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whynaut··on Microsoft Says the Days of Free Windows 7 to 10 or 11 Updates Are Over
security patches are one thing.

Having drivers for my hardware broken/corrupted because Windows thinks it knows better, is another.

Having to download a third party program to clean up said driver mess before/after I can update any of my components, is another.

whynaut··on Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
I think ‘sexy’ here is just implying how it has become a status symbol.
whynaut··on The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen
As uncomfortable as some of the timings are without the tracks, it still feels a lot more bearable.

If the timings could be adjusted I feel shows might actually be better off.

whynaut··on Apollo Back end just made public
> An option like that is specifically designed for hate

This is very short-sighted, I feel. The controversial comments often have the most interesting discussions, and helps to avoid the issue of the top-voted comment being a popular, but incorrect, view/discussion where all the activity happens.

whynaut··on Apple Vision
he makes criticisms all the time though. I don't understand why people make these sorts of claims about people if they don't watch them.
whynaut··on Apple Vision
that virtual keyboard option was already in the keynote. There are also videos of just connecting bluetooth keyboards.
whynaut··on Messages that can only be understood under the influence of psychedelics
Shameful such a short-sighted conclusion sits at the top of HN.
whynaut··on Apple Vision
Watch Marques Brownlee's video on it. It's vastly better than anything before it in both hand- and eye-tracking.
whynaut··on Apple Vision
> Are the cameras adjusting focus based on where you are looking?

Yes. Marques Brownlee describes this in his latest video.

whynaut··on Apple Vision
They did, but not for long. There's also a clip, not in the keynote but on Youtube, of someone using an external keyboard.
whynaut··on Apple's Vision Pro headset deserves to be ridiculed
Author should've read up on the tech first.
whynaut··on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
That has nothing to do with the point that VR issues are being prescribed to an AR device..
whynaut··on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
but it's AR?
whynaut··on OpenAI’s CEO says the age of giant AI models is already over
> "There is no tenth word in that sentence. It only has three words: life, is, and great."

That's what I just got. No clue what you're using/getting.

whynaut··on AI won't steal your job, people leveraging AI will
In the same way that nearly any two arbitrary objects are useful in some context.
whynaut··on I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one
where were you/what were you doing? That line didn’t sell well until it was reintroduced, IIRC. you’re right though, I may be off by a couple years but correct for most I suspect
whynaut··on I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one
No, you don’t…

we didn’t even have multicore processing in 1996. 1995-2005 looks very different from 2005-2015.

whynaut··on I don’t want a new phone, but I’m probably buying one
par for the course? I’ve literally never had this happen and I always keep the OS updated, this is certainly a confusing one.
whynaut··on Little Snitch Mini
From their 'Compare' page, it seems like they are targeting entirely different kinds of users, not price points.
whynaut··on Why Sony says it can’t trust Microsoft’s Call of Duty offer? Answer: Bethesda
everything here is true but the “gimmicky” bit. The controller is the most exciting thing to happen to games (outside of the actual games) since the Wii
whynaut··on Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate
Yes, let’s trivialize people’s very real commutes with your made up number, cmon, I’m sure you’ve got more
whynaut··on Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years
It’s about meeting hosts, not sure if you read the posts properly, or what the point of the needless snark is
whynaut··on Airbnb nightly rates shot up 36% in 3 years
Not sure if you’ve never used it, but a vast number of AirBnBs are entire home/apartment rentals.
whynaut··on Why is remote work seen as a gift?
> Are you claiming that the complexity of managing in-office is usually, roughly the same as managing remote teams?

How could a statement about recruitment be contorted into one about management

whynaut··on Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them
> It only can cause harm, but no benefits at all.

you’re on HN. surely you have the imagination.

edit: apparently not

whynaut··on Apple doesn’t want you developing hobby apps
> I have a hard time thinking that _all_ of them are this stupid, so nowadays I started thinking they do this on purpose.

Wouldn't you just assume "about 20%" of them are that stupid?

whynaut··on Nintendo Will Pay Its Workers 10% More
Nintendo has very little say in what happens to Pokemon
whynaut··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
there’s no point adding 2+ hours of commuting to my day for what could be a video call.

I don’t really understand why many commenters here are expressing a sentiment that you can’t get to know someone digitally. Some of the best people in my life were met online, both personally and professionally.

whynaut··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
My career has advanced just fine over Slack and Zoom.
whynaut··on Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?
And yet you have an issue with them not wanting to come in!
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