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I remember reading this article when it was first posted here five years ago, and I've been fascinated by Bank Python since. It actually reminds me of a number of systems I've come…

I'm sorry, but what? Why do cars need apps now?

I absolutely need a pure SDI workflow. I like browsing through files on disk by the double-clicking them, reading through them a bit, and then using Alt+F4. I tried that with Notep…

Are there any text editors for Windows that are feature-for-feature and bug-for-bug compatible with the Windows 95 build of Notepad? I'm looking for a plain and simple text editor …

As somebody who has no problem whatsoever with weed, it smells like pus from a tooth infection to me. I have had dental abscesses in the past that made my mouth taste like I was in…

IMO Outemu blues are better than Cherry's. They're actually clickier.

> “We are committed to operating like the world’s largest startup, and … that means removing layers.” I learned a long time ago that behaving like a startup is not a good thing, an…

> IIRC demoscene is already recognized as UNESCO heritage in Finland and Germany, what are we going to do, go down the list of every country that ever produced more than a few demo…

H.264 may allow 2160p video, but the 4K UHD standard is more than just 2160p. For example, HDR is absolutely critical to 4K, and the only way to do that in H.264 is to use Hi10P wh…

KWord is a thing, and the only reason it's not still under active development is because enthusiasm for development dried up after the acrimonious KOffice/Calligra split. In fact, …

I believe the term is "short order" for when you have dishes cooked to order.

I'd recommend going with Sony nowadays. The Xperia 10 series especially is a lot like a 4a.

My favorite video game company is a little Japanese outfit called Nihon Falcom. They've been around since 1981, have about 65 employees, release exactly one new game a year, and if…

I think "breakdown" is the wrong word: he's always been this way. I think he may have Borderline Personality Disorder. The behavior Matt is engaging in here is called "emotional dy…

There was a fairly recent issue of the Fantastic Four about this as well. (where "fairly recent" means part of Ryan North's excellent run)

> you need something like actual malice--specific knowledge of falsity IANAL, but as I understand it the definition of malice also includes "reckless disregard for the truth". I'm …

Ultimately, I am going to quote one of my favorite writers [0] and say that I am not afraid of a life that ends. I don't want to be a brain in a jar. Or in a computer either. I enj…

On a more serious note, given that a triple-digit number of employees have taken buyouts over Matt's behavior, it must really suck to be one of the employees who now has to do othe…

God, I used to read Anandtech religiously in the '00s. So sad to see them closing shop, even though I understand why.

Of course, that assumes the AI won't just hallucinate and give you false information. Which is a major problem with current LLMs.

> marketing overtook technological improvement in product development I would say another key change is things just becoming less modular over time. Like, the chipset used to be a …

Not GP, but I just got a Sony Xperia 10 VI, and I'm loving it so far.

So this is more political than I usually care to get here, and I'm only talking about this because I think I can get something intellectually interesting about it (and dang, if you…

Yeah, I think Brexit at least is part of that same phenomenon. It can all be summarized as British voters saying "Screw all these other people, we're looking out for ourselves!" an…

I've noticed after the last several years that we're starting to turn from a high-trust society into a low-trust one. Without spending too much time digressing on politics, it's my…