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New comment by fdgwhite in "Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived"

fdgwhite — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:00:48 +0000

Any love for Borland’s Paradox?

New comment by fdgwhite in "James Dyson Sold Us on a $400 Hair Dryer. Now He's Trying a $499 Toothbrush"

fdgwhite — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:42:05 +0000

I bought my wife the hairdryer (with some trepidation over the price). It has improved MY life because it is so much quieter. I hate the shrieking noise of typical hairdryer

New comment by fdgwhite in "Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown"

fdgwhite — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:38:28 +0000

For everything you included and contracting most of it out I’m amazed at how cheap this was. Nice job

New comment by fdgwhite in "Asana cleared 5 years of engineering work in 2 weeks with Codex"

fdgwhite — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 21:49:23 +0000

I did not read the press release, but this made me chuckle remembering 10 years ago when Asana was the 2nd coming, wrote “their own web framework” etc

New comment by fdgwhite in "Should DayQuil Be Legal?"

fdgwhite — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:13:44 +0000

The FDA did this to us by outlawing effective but problematic products and replacing them with relatively safe but ineffective products. And then letting product makers off the hook on claims and pricing

New comment by fdgwhite in "CarPlay Is Additive"

fdgwhite — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:22:12 +0000

Maybe someone already said this but my pet peeve is restrictions on wireless CarPlay. We have a top of the line Kia Telluride that only has wired CarPlay. Then we rented a crappy Kia sedan on vacation and it had wireless. Apparently the developer of Telluride’s fancy built in navigation system prohibits wireless CarPlay

New comment by fdgwhite in "Ask HN: Is WordPress the best way to create new websites for beginner"

fdgwhite — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:11:21 +0000

Do you want to create websites or learn to create websites. If the former, WP is fine.

New comment by fdgwhite in "Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?"

fdgwhite — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:23:23 +0000

The cheap indestructible monochrome Brother laser printer. I only print a few pages per month these days

New comment by fdgwhite in "Ask HN: What do people think of Apple's Siri?"

fdgwhite — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:03:25 +0000

I assume he’s asking about the new Siri. Or else he’s a time traveler

New comment by fdgwhite in "Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8B (2021)"

fdgwhite — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:19:02 +0000

Oops just realized article was from 2021

New comment by fdgwhite in "Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8B (2021)"

fdgwhite — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:05:24 +0000

It’s still 100m monthly visitors allegedly. So some value in that

New comment by fdgwhite in "Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes After a Fitness Session"

fdgwhite — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:05:42 +0000

I always wash the synthetic workout clothes separately and add a tablespoon of bleach.

New comment by fdgwhite in "Surround sound from lightweight roll-to-roll printed loudspeaker paper"

fdgwhite — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:58:00 +0000

This reminded me of Magic Alex who conned The Beatles into a job as the electronics director at Apple (music not computers) in the early 1970s. Some of his claimed inventions were:

“telephone that responded to its owner's voice and could identify who was calling,[10] a force field that would surround the Beatles' homes, an X-ray camera, paint that would make anything invisible, car paint that would change colour by flicking a switch, and WALLPAPER SPEAKERS,[11] which would actually be a part of the wallpaper.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex

New comment by fdgwhite in "Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)"

fdgwhite — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:30:18 +0000

I worked in b2b publishing for a while. Magazines are just ad delivery systems so they need to sell ads. But ad buyers need to sell their product too and and their job is to buy ads. They can’t go back at the end of the year and tell their boss “look at all the money I saved by not advertising“.

The new Mac Pro is a design remix

fdgwhite — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:49:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.arun.is/blog/mac-pro/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20168559

Points: 1

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New comment by fdgwhite in "Google Cloud Is Down"

fdgwhite — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 22:04:35 +0000

I tried multiple times to setup a Google Wifi router today. Wifi would work but the app said it was offline. Perhaps I am not insane or incompetent after all

New comment by fdgwhite in "Mont Saint Michel Reveals New Secrets"

fdgwhite — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:27:40 +0000

I highly recommend the Cornish Mont. At low tide the beach seems almost infinite and the island floats like a mirage. An amazing hike. Wear rubber boots.

New comment by fdgwhite in "Dockercraft: Manage Docker containers from Minecraft"

fdgwhite — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 03:05:58 +0000

Omg, the mod forums are so terrible. I forbid my kid from downloading any but even I can't distinguish the ads from the download link.

Patrick J. McGovern, 76; founded International Data Group

fdgwhite — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 17:58:50 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/03/22/patrick-mcgovern-technology-journalism-pioneer-founded-international-data-group/vSy9tIMFw4qUlpRlDJkF2N/story.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7454269

Points: 1

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If urban farming took off, what would Boston look like?

fdgwhite — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:15:19 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/01/19/urban-farming-took-off-what-would-boston-look-like/uCbjPMTfWVGb7i4Qxyf6uJ/story.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7232564

Points: 1

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