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redler··on Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program
Presumably somebody didn't get paid.
redler··on Decades of Effort Restore Steelhead and Salmon Passage on Alameda Creek
IAAS, but IANYS
redler··on London–Calcutta bus service
2019 was their last year.
redler··on Building more with GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Conway’s Law strikes again.
redler··on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)
The purpose, if you want to call it a positive, was to be one of many revenue increases designed to offset the cost of the income tax cuts that were the primary focus of that legislation.
redler··on Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is America's largest recorded since the 1950s
…of the 63% who bothered themselves to vote.
redler··on Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline
Prediction: We'll hear that magically Truth Social has sourced sufficient funds that will enable it to make an offer for TikTok.
redler··on M4 Mac mini's efficiency
Just lock the screen and you’re good to go for keyboard cleaning.
redler··on Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without working there?
When you start up a business from scratch you quickly become familiar with bank requirements for a personal guarantee. The LLC will not protect you from personal financial exposure in the full amount of all your business credit facilities, loans, leases, etc.
redler··on Commodore 64 runs AI to generate images
Just plain whelming seems to fit the bill.
redler··on Music-Map – Find Similar Music
Radio Paradise is good for this.
redler··on Project managers, ducks, and dogs marking territory (2013)
"We love the red line concept! Can you please work that into the rest of the design?"
redler··on Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi
They'll still have Atlas Shrugged.
redler··on Pay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker
Adversarial built-in AirTags.
redler··on The New York Times attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us
The cyclist’s epitaph: “He had the right of way”.
redler··on Please don't say just hello in chat
It could be even worse — you could have a “good morning, sunshine”er among you. Yes, just that, followed by three or four minutes of a few crawling ellipses, on and off. Then, at last: “Got a minute?”
redler··on Type-safe, K-sortable, globally unique identifier inspired by Stripe IDs
Sadly, this is one of those things that, soon, if not now, only the olds will know about.
redler··on Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro
Ah, but it has a replaceable battery.
redler··on Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics
It means they’ll frequently be seeing the phrase “as an AI language model…” in their daily strategy sessions.
redler··on Ask HN: Why aren’t planes boarded back-to-front?
This does happen. Some planes, like stretch 737s, have preventive tail-stands ground crew can attach to the back of the plane at the gate.
redler··on Building LLM Applications for Production
Ah yes, the "soft" Roko's Basilisk.
redler··on British Rail’s short experiment with travelling pubs (2020)
The Roads Must Roll.
redler··on UK expected to be only major economy to shrink in 2023 – IMF
Distribute the costs among the many, concentrate the benefits among the few.
redler··on Make believe
Sounds a lot like Vonnegut’s Granfalloon.
redler··on Apple Lightning (2020)
Don't put it past them to mandate that all phones must have a physical port, and that it must be compliant with a blessed EU standard.
redler··on Ask HN: How might HN build a social network together?
The fact of the "vouch" could provide the validation without identifying the people from whose circle overlap it was derived.
redler··on Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to countersignal
Luck indeed finds you hard at work. But also, if you’re not sitting at the table, you’re on the menu.
redler··on I wish my web server were in the corner of my room
Way back in the mists of time, we set up our first corporate website. We were using Website Pro, and the box was under a desk. There was an option to make the machine beep with each hit, and for a while it was thrilling to hear those beeps — once an hour or so, maybe a cluster of a few in a row. The physicality!
redler··on U.S. Army Chooses Google Workspace
On the positive side of the ledger, this slightly decreases the likelihood of Google shutting it down.
redler··on Electrically heated clothing (2013)
So, you're saying, the majority of all people.
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