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pruetj

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    Comment #48051006

    LOL, don't mess this up for me.

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    Comment #48050890

    I have a Costco that is walking distance from my office. If I need to decompress, I walk to Costco for lunch solo, get a hot dog and a slice of pizza, sit down, and watch both the …

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    Comment #47675172

    I remember when Uber first came to Austin, one of the big draws was that a tip wasn't expected. The app didn't even allow it IIRC and Uber sort of advertised this as a feature. 15 …

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    Comment #47588808

    We do push ahead with missions that might end up in casualties. It's just a matter of risk tolerance. It's impossible to say a space flight mission has 0% chance of casualty. It mi…

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    Comment #47557291

    Appreciate the write up! I’ve always wanted a hive on my property. I’ve seen some carpenter bees and bumblebees at work around the garden and this is giving me second thoughts abou…

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    Comment #47200375

    > Why could you reach a deal when Anthropic could not? Did you sign the deal they wouldn’t? Based on what we know, we believe our contract provides better guarantees and more respo…

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    Show HN: Say What You Should Have

    Say what needs to be said. You can be anonymous or not. The site is meant to be simple, private, and at cost.

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    Comment #46825234

    Ha, giving claude code a CC and pointing to mappymail would probably be very good for business. Might be something you regret though?

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    Show HN: Send a letter for $1.55

    Sending mail online is not simple, it should be simple. Why would you send a letter in today's age? A few use cases: - You can be completely anonymous. ex: You have a neighbor who …

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    Comment #46602387

    "Special offer: 80% off if you send a lime with a note attached instead of a letter!"

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    Comment #46594275

    Funny seeing this. I've been working on a site to allow people to send a letter as cheaply and conveniently as possible. I actually think letters (physical) are a great way to make…

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    Comment #46565829

    Is that foreshadowing of ChatGPT redirecting users to ChatGPT Health in some way? Base product no longer answers everything, now I need to pay an add-on fee to talk about health re…

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    Comment #45966416

    Thank you for this, I needed that.

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    Comment #45732571

    The only thing I can think of is if they had converted Alexa into a truly useful assistant and gotten people to sign up for a premium to it while everyone was still in awe of and h…

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    Comment #45448947

    > purchase laptops with decent hardware specs > It costs nothing Seems like it does cost something?

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    Comment #44951239

    Wow, I played on your servers as a 9-10 year old. I lived in Houston and joined your server simply because they said Houston and I assumed my ping could make it there. I became obs…

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    Comment #44566860

    Honestly, going off of something I heard Fr. Stephen De Young mention in one of his podcasts. If I remember right, he says when you see the 12 in certain icons, Paul is often prese…

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    Comment #44565000

    Interesting point! One interpretation of this passage suggests Peter is actually rushing this appointment. In typical Peter fashion, he makes choices before fulling thinking them t…

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    Comment #44148007

    I like the idea. The rental section has a lot of potential imo. It makes me wonder if there’s room for the personal property rental business in tools like there is for housing and …

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    Comment #41749526

    If you’ve ever been by a Tesla coil in person, that static-y noise near the top of the screen is almost a perfect match.

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    Comment #39527314

    > It really shows that asking a computer for something is fundamentally a bad idea No, that is not what it shows at all. Everything you do on a computer is "asking a computer for s…