olivierestsage

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by olivierestsage 5d ago
Pixelation is clear on a CRT. Long before people stopped using CRTs, the blocky pixel aesthetic was immediately recognizable to everyone as the “video game look”. The earliest Flash movies on sites like Newgrounds, around the turn of the mi
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by olivierestsage 12d ago
I don’t think there are any sectors of the population that are “overwhelmingly pro-AI” except for: a) people who think it will help them better exploit or surveil others; b) people who think it will raise their social standing by making the
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by olivierestsage 14d ago
Smart guy
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by olivierestsage 15d ago
If you measure it based on raw quantities of people reacting, sure. The issue is that the people who are upset about this are often tastemakers, whether through their local networks of people or online. It’s like saying a tiny vocal minorit
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by olivierestsage 16d ago
Talk about an unforced error on Sony's part
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by olivierestsage 19d ago
This and the LG TV spying scandal that's also on the front page really highlight for me how unpleasant, shitty, and invasive tech has become. Yeah, I know you can use Linux, at least for now (I do). But things are moving in a bad direc
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by olivierestsage 20d ago
Exquisite work. I love Point of Departure.
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by olivierestsage 27d ago
Hot
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by olivierestsage 1mo ago
I used to think LibreOffice was too far behind the times to be relevant, but now I see a big new use case for people wanting to avoid LLM integrations/data exfiltration. I wish them much success!
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by olivierestsage 1mo ago
Just stop using computers for fun. It sucks now and it’s over.
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by olivierestsage 1mo ago
I’ve used Fastmail for about 20 years. The worst thing that happened was that because of an outage in 2006, I couldn’t log in to download my homework in time for my teacher to believe I wasn’t faking. The best thing was that I deleted all o
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by olivierestsage 2mo ago
Most interesting part of this for me is the lukewarm response it gets from the initial replies. The sense of humor here was ahead of its time.
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by olivierestsage 2mo ago
Their front page is literally covered with anti fascist stuff so I think this criticism is probably misplaced
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by olivierestsage 2mo ago
I just skip the middle men at this point and tell people “open up your third eye”
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by olivierestsage 2mo ago
Recommended: https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/
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by olivierestsage 2mo ago
Still waiting desperately on a KDE theme for the win32 aesthetic
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
Rest in peace. Like many here, his performances were hugely influential on my childhood (and adulthood). One I haven’t seen mentioned here yet is Merlin.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
I’ve never used 9front but I love the whole culture around it in posts like these.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
They’re almost always wrong too, so they just beep at you for going over 50 when you’re in a 90 zone
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
I’m going to get this post as a tattoo. Somewhere really visible to maximize its reach- maybe the face.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
Best possible ad for Weird Al. How did we get here? Why am I, a lifelong tech enthusiast, on a tech enthusiast board championing someone for resisting technology? I’ve been on HN for years but it’s starting to feel absurd ever since I’ve be
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
I feel like a toxic part of this cycle is that a successful fan project has the potential to actually inspire Nintendo to attempt to do the same thing, leading to #2 as a punishment for success.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
Sorry but you’re smoking crack if you don’t think quality of life is deteriorating in the US. The anxiety and misery is literally palpable.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
The naïveté in posts like this is actually astonishing (assuming it's not satire).
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
Imposing AI on the young when you no longer stand to experience the negative consequences because of your age is its own form of ageism.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
I think the author would have had a better reception without the triumphant “canceled French tutor” framing. The juxtaposition of “learning a language” with “cutting out the human element” is very off-putting.
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
If there's one thing I've learned, it's that computer technology is morally evil
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by olivierestsage 3mo ago
Just leave Spotify behind and buy music again if you care about music in more than a casual way. It feels great. Bandcamp rules.
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by olivierestsage 4mo ago
Em dashes are really good actually and a standard stylistic choice for non-technical writing, particularly outside the US.
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Ask HN: Any good language learning apps/sites that don't use LLMs/GenAI?
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