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New comment by a96 in "What happened to nerds?"

a96 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:11:23 +0000

The first rule of nerd oases is you don't talk about nerd oases.

If you belong, you'll find them and know how to get past the gates.

New comment by a96 in "What happened to nerds?"

a96 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:50:16 +0000

For a counterpoint, you only need to look at the cancer that is Facebook comments from people on their own name and face and a lot of bio attached. It's not the anonymity. At least not by itself.

New comment by a96 in "What happened to nerds?"

a96 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:46:43 +0000

Same with Jobs, but without the charity.

Woz, maybe he actually was a nerd.

New comment by a96 in "Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]"

a96 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:44:38 +0000

Ingsoc is here and it's been warmly welcomed.

New comment by a96 in "Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]"

a96 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:31:51 +0000

For now.

New comment by a96 in "Life is too short for a slow terminal"

a96 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:25 +0000

Terminal, few times a day. Shells, every few minutes.

New comment by a96 in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

a96 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:34:56 +0000

Reading this I was just thinking I've seen that nick/name somewhere.

Then I noticed several bookmarks with the same name staring at me from the browser sidebar.

New comment by a96 in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

a96 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:43:18 +0000

Well, there is the problem that a lot of people don't have things they actually want to work on. They don't know how to self actualize and/or don't want to spend brain cycles on things.

New comment by a96 in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

a96 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:15:47 +0000

Maybe they are immune, but it's just a very small group.

New comment by a96 in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:46:46 +0000

There never was one. I'm from computing science field and it's all been and is normal. Amusing, maybe, but normal. Same as before, but in larger scale, with occasional hype. People picking up useful things and using them. Some going insane.

If I had to pick a surprise, I think the music generation works better than I'd have expected at this point. Only better for funk, but still.

New comment by a96 in "ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:42:23 +0000

No, every means every. You have a tiny tiny fragment of every protocol that could ever exist or even of the ones that do. And you can't even potentially do many real protocols on an ESP. It's a tiny tiny subset. I'd suggest being honest.

New comment by a96 in "What Dogs See That We Can't"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:32:41 +0000

> to read this story, sign in OR start a free trial.

New comment by a96 in "The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:31:08 +0000

One would hope it's automatic, but no. There may be two or three sets of books you need to fill in many places.

New comment by a96 in "The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:22:44 +0000

Most of Europe has social security and reasonable health care. Cities even have working transit systems. Living costs are massively different. I expect the costs in India will also be.

Not that it means you'll be raking in a lot of surplus money, but that's also not directly tied to the size of your salary.

New comment by a96 in "The company I work for is losing all of its humanity, I don't know where to go"

a96 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:15:41 +0000

It clearly is not. Also the tone of this comment is at odds with site rules.

New comment by a96 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

a96 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:48:28 +0000

But there is a non-zero chance that the false blocking can happen without any human intervention.

New comment by a96 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

a96 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:43:08 +0000

Macos absolutely has incessant random popups everywhere. Not exactly the same kind, of course.

New comment by a96 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

a96 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:18:24 +0000

Ahem, https://neomutt.org/

New comment by a96 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

a96 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:36:16 +0000

My notes say: No IMAP or other way to export emails, they're trapped in the service. CEO is a Trump supporter.

New comment by a96 in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

a96 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:34:49 +0000

A lot of providers don't give you imap anymore or it's an extra cost option. SMTP also comes with a ton of traps because of spam fighting measures.

Also monopolies and mobile devices and skill issues.