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A 9 Year Old Kid's Apple II Programs from 40 Years Ago

runamuck — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:50:59 +0000

Article URL: https://a2central.com/2026/02/john-sobanski-applesoft-floppy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47574336

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by runamuck in "Ask HN: How to be alone?"

runamuck — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:26:39 +0000

100% group fitness classes. Orange Theory. I joined boxing, and lost 50+ pounds. Plus I met super nice people, and might have learned a little technique too. If you're single, I've been to two gyms (first one close) and both had majority 20-35 year old women (who could knock me out in seconds).

New comment by runamuck in ""Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)"

runamuck — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:16:39 +0000

"This included alleged representations that CaaStle earned $66.3 million on revenue of $439.9 million in 2023, when it actually lost $81 million on revenue of $15.7 million." - Seriously, why would someone attempt to pull this? This lie seems really easy to catch. I don't get it?

New comment by runamuck in "Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral"

runamuck — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:21:51 +0000

> The lawsuit also alleges that Gemini, which exchanged romantic texts with Jonathan Gavalas, drove him to stage an armed mission that he came to believe could bring the chatbot into the real world.

Maybe "The Terminator" got it wrong. Autonomous robots might not wipe out humanity. Instead AI could use actual human disciples for nefarious purposes.

New comment by runamuck in "Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool"

runamuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:03:46 +0000

So I can run shell from a Miracle Piano connected to a NES running Linux?

New comment by runamuck in "Thirty years on, Pokémon is still a monster hit"

runamuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:34:49 +0000

I try to (relive my youth and) buy my kids action figures and they could care less. Injection molded plastic hunks can't compete with the dopamine hit of Roblox or Dogman books.

New comment by runamuck in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

runamuck — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:52:03 +0000

I saw an item for sale on Ali Express's video and I thought "Wow, they hired some really attractive actors to pitch their little gadget." 30 seconds in, I realized they used GenAI. Not because it looked AI, but because the production values looked too high and professional for the item. I would get in on this if you sell anything online.

New comment by runamuck in "What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)"

runamuck — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:28:56 +0000

"the most frequently occurring letters in typical English text are e-t-a-o-n-r-i." But "Wheel of Fortune" told me to guess R-N-S-T-L-E!

New comment by runamuck in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

runamuck — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:26:40 +0000

I recommend AMC+ if you like horror because you also get Shudder. I get to watch Joe Bob Brigg's "Last Drive In."

Plus all the Prestige Y2K Television - Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead.

New comment by runamuck in "Green’s Dictionary of Slang - Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue"

runamuck — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:05:37 +0000

Tough guys with Mullets that blasted Metallica said "Mint" (term of approval) every sentence back in 1980's Long Island. I just learned it also meant "a trace of homosexual tendencies" a few decades prior.

New comment by runamuck in "Using an engineering notebook"

runamuck — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:38:51 +0000

I used to carry a physical notebook, but now I just Brain Dump to a (now giant and growing) Notepad++ Text file.

"Energy Based" model vs. frontier AI models for Sudoku

runamuck — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:45:54 +0000

Article URL: https://sudoku.logicalintelligence.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46975575

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

President Trump Delivers "Most-Favored-Nation" Pricing for Prescription Drugs

runamuck — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:27:46 +0000

Article URL: https://trumprx.gov/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46963435

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by runamuck in "Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collection"

runamuck — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:14:05 +0000

Ooh check out the Discovery wall! I see a Furby, a Power Glove (call AVGN) and a Ninja Turtles NES Game: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/discovery

A Mini-IBM PC Using an Adafruit Fruit Jam

runamuck — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:43:42 +0000

Article URL: https://adafruit-playground.com/u/AnneBarela/pages/a-mini-ibm-pc-using-an-adafruit-fruit-jam

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46594691

Points: 18

# Comments: 1

New comment by runamuck in "How will the miracle happen today?"

runamuck — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:16:06 +0000

99.9% of the people I meet want to be kind and help. You just need to "tune into that frequency." Fantastic anecdotal article that speaks to the goodness of humanity.

New comment by runamuck in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

runamuck — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:15:42 +0000

I get really good recommendations from Insta. Leather jackets, motorcycle gear, Swiss microbrand watches.

New comment by runamuck in "Native ads coming soon to Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange"

runamuck — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:11:36 +0000

Targeted Ads done correctly provide value. I found my favorite clothing company, for example, thanks to an Insta ad. I also appreciate well crafted copy. Mindless firehose ads, however, aggravate me. (I use Kagi).

New comment by runamuck in "Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools"

runamuck — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:00:17 +0000

My favorite - "Tech without an interesting name (TWAIN)" for scanner/ imaging drivers from the 90s.

New comment by runamuck in "So you want to speak at software conferences?"

runamuck — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:27:56 +0000

Public speaking plus blog posts did more for my career than my advanced engineering degrees. They lead to my past three places of employment. I did a talk or wrote a blog post, posted it to LI and then the decision makers reached out to me. This got me employment at workplaces I loved. I only write/ talk about things I enjoy, and they needed people with skills in the topics I wrote/ talk about. Perfect fit. I highly recommend this approach.