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xdkyxon The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving

is self-preservation irrational?

xdkyxon Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating

Did they really fix the taskbar? I still cannot change it to either side of the screen, am i missing something?

xdkyxon ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions

They trimmed the managerial layer. A smart young person isn't immediately affected by it and (at least to me), this signals focus on actual work and flattening of the structure of an organization.

xdkyxon Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content

"this will allow me to get more money"

xdkyxon Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air

Luxembourg is an outlier and more of an edge case, then something that can be dissected and applied to other countries/cities.

xdkyxon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

Just got a 3d printer (Bambu a1 mini) and my girlfriend brought home a whole bag of plant cuttings. Thought I would give a modular plant pot (i.e with elements that allow for expanding the pot) in fusion 360 a shot.

xdkyxon GNU Midnight Commander

I used to install Windows Commander (later Total Commander) on every system I have used, so much so that I bought the Total Commander licence. However as time passes by I used it less and less, to the point that currently I run it once a month out of pure nostalgia.

xdkyxon The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge

The first thing that comes to mind is simplifying the identification of a device type, without the necessity of looking up a device list name or updating the list with each new device that gets released.

xdkyxon The Level Design Book

There was a fantastic resource about Multiplayer Level design from David "DavidM" Munnich. Although done in Unreal Tournament context it was really informative. I don't know if it's still available (could not find it), taking into consideration it was hosted at the defunct planetunreal I doubt it survived.

xdkyxon Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode

Booking?

xdkyxon U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter

Can You list some of those policies leading to a recession?

xdkyxon Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI

Does it work as fast with more complicated queries with joins/havings and large tables?

xdkyxon Careless People

This may be a little naive from my side, but I'm wondering - is every big tech company the same as Meta and it's leadership? Or is there something special, a perfect storm of circumstances that we only hear so much about so many instances of outright - can't even find the right word here - evil, stupidity, brashness?

If we assume that every big (let's say FAANG) company is the same, why we hear about Meta time and time again?

xdkyxon The US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide

he isn't wearing a suit either