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megadata

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    Comment #43595338

    > and even then being US-centric will work. The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.

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    Comment #43595328

    Might want to have an international version too? I don't know US sport teams.

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    Comment #43592258

    It helps a lot understanding diodes first. Like, really understand them. Then transistors are built on top of that knowledge.

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    Comment #43592190

    Sometimes it's a paid botnet.

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    Comment #43591830

    That's an awful recommendation for an entry level electronics.

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    Comment #43580753

    Wait, Linux what? Gotta link?

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    Comment #43580652

    Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.

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    Comment #43579259

    Exactly! The are so many alternatives, why do we have to place THE truth so highly?

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    Comment #43577195

    > too far down to scroll Yeah, when you can't easily scroll anymore because it's "too far" then something has gone very, very wrong.

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    Comment #43577162

    Good 3 part podcast on Houdini: https://timharford.com/2025/03/cautionary-tales-houdini-magi...

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    Comment #43563374

    > because it's a complaint about votes It's not a complaint. I'm just pointing them out. Without them I couldn't argue my case at all.

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    Comment #43561515

    I haven't tried this out but if it works it's one the biggest bang for the buck I've seen on HN. Thanks!

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    Comment #43561505

    And perhaps allow 3x playback speed. It's too fast for me to understand speech on most videos but not all. But some videos are so long winded that it can be tremendously helpful.

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    Comment #43560282

    I said nothing about that.

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    Comment #43560263

    And me pointing it out is also being downvoted.

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    Comment #43559740

    I think the fact that you're being downvoted for your comment proves your point.

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    Comment #43527123

    I'm not a designer so pardon for asking. What's the purpose of adding noise to an image?

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    Comment #43523307

    I appreciate tools for CSV to tame that ungodly mess. But I loathe attempts to glorify the cursed and putrid sack of shit that it really is.

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    Comment #43517638

    The Thin Client idea dates back to the 80s at least. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

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    Comment #43504560

    I think their biggest enemy is distorted valuation/importance. Like sweets and toys could easily "sway" reasoning.

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    Comment #43502511

    Did Pinterest sue Google? Do you have a link for that?

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    Comment #43489011

    A bit off topic, but is there any good recent Image to midi/XML/Sibelius stuff out there?

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    Comment #43486102

    Could we start a community review pool?

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    Comment #43449253

    Crap equipment then and crap forecast.

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    Comment #43440568

    > Linus (Torvalds) technically "LEE-nuhs" in those European languages while "LYE-nihs" in English, but he actually doesn't care what you say It's hard not to forgive people to pron…