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beretguy··on Tell HN: Apple will not replace keyboard
Vote with your wallet.
beretguy··on The State of Vim
Can’t run vscode in that black box thingy.
beretguy··on Apple to launch iPhone 17 Air, its thinnest smartphone
I want a 4 inch iPhone. I will hang on to my 1st Gen SE for as long as possible.
beretguy··on [dead]
Because jobs get outsourced overseas and US hires people from overseas with H1B visas.
beretguy··on Japanese researchers test pioneering drug to regrow teeth
Just drink some milk.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AwszDJ2u4Bs

beretguy··on Google URL Shortener Shutdowns This Year
Can't wait until people stop using Google products.
beretguy··on Mozilla Advertising
Keep an eye out for LadyBird browser.

https://ladybird.org/

beretguy··on Top H1B employers hired 34k new H1B workers, laid off at least 85k (2022)
And I can't find a job.
beretguy··on Samsung's 'AI fridge' has cameras to 'order food when you're low'
Good for rich people.
beretguy··on Ask HN: Who are your comfort youtubers?
Ross Scott/Accursed Farms and his Game Dungeon, Freeman's Mind, etc.

Agadmator

Anton Petrov

Science Clic

beretguy··on I don't like that my Whole Foods receipts appear in my Amazon past orders
Another way to opt-out is to not shop at Whole Foods.
beretguy··on Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump's inauguration fund
> Trump promised Cook he would not let the EU “take advantage” of American companies if he were to get elected.

Ah, that's what it's about.

beretguy··on UK ICO response to Google's policy change on device fingerprinting
99% of people. I die a little bit inside every time I see my friends use google search.
beretguy··on Ask HN: Which browsers did you try in 2024, and what's your daily browser?
Is not like we have a lot of options.

But I tried Firefox forks: LibreWolf, WaterFox and Zen, in that order. I came back to using LibreWolf because it's available in apt which makes it easy to install. I had errors when installing WF on windows, couldn't use it. Zen doesn't support horizontal tabs.

Watch out for Ladybird browser. https://ladybird.org/

beretguy··on 6G Wireless Technology May Leverage the Human Body for RF Harvesting (2023)
Ahh... is this safe?
beretguy··on Santa gave me a concurrency problem for Christmas [video]
Rewrite everything in Rust.
beretguy··on 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton says it could drive humans extinct in 10 years
What's arc bench?
beretguy··on 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
Good thing is it provides better insulation than wood.
beretguy··on Orbit by Mozilla
I'd rather have tab groups.
beretguy··on Ask HN: What is one programming language you would recommend to a new learner?
Simple, elegant and will teach you how computers work.
beretguy··on Ask HN: What is one programming language you would recommend to a new learner?
C
beretguy··on Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days, 7,700 miles on the road
Just yesterday/past few days russia bombed Ukraine on a Christmas Day, downed Azerbaijan Airlines plane and cut power cables between Finland and Estonia. My take is good. Your turn to touch grass and stop defending fascists.
beretguy··on Is Kagi Search getting better?
Did you ever try using Kagi?
beretguy··on Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia suffers damage
I wonder who would do something like that.
beretguy··on Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days, 7,700 miles on the road
> They were detained by Russian border troop officers while they were crossing the Russian border near the Chukotkan village of Uelen, for not entering Russia at a correct port of entry. They were threatened with being banned from Russia, which would stop the journey.

You can always trust russia to be a pain in the neck, to put it mildly.

beretguy··on Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2025?
Pottery/ceramics throwing. I want to learn to make cups and plates. I'm tired of computers. I already know enough to be able to write useful programs and get the job done.
beretguy··on Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
Lynching CEOs would make a lot of sense, so yes.
beretguy··on Boardgame.io: an engine for creating turn-based games using JavaScript
There was this iOS game which died which I wanted to recreate:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161020010853/http://www.82apps...

But I have 0 knowledge of game development. Maybe this could make my job easier? Or maybe somebody else who know how to write game can do it? Please?

beretguy··on Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
It amazes me how things used to make more sense back in the day.
beretguy··on Mysterious New Jersey drones appear to avoid detection by traditional methods
Yeah, I want to believe.
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