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sksrbWgbfKon How did the Win 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base?

I loved SourceSafe for the disappearing files, and the usual "John locked the file and he went on holidays."

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: What are examples of awesome open source project websites?

https://charm.land/ who make "glamorous" Go libraries for writing pretty command-line tools.

sksrbWgbfKon Show HN: Chat with Claude Code on iMessage with Instaline

> We've been wanting

Who is we, and why?

The topic is about 2 humans beings talking, and you manage to insert slop in the process. That's really missing the point.

sksrbWgbfKon A staff engineer's journey with Claude Code

Unless you write tower defense games all day long for a living, I don't know how it's interesting.

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: Are there enough utilities in bash now?

The bash syntax is irrelevant to the tools available. It's useless without tools to run.

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: Are there enough utilities in bash now?

> more of them

More of what? What do you need and what are your problems?

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: Did Developers Undermine Their Own Profession?

> If not those millions of lines of free, well-documented, commented code

Feel free to stop using Linux then, and all the server that rely on it to send you this HN page. Stop using HN now if you're serious about what you said.

sksrbWgbfKon Best up-to-date guides on Vibe Coding

This web site should allow you to get good vibe coding skills: https://loremipsum.io/generator/ And that one is if you need additional data for the unit-tests: https://www.random.org/

sksrbWgbfKon Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification"

Absence of parenting is a bigger threat than privacy. I accidentally agree with you, even if you're wrong.

sksrbWgbfKon Thoughts on using AI as a middleman in parenting

> Thoughts about a parent finding a substitute for parenting

Well...

sksrbWgbfKon Search all text in New York City

Is it? I can lookup that word and see it in the pictures. Or is it the StreetView version that has been censored somewhere?

sksrbWgbfKon Show HN: GPT helped me rebuild a .NET app in 30 mins what took 3 weeks in MFC

> I have both versions of the source code

Post those in a public repository as it's the only way to check what has been done.

sksrbWgbfKon Google spoofed via DKIM replay attack: A technical breakdown

They may have changed the screenshots but I confirm that I received the same kind of email. Same technique and email from Google, the only difference was that it had some spam at the bottom of the email.

sksrbWgbfKon Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS – I say that's freedom

No. It's the only feature that will never work sadly. But everything else is OK.

sksrbWgbfKon Apple's Liquid Glass: When Aesthetics Beat Function

> Apple is prioritizing visual consistency over readability

It's a bit like someone saying "To view this website, enable JavaScript in your browser settings and reload the page" to read a simple piece of text ;)

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: Is there a way to get uBlock Origin on Chrome >= 138?

No. Yes. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/About-Google-Chrome's...

sksrbWgbfKon 'Click-to-cancel' rule is blocked

Ironically it is still on the front page with a lot of people defending big businesses (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44529061). I do hope they don't mind having to jump through hoops to cancel their subscriptions, or they are part of the propaganda (which could be a real thing nowadays).

sksrbWgbfKon AI Study Assistant – Ask questions from your own notes

Fill the README. Rename the file "backend index.js," it's never a good idea to have spaces in filenames. Do you use a linter?

sksrbWgbfKon Show HN: GrowIn – AI assistant to automate your LinkedIn content and growth

More AI slop? Take my money right now!

sksrbWgbfKon Math.Pow(-1, 2) == -1 in Windows 11 Insider build

I would definitely expect some kind of test like -1^2 == 1 for such an important SDK, even more if it impacts C++ too. Well, they hopefully have now written this test.

sksrbWgbfKon Math.Pow(-1, 2) == -1 in Windows 11 Insider build

You're joking but we went from the Ada "contracts and pre/post conditions" to the ReactJS monstrosities instead on improving the whole thing and being more strict.

sksrbWgbfKon Sam Altman Slams Meta's AI Talent Poaching: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries'

The Knights Templar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar) were kinda both, but modern AI is more mercenary in order to grab all the profits and become a monopoly nowadays.

sksrbWgbfKon I built an AI-powered app that explains your dreams instantly

> the app gives you a clear, contextual interpretation

How is it possible when dreams are highly personal?

Last but not least, there are a hundred applications with same name on the Play Store, which one is yours?

sksrbWgbfKon Ask HN: Best tools today to learn programming?

Still the same way I have told people for the past 10 years: go to https://www.python.org/ and have fun.

sksrbWgbfKon Claude has learned how to jailbreak Cursor

The same hype as the PlayStation being too powerful and potentially could be used by random countries to make nuclear weapons with a cluster of those.

sksrbWgbfKon LumoSQL

https://pikchr.org/home/doc/trunk/homepage.md

Made by the same people who brought us SQLite.

sksrbWgbfKon Show HN: A minimalist web timer for focus and time tracking

Insert coin for an additional hour of timing.

sksrbWgbfKon Google Fx Labs

<anything> is not available in your country yet. Thanks Google for protecting me because my web is very different from the American one.

sksrbWgbfKon Jjui – A Nice TUI for Jujutsu

`--colocate` is indeed working fine for me. The backend is then stored in a real `.git` directory instead of being hidden deep inside the `.jj` directory as a bare git repository. Python scripts that use pygit or tools like Conan can safely use that `.git` directory while you enjoy your jj workflow.

There might be some issues with jj workspaces though if you have the habit of using git worktrees as the colocated repo is not there anymore.