Hacker News: rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rhabarbaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:58:52 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "X's algorithm feeds off ragebait and impacts Democrats more, study finds"]]>If only there were more than two possible political opinions on the internet.

]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:15:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365949rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365949https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365949<![CDATA[Growing pains: An update on the ListenBrainz service status]]>Article URL: https://blog.metabrainz.org/2026/08/19/growing-pains-an-update-on-the-listenbrainz-service-status/

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]]>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:14:13 +0000https://blog.metabrainz.org/2026/08/19/growing-pains-an-update-on-the-listenbrainz-service-status/rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365929https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365929<![CDATA[Man Bought a Font]]>Article URL: https://unstory.eu/wgc/

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]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:19:26 +0000https://unstory.eu/wgc/rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327819https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327819<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Don't use an LLM for your README.md"]]>“Don’t use an LLM for the task” is generally advisable.

]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:18:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327815rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327815https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49327815<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years"]]>I'm amazed to see that Kermit is still alive and kicking. Thank you, team!

]]>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:52:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159919rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159919https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49159919<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Robert Kaye from MusicBrainz has passed away"]]>Sad news. Really.

]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:04:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141177rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141177https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47141177<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI"]]>I'm still glad that NetSurf exists.

]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:27:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130558rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130558https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130558<![CDATA[GNU Octave 11.1.0 Released]]>Article URL: https://lwn.net/Articles/1059965/

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Points: 6

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]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:27:09 +0000https://lwn.net/Articles/1059965/rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130551https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47130551<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Tim Cook sold Apple's soul"]]>They still don't unlock iPhones for the government. But please, by all means, enjoy your next U.S. ecosystem.

]]>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 03:28:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46866088rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46866088https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46866088<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Radicle: The Sovereign Forge"]]>I wish it would support more VCSs.

]]>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:01:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46739615rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46739615https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46739615<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>When LibreOffice appeared on the stage, that was actually my first test back then: opening an existing ODT document I had written. It was already displayed incorrectly at the time.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:29:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500803rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500803https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500803<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>Trademarked in USA, maintained by US citizens, mostly distributed by US companies who add US software like GNU and systemd.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:27:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500772rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500772https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500772<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>Or Linux, being an American product.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:28:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499116rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499116https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499116<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>Waiting for Adobe to rename Photoslop.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:27:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499104rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499104https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499104<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>LibreOffice can't properly render ODT files created with OpenOffice-before-Oracle. I highly doubt their DOCX support is any better.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:26:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499095rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499095https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46499095<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>Especially not "Microsoft".

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:17:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497917rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497917https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497917<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "Microsoft Office renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”"]]>It is calming to see that in the end, WordPerfect Office outlived Microsoft Office.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:16:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497906rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497906https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497906<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "CDE – Common Desktop Environment – Release 2.5.3"]]>I agree.

CDE being heavier is probably mostly caused by its large functionality. After all, NsCDE is mostly an FVWM colour scheme, while CDE comes with all the bells and whistles.

]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:46:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070321rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070321https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070321<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "CDE – Common Desktop Environment – Release 2.5.3"]]>Still my favourite Unix desktop. Thank you for the notice!

]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 15:45:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070303rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070303https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46070303<![CDATA[New comment by rhabarba in "OpenBSD 7.8"]]>NetBSD and OpenBSD support “old” hardware notably longer than Linux does though. OpenBSD having dropped the VAX is not that long ago.

]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:49:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45670968rhabarbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45670968https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45670968