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90% of modern memes, internet culture, and therefore a huge proportion of current pop culture, originated on 4chan.

Always with the purple and blue.

Su-27 fighter cockpit is known for its turquoise paneling that supposedly is to promote calm.

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41305736 No idea why a story about a YC company was flagged.…

Nukes are the same as knives, just different in magnitude. Should one have special rules?

Why are they like this... There are elite cultures that just live and don't bother anyone. Israel isn't one of them.

The permanent underclass permeates everything.

That would get in the way of Arstechnica's hyper liberal bias. I eat raw cheese because it tastes good. It's common in France, like in reblochon and Brie de meaux. There aren't mass dea…

Ya but op's anecdote is cute and funny.

To be clear: https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/nx2yoe/a_guide_... …

Ok we did this in elementary school. They gave us crackers and let us spread the butter we made on it and we ate them. I still have no idea as to the purpose of this exercise.

I hate this generic item naming style in tech so fucking much.

Is 2026 the year of the linux desktop? Can I update video drivers in Linux without seeing a console? OS X updates them automatically where it's a non-issue.

I wonder how Carmack's AGI work is going. He's been quite for a while.

I've said it before, but a mexican line cook who doesn't speak english is contributing more to the world than the average Stanford educated AI engineer at Meta.

I would.

All military aircraft are maintenance nightmares. They're also extraordinarily loud and devour fuel. These are not intended to entire commercial service where they need to turn a profit for the o…

The pain of loneliness exists because it signals harm, danger to you. The US is hyper-individualistic because it serves capitalism. They want you to be alone so that you can fill that "pain poi…

Yeah but gas turbines by definitions run on "gas" kerosene based fuel. If you're talking about a battery powered fan or prop that's very different.

Yep - the dual economy has moved into tech itself.

There are quite a few lives being lost in Ukraine still.

We'll soon have drones fighting drones, with few or no lives at risk. Like countries burning piles of money until one runs out.

It's cuz Ars's roots are in being video game bloggers and graphics card reviewers, not legitimate journalists. They don't have a notion of professionalism or journalistic duty, only vir…

Just a reminder of how millennial-centric HN is. Everyone here is in their 40s and moving to the suburbs to raise their kids, and this article provides validation.

With Israel being able to sic the USA on its enemy of the month, it is clear that Israel is the most powerful country in the world.

Yeah bro no one voted for this.

Remember when we bombed Iran at Fordow? It happened less than a year ago. Iran sent some perfunctory retaliation, and everyone forgot the whole affair. Same with this. Nothing ever happens.

Those spiked like 50x in the past 4 months. Doesn't seem to mean anything.