss leaders may be illegal?* (*I poked around a bit, and this may be possible, especially in California.)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
> TEMU doesn't sell those things. Oh? https://imgur.com/a/tjAdSQL
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
The source is prominently linked: https://github.com/gloom-sh/gloomberb > please don't write command line tools in non-compiled languages! Around 40% of Linux CLI tools are written in interpreted languages.
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Email hn@ycombinator.com with anything you want HN mods to see. They're incredibly responsive.
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Recovery Key storage transition highlights Apple's privacy and obscurity(sixcolors.com)
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Is Netflix Washed Now?(sharptext.net)
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BMW ads: "I feel a deep, smothering, let-down at the promise of futurism"(tumbledry.org)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Edison Research's "currently use Twitter" numbers for people 12+ went from 27% in 2023 to 22% in 2025. Pew found 16% of U.S. teens used X in 2025, versus 23% in 2022 and 33% in 2014–15.
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Apple has done this (multi-camera/spatial fusion) since 2016, in addition to multi-frame/temporal fusion. The OS decides whether these techniques are worthwhile for any given shot based on context. https://developer.app
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Yes, and even calling them "open weights" is very generous considering the license restrictions. The Financial Times puts "open" in quotes for good reason.
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Tape scratching the "Peter Piper" routine, using a homemade tape loop [video](youtube.com)
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And Grail Holy Monty Python The: A comprehensive alphabetical re-edit [video](vimeo.com)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
It can demoralizing for developers to realize that they've built something that nobody is interested in, either because potential users are happy with what's built into the OS, or are happy with FOSS solutions that are better than
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Musk Refuses Ukrainian Request to Enable Starlink for Deep Strikes Inside Russia(united24media.com)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Last weeks's discussion (591 points): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49120299
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The End of Google Search—and the Internet—as We Know It(theringer.com)
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AI and the Enshittification Era with Cory Doctorow [video](youtube.com)
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Hank Green found the AI problem that YouTube labels can't catch(arstechnica.com)
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Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes" for old.reddit.com(arstechnica.com)
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
So is this basically Beads + Dolt? This isn’t to diminish it, it’d be great if this ends up being a less “vibe code-y” alternative to those.
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
This is absolutely true, although I'd broden it to "systems design" since software is part and parcel of the advancements. An example that comes to mind is AssistiveTouch for for Apple Watch (2021), which ultimately drove the
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by CharlesW 2mo ago
Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-crime
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Tear Here: Condiment Packet Archive(condimentpacket.com)
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AI music generator Suno loses copyright infringement legal case(nme.com)
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Why cartoon characters curse like this [video](youtube.com)
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A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack(technologyreview.com)
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The hidden logic behind #, @, & and §(youtube.com)
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Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam?(theverge.com)
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