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roddds··on 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
So what are we calling "using bad AI to kill innocent people"? An oopsy daisy?
roddds··on IRS to begin trial of its own free tax-filing system
I'm sorry if this is stupid - I'm not American and this is entire conversation about taxes here is nuts, but:

>Is the free-filing system designed to maximize your return?

Why does it need to? I mean, why do you need a tax return, if your taxes would be lower if you just got charged the right amount in the first place? And then isn't the role of society to audit their own taxes, and at the same time support candidates that vow to simplify the tax code?

roddds··on Universal Paperclips
Not only that (and I can't tell if that's what you meant originally), but Factorio had blueprints _before Dyson Space Program came out_.
roddds··on ChatGPT can now call Wolfram Alpha
Google Wave?
roddds··on Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists
Does AOC own a private jet?
roddds··on Twitter’s mass layoffs have begun
Yes.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/04/twitter-faces-a-class-acti...

roddds··on Adobe to acquire Figma for $20B
Or you could use the myriad of free and/or open source software including but not limited to GIMP, ImageMagick, and photopea.com.
roddds··on Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?
Another non-video game would hit you with a C&D:

https://dnd.wizards.com/ddal_general

roddds··on Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster
I thought the "static" part of "static file hoster" was clear enough.
roddds··on Apple has gone to extraordinary lengths to make scroll bars invisible
Technically that's not twitter's fault. The OP link points to the fourth tweet in the thread, so twitter loads the page with that tweet centered.

This is the actual start of the thread: https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1369705219110498304

roddds··on Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing
And it just happened again, in this same thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26260064

roddds··on Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ‘Zero-Click’ Exploit
As a user of Blokada myself I'd like to ask, is there any system-wide ad blocker for Android you would recommend?
roddds··on Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the people in your life
Chiming in for Brazilian Portuguese
roddds··on That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd
𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭.

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁.

𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵.

𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕.

𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩.

(Don't do this: it's _terrible_ for accessibility, as screen readers can't parse these as regular text)

roddds··on Show HN: Dendron – A Hierarchical Tool for Thought
How is Dendron different from Foam[1]? At first glance, both projects are very similar.
roddds··on IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete with TurboTax
It's called hyperbole.
roddds··on Django 3
In my experience it doesn't sound like you have a lot of experience anywhere near CRUD websites with Django or otherwise.
roddds··on New pathfinding algorithm
Since it's currently[1] the 8th best-rated game on Steam of all time, I'd say really well.

-[1]: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC

roddds··on Show HN: Ledonardo, my light painting hardware project
Since there's very little light hitting the person at any given point during the taking of the picture, they're usually visible as a very faint blur, or just not at all.
roddds··on Leaked documents show Brazil’s Bolsonaro has grave plans for Amazon rainforest
Are you not conflating being anti Bolsonaro with being pro PT? Because that's what your link says.
roddds··on Acute Effects of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Inhalation on Vascular Function
We already have people that inhale propylene glycol and/or glycerine for 30 years: people that work in factories and hospitals.
roddds··on JExcel – JavaScript spreadsheet web component
This is highly interesting to me - is there a comparison somewhere between this and Handsontable?
roddds··on Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
None of the iPhones had removable batteries, and none but the most recent ones are waterproof.
roddds··on Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?
Would you mind expanding on what ETFs are you holding and your strategy for (if any) rotation?
roddds··on Apple announces Apple Card credit card
I'm reasonably sure that the parent commenter's problem is more about licensing than regulation.
roddds··on Sublime Text 3.2 Released
Right click cut/paste works for me, but that might be from SidebarEnhancements.
roddds··on Sublime Text 3.2 Released
I've been using Sublime to write Python for the last 4 or 5 years with the Anaconda package and it works really well, including "go to definition" key binds.
roddds··on Dwarf Fortress is coming to Steam with graphics
git log --since=2019-03-06
roddds··on Show HN: Automatically synchronize subtitles with video
I'm not super familiar with the specifics and I'm sure someone who's worked on this particular probably will be able to clarify, but the way I understand it there is a limit on how many characters can be displayed on the screen at any given time, as well as a minimum amount of time a subtitle should be visible on the screen. Because of this, transcribers might be forced to write down a shorter version of the line in order to make it fit.
roddds··on Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip
Your question was clearly a rhetorical question that contained the statement "the poor are never faulted for anything", which is basically the same as the next paragraph in your original comment. That's how everyone read it and that's what people are responding to. Your "I asked a question" is disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst, because it's basically saying "I was just asking questions! I didn't state anything and I hold no positions, which makes me invulnerable to criticism!".
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