15:[[31082304,{"by":"amichail","descendants":4,"id":31082304,"kids":[31082652,31082384,31100233],"score":2,"text":"You probably don't want to keep improving them for decades without making any v1.0 releases of your game...","time":1650372059,"title":"Ask HN: How do you know when novel game mechanics are good enough for release?","type":"story"}],[31085918,{"by":"agingcat85","descendants":39,"id":31085918,"kids":[31087665,31086831,31087718,31087935,31086622,31086547,31086845,31087703,31088213,31087455,31091855,31093446,31094290,31087693,31086074,31094196,31089376,31090681,31087208,31086567,31120330,31093369,31092805,31092844,31094326,31092368,31092572,31086522,31095929,31100206],"score":36,"text":"E.g should I go and live the USA or stay in India?\nShould I choose career over being close to my family?\nHow many children do I want to have?\nHow much is too much of pressure especially for high-achivers?","time":1650388354,"title":"Ask HN: How do you deal with life altering decisions?","type":"story"}],[30741891,{"by":"cellis","descendants":11,"id":30741891,"kids":[30759775,30743446,30742236,30742024,30745529,30745723,30744278,30746640],"score":5,"text":"In retrospect it seems obvious that heat seeking shoulder fired missiles would wreak havoc on a tank heavy force. But the inner Civilization player in me wonders if tanks are truly obsolete in the face of drones and javelins. Discuss","time":1647777111,"title":"Ask HN: Are Tanks Obsolete?","type":"story"}],[30528676,{"by":"35mm","descendants":9,"id":30528676,"kids":[30529355,30531146,30529729,30529334,30532547],"score":33,"text":"Putin has previously stated the goal of seperating Europe and the US.

There was recently a suspicious faliure of the undersea cable between Norway and a key arctic satelite ground station.[1]

So I'm wondering, what would the consequences be if the Atlantic cables connecting Europe with America experienced a sudden faliure?

How much would it inhibit things like say Telegram within Europe?

Is there anything we can do to mitigate these risks?

[1]: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43828/undersea-cable-connecting-norway-with-arctic-satellite-station-has-been-mysteriously-severed","time":1646236416,"title":"Ask HN: What would the impact be of Europe to America undersea cables being cut?","type":"story"}],[30514836,{"by":"solididiot","descendants":37,"id":30514836,"kids":[30515089,30515077,30515415,30515664,30515985,30517900,30517146,30522798,30515525,30515775,30518871,30516092,30518799,30525631,30516672,30516162,30515601,30516989,30521986,30515107,30518057,30536940],"score":15,"text":"I mean, seriously?\nIs that still a thing in 2022?

I bumped into such an online test by a marketing firm and I just couldn't bring myself to go through it. Dunno, felt a bit like monkey and a bit like "do I really want to work in such a place?".

What do you think about this?","time":1646146295,"title":"IQ test for SW Eng interview?","type":"story"}],[30513030,{"by":"boa00","descendants":140,"id":30513030,"kids":[30513378,30513792,30513778,30515586,30513457,30515430,30513301,30514123,30514595,30514809,30513442,30513703,30513719,30513498,30525284,30516701,30516090,30513655,30519105,30513445,30513249,30514501,30513812,30515232,30514159,30515800,30513663,30513350,30521517,30513488,30514170,30515880,30513961,30538452,30515947,30516473,30514471,30513982,30515778,30513599,30515670,30513653,30515533,30514043,30514493,30513546,30513637,30517100,30513509,30513283,30514162,30513592,30514274,30513346,30515574,30513715,30517192,30516649,30514485,30516460,30515481,30513444,30513945,30515421,30513576,30515532,30515676,30513975,30519151,30514310,30520244,30514147,30514623,30515369,30516201,30515301,30517309,30518044],"score":146,"text":"$16","time":1646135609,"title":"Ask HN: I realise data science is not for me and feel depressed","type":"story"}],[30405011,{"by":"fxtentacle","descendants":220,"id":30405011,"kids":[30405360,30405304,30407341,30407315,30407541,30405368,30406269,30405260,30405324,30405406,30405313,30406820,30405344,30407568,30407917,30405337,30407995,30405187,30405037,30405284,30407839,30405248,30407887,30405691,30405295,30408160,30405339,30407780,30405348,30405271,30405647,30407364,30405434,30407397,30408139,30411435,30405080,30406094,30405389,30405296,30406709,30407863,30410540,30406627,30407465,30405945,30405290,30408260,30408015,30406638,30405273,30405327,30409643,30407362,30405460,30405616,30407384,30413994,30405459,30406694,30405598,30407159,30407784,30406742,30405316,30405236,30420270,30405258,30405031],"score":191,"text":"When I search for phones with 3GB+ RAM and <=140mm height, there's only iPhone SE, iPhone 12 mini, and iPhone 13 mini.

The fact that Apple released 3 phones in 3 years with this form factor shows me that it is a profitable market segment and that there is demand.

Why is there no Android equivalent?

https://m.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2019&nHeightMax...","time":1645357754,"title":"Ask HN: Why is there no small Android phone?","type":"story"}],[30413228,{"by":"JeanMarcS","descendants":377,"id":30413228,"kids":[30414374,30413287,30414160,30413577,30413529,30416623,30414039,30414349,30413298,30413558,30413849,30413681,30416442,30421580,30413439,30413282,30415174,30414315,30414602,30415079,30413450,30418613,30414952,30413668,30414436,30415734,30413716,30414555,30415542,30419080,30423539,30413420,30415066,30414414,30413410,30417088,30417138,30429101,30414947,30413846,30414626,30417488,30414351,30413320,30414905,30420256,30413367],"score":385,"text":"So I wanted to book some places for my next holidays on Airbnb and I came on the most annoying CAPTCHA I ever saw

https://i.postimg.cc/sXppmyxm/airbnbdes.png

Now you have to make sum of dices only to acces the website. And 5 times in a row.

And be sure to make no mistake ! I unfortunatly did on the fifth/last one (was getting really p*ssed), and had to start over !

So this morning I had to make around 50 dices sum just to acces this website.

I don't kow who came with this idea, but I find this really bad.","time":1645432032,"title":"Tell HN: Airbnb just stole me 5 minutes of my time adding dices","type":"story"}],[30357695,{"by":"acadapter","descendants":40,"id":30357695,"kids":[30358217,30357866,30365803,30358813,30357999,30359588,30361259,30360621,30368114,30361165,30358126,30358007,30360997,30360452,30357947,30360261,30358743],"score":24,"text":"People have been making efforts to remove or replace the usage of the floppy disk icon as the symbol for "Save", as floppy disks aren't in everyday usage anymore.

However, could efforts like these be considered a waste of time?

Consider the ampersand symbol "&", which is recognizable to many people who don't know the French word "et". The main reason is its continuity.

Should we, from a cultural perspective, recognize the value of continuity in cases like these, instead of chasing design trends, and keep the floppy disk symbol?","time":1645001356,"title":"Ask HN: Should we accept the “floppy disk icon” as the default save symbol?","type":"story"}],[30358326,{"by":"graderjs","descendants":59,"id":30358326,"kids":[30360391,30358713,30361815,30361128,30358686,30512724,30361792,30361782,30359376,30359348,30359340,30360298,30360031,30360470,30358960,30389533,30358848,30360133,30362540,30362329,30399514,30375348,30359571,30359709,30361011,30366139,30366902,30373671,30358968,30371239,30367200,30370735,30366190,30358725],"score":70,"text":"Just looking for suggestions from all topics, not just programing. A better question might be what books are you reading this year, I guess you can respond to either.","time":1645007554,"title":"Ask HN: What Books Do You Recommend Reading for 2022?","type":"story"}],[30271415,{"by":"bliblablubb2","descendants":61,"id":30271415,"kids":[30271973,30271601,30271555,30271515,30272112,30271940,30271620,30271444,30272074,30272289,30272133,30271622,30271530,30273946,30272233,30271666,30272153,30272309,30271637,30271845,30272192,30274081,30271821,30286776,30272012,30272073,30271825,30272346,30272971,30272188,30271931,30272172,30271591,30272186,30299007,30272034,30271906,30272610,30271648,30272184],"score":25,"text":"Hi, what is the difference, really? I feel like everyone is using them at random or making up their own or new job titles...","time":1644405719,"title":"Ask HN: Software Developer vs. Software Engineer","type":"story"}],[30214762,{"by":"shaicoleman","descendants":140,"id":30214762,"kids":[30214902,30215657,30216830,30215880,30215298,30215050,30215374,30216350,30219162,30215022,30215942,30218750,30218075,30215311,30215267,30215229,30215220,30219749,30215281,30218196,30220106,30237487,30218934,30218005,30219509,30216465,30220866],"score":336,"time":1644016065,"title":"Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if they were native apps","type":"story","url":"https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary"}]]

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