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▲ An NFC Movie Library for My Kids (simplyexplained.com)
In a world where simplicity is king, a techie parent unveils their revolutionary plan to keep kids entertained: slap NFC tags on movie posters. Because why teach kids to use a remote when they can perform a high-tech ritual to watch "Frozen" for the umpteenth time? Commenters, intoxicated by nostalgia and technological gatekeeping, reminisce about the "good ol' days" of VCRs and fear for a generation that might have to talk to a human instead of shouting at Alexa. Meanwhile, tech minimalism emerges as the new humblebrag, ensuring that every middle-class toddler can engage in digital archaeology before kindergarten. 📽️👶🔍
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159 points by kzrdude
2024-09-08T09:06:31.000000Z |
33 comments
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▲ Actual Size Online Ruler (Mm,Cm,Inches) – Screen Measurements (ginifab.com)
In an era where technology can land a rover on Mars, ginifab.com proudly unveils the Actual Size Online Ruler: a thrilling journey into frustration and auditory assault. The site's UI/UX, confusingly designed with the accuracy of a drunk dart player, joyously misleads measurements by a whimsical 0.5cm. Hopeful users, lured by the promise of replacing outdated physical tools, are instead treated to spontaneous loud declarations of measurements, turning a quiet office into a surprise party nobody wanted. Commenters, caught between disappointment and nostalgia for simpler tools, leave snarky trails of despair and YouTube comparisons, proving that sometimes, ancient school supplies just can't be topped by digital chaos.
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23 points by riggedrauller
2024-09-10T00:05:20.000000Z |
7 comments
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▲ James Earl Jones has died (variety.com)
**Hollywood Loses Its Favorite Voice Box**
The internet collectively facepalms as Variety breaks the news of James Earl Jones's death, but can't help turning it into a nerdgasm over Darth Vader's vocal cords. Meanwhile, commenters trip over themselves to connect every nostalgic cinema moment back to Jones, showcasing a quaint confusion between his roles in *Sneakers*, *Hunt for Red October*, and an unexpected stint in Ranger school. One savvy historian sips a non-alcoholic tribute, proving once again that everyone's a critic until it's time to remember which movie they actually liked. 🍿📽️🥀
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375 points by birriel
2024-09-09T20:50:16.000000Z |
106 comments
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▲ iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max (apple.com)
Title: Another Year, Another iPhone: A Tale of Redundancy and Overpriced Repetition
Apple shocks the world once again by announcing the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, equipped with the life-changing A18 Pro chip, which promises to continue doing mostly the same things as last year’s model but slightly faster. 🚀 The new Camera Control feature allows users to accidentally enable settings they don’t understand, paving the way for panicked forum posts wondering how they turned every photo sepia. Commentators battle fiercely over who cares less about new features, swapping tales of battery replacements and bemoaning the annual cycle of non-innovation, while secretly pre-ordering the new model. Most agree that nothing’s really changed, but hey, Apple might eventually figure out how to repackage battery replacement as an exciting new innovation for iPhone 17. 💸📱
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362 points by mfiguiere
2024-09-09T18:39:33.000000Z |
984 comments
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▲ Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison (blogsystem5.substack.com)
On the cutting-edge blogsystem5.substack.com, intellectuals gather to dissect the decaying corpse of Windows NT and its mismatched dance with Unix in a spectacle that's as enlightening as a flashlight with dead batteries. Commenters, in a nostalgic haze, wax poetic over NT's bygone glories, stubbornly lauding its ancient arts of backwards compatibility as if clutching their dusty VHS collections with pride. Amidst sage nods to obsolete 32-bit relics, they seem blind to the irony that their cherished museum of software might benefit from less duct tape and more innovation. These guardians of antiquity argue vehemently that shoveling coal into a steam engine is still the pinnacle of modern transportation. 🚂💾
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256 points by LorenDB
2024-09-09T16:37:29.000000Z |
217 comments
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▲ Project Hammer: reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector (jacobfilipp.com)
In a groundbreaking move that will surely shake the foundations of the Canadian grocery cartels, "Project Hammer" proposes to unleash the mighty power of a publicly accessible grocery price database onto the unsuspecting oligopolies of Canada. 🇨🇦💪 Jacob, our intrepid data warrior, cannot embark on this epic quest alone – he needs a legion of amateur analysts and legal eagles, so he's basically asking every miffed shopper to turn into a Sherlock Holmes of supermarket sleuthing. Meanwhile, in the comment section, outraged expats and cozy Canadians alike excoriate everything from mobile rates to monopolies, with a hint of nostalgia for the good ol’ regulated days when carving up the competition was just good business sense. Dive into this simmering cauldron of grievances – because everyone knows nothing solves systemic economic collusion like a well-timed email blast and a glorified Excel sheet. 📊🔨
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238 points by surprisetalk
2024-09-09T16:25:30.000000Z |
153 comments
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▲ Launch QN: Deepsilicon (YC S24) – Software and hardware for ternary transformers
**Launch HN: Deepsilicon (YC S24) – Software and hardware for ternary transformers**
Today in Hacker News, an entrepreneurial spirit meets the icy cold touch of reality with Deepsilicon's grand plan for ternary transformers. They've decided their path to revolution involves tackling the lukewarm edge market with hardware that promises much but tempts none. Commenters, blending unmatched expertise with ceaseless skepticism, suggest the startup's roadmap might as well include a magical unicorn to do the heavy lifting. From unrealistic market entries to misty-eyed tech enthusiasts championing the cause, it's clear we need more than just a upgraded Jetson board to keep this ship from sinking faster than you can say "performance improvement." 🚢💥
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138 points by areddyyt
2024-09-09T16:30:46.000000Z |
51 comments
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▲ Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and cheaper than mined (worksinprogress.co)
**Synthetic Diamonds: Now Cheaper than the Dirt They're Made From**
Slice open the latest worksinprogress.co glorified press release to discover that diamonds can now be baked in a lab quicker than a potato in a microwave, and for about the same cost. Readers are dazzled by tales of high-pressure, high-temperature presses cheap enough to pop diamonds out like Pez dispensers, conveniently skipping over why your engagement ring might now depreciate faster than your new car. Commenters dive into a techno-fantasy where diamonds aren't just for bling—they’re envisioned as the future of eyewear, smartphones, and essentially everything but the kitchen sink because, why not? 💎💔 Expect a Kickstarter for diamond-coated shoelaces by week's end.
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410 points by bswud
2024-09-09T13:30:42.000000Z |
255 comments
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▲ Sqlc: Compile SQL to type-safe code (sqlc.dev)
**SQL Demystified: Now with Extra Safety Rails!**
It's 2024 and SQLc swoops in as the knight in shining armor, vowing to rescue hopeless developers from the dark ages of SQL querying and boilerplate despair. With a promise to make code as type-safe as a padded cell, SQLc now offers 'sqlc verify' - because who knew schemas changed and stuff could break? 🤷 Watch it marvelously "verify" your database's emotional stability before you make it cry with schema changes. Meanwhile, forum commenters wage a holy war on the finer points of schema rollbacks and painfully reminisce about SQL in the good old days when men were men, and code was code. Oh, and jOOQ got a shoutout—twice—because why keep it simple when you can be right?
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61 points by wsc981
2024-09-08T08:04:37.000000Z |
25 comments
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▲ Affordable DE10-Nano compatible boards for MiSTer FPGA retro platform (retrorgb.com)
Title: Hobbyists in Heat: FPGA Frenzy Unleashed
In a spectacular display of missing the point, Taki Udon peddles his DE-10 Nano knockoff to the frothing masses of nostalgic nerds at precisely 8 PM, Eastern Exploitation Time. Rejoice, as the first cluster of 1000 units, devoid of a power supply, becomes accessible, ensuring half the buyers forget this detail and increase their forum whines by 70%. Purchasers can choose from an array of kits, distressingly unboxed by Taki himself, to beam back to the 80s without the convenience of a case. Comment sections are already a battleground of misplaced aggression and tech elitism, with debates numbingly revolving around whether this plastic and silicon salad truly recaptures the authentic discomfort of early computing. 🎮🕹️
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10 points by retro_guy
2024-09-10T00:26:23.000000Z |
0 comments
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▲ Carpentopod: A Walking Table Project (decarpentier.nl)
**Title: Carpentopod: More Than Just A Stumble in Furniture Making**
In a delightful twist that shocks absolutely no one, a basement tinkerer has finally achieved the pinnacle of unnecessary invention: a walking table. Dubbed the "Carpentopod," this marvel of weekend engineering uses software from the last century to make wooden legs that can barely avoid tripping over itself, and of course, it's wireless—because that's exactly what coffee tables have been missing. The comment section transforms into a fantastical fanfiction arena, where enthusiasts compare the clunky table to magical artifacts and beloved fictional items, all while casually debating whether this qualifies as AI, genetic algorithms, or just another way to spill your coffee while showing off. Cherry on top: someone actually suggests reading the entire article. 😂
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50 points by steveridout
2024-09-09T17:28:45.000000Z |
9 comments
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▲ Transfusion: Predict the next token and diffuse images with one multimodal model (arxiv.org)
In today's episode of "AI can do what now?", we delve into the world-shattering revelation that computers can both predict text and diffuse images at the same time. 🤯 Watch as researchers toss around jargon that makes this sound like the second coming of the digital messiah, while the comment section becomes a playground for armchair experts who act shocked—*shocked!*—that no one had muddled two perfectly good models together before. Meanwhile, someone earnestly asks if the mythical "7B model" is up for grabs, likely so they can finally win at chess against their computer by imagining better-looking pieces. In the corner, another commenter scratches their head, wondering if this is just last year's tech in a new hat.
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60 points by fzliu
2024-09-09T18:51:31.000000Z |
5 comments
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▲ B-Trees and Database Indexes (planetscale.com)
**B-Trees: Magic Bullets for Database Chaos or Just Another Way to Ruin Your Afternoon?**
Get excited, data nerds! A new blog post promises to transform you into a B-tree expert with the click of a few interactive buttons. Because clearly, navigating complex hierarchical data structures is fun and doesn't at all remind us of that hellish college data structures course. Commenters eagerly connect B-trees to organizing their endless piles of office wiki pages, blissfully ignoring that their "well-oiled" filing system is as outdated as using floppy disks. One brave soul dares to discuss primary keys, sparking a battle of wits over UUID versus sequential IDs—a truly riveting debate that will no doubt rage until the end of time in echo chambers of tech forums worldwide. At least everyone agrees on one thing: their databases could be worse—they could be using flat files.
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148 points by samlambert
2024-09-09T15:57:16.000000Z |
22 comments
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▲ Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered that stars are mostly made of hydrogen (aps.org)
In a stunning revelation that surprises precisely nobody, stars are full of hydrogen, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin gets a play to prove it. Because, obviously, nothing screams drama like spectroscopy and existential crises over chemical compositions. Over in the comments, our intrepid internet scholars are busy connecting dots between prayer, exam scores, and divine indifference – because if you can't trust random anecdotes to question the existence of a higher power, what can you trust? Meanwhile, bringing XKCD into the discussion adds the requisite amount of geek cred to remind us all that yes, we're very smart for noticing stars and science stuff. 🌟🔬🙄
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30 points by _Microft
2024-09-08T09:29:07.000000Z |
4 comments
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▲ Why GitHub won (gitbutler.com)
**Why GitHub Won (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Octocat)**
It's another rerun of "Old Man Yells at Cloud," as a GitHub cofounder takes a stroll down Silicon Valley’s memory lane, aiming to set the record straight on why GitHub mercilessly crushed its "competitors" like a nerd squashing bugs in code. In the margins, nostalgic coders from the Google Code refugee camp lament their lost digital Eden with a tearful reverence usually reserved for discontinued Google services. Meanwhile, a few rebel holdouts in the comments wage a last stand against the tyranny of archive-only repositories, drafting conspiracy theories about service outages with the paranoia of survivalists bracing for Y2K 2.0. Isn’t historical revisionism _fun_ when tech bros get involved? 🤓🍿
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360 points by hardwaregeek
2024-09-09T16:27:29.000000Z |
340 comments
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▲ Hacking misconfigured AWS S3 buckets: A complete guide (intigriti.com)
**"How to Hack AWS S3: For Dummies"**
Are you ready to ✨ excel ✨ in cloud mismanagement? Congrats! Intigriti's latest masterpiece is a starter kit for anyone obsessed with leaving digital doors wide open. The tutorial excels in stating the obvious: if you blindly copy-paste Terraform scripts without understanding what 'public-read' means, maybe reconsider your life choices. Meanwhile, the comments section turns into a delightful circus of IT pros lamenting how "junior devs" are the real S3, as in "Super 3asy" to blame. What a shocker: it's hard to secure what you don't understand. Who knew? 🤡🎉 If you fancy equating basic cloud security to rocket science, this comment brigade is your tribe.
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154 points by yarapavan
2024-09-09T15:41:38.000000Z |
29 comments
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▲ Every webpage deserves to be a place (interconnected.org)
**Every webpage deserves to be a place (interconnected.org): Annoying Cursors and Wishful Thinking**
In a world starved for pointless distractions, one brave soul has decided that what the internet really lacks is more cursor chaos. Embrace the thrill of possibly spotting a blurry cursor dance across your screen as you try to read War and Peace, because what page doesn't benefit from a spontaneous multiplayer experience? Commenters, meanwhile, oscillate between bewilderment and misplaced excitement, puzzling over browser compatibilities like ancient explorers deciphering the Rosetta Stone, and daydreaming of cluttering up their own websites with this cutting-edge tech. Everyone's eager to chat through cursors until they remember they have phones, social media, and literally anything else. 🎉🖱️
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56 points by herbertl
2024-09-06T00:47:16.000000Z |
17 comments
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▲ FTC Pushed to Crack Down on Companies That Ruin Hardware via Software Updates (techdirt.com)
The tech-savvy hive mind at Techdirt is up in arms after realizing that their shiny gadgets can turn into expensive paperweights due to the unholy matrimony of hardware and mandatory software updates. "Let's flank the FTC to save our smart toasters from digital demise!" cries one warrior against planned obsolescence, suggesting every device should come with a warning label — presumably in bold, size 48 font, right next to the mandatory coffee temperature warning. In response, the chorus of comment warriors debate with the ferocity of a Black Friday queue, oscillating between calls for anarchist sticker-based interventions and bemoaning the free market's failure to magically solve consumer woes. No consensus is reached, but all agree: if only their devices worked as well as their passion for complaining online.
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230 points by lg_rocket
2024-09-09T19:02:45.000000Z |
81 comments
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▲ MNT Reform Next (mntre.com)
In an episode that only the truly tech-bereft could mistaken for innovation, MNT Reform rolls out its "Next" generation laptop, a fascinating relic dragged kicking and screaming from the techno-crypt of 1999. Promising the *freedom* to swap modules like it's a Frankenstein's Play-Doh set, this device caters perfectly to the three people left on the planet who still print their own keyboard keys. Commenters compound their delusions by celebrating its slightly slimmer design, while lamenting the tragic omission of a trackball—yes, a trackball in 2023. Between sobbing over the loss of yesteryear's input device and planning how to customize their laptop to also toast bread, the enthusiastic cries of "take my money" complete the tragicomedy of outdated desires meshing with wallet-draining reality.
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112 points by _Microft
2024-09-09T15:40:20.000000Z |
37 comments
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▲ PSA: Eget That Executable from GitHub (glek.net)
In an earth-shattering blog post that will redefine your understanding of risk, someone on glek.net exhorts the masses to download executables directly from GitHub, because surely nothing could go wrong. Commenters, in an unparalleled display of missing the point, argue not about the inherent dangers of such practices, but about which tool from this digital dumpster is less likely to invite hackers to a party on their computer. One brave soul does suggest that such an approach essentially grants Microsoft remote command execution capabilities, but is quickly drowned out by enthusiastic nods to "small-time publishers" who are apparently all paragons of software safety. Meanwhile, Debian users sit back and smirk, comfortably fortified behind layers of community vetting and mirrored repositories. 💻🔒
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8 points by tarasglek
2024-09-08T10:32:00.000000Z |
2 comments
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