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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
Reading this comment I’m stumped as to what SF can learn from this. There’s a lesson in there somewhere but I have no idea what it could be. Oh well. https://m.youtube.com/shorts/fBoqMMPoU9k
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
I read through it and it’s amusing but along with the title being something I’d receive in email from a newsletter mailing list I’ve never subscribed to (hoping it has an unsubscribe link at the bottom), there’s nothing really of hacker cur
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
There was an article not too long ago about someone taking the old thumb wheel Logitech mouse and upgrading its electronics by adding a usb charging port and changing the switches used to make it easier to press. My perspective is heavily s
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
I thought we knew that these were vehicles by wannabe self-help authors to puff up their status for money. See for example “Grit” and “Deep Work” and other bullshit entries in a breathlessly hyped up genre of pseudoscience.
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
Larry the lawnmower Ellison?
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
The most fascinating thing in this self-aware rant is that Reason is still around. I haven’t heard of their DAW in what must be 20 years. n.b. They were shamelessly anticonsumer all along even in the early days. That’s why we just moved on
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
This comment reminds me of the one time when a critic said to Arnold how he wouldn’t want to look like him. Arnold replied back, “don’t worry, you never will”.
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by hn_throw_250915 1y ago
Didn’t we have a thread a few days ago regarding the lack of expertise in WSJ’s scientific/technical research and understanding department? What’s all this now?