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This is a fun exercise, one I've considered regularly over the course of raising my 10-year-old daughter.

Reading the post's World English section, the hardest part for me is the use of "be" instead of "is". That would take some getting used to.

Like the other comments, it took me a lot of losing to figure out that my return word is my choice. I kept trying to type a word I was being given, and wondering why I kept getting hints and stuff.

Fun way to waste 10 minutes, though! :) I like the 8-bit look and sound. Would be nice a little bigger!

That would be an interesting startup – manufacturing and supplying core EV components, all the way to rolling chassis.

Yes, but can they reproduce?! Nice try, Aschen!

> If you don't know any array languages, it might explode your brain. Use at your own risk!

I've been around the block, don't think it'll be a problem picking up something new

> Here is a program that checks whether a number x is prime (for x>2): {&/x!:\2+!_x^1%2}

(closes laptop and goes outside)

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Give me a phone without a camera bump that sits flat on a table top and I'll stop putting a case on it

I went in expecting this to be a "roast me" style AI wrapper. Pleasantly surprised to see it be more concrete and actionable.

This was really fun to read!

My in-laws are immigrants from Vietnam who left during the war. These stories feel a little closer to home than they would have before meeting them.

Hey HN, author Aken Roberts here. I'm having massive imposter syndrome posting my newsletter here, but I can only gain from the experience so let's go!

I'm writing a newsletter for engineers seeking a Senior++ level. Content is framed as how a Senior approaches said topic, ranging from soft skills to specific technologies and problems.

I'm not a FAANG 10x-er, and I think that's a good perspective to showcase. You can be a successful senior engineer without a top tech company, as I have experienced.

Hope to meet some of you along the way. If you have any requests or suggestions for topics to write about, I'm all ears.

This was fun! Thanks for sharing

Whoops, blurring different replies together and did not context thread properly.

Why does your mindset go to being "bullied", though? Aren't you the bully for circumventing their revenue model with the expectation that you should get it for free?

Yeah, if I start seeing ads on anything while signed into my active Premium account, I'm going to start asking questions or considering other options as well. Hoping it doesn't come down to that.

I feel like I'm in the minority that has zero problem paying for an ad-free experience. I get tremendous value out of YouTube in both professional and personal ways. I have a daughter who watches it often. Suppressing ads while supporting the service my family enjoys regularly seems like a no-brainer to me. And I never have to worry about them circumventing my ad blocker.

This article is well-timed as I was about to use options monitoring as an excuse to get into some other technologies. Probably not going to make a ton of progress as a side project, but I'm always up for a chat!

Especially after two lower courts sided with Colorado already.

I generally hold this opinion, also, but I worry about the ramifications. Should we allow restaurants to exclude certain races? What if employees of the business differ on their treatment of customers? It feels like opportunity for much more chaos, even if the free market handles it.

The lines between what individuals can do and what a business can do (with individuals representing it) feel too blurred. In cases like the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses after Obergefell, she _has_ to because of the office she represents. It feels like businesses should have the same obligation, because business !== person.

/me cries in 30+ minute builds

>> Whatever the US is doing, it works for producing prosperity and innovation.

For some, at the expense of others.

> This negotiation as written was just moving down by the same amount offered by the buyer

Huh, didn't even notice. Thanks for pointing that out!

Ah, yes my mistake, I interpreted as factory _location_.

The factory signals are still there - they are lower down towards the sides.

These are small LED strips with no reflection mechanisms. No where near as bright as the headlight, or even modern LED running lights that many cars have now.