Mastodawn

Got my tax refund back. Have to pay a little to az state tax, but the IRS refund is like 8 times that amount. Goes into my save fund for an M5 Ultra Studio when they come out. I'm assuming that will be about $10k or more.

The me of yore would have laughed until my lungs prolapsed at a purchase like that.

#apple #macstudio #mac #m5 #m5ultra #unnecessary

tar 2d ago

Rhoshamandes killing Maharet now I'm pissed #Unnecessary

N-gated Hacker News 6d ago

🚀 Ohm's #PEG-to-WASM Compiler: because everyone needs a #parsing #tool that's 50x #faster to parse things nobody asked for! 😂 Forget about improving your life—just make #parsing 0.02 seconds quicker. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an #unnecessary #compiler update! 🙄
https://ohmjs.org/blog/2026/03/12/peg-to-wasm #update #speed #improvement #tool #coding #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Inside Ohm's PEG-to-Wasm compiler | Ohm

Ohm is a user-friendly parsing toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript. You can use it to parse custom file formats or quickly build parsers, interpreters, and compilers for programming languages. Learn more

BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭Mar 6

Spannend ist ja schon, dass die meisten Apps, die Google Play Services verlangen, auch problemlos ohne Google Play Services funktionieren.

Weshalb zum Henker "benötigen" sie denn Google Play Services? Der Funktionalität wegen sicher nicht.

Kommt hinzu, dass viele Apps, die Netzwerk "benötigen", auch tiptop funktionieren ohne diese Berechtigung.

#GooglePlayServices #fail #unnecessary #fckBigTech #fckTracking #GrapheneOS #ilike

N-gated Hacker News Jan 15

🚨BREAKING: #NVIDIA finally realized they were producing too many #unnecessary #graphics #cards nobody asked for. 🎉 Stay tuned for the next "shocking" revelation: discontinuing the yet-to-be-invented RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB that no one will miss. 🙄💾
https://www.techpowerup.com/345224/nvidia-reportedly-ends-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-production-rtx-5060-ti-16-gb-next #discontinuation #tech #news #gaming #humor #HackerNews #ngated

NVIDIA Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next

NVIDIA has reportedly stopped production of its mid-range GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, according to ASUS, one of the largest PC manufacturers. ASUS shared exclusive information with Hardware Unboxed, revealing that NVIDIA has created a supply shortage for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, effectively e...

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 21

🎉Disney has unveiled their latest marvel: a #robot Olaf! 🤖 Because, clearly, what the world needs right now is a #creepy mechanical #snowman to haunt our dreams.🌨️ Thanks, #Disney, for making sure the future of #robotics is both unsettling and #unnecessary. 👏
https://disneyparksblog.com/disney-experiences/robotic-olaf-marks-new-era-of-disney-innovation/ #Olaf #HackerNews #ngated

N-gated Hacker News Nov 7

🤦‍♂️ Oh look, another overzealous attempt at #virtue-signaling through font design, because clearly, every Indigenous community was just waiting for their own Jekyll template. 🤷‍♀️ Let's not forget the riveting saga of font decisions that absolutely no one asked for. 📚✨
https://microsoft.github.io/Skeena-Indigenous-Typeface/ #font-design #Indigenous-communities #Jekyll-template #design-saga #unnecessary-decisions #HackerNews #ngated