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New comment by xdkyx in "Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating"

xdkyx — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:59:58 +0000

Did they really fix the taskbar? I still cannot change it to either side of the screen, am i missing something?

New comment by xdkyx in "Can Ozempic Cure Addiction?"

xdkyx — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:36:29 +0000

New comment by xdkyx in "ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions"

xdkyx — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:59:04 +0000

They trimmed the managerial layer. A smart young person isn't immediately affected by it and (at least to me), this signals focus on actual work and flattening of the structure of an organization.

New comment by xdkyx in "Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content"

xdkyx — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:29:21 +0000

"this will allow me to get more money"

New comment by xdkyx in "Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air"

xdkyx — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:08:30 +0000

Luxembourg is an outlier and more of an edge case, then something that can be dissected and applied to other countries/cities.

New comment by xdkyx in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

xdkyx — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:39:30 +0000

Just got a 3d printer (Bambu a1 mini) and my girlfriend brought home a whole bag of plant cuttings. Thought I would give a modular plant pot (i.e with elements that allow for expanding the pot) in fusion 360 a shot.

New comment by xdkyx in "GNU Midnight Commander"

xdkyx — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:45:27 +0000

I used to install Windows Commander (later Total Commander) on every system I have used, so much so that I bought the Total Commander licence. However as time passes by I used it less and less, to the point that currently I run it once a month out of pure nostalgia.

New comment by xdkyx in "The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge"

xdkyx — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:39:26 +0000

The first thing that comes to mind is simplifying the identification of a device type, without the necessity of looking up a device list name or updating the list with each new device that gets released.

New comment by xdkyx in "The Level Design Book"

xdkyx — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:14:39 +0000

There was a fantastic resource about Multiplayer Level design from David "DavidM" Munnich. Although done in Unreal Tournament context it was really informative. I don't know if it's still available (could not find it), taking into consideration it was hosted at the defunct planetunreal I doubt it survived.

New comment by xdkyx in "Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode"

xdkyx — Wed, 14 May 2025 09:37:30 +0000

Booking?

New comment by xdkyx in "U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter"

xdkyx — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:16:46 +0000

Can You list some of those policies leading to a recession?

New comment by xdkyx in "Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI"

xdkyx — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 17:53:25 +0000

Does it work as fast with more complicated queries with joins/havings and large tables?

New comment by xdkyx in "Careless People"

xdkyx — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:37:45 +0000

This may be a little naive from my side, but I'm wondering - is every big tech company the same as Meta and it's leadership? Or is there something special, a perfect storm of circumstances that we only hear so much about so many instances of outright - can't even find the right word here - evil, stupidity, brashness?

If we assume that every big (let's say FAANG) company is the same, why we hear about Meta time and time again?

New comment by xdkyx in "The US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide"

xdkyx — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:30:27 +0000

he isn't wearing a suit either