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New comment by whackernews in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

whackernews — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:45:51 +0000

There are less wars than ever, and we are all richer than ever. Stop watching the news, it makes you dumb.

New comment by whackernews in "Why Doesn't Anybody Realize We're Going Back to the Moon?"

whackernews — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:45:09 +0000

Yeh how are we all going to keep the air con on full blast and get our food delivered to our doorstep through summer!

We’re all a bunch of idiots man let some of us go to the moon for gods sake.

New comment by whackernews in "Cursor 3"

whackernews — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:38:06 +0000

Why is this comment so pale I cat read it? What’s the contrast on this is this accessible to anyone?

I’m guessing it was downvoted by the masses but at the same time I’d like the choice to be able to read it I’m not that into what the general public think about something.

I’m getting into downmaxxing at this point. I love that you have to earn being negative on this site. Give it to me.

New comment by whackernews in "Good ideas do not need lots of lies in order to gain public acceptance (2008)"

whackernews — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:26:28 +0000

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I’m kind of conflicted and confused faced with this message on this site, especially with the content of the post. Can someone explain why I’m feeling annoyed?

New comment by whackernews in "Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone"

whackernews — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:19:30 +0000

I love this. No matter what we do and how far we push the limits of humanity, we still have to shit.

New comment by whackernews in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

whackernews — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:26:27 +0000

Just a bit of casual racism and misandry here. Raising because I’m sick of purple getting away with this now why don’t you check yourself.

New comment by whackernews in "Artemis II lifts off: four astronauts begin 10-day lunar mission"

whackernews — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:27:17 +0000

A waste of money to explore the cosmos? It’s our duty is it not? What exactly are you doing about kids starving?

New comment by whackernews in "Ollama is now powered by MLX on Apple Silicon in preview"

whackernews — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:20:58 +0000

Oh does llama.cpp use MLX or whatever? I had this question, wonder if you know? A search suggests it doesn’t but I don’t really understand.

New comment by whackernews in "Desk for people who work at home with a cat"

whackernews — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:09:34 +0000

I have a strange feeling you’ve confused me for a cat person since you keep doing a comparison with cats? To me, cats are worse, and you’re right. Dogs shit in the street, cats shit all over your garden. I’ve seen dogs chase after and rag a baby deer to death, cats DECIMATE the local wildlife population. Birds, bye, frogs, bye, mice, bye, hedgehogs don’t come round when your neighbourhood is full of these things, I’ve seen one kill a butterfly for gods sake, anything that moves!

And, yes, it’s all obviously on the owners and I can only guess that these people are selfish or just don’t really think about anything they’re doing. This is your classic general public behaviour. Buy an electric car, take out your recycling, and sign a petition online about the Orangoutangs in Borneo. Then buy a cat and drive to the shops that’s a ten minute walk down the road whilst drinking a can of Coke. Zero thinking.

New comment by whackernews in "Desk for people who work at home with a cat"

whackernews — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:49:05 +0000

I will never understand the accommodations people make for pets that leave mountains of turd all over the streets for other people to walk in. Slobbering beasts that bark, kill wildlife and make your house smell like a wet towel. Eating a meal at their house is also disgusting as there are dog hairs EVERYWHERE even in the food.

I’m an animal person by the way. Like actual wild animals.

New comment by whackernews in "Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org"

whackernews — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:35:36 +0000

You’re kind of talking to a straw man here. I didn’t read anything against the use of AI, just that they’d rather not spend time reviewing AI code. This is reasonable not to want to spend time reviewing something the author hasn’t spent that much time on. Maybe the preference would be to review AI code with AI, but we need to know in order to make that choice.

New comment by whackernews in "Show HN: PeriodicTableOfElements.org"

whackernews — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:27:28 +0000

You had to change the end because following it through actually made total sense. You kinda pulled a trick, no doubt to convince yourself if I’m being fair to you.

New comment by whackernews in "Automatically generate all 3D print files for organizing a drawer"

whackernews — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:32:58 +0000

Also I thought plastic was bad. We seem to just be producing new pointless bits of plastic crap here?

New comment by whackernews in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

whackernews — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:04:24 +0000

“Hate”? I think you might be over blowing the word, I’m sorry you feel that way. I think you might have a bit of a negative view and tend to think people are against you when they’re not. To me I see this as all related, it’s all playing into each other. Just chill mate it’s not a good headspace. Maybe reassess what you are defining as hate. Is it you who’s spreading it?

New comment by whackernews in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

whackernews — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:42:42 +0000

Where are you getting this impression?

New comment by whackernews in "Iran's attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war"

whackernews — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:10:28 +0000

You mean they’re not used to sell me cheap Chinese USB-C cables?

New comment by whackernews in "Things I've Done with AI"

whackernews — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:00:25 +0000

Where’s the line for you? Would you upload a picture of you sat on the toilet for example?

New comment by whackernews in "Things I've Done with AI"

whackernews — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:57:06 +0000

I find it really weird too, like, haven’t we done this? Also struggle to understand the motivation for arguing from this direction. Do people forget it’s the normal, default position NOT to be spied on?

New comment by whackernews in "Iran's attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war"

whackernews — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:43:55 +0000

A new kind of war where people won’t be able to get next day delivery on the 5m USB-C cable that they ordered.

New comment by whackernews in "Why No AI Games?"

whackernews — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:25:29 +0000

Wow thanks for posting this. Stole the show for me.