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New comment by denotes in "Rocketlab acquires Iridium"

denotes — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:14:40 +0000

Sailors may be a small and dwindling community, but this is our core use case. When you are sailing offshore you need to download weather predictions so that you can chart your course to catch favorable winds. My experience with Iridium is that you open a targeted set of ports for the modem to feed your phone via, and then you don't have to think about it again. 100+ nautical miles offshore and it just works.

New comment by denotes in "How Quake Ruined Id Software"

denotes — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:54:23 +0000

Amazing - I just remembered that all these old games are playable via the internet archive. Fired it up, followed your instructions, and found the text.

I don’t think I ever explored that menu option as a youngster. Seeing that blue wolf-like man before the text appeared sent a chill down my spine. Thanks for enabling this blast from the past.

New comment by denotes in "United Wizards of the Coast recognized by NLRB"

denotes — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:31:33 +0000

Richard Garfield recently stated in an interview with The Professor that he took heat back in the day for pushing to have goblins with guns. Playing with the world aspect of the game’s design is as old as the game itself!I agree that it’s fair for anyone to criticize a divergence from a preferred game atmosphere. I also personally don’t mind, because looking at images on cardboard has never felt like an immersive experience. I like the game because of the strategy - so long as the cards tell some story with the graphics I don’t much care what that story is.

New comment by denotes in "How Quake Ruined Id Software"

denotes — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:09:34 +0000

Can you describe where in the main menu this text lived? I can’t find a screenshot and want to jog my memory.

Commander Keen, Space Quest, Duke Nuke encapsulate my earliest memories of using a computer.

New comment by denotes in "Self-Promotion on HN"

denotes — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:38:33 +0000

Sure, a post from this morning:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678369

Self-Promotion on HN

denotes — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:09:21 +0000

I have noticed users plugging their projects in a new and bad way. Historically users would reference their software project only when it is directly relevant to the conversation. The project reference would commonly sit as a URL in a footer citation. These comments were informative without citations, and allow a reader to opt-in to further information discovery. This post structure resulted in reader control over exposure to self-promotion.

Contrast this to the recent trend of dropping in-line references to project names. I have observed that, more often than not, the post would be just as (in)valuable without the reference. HN has been refuge in an ad-centric internet. Seemingly minor decisions, such as guidelines for acceptable self-promotion, will keep it a refuge.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47679119

Points: 5

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New comment by denotes in "Monosketch"

denotes — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:19:42 +0000

Already see a use for this in one of my projects. Thank you for building and making it OS!

New comment by denotes in "Dell lays off 12,500 people"

denotes — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:50:50 +0000

Note that these are layoffs not firings. The fault is with the employer, not the employee, and exit packages generally reflect this.