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New comment by superfunny in "Infinite pancakes, anyone?"

superfunny — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:07:20 +0000

Do we have to beat Prince at a game of basketball first?

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism's AI Era

superfunny — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:45:14 +0000

Article URL: https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46046208

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by superfunny in "US Government Uptime Monitor"

superfunny — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:53:11 +0000

Needs to go back further - there were shutdowns 30 years ago

New comment by superfunny in "The World Trade Center under construction through photos, 1966-1979"

superfunny — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:07:05 +0000

I grew up in a small town in New Jersey, about twenty miles west. From the highest point in our town, you could make out the outline of the WTC, far off in the distance.

In 2001, I lived in Chicago, and I took a trip to Italy in September of 2001. I remember flying into Newark airport early that month, and marveling (as I always did) about the New York skyline, including the Empire State Building and the WTC.

I returned eight days later, on the first day that flights resumed after 9/11, and I remember flying into Newark again, and there was still smoking climbing into the air around where the WTC once stood.

Study May Undercut Idea That Cash to Poor Families Helps Child Development

superfunny — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:06:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/us/politics/cash-payments-poor-families-child-development.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44778013

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by superfunny in "Kira Vale, $500 and 600 prompts, AI generated short movie [video]"

superfunny — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:44:21 +0000

Joanna Stern at the Wall Street Journal presented a project earlier this year where she and a team of editors created a short film using AI tools - not exactly the same thing here but the results were very good. They had a bigger budget too.

You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US2gO7UYEfY

In their case, they interspersed live actors with AI-generated imagery.

New comment by superfunny in "Long live American Science and Surplus"

superfunny — Thu, 29 May 2025 01:37:50 +0000

I just donated - the world is a better (and weirder) place with this store in it. If you live in the Chicagoland or Milwaukee area, you should check it out.

Wang Computers

superfunny — Tue, 27 May 2025 17:31:59 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Laboratories

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44108991

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by superfunny in "What if we made advertising illegal?"

superfunny — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 16:17:39 +0000

> It’s easy to create a page “you have problem A? Try our product B”.

How is that not advertising?

New comment by superfunny in "Nobody should be a "content creator""

superfunny — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:58:14 +0000

I'm pretty sure many people on their internet would view themselves as "discontent creators"

Brodie Lockard: The Amazing Programmer Behind Activision's "Shanghai" [2017]

superfunny — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:00:17 +0000

Article URL: https://tedium.co/2017/11/15/mahjong-shanghai-brodie-lockard/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194432

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by superfunny in "Ask HN: Is anyone still using Dreamweaver?"

superfunny — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:22:42 +0000

Dreamweaver? Who remembers Drumbeat 2000?

New comment by superfunny in "Advertising Is a Cancer on Society"

superfunny — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:23:54 +0000

"The problem is that truth is very hard to establish for those that don't want and don't understand logic"

Not every truth is revealed through logic.

New comment by superfunny in "Advertising Is a Cancer on Society (2019)"

superfunny — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:22:10 +0000

Here's a good that advertising does: letting people know how your product or services address some pressing need.

New comment by superfunny in "Counterculture legend who invented bell-bottom jeans dies at 84"

superfunny — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:41:09 +0000

Did the US Navy invent bell-bottom JEANS or bell-bottom pants? Were the version from the US Navy made of denim?

New comment by superfunny in "Amid cuts to basic research, New Zealand scraps all support for social sciences"

superfunny — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:52:15 +0000

When I was studying literature a few decades ago, psychoanalysis still thrived within critical literary analysis.

New comment by superfunny in "Atlantic hurricane season will be 'extraordinary,' forecasters warn"

superfunny — Fri, 24 May 2024 01:42:40 +0000

How good are these predictions?

New comment by superfunny in "Computers Reduce Efficiency: Case Studies of the Solow Paradox (2023)"

superfunny — Sun, 05 May 2024 16:20:20 +0000

Agreed - I was very surprised to hear this. From Dividend.com:

"In the late 1960s, the volume of trading activity increased dramatically. With the drastic increase in volume, the NYSE had $4 billion in unprocessed transactions by 1968. To catch up, the exchange closed every Wednesday from June 12, 1968 to December 31, 1968. During this crisis, over 100 brokers failed due to the high volume of transaction that could not be processed."

Today, the NYSE processes trading volumes of 3-4 billion shares per day.

New comment by superfunny in "Apple's risky bet on CarPlay"

superfunny — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:55:42 +0000

"...since only 21% of people will buy a car without carplay"

That statistic is complete bullshit.

Did Exxon Make It Rain Today?

superfunny — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:54:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/did-exxon-make-it-rain-today

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39662437

Points: 6

# Comments: 1