Om Malik, 1966-2026 27 days ago
Om was a bright light and so very kind. RIP
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Clouds vanish during a solar eclipse 2 years ago
This response is EXACTLY emblematic of why HN has my trust. Great insights, many thanks.
Maybe AVP aspirationally (once in sunglass form factor) seeks to replace iPad, then Mac, then iPhone?
AWS 2.0 = Amazon goes all-in on EVs: EVerywhere.
Discogs' vibrant vinyl community is shattering 3 years ago
Meta/off-topic: we gripe mightily here about clickbait titles (and legitimately so), but huzzah to this headline. Majestic and mellifluous. Pure poetry.
Ever since the iPad Pro came out, Appe has had a first-party 3.5 female to USB-C dongle for wired audio
The old have come to dominate American politics 3 years ago
Gerontocracy is the symptom. Citizens United and court/regulatory capture are the linked causes.
Why do shared hospital rooms not violate HIPAA? 3 years ago
The house (insurance companies) always wins
The End of the Googleverse 3 years ago
"Only 5 websites each mostly screenshots of the other 4" makes signal to noise more than difficult. Amplify the mutually adverse forces of SEO and advertising dark patterns and here we are, alas
A couple of decades back, I was on my way back down from Half Dome and there was a bit of a traffic jam in the trees of jittery hikers and even more nervous pack horses--a black bear was about 50 yards ahead. Without warning, the bear made a dash for a deer not seen (by humans) until startled.
The bear had made a considered cost/benefit analysis that it could catch a deer. Still gives me the willies.
Milan Kundera has died 3 years ago
"Dogs living in cyclical time" changed my life profoundly and for that I am immensely grateful
We need to get Randall's analysis here.
"We have always been at war with Eastasia..."
Cory Doctorow called this with the formal notion well-described in this essay: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
Following the money--of casinos.
Nova (don't go) has entered the chat
It _WILL_ get easier. Hang in there.
Go hike in the rain--with a head lamp. I survived my time in the PNW because of this one rule.
[dead] 4 years ago
When edges are REALLY weighted...
Our eyes can change colour throughout our lives 4 years ago
Ship of Theseus coming to port with different livery every time...
Computers are an oppressive technology 4 years ago
Clickbait headlines are an oppressive use of technology.
IMHO Lotus Improv/OpenStep Quantrix is the epitome of elegant software.
David Hume would agree
twitter/the-algorithm 4 years ago
Go team!
I love not having to buy gas for my primary vehicle. At scale, this is scary stuff.
Exactly my M1 MBA 4K external display experience: "works perfectly."
Tell HN: Thank you for the noprocrast flag 4 years ago
I want serializer for Twitter. Please.
Two thoughts here: - This is why ETL + variants are hard - Graph databases are (arguably because HN) better than the relational model (e.g., flexibility, ease of modeling, accessibility of algorithms/analytics)
Digital vigilantism averted for now.