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New comment by xbar in "98.css"

xbar — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:30:10 +0000

Thank you for the library. I was about to ask after 2 of these design spaces.

New comment by xbar in "John C. Dvorak has died"

xbar — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:48:49 +0000

He was a thoughtful and insightful writer. I eagerly awaited his PC Magazine article every single week.

New comment by xbar in "Recreating the math behind the first stealth aircraft"

xbar — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:52:37 +0000

Thanks. I needed that reminder to sometimes NOT just solve a matrix of 3000 * 3000 equations and merely make an assumption and take an integral, metaphorically.

New comment by xbar in "Moist Towelette Museum"

xbar — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:19:09 +0000

No Wash & Dry samples?

New comment by xbar in "REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500"

xbar — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:34:33 +0000

What's the best cookies notice?

New comment by xbar in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

xbar — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:30:52 +0000

Rife.

New comment by xbar in "Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail"

xbar — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:31:42 +0000

About once a year I go on a journey to buy an Iris Crimson. I found an Onyx once but it sold an hour before I got there.

New comment by xbar in "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"

xbar — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:07:09 +0000

Since 4ms is already about at the limit of my input latency tolerance for snappiness, I came to a different conclusion: "Wayland VRR" is the only tolerable Wayland option.

New comment by xbar in "LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire"

xbar — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:22:44 +0000

City can eminent domain those pole locations to put up their own solution.

New comment by xbar in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"

xbar — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:37:11 +0000

They only say that as a pretext for theft.

New comment by xbar in "The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing"

xbar — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:16:39 +0000

Why is capital punishment for society-level-harming white collar crime never considered in Western countries?

New comment by xbar in "Free the Icons"

xbar — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:36:02 +0000

I am sad that I will not have both Rosetta 2 and a tolerable UI for the remainder of my life.

New comment by xbar in "The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online"

xbar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:38:09 +0000

Do bother to write your representatives.

New comment by xbar in "PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts"

xbar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:37:23 +0000

I expected better from Sony's lawyers. How did they not get the right agreement to keep purchases in perpetuity?

New comment by xbar in "Tell Congress: Don't Force Age Checks Online"

xbar — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:49:56 +0000

Because there are bad parents, all people must give up all anonymity?

You are asking for society to bear the burdens of the people you want to change. That is bad policy.

New comment by xbar in "Designing a Personal Pebble Watchface"

xbar — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:42:30 +0000

I am sorry you have tough issues that seem to be related to ADHD. It is rough. Maybe try not to minimize what is hard for others, though.

New comment by xbar in "Show HN: Adrafinil – keep a lid-closed Mac awake only while agents work"

xbar — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:48:54 +0000

Nice. I needed this yesterday, and will need it again today.

New comment by xbar in "WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)"

xbar — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:54:45 +0000

It's nice to meet one of the righteous.

New comment by xbar in "We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme"

xbar — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:11:36 +0000

Unlike the downvoters, I'm genuinely curious: do you believe a narrative that the US has no gun control laws? Sometimes I wonder if that is what people outside the US think.

New comment by xbar in "We can still stop California's 3D printer surveillance scheme"

xbar — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:07:38 +0000

Do you think DEFCAD will get this overturned, too?