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mjmsmith

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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...