Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804674

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860369

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Is it correct to say that users would only get the compromised version if they downloaded from the website?

Notepad++ has auto-update feature, is there any indication that updates from the AutoUpdate were compromised?

I think mostly I was annoyed at the emphasis on how the computer is untouched and unused, which seemed the antithesis of the spirit of those early days.

Having said all that, I really felt an urge to bid, though no doubt it's 10x what I can afford.

The video is designed to appeal to nerd nostalgia. However it has problems right from the start when it emphasizes Jobs not Woz (the true nerd hero), including a stylized ascii art.

According to the video, this item is exceptional because it’s fully operational. However paradoxically that’s because it’s never been used. The video praises the owner who bought it and stuck it in a closet, never turning it on. It implicitly puts down the actual users who actually used the machine (burning the paint) and especially those who tinkered with and modifying the machine.

As someone who grew up in the 80s hacking my Apple II+ doing everything from playing Lemonade Stand to building custom coprocessor boards, I salute those who actually used their Apple machines to the max, destroying the collector value.

I note that in some ways the pictures really contribute to the story. For example, see the story on Eeyore's tail missing. The clue is that the picture shows the tail hanging as a cord to ring the doorbell. The alt text conveys this nicely by saying:

In this drawing, Pooh is back outside Owl's front door, with Owl standing in the doorway. Pooh is looking at the bell-rope, which ends in a tuft of hair.

I'm not sure if this could truly be automated, as the description of the picture needs to fit the context of the story.

There’s some fascinating industry trends here but the analysis in the article is overwhelmed by the cacophony of anecdotes about b movies and bland tv shows all encouraged by the corrupt and evil parent company. Not helpful.

My take on the quality of shows— there’s a huge volume of mediocre stuff but that’s always been the case with TV. (There’s literally hundreds of forgotten sitcoms on broadcast tv from the 70s to 90s). But there have been many gems in the past decade.

A random list of fantastic or innovative shows I saw first on NetFlix. - House of Cards, season 1 and 2 - Russian Doll - Squid Game - Queens Gambit - Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Arcane - Kaos

Only the first was mentioned in the article, and with negative comment.

Overall, a poorly written article and a waste of time to read it.

What makes this more of a ethical violation because a national order was crossed?

Spent my Christmas break in college working with an artist coding Mandelbrot drawing routines on a IBM 286 machine. We’d print them out on a dot matrix printer and he’d incorporate them into elaborate collages.

Love too that the author is Rudy Rucker, science fiction writer.

Some years ago a neighbor of mine was hit by a light rail train after darting across the street, biking during his lunch break at work. I’d talked to him for a couple minutes almost every day for two years in the parking lot while he worked on his car or arrived home from work. Just like that he was gone. I have a vivid memory of a neighbor sharing the news. We went to his funeral. His parents and young wife were devastated of course. It was so unexpected. Thought about him for years afterwards.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39725637

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External Network Connectivity

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