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You’re absolutely right that even “Western‑adjacent” names break in systems that were never designed to handle anything beyond ASCII. It’s no surprise that entire writing systems f…

You’re right that a lot of software comes out of Anglophone or Western contexts, but that’s exactly why these issues persist. The problem isn’t that RTL is “hard” — it’s that most …

I ran into a surprisingly fundamental problem while editing a PDF: typing a full line of right‑to‑left text (Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.) into a browser PDF editor looks fine while…

Reader mode is nearly a must for me. Our eyes need a break. HN in reader mode would be a such hugh blessing!

Oh, please!

Skip to minute 13 for the start of the conversation, and please remember to keep an open mind.

If you want to hear the truth about what's really going on with Israel, Gaza and much of the Middle East and even here, the US -- the following video is the most informative and ac…

Working with AI may not save you time, but when used properly, it will almost assuredly get you better results.

ChapGPT and company (currently) have an inherent disability dealing with mathematics as they are a language based models. So in a way, this is an unfair test.

This rebuttal of the rebuttal does feel earily AI. Perhaps an injection of cynicism?

Not accurate. Factually, some are much worse than others. A few are good to great. Lumping them all together as "garbage" is unjust and is totally counterproductive. Why even try w…

The government's list of requests is reasonable, moral and necessary. It's the taxpayers' prerogative to demand a merit based system that, in conjunction, upholds the values and fr…

Scary can be an effective deterrent against unsavory adversaries.

It is a damn shame that relationship skills and knowledge based on well-established research aren't taught in school as a core subject. Our lives would have been much better for it…