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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
> With something more descriptive like, "Escape from Shawshank" or just "Prison Break" people would have been more interested to see it That does spoil the ending a little bit though. It's like changing a certa
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
> What’s so hard to make 2-3 pins and each to access different logged in apps and files. I've been advocating for this under-duress-PIN feature for years, as evidenced by this HN comment I made about 9 years ago: https:/&#x2
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
See also: "Err on the side of caution."
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
Minor thing: The game list in the sidebar seems like it wants to be alphabetized, but AtlasChess and llmholdem.com are out of order.
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
I've made a few games over the years[1], but so far I only Show HN'd one of them[2]. When my next one is done (it's already in progress), I plan to post it here again, because the feedback on Omiword was great, and I implemen
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
See also: "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos"
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
> I think about this episode so much Same. "Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate." "Go ahead, throw your vote away! Hahahahahaha!" (Ross Perot punches his hat)
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Dole Kemp 96 Web Site(dolekemp96.org)
55 points by DamnInteresting 8mo ago|65 comments
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by DamnInteresting 8mo ago
Tabs or spaces?
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
On MacOS I use multiple desktops, and I have Finder assigned to "All Desktops" since it is useful to interact with so many other apps. For several major OS releases now, this setup causes any open Finder windows to render on top o
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
I thought Musk was pretty cool when he was just the guy making EVs and reusable rockets happen. I didn't even mind his over-optimistic projections, it's hard to be mad at optimism. But then he started becoming more of a public fig
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'We spent 5 years building New York City in Minecraft' [video](youtube.com)
2 points by DamnInteresting 9mo ago|0 comments
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
> For me this was evident when they suddenly changed the UI. The new UI is more annoying. In case you are unaware, if you're logged in, you can go into the user preferences and change the Appearance to one of the older themes, suc
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
I have been a fan of Wikipedia since I first learned about it, about six months after it launched. What a concept! Anyone can edit, citations are required, revisions are kept indefinitely. That's a recipe for building a clearinghouse o
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
> To be honest for 95% of stuff it would be enough to connect my smartphone via USB-C to a dock for mouse/keyboard/displays etc. I was blogging about this basic idea back in 2005, just over 20 years ago: https://ww
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
> It won’t work to put the genie back in the bottle It's not about putting the genie back in the bottle, it's about helping folks realize that the vague smell of farts in the air IS the genie--and this particular genie only g
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
Scott Adams did me a considerable and unsolicited kindness almost 20 years ago, back in 2007. One day my site traffic logs showed an unexpected uptick in traffic, and recent referrals overwhelmingly pointed to his blog. Of course I recogniz
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
> Nothing I've seen from the AI labs appears to indicate that they are worried about model collapse in the slightest. AI labs are insufferable hype machines, they are unlikely to sow doubt about their own business models. > th
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
This has been my suspicion since LLMs began eating the Internet. Whether it's code or writing, now that LLMs are consuming their own output, the Habsburg Jaw[1] is going to quickly become evident. It is very difficult--sometimes imposs
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
> I hope everyone realizes that the current LLMs are subsidized, like your Seamless and Uber was in the early days. A.I. == Artificially Inexpensive
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The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones(popularmechanics.com)
202 points by DamnInteresting 9mo ago|308 comments
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
I personally enjoy changes of scenery, but my parents struggle to relearn how to use their computer every time there is a major OS update that revamps the UI. It's seldom better, it's just change for change's sake, resulting
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
I made a similar effect a few years back using layered transparent PNGs[1]. It's not quite as dynamic, but it's probably a lot more efficient. [1] https://www.damninteresting.com/ghoulish-acts-dastardly-deed...
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Abandoned IBM Complex Left Untouched Since Covid Lockdown [video](youtube.com)
4 points by DamnInteresting 9mo ago|1 comments
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by DamnInteresting 9mo ago
When it's more than one company working together in a monopoly-like fashion, the term is "oligopoly". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oligopoly
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by DamnInteresting 10mo ago
He makes a pretty good case that partnering with Electrify has not damaged the quality of the channel's videos so far. They've made multiple videos now under this arrangement, and they've maintained a high standard. I am not
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by DamnInteresting 10mo ago
Among my circle of friends, many have a tradition of playing multiplayer games after the kiddos are asleep and the presents are prepared. It makes me wonder whether this has increasingly become a common tradition, and as a consequence the h
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by DamnInteresting 10mo ago
Oh, you can't reach the items on the higher grocery shelves no matter how hard you stretch? That's just a deficit of tall-power. I also experience items on high shelves. No, you shouldn't use a stepping stool to grab those it
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by DamnInteresting 10mo ago
Some of us actually enjoy writing code, and wish to preserve the skill, so we have no motivation to offload the task to an LLM. Do LLM coding evangelists also badger illustrators, asking why they don't just embrace machine learning ima
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by DamnInteresting 10mo ago
Thanks! We do indeed have a sort of e-book monetization; donating above certain thresholds gives one access to download an e-book version of our entire catalog. And true enough that RSS traffic is largely uncounted, but there are many other

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