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New comment by nomorewords in "The Gemini app is now on Mac"

nomorewords — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:58:31 +0000

It's about app-ifying the desktop. Instead of opening a browser, then remembering that you have a bookmark and clicking it or googling the site you are looking for, the idea is to have a step less and just click something on your desktop or taskbar (like on a mobile device)

New comment by nomorewords in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

nomorewords — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:47:53 +0000

How is it an indication? I think people on here don't realize that most of the people don't think things through as much as (software) engineers

New comment by nomorewords in "The 100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working product"

nomorewords — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:51:33 +0000

Even doubly so because that's how most people have solved a similar problem, so that the LLM suggests that

New comment by nomorewords in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

nomorewords — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:47:47 +0000

Why have voter registration?

New comment by nomorewords in "New high of 45% in US identify as political independents"

nomorewords — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:53:32 +0000

At least in Bulgaria, 60% of people don't vote. Granted that we aren't that socially active as a country, I think that any amount of parties wouldn't bring much difference. Until the system starts working again, as in convicting criminals, preventing policymakers from benefiting from "timely" investments and overall bringing the wealth gap down, I don't think that you'd be able to reach all of the people

New comment by nomorewords in "Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults"

nomorewords — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:56:49 +0000

I wonder if this is how daydreaming helps, especially as a kid. I think that being taught not to dream as much as an adult and being in the moment kind of removes this random focus in our brains

New comment by nomorewords in "Notion releases offline mode"

nomorewords — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:40:10 +0000

Have you tried affine?

New comment by nomorewords in "The 4-chan Go programmer"

nomorewords — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:44:02 +0000

gottem

New comment by nomorewords in "Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco"

nomorewords — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:57:21 +0000

Sure, but the rest of the stuff (in what I consider salad base - tomatoes, cucumbers, maybe peppers?) is really small so it doesn't matter. A greek salad has cheese, yeah, that's a high calorie input but you don't eat much of it

New comment by nomorewords in "Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco"

nomorewords — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:32:07 +0000

Eh, when you say a salad in Europe, there's a 90-95% chance that its only dressing is olive oil (and not much of it, just for the texture) and not heavy stuff like ranch or french dressing.

New comment by nomorewords in "Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco"

nomorewords — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:30:14 +0000

Well it's not just the sugars. Processed food gets a lot of preservatives (some natural, some made in a lab) which make the food last longer and "look better". In Bulgaria (I think this is an EU directive though) you can see the preservatives on the nutrition info and they all have an ID (E###). Typically the more Es that something has, the more processed it has been and is seen as less healthy.

New comment by nomorewords in "Reddit Strike Has Started"

nomorewords — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:42:06 +0000

I don't think Reddit is doing anything based on that day's data. I suspect that they will wait for a month before starting to rely on the data for any long-term prospects.

New comment by nomorewords in "Jobless claims dip to 3-week low of 191,000 – labor market still strong"

nomorewords — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 20:10:21 +0000

I guess this is expected when rates are going up? People will want to be on a job to avoid defaulting on a loan/mortgage. Is it good that the current job market allows for such low figures? My initial thought is that people currently will put up with a lot more bullshit so that they make sure that the next due payment can be paid. Some unionization efforts might suffer from this IMO

New comment by nomorewords in "First Impressions of Bluesky's Brand New iOS App"

nomorewords — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:23:38 +0000

I don't think anyone inherently wants censorship. It comes down to it when popularity rises and certain standards are expected of it. Would I mind if I had a 8 year old and he saw "fuck" on a website/social media? No I wouldn't but some people decided that we should have a specific linguistic moral code, so the capitalists try to walk the path of least resistance on this topic (just complying)

New comment by nomorewords in "China Filed More Chip Patents Than US in 2022"

nomorewords — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:06:26 +0000

Isn't it trained on years old data? Also, isn't the threshold for correctness like 90%? Imagine being the US government and basing your strategy on something that's 90% correct. That's (for a government agency) an amazingly big chance for either under/over shooting the enemy strategy

New comment by nomorewords in "Jobs that require heavy lifting boost male fertility, testosterone, and estrogen"

nomorewords — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 08:04:05 +0000

I've always wondered if this is the reason why still a lot of people hold the belief that "blue collar jobs are real jobs". Could it be that it's a subconscious biological trait that (over-)rewards physical activity? Even further, it feels like such beliefs are held by men much more often. Which would suggest that, subconsciously, we might know what will increase our chances of successfully producing offspring(speaking in strictly evolutionary terms).

I also find it fascinating how nature evolved us that way. Imagine 30-50k years ago, the better hunter you are (which would be tied to running longer distances) the better chance of producing offspring. I wonder how 10k years of our current lives will make humans' bodies evolve

New comment by nomorewords in "Twitter lays off at least 50 in relentless cost cuts"

nomorewords — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 07:59:05 +0000

What is the end goal here? Cut out as many people as you possibly can without the website burning down? Spend 0 on RnD? Is his goal to make Twitter profitable and, if that were possible, then start gradually spending on RnD?

I also find it kind of weird that almost all development is ceasing, yet he is trying to find more ways to charge people. The optics of it is a bit weird to me.

New comment by nomorewords in "ShowHN: This is how I grok new techstacks in a hurry"

nomorewords — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 07:55:46 +0000

Is this supposed to be a meme?

New comment by nomorewords in "Indoor air quality and learning: Evidence from large field study in schools [pdf]"

nomorewords — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 19:28:27 +0000

I'm not American, but when we were in up to the 9th grade, every break between classes we would play football (soccer) outside. Almost the whole class (our schools aren't like american HS where you go to a class with different people every period, we are like a "unit" and we do all our classes always together) would play football (soccer) every period. Most of the boys from other classes didn't do this. We always went sweaty into class, and I guess we breathed a lot at the beginning of every class.

New comment by nomorewords in "The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880)"

nomorewords — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 07:42:19 +0000

This feels like it would be most helpful to a teen who's just starting out. Otherwise, I just see this as a reminder to "be within my own boundaries" with regards to spending, work, etc.