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by fortran77 12d ago
Since I'm a "retro computing" guy, I look forward to buying one of these on eBay or at a Vintage Computing Fair for a few hundred bucks 5 years from now.
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by fortran77 12d ago
I have a $50,000 Tektronix 'scope on my bench that's Secured with a kensington lock. I am in a small office in a building I own and I rent out some extra space to another 3 person engineering company. One weekend they tried to rem
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It's All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card(theatlantic.com)
18 points by fortran77 13d ago|6 comments
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Tesla Is Reclaiming the U.S. EV Market as Legacy Automakers Retreat(wsj.com)
1 points by fortran77 13d ago|2 comments
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by fortran77 13d ago
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-is-reclaiming-the-u...
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AI's Code-Red Moment(theatlantic.com)
4 points by fortran77 13d ago|0 comments
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"Reckless Bricks" Lego Store [video](youtube.com)
3 points by fortran77 14d ago|0 comments
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by fortran77 14d ago
A long time ago (~1998) I did some consulting for VEIL and Neilson was definitely talking to them... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Encoded_Invisible_Light
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The 9/11 Cars That Never Made It Home [video](youtube.com)
2 points by fortran77 15d ago|0 comments
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by fortran77 16d ago
Ah! Copy without Nikud is very useful! תודה!
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IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150M driver's licenses stolen(techcrunch.com)
5 points by fortran77 16d ago|0 comments
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by fortran77 16d ago
Let's not pretend that 99.9999% of HN comments are world-changing.
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by fortran77 16d ago
I have found that "trivial" UI stuff is the hardest for AI to get right.
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Microsoft Surface Duo(news.microsoft.com)
4 points by fortran77 16d ago|2 comments
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by fortran77 17d ago
See also: Microsoft Surface Duo https://news.microsoft.com/surfaceduo/?msockid=23b070bbb5b76... Can Apple do anything original?
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A Restaurant at the Top of the World Trade Center Changed New York(wsj.com)
6 points by fortran77 17d ago|1 comments
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by fortran77 17d ago
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/food-cooking/windows-on-the...
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by fortran77 17d ago
This is Austin, not Silicon Valley
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by fortran77 17d ago
Hey, at least _this_ post isn't full of comments complaining that it was written with AI.
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OpenAI Says It Has Solved a Millennium Prize Problem–A Holy Grail of Math(wsj.com)
5 points by fortran77 18d ago|2 comments
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by fortran77 18d ago
WSJ had a nice summary of the solution/discovery with some interesting visualizations. Easier for me than the OpenAI official announcement. Gift link here: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-millennium-prize-n
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Making Tentacle Robots Useful [video](youtube.com)
2 points by fortran77 18d ago|0 comments
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2025 Dodge Charger EV: Regular Car Reviews [video](youtube.com)
3 points by fortran77 18d ago|1 comments
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by fortran77 19d ago
You're right! It is odd that someone who makes electrical storage and electrical cars would be interested in solar PV, too.
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by fortran77 19d ago
No need to justify yourself to some bitter, petty, sad troll. Let the upvotes and discussion speak for itself. I love seeing other people's vibe-coded projects come to life. I've re-started a bunch of stalled hobby projects thanks
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Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed?(newyorker.com)
2 points by fortran77 19d ago|0 comments
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by fortran77 19d ago
Satie
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by fortran77 19d ago
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/americans-without-coll...
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Americans Without College Degrees Are Having the Best Job Markets in Years(wsj.com)
6 points by fortran77 19d ago|2 comments
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VCF West 2026: Making games in the 1980s – David Crane, Garry Kitchen [video](youtube.com)
2 points by fortran77 20d ago|0 comments

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