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ggurface··on Kevin Langdon's 'Omni' IQ test
I don't think you need to spin to load multiple bullets into a revolver. You can put all the bullets in the cylinder once you've opened it with any need readjusting/spinning.
ggurface··on Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands, study finds
Your point didn't come across at all.
ggurface··on Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants died
Can you explain what the linked article has to do with the stated cause of the elephants dying, septicaemia?
ggurface··on Ask HN: Is anyone using cloud dev environments (e.g. Codespaces/Replit) at work?
Microsoft has a commercial offering called Microsoft Dev Box [0]. Engineers at the company use the service.

[0] https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/dev-box

ggurface··on 4K4D: Real-Time 4D View Synthesis at 4K Resolution
They don't even stream the NBA games in 4k because TV networks only support 1080p. I doubt they'd buy into such an expensive technology for such a niche audience.
ggurface··on Epic Games Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly Music Platform in Limbo
I didn't know there was a rename. Hopefully they can keep up calling out the old name to let people know!
ggurface··on Are large language models a threat to digital public goods?
Yes, exactly. It's all over.
ggurface··on A third of North America’s birds have vanished
Is it seeds?
ggurface··on AutoRegex
Doesn't work for me.

> any word that has a penultimate character of a > .*[a-z]n$

ggurface··on “Magic links” can end up in Bing search results, rendering them useless
I believe the recommended practice is to hover over the URL before clicking the link.

If you do so, in Outlook, there will be a pop that shows "Original URL: XXX". This allows users to make a determination for themselves whether the link is safe or not.

ggurface··on [ASK HN] how to filter out MSM media from YouTube feed?
What's MSM?
ggurface··on Ask HN: You're in an empty room. How do you generate a random number?
Take off your undergarment and count the number of pubes.