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25 Years of Wikipedia

cyberlurker — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:38:45 +0000

Article URL: https://wikipedia25.org/en/the-first-day

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46824234

Points: 1

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New comment by cyberlurker in "10 years of personal finances in plain text files"

cyberlurker — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:06:30 +0000

FYI, Mint shutdown as a service in early 2024.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/07/budgeting-app-mint-is-shutti...

New comment by cyberlurker in "Advice for new principal tech ICs (i.e., notes to myself)"

cyberlurker — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:46:52 +0000

What’s the rush?

The Unix Timestamp Ticking Time Bomb: Navigating the 2038 Challenge

cyberlurker — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:53:15 +0000

Article URL: https://freedium.cfd/99879dca47a1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413849

Points: 2

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New comment by cyberlurker in "The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch"

cyberlurker — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 16:47:07 +0000

I would love that vision to become reality but what Cloudflare is doing is unfortunately necessary atm.

New comment by cyberlurker in "The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong"

cyberlurker — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:43:58 +0000

Prices would drop where homes are commonly rented. I suppose rent could turn into lease to own in the interim period. It’s an interesting idea, I wonder if any economists have played it out.

What about those people that have homes but rent out a room? Or a townhouse that has 3 units, but the landlord lives in one?

I guess they could sell the units or move to a smaller place, but I think there may be an adverse effect of potential housing staying locked up because there isn’t a legal way to preserve options of ownership. It may decrease housing in some instances. Which force is more powerful though, I am not sure.

New comment by cyberlurker in "The anti-abundance critique on housing is wrong"

cyberlurker — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 03:35:47 +0000

Am I wrong, or is this kind of a silly date range considering the housing crash was in the middle?

> According to the National Association of Home Builders, profit margins as a share of overall home-sale prices actually declined slightly between 2002 and 2024.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake product reviews"

cyberlurker — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:19:48 +0000

I bought a light fixture that had a design flaw that turned it into a fire hazard. I contacted Amazon and provided proof, hoping they’d take the product down and prevent harm to others. They did initially but within a few days the same exact item with matching SKU and photos was listed.

I have an entire category of items I will never buy from Amazon. They don’t look out for customers ahead of time, only on the backend when you complain.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Mississippi Can't Possibly Have Good Schools"

cyberlurker — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:21:56 +0000

What if the reason is external to the school? Hmm, what has changed between 2004 and 2024?

We have devices and experiences that are medically classified as addictive. It can also be home life stuff, it’s kind of a difficult time for a lot of people.

We could have the best trained and supported teachers in the world, but they are up against completely different challenges.

I’m not saying we can never fire anyone. But you suggesting that if we don’t like an outcome we get rid of someone without understanding the entire problem is plain dumb.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order"

cyberlurker — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:06:01 +0000

If true, that is insane and if presented as factual those involved should be fired. But throwing the baby out with the bath water is not sensible.

Oh and to my original point, why is this not cited or linked to in the executive order? I think it would strengthen it if anything.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order"

cyberlurker — Fri, 02 May 2025 14:04:11 +0000

I listen to planet money and a few other podcasts. They seem pretty fair to me. The only way I could maybe see a progressive bias is that they have representation in their staff of racial and sexual minorities. I see no issue with that.

Honest question, does NPR have any token conservative pundits or voices on their broadcasts or shows? I know they have a lot of minority representation. As usual, Trumps proposed solution is idiotic. But maybe there could be an unofficial settlement to make sure all perspectives are heard?

Assuming this is even a problem…

The attack on PBS seems ridiculous.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order"

cyberlurker — Fri, 02 May 2025 13:57:15 +0000

Could you share what the courts have done? What I’ve witnessed is cowardice to hold officials accountable or in contempt for unconstitutional acts.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order"

cyberlurker — Fri, 02 May 2025 13:52:04 +0000

Is it unusual for an executive order to claim something like this without any citation or reference?

> The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS.

> Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter.

> What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Why drinking coffee in Iran has become so complicated"

cyberlurker — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:23:49 +0000

I would like to hear more. Why is it more interesting? Is it really that rare for Iranians to write in English for Western audiences?

New comment by cyberlurker in "mIRC 7.81"

cyberlurker — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:12:26 +0000

There was definitely competition for most post count and some forums had reputation.

New comment by cyberlurker in "The End of Sierra as We Knew It, Part 1: The Acquisition"

cyberlurker — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:44:45 +0000

It’s generally a bad idea to ask someone to name their price. And the right answer to that question is “A lot”.

New comment by cyberlurker in "What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler"

cyberlurker — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:27:50 +0000

The frustrating thing is our elected and appointed officials should have been fighting this furiously. Jan 6th should have resulted in actual consequences.

What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler

cyberlurker — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:29:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/hitler-press-germany/682130/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43446431

Points: 46

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New comment by cyberlurker in "Generative AI Hype Peaking"

cyberlurker — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:53:06 +0000

It’s absolutely amazing what these things can produce with simple prompts. I do think it deserves recognition as a top 5 innovation of the last 100 years. We can call it really good autocomplete but it really is incredible.

That doesn’t mean I agree all jobs are going away, AGI is here, or all these other guesses people are making about the future.

New comment by cyberlurker in "Generative AI Hype Peaking"

cyberlurker — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:49:01 +0000

You can run distilled LLMs on your phone today that are surprisingly good. In 3-4 years I think an individual could self host for much less than thousands a month.

This wouldn’t be my biggest worry.