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Wow! --there's a lot of rose-tinted spectacles going on in this comment thread! Flash was a security nightmare, acessibility crippled, non-searchable, flashing bleeping abomination…

>with its psychological and visual impact, the calculator adds an entirely new dimension to such entertainments, transforming them into some of the most refined, stimulating, grati…

Next week: * Michael Gove announces ban on "standing up too quickly". * BBC links to a series of scare-mongering articles on how a "standing up too quickly head rush" can lead to d…

They've seized cryptos from exchanges and from impounded computers. They can't seize them if you haven't got them on an exchange and you have your secret keys well hidden.

The original principles behind crypto are sound. If you're happy with your government; being able to know everything you spend your money on, being able to seize your assets, being…

From my dabblings in interacting with ChatGPT and Bard, I think it marks a very important leap forward in technology. But not in any kind of "intelligence" as we'd generally unders…

...or it could be the usual "plausible deniability": * Offer X, Y and Z. But if it ever comes to light, you weren't speaking for us. Personally I find it difficult to believe that …

I'm sure the US will be delighted to bail Switzerland out. Along with the rest of Europe, which is also destroying itself for the US's benefit. Unrequited love is so poignant!

Similar discussion from a couple of days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35246751

I think it's worth sharing the announcement from DPReview itself [0] just for it's puke-making spin on "We've all just been sacked" ---- Dear readers, After nearly 25 years of oper…

>More importantly, I see many more interesting if irrelevant things. I remember the early days of the web also had this kind of a feel. >So , I'm excited. And it feels good to see …

>at what point is the rest of the world... I told you. Just up by the shops here.

>"Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate." I'd say that complaining about " a submission" is a different kettle of haddock to complaining about "a type of submiss…

An attitude that does you credit m'lord

>I've seen this on reddit but not here. Did you try either of the two links at the bottom of the original post?

>Where do you get off? Next stop. Or you can drop me just by the shops here, if you want.

OK. I knew I was asking for someone to do this, when I posted the original question. So I thought I may as well save you the trouble and get my retaliation in first! Yes, "I asked …

>Can you not ignore these things that disinterest or annoy you, using your own facilities? See my reply to fabianholzer below, for why these type of submissions are harder to ignor…

Let's hope so. I have a custom uBlock Origin filter list which blocks keywords on HN, to improve the signal to noise ratio a bit. Your comment just reminded me that "NFT" was one o…

Look, I'm as interested in the huge leaps forward in AI as all the rest of you techy nerds. And I read most of the stories about the technology itself. But please, for the love of …

I'm not saying these are bad, but they don't look at all like photos to me. More like digital paintings made from photographs.

>Speaking at the launch of the new-generation Hyundai Kona, Sang Yup Lee, Head of Hyundai Design, said the new model deliberately uses physical buttons and dials for many of the co…

>ChatGPT can often correct it's answer, if a mistake is pointed out I've wondered about this myself. As you say, ChatGPT often responds instantly with an incorrect answer to a ques…

Typical Chinese. Stealing antler technology from deer to advance their evil communist mice!