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Google Video, with the might of Google behind it, launched three months before YouTube.
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> I also wonder if this kind of workplace is a myth. It’s not.
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You’re not alone. Plenty of us feel the same way. > Is life this boring that people find it entertaining? I don’t think it has to do with boredom or entertainment. Social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok do push you into add
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Post is in Japanese.
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> What are you trying to say? Pretty sure they meant “second paragraph” instead of “second sentence”.
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The tweet that the submission is quoting seems way more relevant. Specifically: > Don't call yourself an indie hacker! Don't call yourself anything. You're building a business!! Exactly. The person in the submitted tweet i
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My Brain-Breaking Trick to Quit Using Facebook(tedium.co)
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> Is the article useless slop: fine, downvote it to oblivion. You can’t downvote submissions on HN, only flag them. Identifying when text was written by LLMs is a useful signal. Maybe you don’t like these repeated comments, but I’d bet t
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> Idk, complain on the merits probably. Alternatively, let people complain about whatever is bothering them, as long as it’s done in good faith, instead of forcing them to complain only about what you think appropriate. It’s like someone
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Wait, so this is a website outing police informants, and you have to pay to access it? Who has a reason to do that except for people knowingly committing organised crime? Is this just a very weird honey pot?
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> Not often I see companies referring to HN, thanks I’m confused. Why are you thanking them for that?
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That’s exactly what they’re saying. With the added (and very important) detail that the people selling the fireproofing are the the same who armed everyone with flamethrowers. Why shouldn’t someone complain about that?
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Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US(chemistryworld.com)
3 points by latexr 3mo ago|0 comments
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That has nothing to do with the feature being “ideated, then prototyped, then validated”, which is the crux of the conversation. It having taken so long is but a footnote. > Personally I wouldn't even be surprised if there was an LL
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We used to be able to buy things in this country(dannykatch.substack.com)
4 points by latexr 3mo ago|2 comments
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Seems pretty straightforward. 1. Be a developer and you (or a spouse/child/friend) get motion sickness when looking at the phone while travelling. 2. We’ve known the mechanisms of motion sickness (looking at something static while
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Previous discussion 24 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48760065
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You could try to understand why that’s the case, instead of assuming maliciousness or incompetence. https://commission.europa.eu/resources/europa-web-guide/desi... > Use of the cookie consent kit is mandatory o
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The Indie Hacker Economy Is a Pyramid Scheme(medium.com)
18 points by latexr 3mo ago|8 comments
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> If you were starting a business for a great software idea, with your own savings on the line, would you hire 10 AI hostile programmers to implement the idea or 2 AI friendly people and get them some subscriptions to the top models? Are
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The fact that this response was first upvoted, then downvoted after the person said they’d rather have Henry Kissinger¹ on the note², I think is quite telling of the kind of people HN is attracting these days. Well, I guess every website
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That’s Beethoven. I know his hair is a bit long, but that’s a man. He does look a bit miffed, but can you blame him? Being deaf when you’re a composer must not have been pleasant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_va
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> I didn't even know who the person on the 200€ bill is until today Considering she was a pretty big deal, it’s telling that your reaction to learning about someone important you had no knowledge of is to use bland unsubstantiated a
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> we probably shouldn't be putting any living personalities on there. Feels kinda weird. Weird and ill-advised. Living people who appear on bank notes tend to be monarchs and dictators. Imagine having someone on the euro notes that
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> What's with all the birds? From the brief: > “Rivers and birds” highlights the resilience and diversity of Europe’s natural ecosystems by showcasing different stages of rivers and various bird species, emphasising the importanc
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> plus it would be difficult to agree on who to feature between the 21 € states. What do you mean? Clearly they did agree, which is why we have those design proposals. Those aren’t random people chosen by the designers, they were in th
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https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr2501...
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> This is because appending `site: reddit.com` to a search query is basically a surefire way to find results written by genuine humans. People share that tip as if it’s some kind of cheat code for the internet, and it baffles me how they
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I agree in the abstract, but perhaps the way to avoid generic responses is to disallow (or segment) generic submissions. This website is no longer HN, it should be renamed AIN. There is only so much to say about the subject, and if cliché s
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The title is stupid clickbait, and the story is interesting enough without it. Basically, all the files were deleted by mistake and the backups weren’t working, so they lost everything. Fortunately, a technical director had been working fro

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