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mbfg··on New US curb on high-skill immigrant workers ignores evidence of its likely harms
doesn't this just increase the desire by companies to hire people remotely in other countries?
mbfg··on Altoids by the Fistful
peppermint altoids, to be specific (sorry). they use a good quality peppermint, as opposed to other cheap peppermint candy (typically).
mbfg··on Altoids by the Fistful
Fun fact, Altoids tend to be one of the better treatment for dismotility, meaning folks who have esophagus's that don't operate correctly to help swallow down food.
mbfg··on Easy Forth (2015)
>> The thing that separates Forth from most other languages is its use of the stack. In Forth, everything revolves around the stack

I mean, that's pretty much every language. The main difference is that the programmer's access to it is unconstrained by things like method call definitions.

mbfg··on Tariffs make it harder to justify US investments, automakers and suppliers warn
i doubt it matters anymore what the populous thinks. Last election was your last real chance to vote.
mbfg··on Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination
I missed the news where the US Gov bought out blue sky??? How else could BlueSky violate someone's free speech?
mbfg··on Major moments from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing with senators News
oh... this is the thing that raises doubts!
mbfg··on U.S. added 911k fewer jobs in year through March than reported earlier
Will there be another election?
mbfg··on US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years
I believe less than a quarter of the defense budget is for salaries and compensations.
mbfg··on US court strikes down 'click-to-cancel' rule designed to make unsubscribing easy
not all people of course, just say 99%... the bottom 99%
mbfg··on Philadelphia Transit System Votes to Cut Service by 45%, Hike Fares
The history of the american road infrastructure was really pushed early on as a military requirement, to be able to move troops, equipment everywhere, even land planes on roads if necessary. Military purposes can be the 'undeniable' justification for almost anything.
mbfg··on Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 'words', scientist claims (2022)
Most often captured phrase emitted by the hyphae -- "Damn Pepperoni!"
mbfg··on Ask HN: In 15 years, what will a gas station visit look like?
I expect their will be more entertainment options at fueling stations, eateries, some modern form of putt-putt, or arcades, to keep you busy for longer.
mbfg··on Why is everybody knitting chickens?
No love for penguins? Their body style might work better as a pillow.
mbfg··on Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
how about 4 times further than Voyager 1?
mbfg··on Professors Staffed a Fake Company with AI Agents, Guess What Happened?
not sure why this was downvoted. I mean at some point (maybe not now) you'd think it would work.
mbfg··on Professors Staffed a Fake Company with AI Agents, Guess What Happened?
researchers wrote that agents are plagued with .... poor understanding of how to navigate the internet.

lol.

That was the only unsurprising bit, imo.

mbfg··on I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt
Only kids who can't afford the "regular" meals get switched to alternative meals.
mbfg··on I decided to pay off a school’s lunch debt
the cool thing about cost of living is taxes tend to track cost of living, so the ability for government to pay for school lunches is likely similar anywhere.
mbfg··on Administration plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencies
Well, makes sense now that we have such a simple answer to detecting spies ourselves...

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_in...

mbfg··on Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order
--doesn't-- -> shouldn't

no one will stop him.

mbfg··on Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order
Project 2025 is the playbook, plenty of references on line.
mbfg··on Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers
The Tariffs would have to be around 1000% for it to be worth buying american in many cases.
mbfg··on The Death of Affordable Computing [video]
What companies are saying about how tariffs will destroy hardware supply in the US.
mbfg··on Pope Francis has died
That's the problem with calling yourself X, without a clear non-subjective definition of X.
mbfg··on “Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System
The thing is we've only been around a tiny period of time, and given the size of the universe, it would have to be an amazingly tiny Goldilocks zone in time to actually notice us, let alone do anything about it.
mbfg··on Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex
so at heat death of the universe, things will be more complex? i think not. There is clearly a limit to complexity, where that is when that is we don't know.
mbfg··on Hacker News Hug of Deaf
i clicked the link to see why it was the hug of "death", only to then realize after reading, it was hug of "deaf". i wonder what the unique user count was.
mbfg··on Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March
We realize, just nothing we can do about it.
mbfg··on The death of the middle-class restaurant
I live in a pretty sleepy farm type area, with a growing town in the middle. There are most of the main restaurant attractions. My wife and I are always amazed as we drive by the back to back Chili's, Outback and Texas RoadHouse., that are bustling at the seams, the parking lots are very often overflowing. We are amazed that there still are apparently plenty of people who can frequent these places.

So i can fully imagine that this article has it right, i just don't see it where i live.

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