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asd··on Biscuit
No backlight. Much smaller screen – 4.3" on the X4 compared to 7" on the Paperwhite. However, the Xteink is much more customizable/hackable.
asd··on Scott Adams has died
Is this the video? Scott Adams talks about losing friends, money, etc. around the 3:35 mark: https://youtu.be/HFUr6Px99aQ?t=215
asd··on Dollar-stores overcharge customers while promising low prices
Looks like Dollar Tree just rolled out a feature where you can do a price check on items by using their App.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DollarTree/comments/1ndmniz/downloa...

asd··on Instagram tests forcing users to watch adverts
Also see:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40575404

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40574912

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40566424

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40569808

asd··on Evidence of the intentional use of black henbane in the Roman Netherlands
erowid entry for black henbane: https://erowid.org/plants/henbane/
asd··on The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet (2019)
(2019) Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29965110
asd··on Atari Video Music
The pixel music 3000 may be of interest.

https://makezine.com/projects/pixelmusic-3000/

asd··on From Ben Franklin, a Gift That's Worth Two Fights (1990)
http://archive.today/WUpON
asd··on Ask HN: I want to be an expert in many things but my lifetime won't be enough
> knowing that life does not end when this mortal lifetime ends.

Citation needed.

asd··on Perfluorocubane is (as you would expect) weird
It shall live on in the archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20150506055228/http://www.timecu...

asd··on I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020)
> It's not too late to find the truth.

What is the truth?

asd··on The Push for a “PBS for the Internet”
> Most PBS stations run infomercials promoting quack medicine.

Can you give details? I'm wondering if this was something that only a local affiliate did and not something that was PBS sanctioned.

asd··on Windows 96
I bet a sealed 38 floppy edition of Windows 98, in mint condition, would go for a million USD.
asd··on KFC restaurant that drives autonomously
What's stopping someone from swiping an extra bag of chicken tenders? This design has the same flaw as the newspaper vending machine box. Pay once, take a bunch. Perhaps people are more honest in Shanghai compared to Western countries.
asd··on A disturbing Twinkie that has, so far, defied science
Are you on the West coast of North America? I wonder if the black was from wild fire smoke/ash.
asd··on Endless Doom Scroller
Here are all 338 headlines if scrolling isn't your thing.

https://pastebin.com/1J0N8iLg

asd··on Why ElementaryOS Left Medium
Don't get me wrong, I'm on the Medium Hate Train along with many others here on HN, but aren't these stories getting a bit monotonous?

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ACYBGNQoux3i-UEEDHgCPFks...

asd··on Amazon will pull the plug on dash buttons
Surely they will announce a Dash button recycling program. Right?

Edit: Read rest of article and have my answer. Sorry! Don’t spank me.

asd··on Retro 5″ Black and White TV as a computer monitor – A tale of pointlessness
> The TV watch is all-in-one?

The Seiko T001 does have an external tuner and routinely go for $400-500+ on eBay, depending on condition.

https://monochrome-watches.com/seiko-t001-mother-smart-watch...

asd··on Switch from Chrome to Firefox
Legacy Safari extensions will no longer be supported. Scroll down to "Safari Extensions".

https://webkit.org/blog/8825/release-notes-for-safari-techno...

asd··on Americans Agree: Social Media Is Divisive (But We Keep Using It)
Sounds like a BBS.
asd··on There and Snack Again: How to Eat Everything in the Lord of the Rings
I thought the same but gave it a few seconds more and the content finally loaded.

https://www.nate-crowley.com/apps/lists/1/Batch?consistentRe... Time: 5.1 sec

The site is just under a bit of load right now.

asd··on WWDC 2018 What's New in Swift Recap
Nice set of highlights. It's amazing to see how quickly Swift has evolved in four years.
asd··on Michael Pollan on Psilocybe Azurescens
Wonderful book. I enjoyed it so much, I used one of my Audible credits to purchase the audiobook version, narrated by Pollan himself. It was a delight to hear his experiences firsthand, retold in his pleasant tone.
asd··on The History of the Philips CD-I, Failed PlayStation Ancestor
I think these may be the two videos you are referring to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH-HxLJtBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4t2g37DAcQ

asd··on 1.1.1.1: Fast, privacy-first consumer DNS service
Here's what I'm seeing.

https://i.imgur.com/piisG5D.jpg

asd··on Mac Pro 2 Concept Design
As an Android/iOS developer, I personally wouldn't need all of the power. However, I could see where professional video editors and the like working with multiple 4K streams and wish to stay within the familiarity of the  ecosystem would want something a bit more expandable/flexible.
asd··on Mac Pro 2 Concept Design
> 50% of the site was black background + scrolling for me, but I think I can get the gist of it. Nice design + expansion capabilities, right?

Apple's Industrial Design group needs to get it through their skulls that folks doing REAL pro work still need traditional expansion capabilities. At the very least, pro users need to:

1) Have the ability to expand RAM

2) Have space for two video cards (ThunderBolt 3 + video card enclosures is not a desirable solution)

3) Have space for at least a couple internal hard drives

For some reason, I don't think this will ever happen because the end result would probably be bigger, noisier, and uglier than what the ID group would allow. But, man.. wouldn't it be nice to be able to purchase a base config Mac Pro 2 with one stick of RAM, shipped with integrated graphics and the user could drop in any graphics card(s) they wish?

Hackintoshes can work fine for some, but oftentimes we just want to be able to run software update without the fear that a patch will break our bread-and-butter making machines.

asd··on MacBook Pro Launch: Perplexing
I think I may be sending back my 15" as well. I was playing Civ VI on battery and managed just over an hour. Regular usage of Chrome, XCode, Slack, Mail netted me about 3 hours with 75% brightness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST-VncjYydI

asd··on 2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats
Thanks. @sandipc above linked to this[1] monoprice cable, but it's out of stock with no ETA. :( I'll keep looking.

[1] http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=12908

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