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Did you bother to look at the poster's submissions? It's not "thought policing". It is intent-awareness.

That's unfortunate. The submission page says link or text, and I wanted to say something. Thank you for the suggestion!

Perhaps because ffmpeg and other swiss army knife tools can do so many useful things.

For dev-types and general tinker-problemsolver types, that's assumed. I can't count how many things I've made, most of which I abandoned after I stopped needing them. Sometimes I j…

What's not clear to me is whether other participants of the meeting are aware of my sound while my mic is "muted". I'm far less concerned about the videoconference system hearing m…

It's a question of what you live for and where you find your worth. If you live for other people, and you find your worth in them, then you will direct your path accordingly. If yo…

Maybe this is my pessimistic view, but most relationships don't last. Some of the ones that do last only because of complacency or discipline (but they arguably should dissolve). C…

There's really a lot in this essay, and I'll forget or get before before I provide all the commentary I might want to. > But she never did. She never agreed. Your rights end where …

Never a dull moment! Some good laughs on several of those :). def avoid the snakes!

Tempest: Atari 1981 Simple mechanics, novel design, increasing complexity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(video_game) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTgA3ZOoSo Because of …

These would typically be short, time-boxed engagements (like one or two hours or less). For example, some years ago I was trying to setup a Stellar (cryptocurrency) node, but I was…

The point was that this article had useless links in the article which were not pertinent to the specific topic, and it mentioned a map from a study, but it did not show or link to…

Ok. Even so, I think there could be some automation to at least hold submissions for review based on patterns. Perhaps I'm lazy, but I can't imagine submitting 10+ links per day. T…

I intentionally did not identify the poster. But if you look at recent submissions regarding birds and phys.org, you'll find them. As for hyperbole, I think it's a valid concern. I…

The suspicion of manipulation is based on years of evidence of "troll farms" and other social media campaigns. To think that HN is immune is naive. If arguably the smartest tech gr…

That's the problem though... the post I saw wasn't flag-worthy. It was a bit poor quality in my opinion, but it wasn't objectionable. What was obvious to me was the frequency of su…

I didn't know about AWS IQ. That could be useful, but that is likely targeting more lengthy engagements (1 week and beyond). I was thinking of shorter term, such as hours or few da…

It started innocently. There was (is) a submission from phys.org about birds and windmills which caught my attention. Ironically, it was the odd article which didn't provide links …

The article has links for "power lines" (twice!), "wind" turbines, and "birds". Despite mentioning the vulnerability maps, it does not link to such a map. It does not even link to …

GoPro has been performing relative miracles for years. Their products are well worth the money for the benefits they provide -- if you have a reason to use them. I've watched a lot…

How do you find an expert? Your car has a strange sound. Your DNS over HTTP is rejecting you. Your CI pipeline is fragile and seems non-deterministic. It feels like there's a busin…