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megadata··on Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?
> and even then being US-centric will work.

The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.

megadata··on Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?
Might want to have an international version too?

I don't know US sport teams.

megadata··on Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course
It helps a lot understanding diodes first. Like, really understand them. Then transistors are built on top of that knowledge.
megadata··on Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course
Sometimes it's a paid botnet.
megadata··on Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course
That's an awful recommendation for an entry level electronics.
megadata··on Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement
Wait, Linux what? Gotta link?
megadata··on Doge staffer's YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity
Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.
megadata··on Photo calorie app Cal AI was built by two teenagers
Exactly! The are so many alternatives, why do we have to place THE truth so highly?
megadata··on Overengineered Anchor Links
> too far down to scroll

Yeah, when you can't easily scroll anymore because it's "too far" then something has gone very, very wrong.

megadata··on Was Houdini a Spy? (2021)
Good 3 part podcast on Houdini: https://timharford.com/2025/03/cautionary-tales-houdini-magi...
megadata··on Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator
> because it's a complaint about votes

It's not a complaint. I'm just pointing them out. Without them I couldn't argue my case at all.

megadata··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos
I haven't tried this out but if it works it's one the biggest bang for the buck I've seen on HN. Thanks!
megadata··on Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos
And perhaps allow 3x playback speed. It's too fast for me to understand speech on most videos but not all. But some videos are so long winded that it can be tremendously helpful.
megadata··on Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator
I said nothing about that.
megadata··on Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator
And me pointing it out is also being downvoted.
megadata··on Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator
I think the fact that you're being downvoted for your comment proves your point.
megadata··on Show HN: I built a tool to add noise texture to your images
I'm not a designer so pardon for asking. What's the purpose of adding noise to an image?
megadata··on XAN: A Modern CSV-Centric Data Manipulation Toolkit for the Terminal
I appreciate tools for CSV to tame that ungodly mess. But I loathe attempts to glorify the cursed and putrid sack of shit that it really is.
megadata··on Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop software
The Thin Client idea dates back to the 80s at least.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

megadata··on Preschoolers can reason better than we think, study suggests
I think their biggest enemy is distorted valuation/importance. Like sweets and toys could easily "sway" reasoning.
megadata··on Most promoted and blocked domains on Kagi
Did Pinterest sue Google? Do you have a link for that?
megadata··on NotaGen: Symbolic Music Generation
A bit off topic, but is there any good recent Image to midi/XML/Sibelius stuff out there?
megadata··on Malware found on NPM infecting local package with reverse shell
Could we start a community review pool?
megadata··on The polar vortex is hitting the brakes
Crap equipment then and crap forecast.
megadata··on Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong
> Linus (Torvalds) technically "LEE-nuhs" in those European languages while "LYE-nihs" in English, but he actually doesn't care what you say

It's hard not to forgive people to pronounce your name wrong, when they've never met you or anyone that pronounces it correctly. They've only read it on the screen and they still say your name as best they can.

megadata··on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
> There's already loads of these

Examples?

megadata··on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
You don't need to kick anyone off the internet. Just ban them for accessing your resources.
megadata··on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
Block them for 24 hours.
megadata··on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
AWS and Azure can be blocked like anyone else.
megadata··on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
Perhaps time to start a central community ban pool for IP ranges?
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