Hacker News: Configure0251

New comment by Configure0251 in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

Configure0251 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:32:21 +0000

Thank you for a great laugh this morning!

New comment by Configure0251 in "What Is Copilot Exactly?"

Configure0251 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:01:32 +0000

We had a good laugh when our IT informed us that Remote Desktop was being renamed Windows App. I really wonder what is going on over there because from where I'm sitting it makes no effin' sense at all.

New comment by Configure0251 in "Harold and George Destroy the World"

Configure0251 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:44:08 +0000

No need to do a drive by on Predator Badlands like that, it's a perfectly enjoyable film in its own right. I agree with the author though, there's nothing nearly as emotionally deep or socio-politically engaging as One Battle After Another, and so it would make for poor choice as a double feature to run second in the pairing.

New comment by Configure0251 in "“Microslop” filtered in the official Microsoft Copilot Discord server"

Configure0251 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:15:27 +0000

I don't think M$ does much dogfooding. The kinds of issues I encounter being forced to use their pan-awfuly for work makes me very skeptical of this idea.

New comment by Configure0251 in "Play Aardwolf MUD"

Configure0251 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:11:09 +0000

I grew up on Aardwolf. It basically taught me to touch type. Thank you for reminding me of its existence <3

New comment by Configure0251 in "Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands"

Configure0251 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:57:13 +0000

“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”

New comment by Configure0251 in "US will not send officials to COP30 climate talks"

Configure0251 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 19:53:05 +0000

Something better? Than multilateral talks? Sorry, but can you expand on what you mean, a bit more?

New comment by Configure0251 in "QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information system"

Configure0251 — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:02:03 +0000

You're so correct. It's an odd shortcoming in the whole suite of tools and I desperately wish it would get a refresh.

New comment by Configure0251 in "The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge"

Configure0251 — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:17 +0000

I quite like this analogy, I hope I can remember it for the appropriate moment.

New comment by Configure0251 in "My Family and the Flood"

Configure0251 — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:04:52 +0000

Absolutely devastating.

New comment by Configure0251 in "Airline demand between Canada and United States collapses, down 70%+"

Configure0251 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:01:42 +0000

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New comment by Configure0251 in "Google Scholar PDF Reader"

Configure0251 — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:37:44 +0000

Zotero!

New comment by Configure0251 in "Librum: Open-Source e-book platform"

Configure0251 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:12:21 +0000

I wish calibre could look like this. Calibre is a lovely project that I've used happily for years but that UI is really something else.

New comment by Configure0251 in "Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in"

Configure0251 — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:45:52 +0000

I have a strong suspicion that OP is using 'maybe' as a rhetorical device in this case, and is not actually hedging their statements.

New comment by Configure0251 in "W3C Leaves Twitter"

Configure0251 — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:13:57 +0000

Is one private enterprise choosing not to do business with another private enterprise really "political"? Or are you trying to say something else?

New comment by Configure0251 in "Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer data"

Configure0251 — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 21:30:50 +0000

This began roughly 2 weeks ago. Last I saw things had vanished since 2018. It's bad. And when it started it was just back to Dec 2022.

I can't prove there's a connection, but it's just been very aggravating when nobody in any forums believes people that make these claims. To be clear she's only asked once, but more than a few other posts have described situations that read similarly and not just "I can't find this one email".

New comment by Configure0251 in "Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer data"

Configure0251 — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:07:44 +0000

My partner has been experiencing emails coming and going in big chunks - months and years at a time - but if we search support forums all we can find are "support agents" blaming the individuals complaining about this phenomenon. It's gaslighting all the way down. Even when it's actively happening, checking moment to moment and having another few months vanish, and they'll still tell you "you must be deleting things, stop deleting them."

New comment by Configure0251 in "Psytrance Guide"

Configure0251 — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:25:18 +0000

And yet from that (great) reference: "If you're waiting for me to say something about Juno Reactor, Hallucinogen or Infected Mushroom, the truth is I find their music to be middle of the pack. I understand they are very popular and they were the introduction to the world of Psy Trance for a lot of people so they win a lot of hearts and minds through first impressions. But the scene is massive with thousands of labels and artists around the world, and I find their contributions to be very ignorable. They aren't a good representation of what's actually out there."

New comment by Configure0251 in "Augmented Reality Welding System"

Configure0251 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:02:42 +0000

It does provide real time feedback, apparently. The product video shows this and scoring capabilities in the software.

New comment by Configure0251 in "Function keys productivity trick"

Configure0251 — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:29:39 +0000

Microsoft's PowerToys has a shortcut guide that might help get you over that last hurdle towards using win+number effectively. Might want to give it a look.