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New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

tokyobreakfast — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:56:52 +0000

Hope you renewed your Prime membership because they're the worst offender.

IMDB introduces mandatory account: User reviews only readable after login

tokyobreakfast — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:26:34 +0000

Article URL: https://basic-tutorials.com/news/imdb-introduces-mandatory-account-user-reviews-only-readable-after-login/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47931029

Points: 5

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New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Claire's closes all 154 stores in UK and Ireland with loss of 1,300 jobs"

tokyobreakfast — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:13:53 +0000

Is the Teen Girl Squad from Homestar Runner running HN now?

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Trump fires NSF's oversight board"

tokyobreakfast — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:08:52 +0000

They see "foundation" and assume MacGyver and Pete Thornton work there.

IRGC-linked media hints at threat to Persian Gulf undersea internet cables

tokyobreakfast — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:29:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202604225913

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870994

Points: 2

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New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen"

tokyobreakfast — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:28:25 +0000

You can still die if you take your idiot-proof Aussie blister packs with alcohol. So it's more an inefficient use of cabinet space.

You can overdose on water too, they haven't banned 5-gallon jugs (yet).

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM"

tokyobreakfast — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:45:02 +0000

No one is using that cloud crap professionally. The bread and butter of the CAD world is Windows PCs with tons of RAM and certified GPUs.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Windows Server 2025 Runs Better on ARM"

tokyobreakfast — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:29:02 +0000

Companies that are bigger than startups vibecoding food delivery apps?

Even Apple and Google run AD internally.

Gotta support all those CAD workstations running Windows.

Is Apple hardware still designed on Windows PCs?

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

tokyobreakfast — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:06:19 +0000

I get to choose 4 ports in a $2,000+ "developer" laptop? Is this a joke?

Most of the port options are decoys because it means 1 or 0 USB ports.

And no I'm not carrying around a satchel of modules like an old British lord.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

tokyobreakfast — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:44:19 +0000

> Apple hardware is already amazing

Apple also made some amazing hardware blunders.

My personal favorite is the force-touch home button on the previous generation iPhones and iPads wouldn't work if you were wearing a band-aid. I don't mean the fingerprint reader, it wouldn't even click. So don't ever cut yourself if you were planning to unlock your phone ever. It added basically nothing for the end user over the previous physical home button besides rendering the vibrate function wimpy and useless.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

tokyobreakfast — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:10:03 +0000

How is it that I owned a fully-submersible phone—with user replaceable battery—over 15 years ago?

You've bought into and are now parroting Apple & Samsung marketing BS.

P.S. it had a headphone jack too. Gaskets over the ports. The headphone jack was the first victim of "but muh waterproof" despite all the other holes and cutouts.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Sudo for Windows (2024)"

tokyobreakfast — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:02:17 +0000

The hallmark of every successful Rust project: existence of a popular, equivalent software package not written in Rust.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

tokyobreakfast — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:40:29 +0000

> It blows my mind how "intelligent" people can be this stupid.

Intelligent people don't post condescending, shallow dismissals.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"

tokyobreakfast — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:01:31 +0000

So, the Great FUK for short?

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"

tokyobreakfast — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:24:07 +0000

Most Brits already have a VPN to beat off so the effect will be negligible.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"

tokyobreakfast — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:11:38 +0000

The US CBP routinely intercepts "dangerous" products. I assume the Brits have the same.

It's a wonder why AliExpress flies under the radar. I assume it's impossible to keep up with it all.

The UK's comically over-engineered electrics are no match for some of these plug-in-and-die sketchy USB chargers from the Far East.

DiodesGoneWild on YouTube does teardowns of many of these incredibly poorly constructed deathtraps.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'"

tokyobreakfast — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 02:37:22 +0000

do they have a pussy ombudsman to investigate malfeasance and poor customer service?

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Life as an OnlyFans 'chatter'"

tokyobreakfast — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:02:14 +0000

Prostitution is not an industry known for its ethics or integrity.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "2026 tech layoffs reach 45,000 in March"

tokyobreakfast — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:38:10 +0000

Not sure how you empathize with people that built their robot replacements.

New comment by tokyobreakfast in "Digg.com Closing Due to Spam"

tokyobreakfast — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:19:41 +0000

Where's the dupe guy when we need him most?