wormius

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1. 61.▲
   by wormius 9mo ago

   Bloody rentierists. This is what I've been realizing more and more as this "AI" push combined with rising consumer hardware prices. IMO this is an intentional war on consumers to force them into being digital serfs (like MS
2. 62.▲
   by wormius 9mo ago

   Big Mother?
3. 63.▲
   by wormius 9mo ago

   Nuclear Orange Dust (and not the Cheetoh dust, the og mac dust) and bigger fatter noodles (that late 90s skinnier noodles trash is what ruined it for me, texture ruined, etc...) But Annies wins the flavor contest (at least with the cheese s
4. 64.▲
   by wormius 9mo ago

   I love this, but can't imagine attending, I'd just be constantly playing "spot the spook"...
5. 65.▲
   by wormius 10mo ago

   A few comments here touching on "disruption" (especially considering SV's historical mantras about "disruption" and "easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission"). So I think a good renaming is in order:
6. 66.▲
   by wormius 10mo ago

   Paul Bufano! COME ON! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkOJv_zT9FI
7. 67.▲
   by wormius 10mo ago

   I miss the old last.fm. I know it's still there, but it's not the same since CBS took over and made everything rely on youtube or whatever it's doing these days.
8. 68.▲
   by wormius 10mo ago

   I have a theory about this, I gave it a name at one point but forgot what I called it. And I think it relates to the idea in the Declaration of Independence where it says "people are disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable".
9. 69.▲
   by wormius 10mo ago

   I think it's: "tweeted" -> "xited" pronounced "shitted"
10. 70.▲
    by wormius 10mo ago

    They still make it. Tons of great utils for Win10/11 (I'm off of 11 cuz fuck that noise, but when I was on win10 I used it). Here's the link to the current version for modern systems: https://learn.microsoft.com&#
11. 71.▲
    by wormius 10mo ago

    Aww yeah Print Shop! Dot Matrix cards ftw!
12. 72.▲
    by wormius 10mo ago

    We need to call Windows 11 (the MS ecosystem), all these "free" systems, "Nagware" like in the old days.
13. 73.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    What's funny is I was doing online shopping from a national chain and got so frustrated by the UX that I gave up. I thought : If only the CEO would dogfood this instead of farming it out to their lackeys/gofers/personal assis
14. 74.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    The ads on 11 were enough to keep me away, at least til 10 expired. The AI guaranteed I will never touch MS again, and recently switched when it did expire. "No ethical consumption" under capitalism or whatever; every tech company
15. 75.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    "we might end up collapsing our own civilization before we ever make it beyond our solar system." Given what I see in the past 15 years, I don't particularly see that as a problem, honestly.
16. 76.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    I love me a good Tu Quoque defense. Keep em coming! I can't remember if we supported him cuz he wasn't the war candidate or we supported him cuz he was or if it even matters and we just make up bullshit excuses for what suits us
17. 77.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    I know we're on hacker news, but let's just say I misread the title.
18. 78.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    Is the initial setting (Color Name List) a list of ALL the colors in each "sub" category listed in the drop menu? If so, would it be possible to put a "namespace" in front (like html.violet, or html::violet). That way y
19. 79.▲
    by wormius 11mo ago

    Oh the halcyon days of Swatch Internet Time measured in .beats (1000 .beats to a day) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time I love that it's metric. One would think they'd at least give homage t
20. 80.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    Came here to say this, like literally this LOL. here's my upvote :)
21. 81.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    90s high school Turbo Pascal gang represent!
22. 82.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    Yep. It's a difficult needle to thread. Seniority IS important and there really needs to be a way to keep that knowledge. On the other hand, people retire, at some point... If you layoff the last batch of people (no matter how good
23. 83.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    Here's an article about the history of that: https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/reason-your-dental-wor...
24. 84.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    I'm old enough to remember this: https://www.nydailynews.com/1998/12/17/test-tot-dna-sez-rudy... (1998, NYC, "America's Mayor" before he became such) "Mayor Giuliani said yesterday th
25. 85.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    HTML is a declarative programming language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declarative_programming#Domain...
26. 86.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    And Absolute Apple Photos app corrupts images absolutely. (sorry not sorry)
27. 87.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    LOL as I'm reading the bit about the minimum (and before I get to the part linking the proof (which spawned the blog post)) my brain says "Ok, but have you done a formal proof extrapolating out to... maybe there's another dip
28. 88.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    I always laughed when I passed that...
29. 89.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    Growing up we never used "Road" we just said "County (letter)" Probably because the signs themselves never say Road or Highway (at least usually, back in the day, I haven't paid attention recently). I like the syst
30. 90.▲
    by wormius 1y ago

    No, but that's what they are ;)