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New comment by strotter in "Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11"

strotter — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:53 +0000

If you want to scratch your old-school solitaire itch, check out https://freesolitaire.win

New comment by strotter in "Why the global elite gave up on spelling and grammar"

strotter — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:33:12 +0000

In case you're wondering, Couch St. in Portland, Oregon, USA is pronounced "Cooch." It's named for 19th century ship captain and early businessman John H. Couch. It's the "C" street in the so-called Alphabet District north of Burnside, which is the "B" street. There are, or were, other landmarks named after Capt. Couch, but I'm not sure if any still exist.

New comment by strotter in "Alaska Airlines' statement on IT outage"

strotter — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:34:08 +0000

The last sentence on the statement page contains a link to a "flexible travel policy" page, which contains the above quoted text.

New comment by strotter in "Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right"

strotter — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:31:57 +0000

This reminds me of an old Gallagher (the Sledge-o-Matic guy) joke, where he was throwing out product ideas: "Playboy for married guys... Every month, same girl!"