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SoftMachine··on MAME 0.276
That artificial brightness limitation sounds especially diabolical, people should be able to enjoy high brightness as it (potentially) existed and not have to deal with hard-coded limitations. I'm not from mame though.

Rendering dots using circle texture sounds nice but why are the dots in your renderings the size of something from pac-man? They look comically large.

SoftMachine··on Trump's EPA insists climate change isn't a danger
Tend to agree. Been through so many spring summer fall winter changes that I've just grown to accept that the climate changes. It's not a big deal.
SoftMachine··on [dead]
Oh my god, gay sex. Certainly an appopriate thing for 2025 era hackers to rebel against.
SoftMachine··on [dead]
Fighting for freedom is outdated, stale, archaic. Perhaps the site can be updated to celebrate the DOGE fighters.
SoftMachine··on Supreme Court sides with San Francisco in its fight over EPA clean water rules
Why is this posted here. What has it to do with hacking.
SoftMachine··on The Doge Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
Flagged of course.
SoftMachine··on Show HN: Bracket City – A daily, exploded (?) crossword puzzle
Nice job creating this interesting game. Whatever changes, have a classic mode to keep it as is!
SoftMachine··on Why does the US have it in for gig workers?
Small aside, this doesn't read right for me? I assume the (the wikipedian) meant '"above and beyond" for their employers"', not employees.
SoftMachine··on Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes
Such divisive sentiments. It's no wonder you got flagged.
SoftMachine··on Show HN: Fast Chess (Made with ChatGPT)
It's nice enough. When I uncheck "computer plays black" I did expect the computer to play white.
SoftMachine··on [dead]
hn isn't turning into reddit. it's turning into foxnews comments section. rip.
SoftMachine··on YC funds AI-powered Reddit marketing bot
Indeed. Thanks for making the world a better place, YC.
SoftMachine··on [dead]
Create a new user and spam this story

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=aktifboy

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=moses-bliss

Why?

SoftMachine··on L.A. Fires: We Can't Let Insurance Companies Exploit the Disaster
Don't acquire anything you can't self-insure! Yes even "you", presumably Well To Do hackernews reader, that kinda shoulda knowa better. Stop wasting your money paying insurance, and purchase within your means.
SoftMachine··on Why Self-Checkout Is No Longer Profitable for Retailers [video]
I wonder why ksec is doing this to us. Promoting AI slop videos on HN. What dark path leads someone down to this state of affairs. It's just not right.
SoftMachine··on LibrePythonista allows running IPython code in a LibreOffice spreadsheet
I feel like you've made a mistake somewhere in your process and should reconsider everything.
SoftMachine··on Midjourney web experience is now open to everyone
Open to everyone, but you must have Google or Discord account. Has the definition of everyone changed?
SoftMachine··on Whisperfile
I don't understand the implication of colorful text, it just seems hard to read. Why not just text?
SoftMachine··on Show HN: I Made a Website for Problems
Requires google account, no thanks.
SoftMachine··on YouTube Video to Tabs and Lyrics
I don't often read hackernews for Lamucal AI spams but when I do, it's always nice.
SoftMachine··on Show HN: Convert audio and video to accurate text with timestamps
How often does this need to be spammed here?
SoftMachine··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
Am I supposed to use some AI bot to summarize all this shit? Ain't no one got time to read 3000+ comments. Any good links?
SoftMachine··on Reading QR codes without a computer
Can not read website without Javascript
SoftMachine··on Show HN: Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all
I don't like how I have to guess which article the comments are in response to, is this dark pattern copied from amazon product reviews or what is the deal with HN these days?