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New comment by realslimjd in "Permacomputing Principles"

realslimjd — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:28:44 +0000

What values do you have that are very progressive but not anticapitalist?

You say that you can't associate with liberal groups because of stuff like this, but liberals are not anticapitalist or anarchist. Leftists are anticapitalist but liberalism is basically advocating for softer capitalism, which is to say capitalism and strong individual rights, while leftism is focused on collectivism.

New comment by realslimjd in "I've sold out"

realslimjd — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:36:03 +0000

The company is from the person who created Flask which has remained very open and free. It might be a little too early to be cynical about this.

New comment by realslimjd in "IronGlass Brings Legendary Soviet Cinema Lenses to Mirrorless Cameras"

realslimjd — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:22:42 +0000

There's a difference between adapting for mirrorless versus adapting for cinema. They're not just throwing on an adapter to change the distance to the focal plane, they're actually rehousing the lens. Usually that means adding a de-clicked aperture and reducing focus breathing. These are all primes, but cine lenses are usually parfocal as well.

To your point, none of those things are important if you're just a regular consumer and taking stills, but they're all really nice to have/important if you're working on a film.

New comment by realslimjd in "Explore the Hidden World of Sand"

realslimjd — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:01:38 +0000

But is it legal to take a microscope to the beach?

New comment by realslimjd in "Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs: Inside an AI-Powered Private School"

realslimjd — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:37:48 +0000

That's a legitimate concern, but the "Guide" terminology actually comes from traditional Montessori schools.

New comment by realslimjd in "It's 2026, Just Use Postgres"

realslimjd — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:48:34 +0000

It feels like you want SQLite?

Official Earthbound 64 Cancellation Interview (2013)

realslimjd — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:59:23 +0000

Article URL: https://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/earthbound-64-cancellation-interview-itoi-miyamoto-iwata/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46553901

Points: 3

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New comment by realslimjd in "Texas first state to end American bar association oversight of law schools"

realslimjd — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:23:09 +0000

There's not a shortage of lawyers and Texas is not pushing for freedom. They're taking over accreditation so they can start bullying law schools the same way they have with undergraduate institutions like A&M.

New comment by realslimjd in "Taking money off the table"

realslimjd — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:07:32 +0000

The buyer is not assessing that way. The buyer has a diverse portfolio where they only need 10-20% of their bets to succeed. The math is not in your favor as an employee.

New comment by realslimjd in "GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs"

realslimjd — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:24:59 +0000

Is it possible? Yes. Is it happening? No.

New comment by realslimjd in "Walmart Fires VP in Tech for Taking Daily Kickbacks Starting from $30K"

realslimjd — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 12:55:10 +0000

It is illegal if you're a government employee or working as a government contractor. What most people get in trouble for is laundering the money that they're taking in bribes.

New comment by realslimjd in "A senior Apple exec could be jailed in Epic case"

realslimjd — Thu, 01 May 2025 17:54:42 +0000

Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, and their sequels are all Steam exclusive. The only mandated Steam exclusives are Valve games. Anything else is purely out of convenience for the developer.

New comment by realslimjd in "The Moho is in reach of ocean drilling with the Meng Xiang"

realslimjd — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:16:20 +0000

It's sad that AI spam is starting to show up here

New comment by realslimjd in "Ask HN: Replacement for Rackspace SMTP Hosting?"

realslimjd — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:15:33 +0000

I've been using Purelymail¹ for a few years now. It's simple and it just works. The one time I needed support I emailed Scott and he got right back to me.

1 - https://purelymail.com

New comment by realslimjd in "ChatGPT Saved My Life (no, seriously, I'm writing this from the ER)"

realslimjd — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:02:22 +0000

I think doctors who are skeptical of a patient's Google research would also be skeptical about a patient's ChatGPT research.

New comment by realslimjd in "Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket"

realslimjd — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:20:23 +0000

Nintendo is _very_ protective of its brand. They acted like this long before AI.

New comment by realslimjd in "Pi Chess Board"

realslimjd — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 22:36:55 +0000

Because that's even harder.

New comment by realslimjd in "San Francisco Is Sinking in Bad Hotel Debt"

realslimjd — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:06:03 +0000

It is not.

New comment by realslimjd in "NASA says Boeing Starliner astronauts may fly home on SpaceX in 2025"

realslimjd — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 16:58:09 +0000

It doesn't matter when there are lives needlessly at risk. The answer should be zero.

New comment by realslimjd in "CrowdStrike unhappy with Delta litigation threat, says airline refused free help"

realslimjd — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:23:55 +0000

I don't think it's ridiculous that if a company violates their SLA they should compensate their customers. A lot of hosting and cloud providers do this regardless of customer/contract size. The good ones will refund you automatically, and for others it's like pulling teeth.