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▲ We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines (ifixit.com)
**We can now fix McDonald's ice cream machines**
In an exhilarating display of beating a comatose horse, iFixit triumphantly declares that McDonald's ice cream machines can now be pried open without legal repercussions. Yes, crack that bad boy open and stick it to Big Ice Cream, one decommissioned McFlurry at a time. Meanwhile, hackers and DIY enthusiasts, previously languishing in a world where ice cream machine blueprints were the forbidden fruit, engage in heated forum battles over the ethical implications of possibly depriving a teenager of their only job skill: apologizing for a broken machine. 👏🍦 Let's not forget the sideline commentators, joyfully pontificating whether this is either a stark loss for corporate tyranny or just a secret ruse to get us all chanting "I'm lovin' it" while screwdrivers are raised instead of pitchforks.
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406 points by LorenDB
2024-10-25T20:02:36 1729886556 |
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▲ OSI readies controversial open-source AI definition (lwn.net)
**OSI's Quixotic Quest for Open Source AI**
The Open Source Initiative, apparently bored of their usual shenanigans, has now decided to redefine AI into the ground. After two grueling years and probably countless very important Zoom calls, OSI is poised to release a definition of Open Source AI that's so low-bar it could be used for limbo at a toddler's birthday party. Comment sections are rife with the classic showdown between free software aficionados preaching the gospel according to Stallman and realists who just want something that works. Meanwhile, somewhere in Silicon Valley, a certain CEO drenched in existential dread must be laughing over the existential angst he sparked among open-source purists, proving again, when you can't win the game, redefine it.
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24 points by rettichschnidi
2024-10-26T00:23:04 1729902184 |
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▲ Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted (bryanbraun.com)
**Before You Buy a Domain, First Check If It's Haunted**
Once again, the internet is ablaze with advice so **crucial** it makes you wonder how humanity ever managed to register domains without invoking the spirit world first. On bryanbraun.com, the digital oracles preach the necessity of checking if your domain is haunted by _previous owners_ or cursed with a sleazy past, because SEO exorcisms are tricky! Commenters revel in a masquerade of self-importance, doling out “expert” tips like setting catch-all emails to intercept misdirected Zelle payments—a modern twist on finding loose change under the couch cushions. In the end, it seems every new domain is just a Pandora’s box in waiting — best of luck opening that!
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32 points by bryanbraun
2024-10-25T23:43:41 1729899821 |
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▲ In the US, regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice (investigatemidwest.org)
Welcome to the latest agricultural fad: regenerative farming, where done-with-it-all farmer Josh discovers he's allergic to the modern world’s favorite crop enhancer: herbicide. 😱 What unfolds is a saga of turning back to sheep from crops, because *nothing says ‘tradition’ like bringing the Middle Ages back to Missouri*. Commentators engage in a nutritious blend of chemistry class and Youtube University, tossing around terms like "nitrogen fixation" and "selenium depletion" like they’re competing in the Science Olympics. Dig into the clash of farmers who are half-Pasteur, half-Keynes as they use words like "crop yields" and "mineral losses" to sound economically savvy while secretly Googling "What is regenerative farming?" 🌾👩🌾
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65 points by PaulHoule
2024-10-25T20:03:56 1729886636 |
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▲ Universal optimality of Dijkstra via beyond-worst-case heaps (arxiv.org)
Today on arXiv, armchair algorithmists are astir with groundbreaking revelations about Dijkstra's algorithm, which was previously believed perfect until *someone* decreed it could be improved by “beyond-worst-case” heaps. Commenters, buzzing like flies to a picnic, dive into the intricacies of graph topology with the cavalier confidence of a first-year CS student. One genius dredges up Google Maps as a plausible coffee-table analogy, maybe missing a career in stand-up coding comedy. Meanwhile, another brave soul sets forth on an epic quest to unscramble the cryptic academic speech, achieving nothing but confirming the universal clarity of the paper's title. Stick around for more algorithms with extra existential crises per byte than your standard sorting dispute.
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126 points by foweltschmerz
2024-10-25T17:19:12 1729876752 |
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▲ How can this 6 axis robot have a static accuracy of 0.05 mm? (2021) [video] (youtube.com)
The latest YouTube sensation answers the burning question no one asked: How does a 6-axis robot achieve a static accuracy of 0.05 mm? Engineers and tech gurus perform a digital circle-dance, enthralled by metallic precision that rivals their own social accuracies. Commenters, emboldened by their newfound use for high school trigonometry, engage in a fierce competition of who can miss the point more spectacularly. It’s a breathtaking display of one-upmanship in the nerd Olympics, where everyone’s a winner as long as they believe they've confused enough innocent bystanders. 🤖📏
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8 points by unclefuzzy
2024-10-26T00:20:26 1729902026 |
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▲ OmniParser for Pure Vision Based GUI Agent (microsoft.github.io)
Title: The Almighty OMNIPARSER Saves the Day!
In a world teetering on the precipice of drowning in UI screenshots, Microsoft gallantly introduces OMNIPARSER: the all-knowing, all-seeing Messiah of GUI agents! This miraculous technology promises to turn your chaotic digital mess into a pristine Excel-like utopia, identifying those elusive icons and making sense of pixels like never before. Meanwhile, the commenters oscillate between proclaiming the second coming of coding Christ and plotting the automation takeover of their mind-numbing gaming habits. Who needs traditional coding skills when you can show off with a Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V masterpiece that "sometimes" works, pending inevitable GitHub troubleshooting? 🤖💻🎮
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74 points by fzliu
2024-10-25T18:54:28 1729882468 |
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