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by b2ccb2 4mo ago
Just a quick shoutout to the Splinter Cell Enhanced patch[1], to restore, among other things, the shadows from the original console version. And, as a bonus, the original Splinter Cell 75% off on Steam[2] and 50% off on GOG[3] (same price o
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by b2ccb2 5mo ago
> Would you rather have them take an additional 30 minutes looking up their technical manual? Yes
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by b2ccb2 7mo ago
I have quite a different take on that. As much as most people view documentation as a chore, there is value in it. See it as code review, reflection, getting a birds eye view. When I document my code, I often stop in between, and think:
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by b2ccb2 7mo ago
Absolutely agree, wait until the judge finds out about Bukowski's "The Fiend".
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by b2ccb2 8mo ago
A good time to advertise for Sudo Mastery by Michael W. Lucas, highly recommend it if you want to dig in a bit deeper.
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by b2ccb2 8mo ago
That is invalid syntax. Only phrasing content is allowed the p element ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Con... )
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by b2ccb2 9mo ago
It would be trivial to allow all possible languages with toLocaleString[0]: d = new Date(); console.log(d.toLocaleString(window.navigator.language, { weekday: 'short' })); [0] https://developer.mozilla.or
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by b2ccb2 9mo ago
You got it. This is AI Slop at it's worst. And even the replies from the author reeks of AI. I read some of the source code, and it is slop, which I would never trust without scrutiny. Carefully read just the first words of benmxrt: Yo
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by b2ccb2 9mo ago
The GitHub link in the footer links to… GitHub
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by b2ccb2 9mo ago
The confusion likely stems from the relatively new introduction of the capitalized ẞ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fes_%C3%9F Maß capitalized (used to be) MASS. Funnily enough, Mass means one liter beer (think
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
I really like https://news.ycombinator.com/best?h=24 with the GET parameter for hours.
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
I'd use <table>. It literally is a table. And for mobile just do a media query to turn it into a flexbox.
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
The RAID 5 and RAID 6 modes of Btrfs are fatally flawed, and should not be used for "anything but testing with throw-away data." From the ArchWiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Btrfs#Multi-device_f
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
filter: invert(1); Or, my dark mode for HN: @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { html { background-color: #000; } body, td[bgcolor="#ff6600"] { filter: invert(1); } }
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
Here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478379 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27452276
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
Here you go, from the same page you posted, gun ownership correlated to gun homicides in all developed countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex#Legal_issues_in_Ukraine https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-sad-fate-of-yandex-from-independent-tech-startup-to-kremlin-
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
Relevant paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06140-z (Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire)
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by b2ccb2 10mo ago
Relevant paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06140-z (Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire)
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
TIL that the term Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is based upon this nugget: > The name "Baader–Meinhof phenomenon" was coined in 1994 by Terry Mullen in a letter to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.[1] The letter describes how, after ment
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
The historical precursor of a mosh pit.
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
Not sure, the costume reminds me of a jester. If I'd take a jab at it, here is the original transcription from Brüder Grimm: "Im Jahr 1284 ließ sich zu Hameln ein wunderlicher Mann sehen. Er hatte einen Rock von vielfarbigem, bunt
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
Hah, macabre and word play. I see you my German brethren. He is referring to the Baader-Meinhof-Komplex book, that pretty much documents the RAF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_Faction
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
Oh, and my favorite theory: "Eine andere, weniger stark vertretene Theorie besagt, dass die Hamelner Kinder einem heidnischen Sektenführer aufgesessen sein könnten, der diese zu einem religiösen Ritus in die Wälder bei Coppenbrügge gef
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
Here is a picture on Wikipedia. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattenf%C3%A4nger_von_Hameln#/... I grew up around Hameln and can confirm, that is how he is depicted. Also a depiction of him from 1592: https:/
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
"Hameln" is in northern Germany, don't know where the I comes from in the English transliteration. There are many theories, one of them is the Children's Crusade[0], diseases, pagan sects, but yes, the leading one is the
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
His obituary is lovely: https://www.mountainviewtacoma.com/obituaries/stephen-carlse...
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
What's even worse: Some of the responses to the authors AI generated responses read like prompts. Case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45610341 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=456118
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by b2ccb2 11mo ago
Paper: https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000185756/16810098...
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The Spy Who Came in from the WiFi: Beware of Radio Network Surveillance(kit.edu)
3 points by b2ccb2 11mo ago|2 comments

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