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So you can talk shit with zero consequences? How wonderful for you, and how terrible for everyone around you.

As someone who actually writes haiku, I hate the "write a haiku" ChatGPT example as it produces these stilted, lifeless eighth grade poems that people nevertheless copy-paste into …

Not once. I don't care how hard you worked on it, I don't care how many web technologies you abused to get it working, I don't care how many hits or views or conversions or whatcha…

Yes, and everybody here thinks you're a brave little boy. Have a lollipop.

I vaguely remember toying with newLISP [1] almost a decade ago, but I'd like to start exploring the language again and write some hobbyist-level programs in it. [1]: http://www.new…

schlorb schlorb schlorb schlorb schlorb

Why is it that in the gutter of every HN post there's some schlorby shlub desperately trying to seem cool?

Hell no. I can smell the scam from here.

I don't need tabs, or sessions, or startup scripts or even mouse support. I just need a terminal with good colour support and fast performance, without any of the bells and whistle…

Those dozen different services are servers, that you chose from.

For a simple one-dimensional blog layout (header -> navigation -> content -> footer), do I need to use these new CSS APIs? Will CSS's default behaviour continue to work in the futu…

I say this every time one of these pops up: Just do it yourself. Just get a $5 Linode or a Cloudflare account, make a Hugo/Pelican/whatever site and go. These niche microblogging s…

True, but (a) it's a fun project, and (b) I wanted something just for my notes, so I can add note-specific commands and generally treat my notes directory as a database I can use S…

Every week I see a new terminal app here on HN, and it's always some startup with no good will that's built it on Electron and filled it full of always-online trackers. Why is this…

Wordpress seeems to be commonly derided here, so my question is this: what software would you use for the following scenario: - A frequently-updated weblog with images for each pos…

Thanks, I'll figure out some screenshots. The list command would display all notes, but maybe I could add some kind of pagination feature. If you have specific ideas, consider addi…