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It was an intentional, near-archaic throwback even at the time HN was founded. Paul Graham has written about it, you can probably still find his blog written about it 20 years ago.…

No one has used the word “hacker” with this esoteric / old school context in over 30 years.

This is awesome! It would be neato if you could export and reload your save file, I clear my browser data a lot.

Three moments stick out to me. 1) When I used ChatGPT for the very first time. I still remember, I asked it: “Write an advertisement to convince people to visit the North Pole.” It…

Been using this for a few years, works like a charm: https://rectangleapp.com/

Relevant: https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2025/07/05/are-w...

Curious if Meta will ever recoup its investment into VR/AR? A quick Google search indicates Meta has invested north of $100 billion into this tech. The public just doesn't seem tha…

I bought a zfold 7 about a month ago, it has been without a doubt the coolest new device I have purchased in many years. It's unbelievably thin, if you use it in normal phone mode …

Python's random.shuffle also uses Fisher-Yates

I was using urxvt for about 10 years and then I switched to alacritty about 5 years ago. Have had the best experience with alacritty- runs on all my systems, super fast, config is …

I imagine most of us here likely follow well-known conventional kitchen wisdom: don’t use metal utensils on non-stick pans, wash your hands after handling raw meat, etc. And I supp…

I also quit Spotify about 6 months ago and went back to Pandora. I’ve been super happy with that decision. Spotify kept me in a weird bubble of sorts always playing the same songs …

You’d be surprised. Repo mirroring systems, continual cloud backups, sysadmins/engineers cloning every repo of an org, 3rd party tools regularly inspecting repos, etc. The best opt…

I'm personally agnostic on whether or not we're in a simulation. However, some say the "Double-slit experiment" is perhaps proof we are in some sort of simulation. Particularly the…

I think fear-mongering about nuclear power risks is really unfortunate. The rewards far outweigh the risks. Sure, we could live in a world where we could tell everyone to stop usin…

It's clear that nuclear power is superior to gas, coal, wind, solar, etc. However... nuclear power plants are expensive build, they take a very long time to build, and many countri…

Very fun, although I don't really feel like it takes much skill. Seems to be a chill puzzle experience and doesn't scratch the same brain itch as something like a Rubik's cube or L…

Thorn - https://www.thorn.org/

I miss old school 2D MMORPGs. I'd love something with: - beautiful & detailed pixel art (like Stardew, Hyper Light Drifter, Owlboy) - many, amazing non-combat skills (like a tale i…

https://flutter.dev/showcase

I like this post a lot and respect the jump. However... Replit? I needed a browser IDE for some work about ~4 years ago and used their product briefly before switching to Cloud9 (n…

I agree. I'm glad that they're optional. One of the main reasons to use Python is to prioritize development speed over performance AND to prioritize read/write-ability over hand ja…

Thanks for sharing this. It took me less than an hour to complete and I thought it was pretty fun. These sort of interview challenges that involve rapidly diving into a foreign cod…

I came here to post this, and look it's rightfully already present here. This book completely changed how I think about consciousness and existence.

Thanks for being vague, I just started The Way of Kings last week. I've read Elantris and the first Mistborn trilogy from Sanderson. I'm roughly half way into this first book of Th…