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New comment by aplkorex in "Apple has locked me in the same cage Microsoft's built for Windows 10 users"

aplkorex — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:57:37 +0000

Make that "two-decades-old" at least for a Land Cruiser ;-)

New comment by aplkorex in "Map of forest sounds from around the world"

aplkorex — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:12:46 +0000

I love this. Sometimes we humans are so batshit crazy trying to build that next-big-mega-thing... and here we have an easy-to-use map of forest sounds, and it just works. Kudos!

New comment by aplkorex in "An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of the Coast"

aplkorex — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:36:07 +0000

You just rolled a 1, that's all.

New comment by aplkorex in "A few things to know before stealing my 914"

aplkorex — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:02:10 +0000

THANK YOU for this! It's been a while since I've laughed out loud while reading an article on the web. As an owner of an ancient Land Rover, I feel this, physically.

Excellent writing.

New comment by aplkorex in "Kirby’s Adventure – Nintendo Developer Interview (1993)"

aplkorex — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:05:48 +0000

And the very real impact of John Kirby... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(attorney)

New comment by aplkorex in "Microsoft announces Windows 11"

aplkorex — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:52:43 +0000

I work at a company where the majority of the employees complain about every new version of Windows, some rather aggressively. They resist adoption until the last possible minute. Then when they upgrade, what do they do? — continue to use Windows to make cool stuff so our company continues to grow and, in reality, persist with the same exact workflow they had the week before... it just looks a little different. Then the complaints die off, and, well, on to other things....

Until the next version of Windows is announced.

New comment by aplkorex in "Portland’s Disgraceful Anarchy"

aplkorex — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:15:28 +0000

A friend of mine manages a large business on the outer edge of Portland. He pulls into work early one morning to find a couple of the homeless living in the community behind his office dragging a decent amount of power tools into the vegetation of the greenbelt. We're talking weed-eaters, chainsaws, etc..., that type of stuff. All rather expensive kit, organized and arranged in a very methodical manner, maybe 20 items or so. A call to the police results in a transfer to a third-party mediation team, as the police can't directly interact with "campers" in a situation of this type. There are several articles out there commenting on the "legal quagmire" that are Portland's policies dealing with the homeless community.

New comment by aplkorex in "Ask HN: What laptop do you use?"

aplkorex — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:28:08 +0000

Latest T460S. My first non-Apple laptop in years. Super tiny, super fast and solid... ESC key. You know, luxuries like that.

New comment by aplkorex in "If you care about privacy, you should not use Google Allo"

aplkorex — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:40:15 +0000

Gryzzl is real

New comment by aplkorex in "Cameron's World"

aplkorex — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:50:12 +0000

If I could only view this through my skinned IE 5... I never thought I'd be nostalgic for this, but I am.