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Do the credits in a movie stop on a name and shame? Maybe some future one will, just to prove this wrong. But most of them let those millions of unheard of crew members, unknown bu…

I'd like to congratulate Aaron Horwath on publishing this article. As a creative professional, he must feel pride in bringing his ideas to light. Unfortunately, this isn't the movi…

No, it's not a joke. When I see an article like this, I first think about the horrible lives lost in all of these wars. Many of them wonderful people who want to live their own liv…

Especially if medical prescriptions for it aren't necessary. Confounding migraines for weed prescriptions and very real stroke risk and a desire for low THC marijuana isn't going t…

I grew up around Carl Sagan. My Dad and his brother were engineers, materials science and aerospace respectively. The Voyager stories and the Golden Record were pivotal artifacts i…

I'm sorry, I said I probably won't work with them. That shouldn't be a probably, it's a won't work with them. I hope they are inspired. I hope others besides me can advocate for UB…

> I honestly don’t understand AI naysayers. I use Claude every day both professionally as a Solution Architect and personally in a variety of projects I simply could not have ever …

In every Smart TV thread there are dozens or hundreds of comments that say people don't put connect their TV to their wireless. I understand. I've been an EFF supporter for decades…

Cool tools. Now make it easier for me to say no to some people like I've publically stated. I have people trying to draw me into debates and I'd like to cut them from my life. Than…

Indian River State College in Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce, Florida is an OCLC member. Their kids section is always busy. They provide more than just books to patrons, one of the…

>> 4) the vaccines likely have little effect on anything unless you were vaccinated as a child (and are a biological woman). > This guidance is changing. Vaccinating men protects w…

I haven't explored the BEAM ecosystem much. And this post actually got me motivated enough to try it out. The more programming languages we play with, the better we become as engin…

I really appreciate the level of discourse here on Hacker News. Thank you to threads like this and the authors of the comments. I appreciate your argument, and you knowlwdge of eco…

I didn't mean to imply Germany isn't independent and at the same time we can't trust our allies. It's mostly that the monster game puts risk downstream too. And some have it really…

> This feels like a dangerous game they're playing. There are different types of danger in playing the "We are the Monsters" game that Microsoft and the US Intelligence agencies se…

This has already been hashed over a hundred thousand times, but there are also developer habits that we all need to defend against. One is pulling in needless crates. Rust encourag…

> I struggle to think of how it would be used to spy on citizens Hacker News has a unique user base. Professional Software Engineers, many of whom are Senior or Principal or Staff …

I don't know if I'll use Arduino in a professional project, but the existence of simavr and in-tree QEMU support means I can at least unit-test my code without dedicated test runne…

I found a really interesting potential dark pattern on a Smart Samsung washing machine the other day. I had never connected the machine to the Internet since it was purchased. It a…

I have two groups of things I've put online that I think I'll regret short term but not long-term. They're both about understanding of statistics at their heart. But in vastly diff…

The name of this bill, "Block BEARD" is what really gets me. It's a simple thing. Just a casual joke that means nothing to most people. I worry because there are millions of young …

You're probably right. We'll have enforced boot chains and attestation for devices if we want to take part in large parts of our economic system in the future. A ton of important s…

These things create very subtle but definite opportunities for conflict. And conflict can be twisted very easily by media organizations. Even if only four researchers out of a hund…

Well, you wouldn't have to sell the car. You could also setup a licensing / loan / dedicated car system. It would work well for local municipalities that want to provide low-cost d…