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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I uninstalled Duolingo the day they started offering to restore your streak for money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the canonical version of STVI?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Star Trek VI captured a very specific moment in time in the real world. It’s a direct allegory for the end of the cold war, with all the mistrust and hope that came along with that. People usually rank it below IV and II but there’s a big gap between the top 3 and the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they just betting that AI is gonna be good enough to replace all of them then?

  Yes. That is literally the plan.

  In a few years, I am expecting a huge consulting boom like the COBOL / FORTRAN boom that happened during Y2K.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A game you "didn't know it was bad 'til people told you so"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Windwaker had a ton of content cut. The ice island and fire island were both supposed to be full dungeons. Both of those incomplete dungeons later ended up being used in Twilight Princess.

  ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Hyrule Castle ::: was supposed to be a full dungeon. The tower of the gods was supposed to be longer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fires the entire R&D department Changes the company slogan to “Innovate”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an image of a scene from the Clue movie:

  Col. Mustard: Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests? Wadsworth: You don’t need any help from me, Sir.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Exactly right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In North America, Christmas lights usually have a plug end and a socket end so you can connect multiple strings together in series.

  If you accidentally put the plug end at the top of the tree, it might be tempting to try to buy or make one of these cords so you don’t have to take the lights down and redo them.

  It is as dumb and lazy as it sounds.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Cars Don't All Come With Dipsticks Anymore, Here's Why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure if this is universally true but I’ve never seen a fully electric vehicle that uses motor oil. Hybrid vehicles with an internal combustion engine and an electric drive train would still need it, of course.