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Diplomacy in decline: Roughly 2k U.S. diplomats laid off or forced to retire(nbcnews.com)
6 points by spankibalt 4mo ago|1 comments
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
> "I think, realistically, the issues the author describes - particularly with the keyboard and trackpad - would drive me up the wall for any kind of serious use." Me too. But the tray table compatibility resonates. I had hoped
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
> "The Flop. MUTOS 1835 was a UNIX port which we did under contract for an AT-compatible from Robotron. Since this machine was never produced, the whole thing must be seen as a flop." Yeah, just about 20 EC 1835s were built (th
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
In the flickers: → [ https://starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=144 ]
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Researchers let AI models run a simulated society; Claude safest, Grok extinct(tech.yahoo.com)
6 points by spankibalt 4mo ago|1 comments
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
Yeah, Double-Oh-Seven reigns supreme on the N64. And Bomberman, of course.
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
> "It is a laptop that’s designed to be your laptop for at least two or three upgrade cycles, which, for Apple, implies a new laptop." In all fairness, most Apple users are technically illiterate (hardware-wise). And running up
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by spankibalt 4mo ago
I consider the Framework 12 a conceptually flawed machine (especially given the setup of its maker) but, as a general computing option, it would still be of much better value to me than anything Apple had or has on offer; every hardware fea
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Dell Gets a $9.7B Defense Contract. Trump's Portfolio Stands to Benefit(nytimes.com)
12 points by spankibalt 5mo ago|0 comments
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "Das Neue Universum" Interesting publication (history) [1]. 1. [ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Neue_Universum ]
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
What I've personally seen that needed an FPU: a water analysis package for a "field laboratory" (its centerpiece being a luggable PC), several in-house applications of an insurance company (which my mentor, a mathematician,
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
Aye. Well, hopefully something comes to pass as a lot of industry-specific applications demand the (emulated) physical presence of an FPU. Keeping that in mind, it's obviously high-level bitching (as we say in Germany); I, as a fan of
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
Sadly, without an accompanying FPGA-implementation of an FPU it's much less useful for productivity work/research, i.e. outside of 08/15 gaming and application fare. Same with Ao486, which only implements a 486SX.
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "Really wish the Lenovo Yogabook 9i was a ThinkPad model (so that it would have a Trackpoint) and that it used Wacom EMR stylus technology [...]." I really wish the Legion Go (2) was a ThinkPad detachable with Wacom EMR, IP
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
And hopefully it stays that way in Germany. A state and its essential-to-life institutions and businesses (which includes cultural participation) need to be accessible to everyone . That includes people who don't own a smartphone, f
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
First and foremost: I'm sorry for you. Living in a participation-dictated-by-app hellscape sucks. But most people only realize this when the magical one or two steps happen that force them to "touch grass". With regards to
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "Why does this permeate the HN all the time." It's a bias, an in-bubble illiteracy effect, concerning the perception and analysis of realities (e. g. experiences) outside that bubble, mirroring an in-group's project
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
Geiz-ist-geil -healthcare is, according to many election results anyway, what most US citizens want; everything else is communism/socialism/woke/leftist/[...].
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
Fascinating photo essay. Celebrating the dead mom who was the first to accompany her kid to a cosplay event was a very nice touch.
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
The craft is obviously there, but it still looks rather tacky to me, mostly because of its lacquered finish, a look I generally can't stand. Or in American vernacular: "it just doesn't speak to me".
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Mark Zuckerberg Told 8k Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in AI Bill(247wallst.com)
9 points by spankibalt 5mo ago|5 comments
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
Time for some lawfare!
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'Hondurasgate,' the alleged US and Israeli plot to destabilize governments(english.elpais.com)
12 points by spankibalt 5mo ago|0 comments
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
https://archive.ph/8CyDC
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "[...] nothing ever gets done because of endless stream of what-ifs." This "endless stream of what-ifs" often enough translates to systemic "peculiarities" (e. g. ineffective bureaucracy, accountability di
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "Who says the person who got bullied relentlessly doesn't show up to pay one last visit?" Exactly! In both (the bully/the bully who once was bullied) cases, you'd still have to deal with these threats, as evi
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "Online communities are just as valid as offline ones Hilariously false." No, it evidently isn't. Online communities connect people, and other communities, in ways that are impossible or undesirable to realize in meatspa
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "I kind feel this might be good. [...] Going back to the real world were you can trully believe on what you see, and enjoy the tone, look and scent of of our fellows humans beings." No, it isn't anywhere near good. One
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
> "The only effective punishment/threat that I saw work on my bullies at school was the threat to remove one of them from the football team and prevent him from playing for the school. He turned it around and was ok after that.
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by spankibalt 5mo ago
https://archive.ph/i8AM7

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