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ChrisRR··on Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
Not entirely. CPI takes things like subscriptions into account, but not DPI
ChrisRR··on Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
Well they do have a choice, and that's to switch to windows.

I run linux too but I'm not going to pretend like my choice to run a niche setup means I'm entitled to pirate content because they don't 100% support it

ChrisRR··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
It's quite unlikely. There's very few niche albums that I haven't found on spotify
ChrisRR··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
> It is way cheaper long term.

I would think this is only true if you watch a small number of shows and rewatch them often

ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
It's like electric car ranges. Their claim will be 45 hours under a very specific testbench. Real life results will be lower
ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
Nah. Software took 15-20 seconds when we were back on spinning discs.

Now that we have solid state supercomputers in our pockets, even the most simple app should launch in milliseconds

ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
There's no way that's true. Otherwise everyone's phone battery would need to be completely replaced every 2 years

Edit: I just googled it. Apple claims that the iphone 17 should handle 1000 full charge cycles before reaching 80% capacity

ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
Don't then. Just wait until you actually need a new phone before buying a new one
ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
I'd be quite happy with "It's not as powerful as last years model, but it has double the battery capacity"
ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
This is apple. They're the kings of "memory bandwidth is 2x... (within a very specific set of test cases)"
ChrisRR··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
Let's stop filling static websites with javascript. That should instantly reduce the overhead
ChrisRR··on AirPods 5
Because they're being very awkwardly specific in order to make it sound like they're the first to do it.

For the average consumer who doesn't know that if you look outside of their disclaimer you'll find that it already exists and think that apple invented the feature

ChrisRR··on Ganon's Mysterious Origins (Revisited)
I don't know why the Zelda series in particular gets retconned so much. It's so clear that they just drew on various fantasy/cultural tropes that they liked at the time and weren't thinking decades into the future.

It's fine to just accept them as loosely connected standalone games

ChrisRR··on “Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain
I just stopped using twitter and I've not actually felt like I've missed out
ChrisRR··on “Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain
I think that image really visualises how bad the x logo is

https://img-cdn.thepublive.com/filters:format(webp)/afaqs/me...

The original logos weren't great but they were more charming than X

ChrisRR··on Mistral raises €3B
Brand new account, only 1 comment.

Checks out

ChrisRR··on Mistral raises €3B
Username does not check out
ChrisRR··on 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]
The video is 2 hours long. A summary is not a bad thing
ChrisRR··on Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
Could it be something to do with $25M "gift" that OpenAI paid to Trump?
ChrisRR··on Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
Except when we're talking about trump, in which case it's both malice and stupidity
ChrisRR··on Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)
From their about page

https://scienceblog.com/about-us/

"Every published piece is editorially directed and reviewed before it goes live. We use AI tools in research, drafting, and editing. Editors decide what claims, framing, and pieces make it to publish."

ChrisRR··on Fine, I'll build my own text editor
In the longer term we regress and start running an entire web browser to run a text editor in javascript
ChrisRR··on Apple reveals 'shocking evidence' from ex-employee's MacBook in OpenAI suit
This is why many companies don't allow the use of AI programming, because it's currently unknown whether allowing AI to access your code can allow parts of it to be replicated elsewhere

When a company finally challenges it legally, it might finally answer that unknown for many companies

ChrisRR··on Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI
It's not a new phenomenon. Companies have been dying for as long as companies have existed
ChrisRR··on The Tariff Cost: analysis of the costs to Americans from new tariffs on Canada
Because people want to turn absolutely everything into an excuse to argue about AI
ChrisRR··on The Tariff Cost: analysis of the costs to Americans from new tariffs on Canada
I wouldn't say that's an underestimate. It just sounds like you're the one bringing the average up

Not everyone is buying brand new cars

ChrisRR··on U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications
Putting you own people... You seem to be missing a word there

Your sentence could go one of two ways, but I suspect I already know what it is

ChrisRR··on Nebula Sans
Saved them money on licensing their existing font, so why didn't they just move to another cheaper or free font?
ChrisRR··on Nebula Sans
Did it need a new font? Would none of the thousands of fonts already available have done the job?
ChrisRR··on Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account
I don't think anything on twitter can really be called a discussion. The UI is designed for shouting into the void, anything else is an afterthought
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