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New comment by baud147258 in "Steam Machine"

baud147258 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:37:51 +0000

> In my opinion, it would've been worth the money to just buy a gaming PC, put it in a garage, hidden room, etc with the networking gear, then stream it over the network to a Steam Link

Well if you scroll down the page, it's presented as a selling point of the machine

New comment by baud147258 in "Steam Machine launches today"

baud147258 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:27:14 +0000

> Now only rich people get to enjoy a sport meant for the masses, yay.

By and large, the masses have always experienced football on a TV screen. (though removing lower price tickets from such public sport events is still bad)

New comment by baud147258 in "Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux Floss Drivers"

baud147258 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:57:52 +0000

or git or javascript

New comment by baud147258 in "Russia was behind arson attacks targeting the UK's Prime Minister, BBC reveals"

baud147258 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:04:49 +0000

cf https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tankie#Noun

> A supporter of policies and actions by the Soviet Union, China, Cuba or other authoritarian socialist governments.

But the meaning seems to have drifted to (Western) supporters of the current Russian regime.

New comment by baud147258 in "Remote work is bad for you"

baud147258 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:52:15 +0000

I never really had the choice of a full remote work, but I'm like the author and anytime I work remotely I have that loneliness issue he's describing. There are a handful of colleagues that I never interact with when working remotely that are part of those "Weak Ties" the article touches upon and seeing them is part of why I go to the office, even if I don't have to.

And I posted this to see if other on HN are like that.

Remote work is bad for you

baud147258 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:48:14 +0000

Article URL: https://mrmarket.lol/remote-work-is-bad-for-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542121

Points: 14

# Comments: 12

The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History

baud147258 — Sat, 30 May 2026 09:18:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334283

Points: 98

# Comments: 80

New comment by baud147258 in "We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin"

baud147258 — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:44:46 +0000

Though the mass introduced with Vatican II had a certain number of differences with the previous, Latin mass. Also while the Society of Saint Pius X excision still exists (and looking at their recent decision, will continue to be split from Rome's authority), I'd say that the majority of parishes celebrating the previous mass are under Rome's authority.

New comment by baud147258 in "We are Poles, so, of course, we print in Latin"

baud147258 — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:34:27 +0000

While I've never been to a mass with the homily in Latin, I've had a few with the readings in Latin (including Monday's mass two days ago), which always annoys me a little because it's immediately followed by the translation in the local language.

Personally I prefer the Latin mass, but one change I'd like to see would be for all the texts for that day to be read in the local language, not just the Epistle and Gospel (among other changes).

New comment by baud147258 in "China vs. Taiwan: The Geography of an Unfinished War"

baud147258 — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:21:59 +0000

Funny, I watched it just last Friday (randomly, as I don't follow that channel). But while its author makes a compelling point, I'm not sure sure how much of the basing of the semi-conductor industry in Taiwan was a conscious decision vs a post-facto rationalization.

New comment by baud147258 in "Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy"

baud147258 — Wed, 20 May 2026 22:18:32 +0000

I am a little disappointed the tomb where the mummy was found is from the time where Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. At this point ancient Egypt had been a colony of Rome for quite some time and beforehand a Greek/Macedonian colony for a few more centuries (under the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by a general of Alexander the Great). If it was from a previous era, it would have been a much more interesting find (in my eyes).

The Transit Trilemma

baud147258 — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:32:10 +0000

Article URL: https://springbett.substack.com/p/the-transit-trilemma

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48208526

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Modern Hindu Temples

baud147258 — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:20:57 +0000

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/modern-hindu-temples/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48206527

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by baud147258 in "Actually, democracy dies in H.R."

baud147258 — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:21:55 +0000

> Cultures of patronage are fertile ground for mediocrity.

While judging that at such a remote is hard, the Roman Republic was such a culture, with strong patronage networks. And while we may or may not agree with Rome's goal, that culture didn't seem to produce mediocrity.

New comment by baud147258 in "Actually, democracy dies in H.R."

baud147258 — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:42:24 +0000

Human Resources. In olden time it might have been called Personnel. The department that will manage pay, hiring, contract, firing, that sort of things.

New comment by baud147258 in "Two EA-18 fighter jets collide at Mountain Home airshow, pilots ejected safely"

baud147258 — Mon, 18 May 2026 09:36:44 +0000

> I would loved it more of they would fly actual fighters.

For that I'd say it's that France is saving its actual fighters for combat units because it doesn't has enough jets, unlike the US

In Defense of Operation Market Garden

baud147258 — Sun, 17 May 2026 21:25:00 +0000

Article URL: https://secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-operation-market-garden

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173330

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by baud147258 in ""openai.com" was once the personal homepage of a guy named glenn"

baud147258 — Sun, 10 May 2026 14:41:26 +0000

looking at the website on archive.org, at some point between the personal website and today's TikTok, the domain belonged to another company called TikTok, which seemed to be dealing with coupons

The unlikely story of an email time machine

baud147258 — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:44:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/forbes-email-time-capsule-communicating-future/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056590

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by baud147258 in "Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source"

baud147258 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:39:18 +0000

while I've just been on forums that have been using xenoforo, I found it a better experience than those running Discourse