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dpig_··on CSS gets a new logo and it uses the color `rebeccapurple`
Neil, there is a logic flaw in your little aphorism that seems quite telling. Since you and I are a part of the Universe, then we would also be indifferent and uncaring. Perhaps you forgot, Neil, that we are not superior to the Universe but merely a fraction of it. Nice day, indeed

Norm Macdonald @normmacdonald - Apr 10, 2019

dpig_··on Control iPhone with the movement of your eyes
Eye tracking in an HMD and eye tracking through a selfie camera are not on par.
dpig_··on YouTube Premium Showing Ads
While #1 is definitely pedantic, YouTube has added a 'Jump Ahead' button that allows you to skip content that a majority of users have skipped. This usually lines up with sponsor segments.
dpig_··on Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
How about "flying a commercial airliner without a license" ?
dpig_··on What has case distinction but is neither uppercase nor lowercase?
What's an ufe? Get out of my cafe.
dpig_··on Stop saying "just" (2019)
Hey! Always so cool to meet the main character.
dpig_··on Stop saying "just" (2019)
"If everyone would just brush their teeth."

"If everyone would just wash their hands."

dpig_··on 19th-century ‘toy book’ demystified the techniques used by mediums
You'll create plenty of new problems in life, too, if you are so committed to being rigid at all times.
dpig_··on Cops suspect iOS 18 iPhones are communicating to force reboots
You went off the deep end with the last line. Get some rest, eat a sandwich, see a sunset.
dpig_··on Cops suspect iOS 18 iPhones are communicating to force reboots
Everything that could happen must have already happened, and must have a linkable news story to boot. Or else it is not possible.
dpig_··on Security flaws found in Nvidia GeForce GPUs
Browsers should be aggressively pro-user, and developers can innovate within the limitations they're given.
dpig_··on Meta Permits Its A.I. Models to Be Used for U.S. Military Purposes
> Whatever your thoughts on US policy, I guarantee you'll enjoy China's or Russia's even less.

The global politics rendition of "nobody else would ever love you."

dpig_··on Riot Games: Peeking into Valorant's Netcode (2020)
I suppose this could be true for some kinds of hacks (e.g. aimbots), but is pretty much useless for things that require information, like wallhacks.
dpig_··on Riot Games: Peeking into Valorant's Netcode (2020)
> first and only FPS played by millions of people

I have to assume that what you mean by this is "for millions of people, Valorant will have been their first and only FPS."

That may well be true! The knee-jerk response you're getting from others is because your statement sounds like you're saying "no other FPS game has ever had a million+ players."

dpig_··on Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024
- All entertainment (what does this mean? for what period?)

- 2 years worth of food

- 6 months worth of transportation

For 3.5k? Either you're Amish (with an HN handle), or you're dril and you need advice from someone who is good at the economy [0].

[0] https://x.com/dril/status/384408932061417472

dpig_··on The Shroud of Turin: History and Legends
That's interesting! I'm currently learning Hindi, and finding that the word for foot/leg is often interchangeable, too. (In Hindi, 'toes' is also usually expressed as 'fingers of the foot,' which I sometimes misapprehend as 'fingers of the leg')
dpig_··on Anatomy of an internet argument
> And your goal is to win the war instead of having a good faith discussion?

I'd hope so? If the war is some subject worth arguing about, anyway. The fetish people have for polite discourse is itself bad-faith.

dpig_··on I made a game you can play without anyone knowing (no visuals/sound)
The name of your app is pretty awful for discoverability - I struggled to find it via search without using your name instead.

The pixel should give minimal feedback surely - just communicate success / failure?

dpig_··on Why TCP needs 3 handshakes
it ? is time What What ?
dpig_··on When To Do What You Love
This measuring contest is fun to watch.
dpig_··on Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you
Yeah but at least they can be held responsible down the line.
dpig_··on Moving Bricks: Money-laundering practices in the online scam industry
All skills require practice, but they simply won't let us get good.
dpig_··on The CRPG Book Project (2023)
I have avoided him and PirateSoftware for similar reasons that are hard to express. They both strike me as - I don't know, barbecue uncles? Too many stories in which they're the hero, perhaps.
dpig_··on D&D is Anti-Medieval
Imagine a LARP group out of Williamsburg.
dpig_··on 26-Year-Old EY Employee Succumbs to 'Work Stress' Four Months After Joining
> I wasn't aware of how hurt I was by all my labor being abstracted away from me.

This is so fundamental, but so rarely spoken about in explicit terms. For reasons.

dpig_··on Terence Tao on O1
If you couldn't be bothered to write this comment, I can't be bothered to read it.
dpig_··on Jeremy Couillard's video games capture what it's like to be alive
Someone put it really succinctly recently: with generative AI, there is a net loss of intention in the world. That's shit.
dpig_··on Jeremy Couillard's video games capture what it's like to be alive
Help me out here, I'm blanking on Minecraft's failure state, success state and scoring system?
dpig_··on Mondragon as the new city-state
You'll waste your time expecting materialist analysis from many folks around here.
dpig_··on Interviewing Tim Sweeney and Neal Stephenson
Digital fiefdoms, how exciting.
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