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About mjmsmith
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Comment #49248211
Recently published, curious if anyone has read it: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735472/the-ego-trip...
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Comment #49012208
How can you be sure that the undo stack is in sync with the clipboard? Wouldn't cut+paste be a more reliable pseudo-copy than cut+undo?
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Show HN: Mosey Parker – find a ride in bikeshare systems worldwide (iOS)
Mosey Parker began as a personal project. I use Citi Bike regularly in New York City, but I don't love their app for finding available bikes and docks. (And the less time I spend i…
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Comment #48667530
You might like Pitch: https://klim.co.nz/fonts/pitch/
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Comment #48571004
My iOS app using MapKit is smooth with ~4k annotations on an iPhone 14. My experience is that it doesn't really start to choke until you get closer to ~10k.
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Comment #48508933
I'd like to believe that real books would get swapped more often than stolen.
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Comment #48508698
The Empire Strikes Back: "I'm your dad."
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Comment #48508178
An interesting counter-example: https://xcancel.com/ValerioCapraro/status/206506665753442336...
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Comment #48490149
Still, if you're going to buy a car from an enemy of liberal western democracy, you might as well buy BYD over Tesla.
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Comment #48462106
I drive a manual Mazda 3 because I like the greater feeling of connection to the machine, but also because I think it makes me pay more attention. When I rent an automatic, it feel…
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Comment #48425583
> It’s like a Redditor, it just repeats what it has seen other people say. Can stochastic parrots understand irony?
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Comment #48363529
If this exploit has nothing to do with AI, why haven't we heard about it succeeding before? I find it hard to believe it's never been tried.
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Comment #47903392
And yet your observation, contradicted by actual statistics, is apparently justification for 'IMO the "powers that be" panicked and drove the population into mass hysteria.' It's m…
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Comment #47885326
There have been over 100 million cases and over one million deaths in the US. Congratulations to you and your acquaintances for being extreme outliers.
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Comment #47881393
Many Americans were traumatized by being asked to wear a mask because they’re big angry babies. Many other Americans were traumatized by the discovery that they’re surrounded by bi…
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Comment #47812709
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this administration thinks it sounds more manly.
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Comment #47798614
I think that depends on what the "extreme body modification of an unprintable and life-altering nature" was.
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Comment #47734868
Z Sculpt sells an updated version of Return to Dark Castle: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054940/Return_to_Dark_Ca...
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Comment #47655468
It's safe to assume that racist young Republicans contribute more to the difficulty of being black in America than vice versa. What's your point?
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Comment #47645765
Curious how this compares to Recordly ( https://recordly.dev )
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Comment #47550576
"Iran, if you're listening..."
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Comment #47472902
Students in the 90s had also lived their entire lives under the counter-productive and utterly racist War on Drugs. That might have colored their attitude more than the leftist ind…
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Comment #47469758
Come to New York, we still have freedom-loving individuals who reject collectivist ideology. https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/21/drunk-driver-arrested...