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Not really, since it was something that particular character would clearly have known about and wouldn't have gained anything from lying about.

I played various murder mystery games this summer and one of them had this feature: you could call a suspect and ask arbitrary questions for a limited amount of time (three minutes…

The interesting thing here, I think, is what actually drives the growth of industrialization: cheap energy, an exploitable labor force and increased automation. Every industrial ec…

It's not that I dislike the humor, I just don't think it's as hilarious as it's often made out to be. Insult sword fighting, for example, is at best a sensible chuckle and gets pre…

I played it when it was released and mostly enjoyed it, though I can't remember what difficulty setting I picked. I bought it mostly because I like Mark Ferrari's art, but ended up…

> I'm curious, where would you prefer to go for a discussion like this one with people you've never heard from before? That's my point: HN/Reddit/etc serve a different purpose than…

Reddit and HN aren't forums, they're factories for quick takes and reactions (and yes this is one of them). It's a transitory experience. The good old "crappy" forum format isn't g…

It really wasn't. It was a moronic move fueled by hype, implemented by the same type of incompetent business leaders who previously, to various extents, drank the blockchain and me…

For me it's mostly about knowing what you're getting when craving the flavour of a particular dish. Carbonara is perhaps an example of a recipe that's turned too rigid, but I've al…

Meta fired 8,000 employees not two weeks ago: "[Meta] revealed to employees in April that it would conduct a major round of layoffs the following month while nixing plans to fill 6…

What if there are several reasons all at once? * Economy is tighter overall. * Covid overhiring followed by firing means fresh graduates face competition from a large cohort of peo…

> Imagine asking “What will be changed by the internet?” in 1997 Pretty much all of the stuff that was suggested back then or earlier: Shopping, advertising, video conferencing, co…

An Indigo² would have been a pretty decent machine in 1998 though? As in, running current versions of application software and capable of keeping up with normal surfing, programmin…

Old home computers are still fun because there are hundreds or thousands of games and scene demos, and active enthusiast audiences for creative output. SGI machines are extremely c…

Running your own small website is a constant battle against grifters and bad online etiquette. When people hotlink images, I usually make a point of having some personal fun with m…

Perhaps the approach to, and leverage from, using AI is different for someone who's been active on HN for two decades, and junior devs who've been brought up on iPhones in the flaw…

It's not that I disagree with the basic premise and concern of the text, but I'm not convinced about the "RAM shortage will lead to thin clients" argument, because the thin client …

Microsoft invented AJAX when building Outlook for the web back in 2000. GMail was released in 2003 and Google Docs in 2006. Around this time, even enterprise giants like SAP starte…

> Visual Basic (and other 90s visual GUI builders) were great simple options for making GUI apps Yes, they were comfortable and easy to set up (and use), particularly when compared…

Visual Basic solved that. The web is in many ways a regression.

You're sort of right. This particular grant is extra curious because it's typically been given to already highly accomplished artists. Sweden is a small pond and although there are…

Amazon was founded in 1994, went public in 1997 and became profitable in 2001. So Anthropic is two years behind with the IPO but who knows, maybe they'll be profitable by 2028? Ope…