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rkomornon Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?

Individual Contributor, usually as opposed to any kind of management role.

rkomornon An unstoppable mushroom is tearing through North American forests

Christopher Nolan, is that you?

rkomornon An unstoppable mushroom is tearing through North American forests

But what if your goats become unstoppable?

rkomornon Schedule tasks on the web

I ask myself the same question.

I'm not seeing the apps, SaaS, and other tools I use getting better, with either more features or fewer bugs.

Whatever is being shipped, as an end user, I'm just not seeing it.

rkomornon French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

I'm the other way around. I sound like a native US English speaker, but when I'm speaking English around French people who aren't as fluent, I "Frenchify" my accent so it's easier for them.

My spouse finds it amusing, which is probably the biggest benefit, TBH.

rkomornon LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

This is a great response. Thank you. :)

I'll check out oath.vote (maybe).

rkomornon French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

To be fair, spelling bees usually have more complicated words (though the complicated ones are often borrowed from French anyway so, win-win for some of us).

rkomornon French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

With the exception of some annoying ones like "fils" (son or sons) and "fils" (threads).

rkomornon French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

I think you're right that working in certain areas (geographical or professional) gives you an ability to grasp all kinds of English.

I've worked in universities and in tech, in New Jersey, LA, and Silicon Valley, and I feel like I can understand just about anyone's English.

Ironically, the ones I have the hardest time understanding are almost always Brits.

rkomornon French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?

You mean kinda like how (as I recently was informed) "ye olde" is actually pronounced "the old" but written "ye" because of printing issues, and consequently mispronounced by almost everyone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_olde

rkomornon LibreOffice and the art of overreacting

Same with political donations in the US. I gave to one campaign 10 years ago and I've been getting consistent requests for donations since. So now they all get marked as spam.

The first one came right after my donation.

I guess it works for them but it's crazy to me that all these orgs basically make you regret ever donating in the first place.

Ironically, though, I've donated to Wikipedia and they've never bothered me more.

Edit: I'm not implying they wouldn't bother you, though! I have no idea.

rkomornon China is mass-producing hypersonic missiles for $99,000

Off topic but I can't help but snicker every time someone gets autocorrected into writing Rafael instead of Rafale (which I literally just had to correct, myself).

rkomornon Thoughts on slowing the fuck down

This is a bit of a no true Scotsman take but I agree with it anyway.

rkomornon I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced

I think you might be right and I think I'll like some of the consequences and hate some of the others.

More in-person stuff feels like a win to me (and I say this as someone who probably counts as introverted).

Not being able to trust any online interactions anymore? Seems like a new height in what was already a negative.

rkomornon Data centers are transitioning from AC to DC

> What would be the real challenge would be going from 50 to 60Hz.

Other way around, no? The US is already 60Hz.

Edit: I mostly remember this because the SNES games I used to buy in the US and brought back to Europe ran noticeably slower.

rkomornon Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US

2-3 drinks on a Friday night isn't.

2-3 drinks on a Friday night when you're supposed to drive home is different. I'd also say "I can drink because the law is wrong" is also not exactly a neutral take.

rkomornon Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia

I don't envy anyone having to work in that airspace in any capacity.

rkomornon Why I love NixOS

I really want to like NixOS (and I mostly do) but the weirdness of the split between NixOS and HomeManager (and the fact that without HomeManager, you need another solution to manage your user-level configs) made it come up a bit short for me.

rkomornon Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia

Busiest airspace and busiest airport are two different things, technically.

The airspace that combines JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark, is the busiest airspace in the US.

rkomornon Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated

Depends. Do they use vim or emacs?

rkomornon They’re vibe-coding spam now

Scams are getting good enough that I'm now skeptical/paranoid every time I get a legit email.

"Click link" ? I think not. Gonna log in myself in a new window and try to navigate to the same thing on my own.

rkomornon Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

Touché, I guess.

rkomornon Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F20...

Why didn't you search for it so you didn't submit yet another dupe?

rkomornon Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome

Technically, I think the blade did most of the brain damage to Louis XVI.

rkomornon Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords

Did you just type in your password on HN?

rkomornon Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control

I think/hope they were being sarcastic.

rkomornon How Invisalign became the biggest user of 3D printers

I suggest asking your (ortho)dentist if you'll need braces anyway to correct your bite.

rkomornon Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars

As a European who moved to the US for 20+ years then moved back to Europe, any idea that Europe is a shithole or has fallen is ludicrous.

If anything, the US degraded far more over the time I spent there than Europe did while I was away.

rkomornon A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)

When it comes to manners, I'd say seeing enough people fail to meet a standard means it's not a standard, at least.