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I'm totally following this

"Beaver Attack" was not on my 2026 Hacker News headline bingo card

Long before most of you were born there was a special number you could call to get the time here in the USA. It would give you a localized time every 10 seconds. It was considered …

I got mine at a NIST surplus sale for just $55k/gallon. I think it was mismarked. OK I just made the whole story up

Bigger picture: don’t use someone else’s trademark for a domain anyway

> Keep in mind that nobody on the care team had previously discussed any risk or indeed any tradeoffs whatsoever. This was at one of the best-regarded children's hospitals in the U…

What sizes of SUV, trolleys, fridges, and storage basements would meet with your approval?

Same. I was just able to order an original kit on eBay for $40, so demand isn’t high.

Absolutely incredible work. This is one of the most amazing news articles I’ve encountered in decades. Congratulations team!

I feel like this could achieve techempower-level legend status

I have been wondering this for 25 years. Now I understand why New York City has so damn many empty buildings.

Wow! Great link. I’m better than average but… yeah, I’d upgrade her to goddess. She’ll just carve a new axe handle when she feels like it. Truly humbling.

Can't wait to try this on Mac (English manual install intstructions at https://github.com/kekcleader/FreeOberon/commit/489c5a929bf9... ). I feel like Oberon is very much worth a lo…

Because of this I always fix a piercing gaze on any pistachio that crosses my path

No one has yet mentioned that getting good tone quality on a trombone is perhaps its biggest challenge. The same as true with violin and viola. The older and more primitive and ins…

I have a bunch of them, but I prefer to play marching baritones because I’m less likely to bang them into a music stand.

No. It has a trombone look but more important, it is not as conical as a baritone so it doesn’t sound as rich.

I didn’t know that. Thanks for letting me… meet the FOCers I’ll see myself out of the Internet now.

I suppose you're right. What I liked about it was this very specific graf, which gave me a lot to think about as a (potential) future implementor. It tells me this person has thoug…

As a stout proponent of Markdown I have to say getting tables right is hit or miss for me. Love this site.

Stop it, you tease. I'm getting a little tingly

I’m retired and still working on a new business

This looks exciting.