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The strangest Excel functions you'll never use(makeuseof.com)
4 points by rfarley04 11mo ago|1 comments
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USR's campaigns for the Password Modem were historically bad ads(buttondown.com)
1 points by rfarley04 11mo ago|0 comments
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Everyone enjoys fewer lunch options (or, why I love pairwise comparisons)(woolean.com)
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There aren't a lot of Pearson correlations on HN's front page(pithandpip.com)
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by rfarley04 11mo ago
Yes I read to the end. But the parable is still a vehicle for "AI+Blockchain policing AI" is it not?
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by rfarley04 11mo ago
Tldr police AI with other AI+Blockchain? Certainly an entertaining read. Is there more technical documentation somewhere because uh...
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by rfarley04 11mo ago
"The truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have cens
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V for Vendetta Will Return to Cinemas for Its 20th Anniversary in 2026(ign.com)
6 points by rfarley04 11mo ago|1 comments
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The Last Messiah by Peter Wessel-Zapffe [pdf](openairphilosophy.org)
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Sources from 30 years ago are more reliable than 30 days ago: pithandpip.com/blog/why-write-about-tech-history
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by rfarley04 1y ago
rtings.com!
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by rfarley04 1y ago
I use PC and Firefox and feel like the near constant issues with buggy web apps are due to the overwhelming priority of Mac+Chrome combo.
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Never gets old: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open...
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Lol "You emailed that you like sci-fi. We bet you'll like Alien, Bladerunner, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind!" Truly mind-blowing tech right there. How did they ever pull it off!
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A (1995) company that made nothing but bad ads(buttondown.com)
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by rfarley04 1y ago
lol I added 'trump', 'republican', and 'democrat' as custom filter keywords and now it's showing zero stories in the USA category. So apparently, that category is a stand in for politics? Although I have t
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Piggybacking off this, "old" (pre 1980) sci-fi tends to hold up surprisingly well, for me, at least
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by rfarley04 1y ago
I always feel like the Hyperion cantos doesn't get enough love. There are some fantasy elements mixed in, time dilation and long haul space travel plays an important part of the story in interesting ways (later in the series)
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Our state newspaper: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/09/trump-says-hell-...
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3D Printed "Book" Demonstrates Mechanical Actions(hackaday.com)
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Yea, I could also blame steam's SD verification system, which just rates compatibility without giving much thought to performance. Cause I'm aware BG3 "works" on SD but walk into an area crowded with NPCs and it becomes
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by rfarley04 1y ago
I really appreciate this. But color me skeptical that the late game will work on SD. It chugs on PCs. Hopefully they conjured a miracle!
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by rfarley04 1y ago
That's a modified quote from Satoshi's "White paper" because obviously I was joking that this was what the original crypto folks had in mind.
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Just what the original white paper wanted! “What is needed is an electronic payment system dependent on support and adoption of centralized governments and banks."
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Clinical applications: Great! (I think? This is a knee jerk reaction and maybe there are externalities worth considering). Everyday application: Literally the last thing I need is more thinking/inner monologue. I have PAID (and since d
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by rfarley04 1y ago
I know it's likely not what you're looking for, but I "turned on" Dark Mode HN after reading this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45111854
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43630523
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Love it. Thanks
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by rfarley04 1y ago
The 'turn bullshit on' button absolutely made my day. Thank you.
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by rfarley04 1y ago
Yet another "Hitting HN = 30k visits" breakdown from a friend of mine (in 2022): https://www.reproof.app/blog/the-hacker-news-effect

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