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functionmouseon Minecraft Java raises recommended memory to 16GB ahead of Vulkan transition

This might have impacted me, had Microsoft not deleted my legacy account. So I suppose I'll just stick to Tekkit Classic on my pirated client.

functionmouseon The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (2013)

> That's the first time I've heard microtonal work in a rock setting. Pretty good!

Really? I highly recommend Flying Microtonal Banana.

functionmouseon Books can't piss me off

Neither is better or worse than the other, in my humble onion. People have less space and move around more frequently these days, and also, E-ink is more accessible than physical books.

functionmouseon Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI

he could order possession of it treason and punishable similarly to other illegal numbers.

functionmouseon BitMEX exchange will shut down

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitmex-token/

-91% today

functionmouseon Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

For its own sake, not ours.

functionmouseon Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

I think you're right. Thanks.

functionmouseon Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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functionmouseon The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How the New Pricing Decreased Demand by 80%

they allow selling your game on other websites, but not for substantially cheaper. Isn't this what Wolfire Games (Overgrowth, Lugaru, Receiver) sued them over?

functionmouseon Probabilistic computing is here; here is how it works

> they’ve been buoyed by a general acceptance that once they come to fruition, the world will never be the same.

a GENERAL acceptance? Citation needed.

functionmouseon The EU is about to sell our most sensitive data to the US for visa-free travel

If you're really planning on kicking some official's ass, you'd better do it quick before your feet are shackled.

functionmouseon AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy

And let's not forget that the bots doing most of the upvoting and downvoting are more likely to upvote bot comments, driving the algorithm.

The internet as a public forum is dead. And given the purpose of something is what it does, this is the true goal of AI. I'm certain blowing up the internet benefits very many wealthy and powerful people.

functionmouseon HMD Touch 4G

Something like this could do without the selfie cam, or bezels in general.

functionmouseon Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3

Pretty sure minecraft has used borderless full screen for a long time unless you go out of your way to tell it not to. Lots of platforms, services, and applications have been deprecating exclusive full screen over the past decade or so.

functionmouseon Open Book Touch: open-source e-reader

Kickstarter gadgets aren't meant to be useful, they're meant to tick boxes and look good on Kickstarter.

functionmouseon Battery packs: Let's talk about crates, baby

It's about boosting attack surface. Trust the plan :)

functionmouseon LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent

the OS handles these now by installing the malware. Zero click.

functionmouseon Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux

I wonder if that still works on Wayland WMs

functionmouseon Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)

reminds me of an old meme

> have "problem"; don't care: no problem

functionmouseon First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

We cannot design a probe that travels at the speed of light.

functionmouseon $100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol

> And if you don't think this is half decent, just replace "now" with "soon".

see, you keep saying that, but it never comes true. First of all, you suggest that just because progress has been fast up to now, it will continue being fast. I think that's something like Gambler's fallacy. Secondly, the progress we're seeing is not like linear progress to 100%. It continues to get certain things extremely wrong. This might be half decent today for fooling the elderly, but it's not a good look for artistic expression or even marketing for that matter.

functionmouseon Why Am I Left-Handed?

For me it's as if I'm missing a muscle in my right hand. I can do the Vulcan salute just fine with my left, but not at all with my right. I simply don't have the same input responsible for that specific motion. I have no trouble typing with both hands or doing most tasks, as we're adaptable, but it's still a physical limitation.

Here's an experiment - place both of your hands flat down on your desk, and on each hand try to tap your ring finger on the surface without lifting or moving any of the other fingers. I can do this hard enough to make a noise with my left, but not with my right.

functionmouseon TSMC plans further $100B US investment to feed AI demand

I wouldn't touch that with a 39+1/2 foot pole.

The current state of the global economy is dizzying. Of course the market has no top because fiat has no bottom. But still,,, dizzying.

functionmouseon British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply

"I drank the kool-aid and I am very smart."

functionmouseon Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family

poopie

functionmouseon Meta's Teen Safety Case Just Became a $1.4T Existential Threat

it's not enough

functionmouseon Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)

because as a reader, bags of sugar are more engaging to me than bags of concrete.

functionmouseon Show HN: 18 Words

tbh this should accept all dictionary matches

functionmouseon It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history

It's true; I also started reading the comments before clicking the article. Show of hands?

functionmouseon Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Video Lectures (1986)

I think we should only be recommending MIT Scheme. Everything else has got too much going on and can become distracting, for the purposes of education.