themythfable

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   by themythfable 2mo ago

   Passed an old guy sitting on the side of the road with a lawn chair today, he was holding a pool skimmer with cardboard attached at the end to block a flock camera. There was a local news story about it [1]. Happy to see it. [1] https:&#x2
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   by themythfable 2mo ago

   RIP smoke breaks
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   by themythfable 3mo ago

   Betteridge law [1] > Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no Afaik Tim Feriss hasn't done anything notable in the past decade. No surprise that his one best seller is finally dropping off the cliff.
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   by themythfable 3mo ago

   For all the noise about "EU consumer protections" this certainly seems quite the opposite. So, to be clear, I have to tiptoe around cookies but eu-users will simultaneously do this so they can share pictures of their ...
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   by themythfable 3mo ago

   Yeah, I never had a computer that cost north of $800 until recently. While that is far from the typical HN user's budget, my bet is that it is much closer to average. Besides those with effectively unlimited budgets for their personal
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   by themythfable 3mo ago

   Same thing with Google homes. Pre-gemini, you knew what you would get, basically the structured snippets that would appear at the top of the search results. Now it's much more verbose. My biggest gripe is that it basically stopped list