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New comment by ron_k in "We recreated Steve Jobs's 1975 Atari horoscope program"

ron_k — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:21:25 +0000

That’s exactly what “horoscope” means in western astrology, which only uses solar system’s planets + the sun.

New comment by ron_k in "Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died"

ron_k — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:14:58 +0000

I can’t, sorry, there’s no edit button, I guess because of low karma. Maybe the mods (or who changed it) can revert it to the old title.

New comment by ron_k in "Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died"

ron_k — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:34:43 +0000

Yes, the title has been changed. The one I posted clearly said "Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation”.

Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died

ron_k — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:05:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pgdp.net/wiki/In_Memoriam/gbnewby

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45666510

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New comment by ron_k in "Happy BuyNothing Day"

ron_k — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:46:58 +0000

I have a 10€/day rule: if I want to buy something that costs 120€, I have to be sure of wanting it for 12 straight days.

That doesn’t apply to emergencies, of course.

New comment by ron_k in "uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari"

ron_k — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:03:31 +0000

This is my only complaint. Most of the websites work fine, but others get stuck. I don’t know if Wipr 2 solved the issue.

New comment by ron_k in "Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money? – Paul Krugman"

ron_k — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:40:13 +0000

It appears so, but that 50$ doesn’t keep going. What happens, for example, when the grocery gets robbed? That 50$ becomes 0$. When money’s involved, whether it’s debit/credit or cash, there’s always a money management cost involved, and cash usually has a much higher cost than debit or credit.

New comment by ron_k in "Libro: a command-line tool to track your books"

ron_k — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:31:47 +0000

Are you saying this because there’s a link between the two?

I thought the reference simply was the word “book” in Italian.

New comment by ron_k in "Making the Tibetan language a first-class citizen in the digital world"

ron_k — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 13:07:13 +0000

But also Saramago, Gadda, García Márquez, or Victor Hugo and his 800+ words sentence. Stream of consciousness usually has long paragraphs, but it’s quite common in other genres (I feel like genres is not the right word for it. Techniques?). Popular fiction is the only one that usually avoids long sentences/paragraphs/chapters.

New comment by ron_k in "Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone"

ron_k — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:31:56 +0000

“Stray information” sounds good, though.

New comment by ron_k in "Best Pens for 2024: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens"

ron_k — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 17:38:50 +0000

It’s the same in Italian. It comes from László Bíró.