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normie3000··on A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway
Thanks, fixed
normie3000··on A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway
Prefer

  if x then :; else something; fi
over

  if ! x; then something; fi
Really? Colon is the appendix of the shell.
normie3000··on NPM's release cooldown is security theater
If it helps, think of cooldown periods as a way to do staged rollouts.
normie3000··on NPM's release cooldown is security theater
> If everyone sets a cooldown, there will be no early adopter.

This ignores all the security companies & researchers screening packages.

normie3000··on Better and Cheaper Than IPTV
Just stays on the loading screen for me (Safari, iOS 26).
normie3000··on The human-in-the-loop is tired
Would AI have spelt "noticeable" correctly?
normie3000··on Show HN: I RL-trained an agent that trains models with RL (for ~$1.3k)
Thanks.
normie3000··on Show HN: I RL-trained an agent that trains models with RL (for –$1.3k)
What is RL?
normie3000··on The git history command
This is likely saying you shouldn't save a word document that contains spelling mistakes.
normie3000··on Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem
Could or couldn't?
normie3000··on I Built the Only 2026 WWII Jeep
Beautiful, thanks! I look forward to practicing next time I hire a car.
normie3000··on I Built the Only 2026 WWII Jeep
Now I'm lost again - how do you "knock it into neutral" if the clutch isn't disengageable?
normie3000··on I Built the Only 2026 WWII Jeep
Ah not so bad then. I thought "stuck in gear" meant the clutch wouldn't allow degearing.
normie3000··on I Built the Only 2026 WWII Jeep
> get you jammed in gear

Terrifying prospect. What are your options in that situation? Would turning off the ignition have any effect?

normie3000··on An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
> we basically already know what they were and (roughly) what was in them

So we can just get ChatGPT to fill in the blanks.

normie3000··on An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
A Herculaneum effort.
normie3000··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
Try Google Meet. I have a similar spec Air, and that's where it falls down :'-(
normie3000··on 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
Probably less good if you want to enjoy the view horizontally.
normie3000··on 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
What's the problem with skylights?
normie3000··on The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated
> data were collected in northern latitudes during summer and in southern latitudes in winter

And what were they doing for the other 9 months of the year?

normie3000··on Spying on kids to save kids from spying is stupid
Anything under 4% should be sessionable IME.
normie3000··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
Now I know there's a spoiler, the title of the article is a spoiler.
normie3000··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
> Read the article and try to understand it.

You made it seem mysterious, but it's spelled out explicitly in TFA:

> the meticulously designed paradise she has been living in is in fact an engineered torture chamber

normie3000··on Loupe – A iOS app that raises awareness about what native apps can see
Phones are quite useful.
normie3000··on Show HN: Make PDFs look scanned (CLI or in the browser via WASM)
Do you have to upload your documents to their server?
normie3000··on Ice water drowning survival of young patient (2025)
One of the joys of private healthcare: I've seen general anaesthesia used to allow the patient to claim on their inpatient cover instead of their (exhausted) outpatient cover.
normie3000··on Show HN: Are You in the Weights?
Very fun!

One thing confused me in the story: are "Ibrahim" and "Ibrahima" interchangeable?

Naming children after grandparents gets particularly fun when meeting up with cousins!

normie3000··on Apt Encounters of the Third Kind (2021)
APT
normie3000··on Apt Encounters of the Third Kind (2021)
Cue spooky music.
normie3000··on How we made hit video game Prince of Persia
I read this and Masters of Doom back-to-back. Both very enjoyable, and great contrast between the two.
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