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ulkis commented on Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement   theregister.com/2025/03/1... · Posted by u/taubek
johnisgood · 5 months ago
I am not sure I like "Windows" as a name for an OS. :D
ulkis · 5 months ago
Well, it wasn't an OS from the beginning. It was a DOS application that provided ... windows. Someone just forgot to rename it to "Processes" or "Files".

Myself I found it amusing that servers had Windows (NT).

ulkis commented on All Kindles can now be jailbroken   kindlemodding.org/jailbre... · Posted by u/lumerina
Zambyte · 7 months ago
I am replying from my Daylight Computer. Happy to answer questions about it.

https://daylightcomputer.com

ulkis · 7 months ago
OMG that was the most unintuitive and annoying to browse/scroll page I have seen in a long time. Hope the device is good though.
ulkis commented on Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc   nintendo.co.jp/corporate/... · Posted by u/monocasa
RicoElectrico · a year ago
Japanese legal system is... well... not good by Western standards. Remember it's a place where you can be sued for defamation even if you say verifiably true things.
ulkis · a year ago
You can be sentenced for that in Sweden too.
ulkis commented on The Later Years of Douglas Adams   filfre.net/2024/07/the-la... · Posted by u/doppp
generic92034 · a year ago
Or rather wait for the completion of the series before buying any? We have been burnt before. ;)
ulkis · a year ago
How to say Rothfuss without saying Rothfuss. :)
ulkis commented on Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought [pdf]   gwern.net/doc/psychology/... · Posted by u/hardmaru
endofreach · a year ago
Often times i can actively feel how laggy my brain is in wrapping the thoughts in language. Before i even have the words ready, my thinking is already way ahead at the next thought. Not sure if that's just ADHD. I like to think secretly it's because i am not too dumb and actually a quick thinker. On the other hand, my analytical thinking is not that good.

While i enjoy the process of thinking about things alone for hours, when presented with problems like in school or sometimes even today when someone gives me a riddle, i can also very strongly feel that i am not "thinking" actively. I am just thinking that i should think and often seem to make myself appear as if i was thinking – and that's it. It feels a lot like "fake it till you make it". Often times i have ideas other people call "brilliant" as well, or i seem to have s lot of refreshing takes on things according to others (stated to hide my weirdly self-conscious arrogance), it's not that i actively pursue it. I sometimes feel like i am standing on the piazza, waiting for this beautiful thought to walk past me. Too scared to talk to it, because she would realize i am too dumb to understand her and a con-artist anyway... but then, every once in a while this beautiful thought turns around and takes over my brain.

But maybe, i am truly just mad.

ulkis · a year ago
I recognize this "thinking the thoughts twice", and sometimes feel that the "fast" thoughts have to wait for the slow ones (language wrapping) to catch up. Then I try to skip the second phase and let the fast ones roam at full speed, expecting brilliancy. Never succeeded yet, but not giving up.
ulkis commented on Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today?    · Posted by u/sjr1
acheron · 2 years ago
Just hope the King of Sweden doesn't make another February 30. https://www.timeanddate.com/date/february-30.html
ulkis · 2 years ago
Let's just be happy that it isn't still the day after February 24 that becomes the inserted leap day. https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/kunskapsbanker/lar-dig-mer-o...
ulkis commented on Metric Time   metric-time.com/... · Posted by u/rickcarlino
s0teri0s · 2 years ago
Also, no mention of the need for only 10 big-ass time zones instead of 24 relatively narrow time zones. The continental US might have only 2 time zones instead of 4.
ulkis · 2 years ago
Nothing says that time zones have to align on even hours. They don't today - look at India for example.
ulkis commented on US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’   wired.com/story/nsa-ndaa-... · Posted by u/jbotdev
sandworm101 · 2 years ago
If you don't want them to buy your data, stop selling it. Lock down your browsers. Don't use Facebook. Put a better OS on your phone. And sue every company that even hints at violating privacy rules.
ulkis · 2 years ago
Can you find a bank, insurance company, phone carrier, etc, that doesn't have them selling your data in their terms though?
ulkis commented on Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines   markwhen.com... · Posted by u/koch
lawn · 3 years ago
In Sweden we say 20th June, 2022 and we even use a "DD/MM -YY" shorthand when signing documents for instance, although YYYY-MM-DD is also common and "the more correct".
ulkis · 3 years ago
Except on food where EU mandates DD-MM-YY(YY).

u/ulkis

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