It wouldn't be Christmas without a new version of Ruby. Thanks Matz and co!

Likewise. I was a dedicated user of Charles for about a decade. It’s great, but if you are a macOS user, Proxyman is better, easier, and more macOS friendly.

What’s the sweet pup’s name?

Her name is Greta

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Larry Wall, a devout evangelical Christian and the child of a pastor, was not turning on, tuning in, or dropping out in the 1970s.

I see that How to Win Friends and Influence People is on there. I'm looking forward to the inevitable And Zombies adaptation coming in 2027.

So is the Diary of Anne Frank, that will surely get some sort of zombie remix in poor taste, I’m sure.

There's already the new musical, Slam Frank, which gives the story of Ann Frank the Hamilton treatment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_Frank

One could even combine How to Win Friends and Influence People, the Diary of Anne Frank, the works of Einstein and Adolf Hitler into a some strange gory anime and others could do nothing about that. The possibilities are endless.

"and others could do nothing about that. The possibilities are endless."

Well, I wouldn't be so sure about it. Just because other people have no more copyright legal angle, there are still other legal and plenty of non legal ways to bother you, if you manage to piss enough people off.

Well yeah, but that's just being part of this universe and applicable to anything.

If one were to write fanfic with all those things combined, legally there are no repercussions, but people have indeed been tried and burned for less.

Imagine all the weird generative AI now these works all go public. Don't have to like it, but just imagine. So much crap will be produced in 2026.

Is this a reference to a public domain zombie reboot that already happened, or just sounds like something Hollywood would do?

And generation

Friendly reminder that it's often not possible to differentiate snark or sarcasm from cruel indifference towards fellow human beings on Hacker News.

I don’t know that this reply was warranted, it’s clearly sarcasm.

any lay-up for that Poe's Law reference is probably welcome ;) Much more fun context than just /s

Obligatory XKCD comic reference: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1984:_Misinterpre...

Obviously sarcasm

Ah yes, because Jony Ive definitely made iOS better when he was in charge of its look & feel and usability. :-|

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-7-interface-design-...

As a 40-something without any noticeable hearing loss, I’d actually be very interested in having Bluetooth ‘earbud’ implants.

I did the same with my mom. Big improvement for her. She’s also subsequently gotten ‘real’ hearing aids and finds them much more fiddly to use than her AirPods Pro. She’s 83, FWIW.

Yes I’d love HAs as easy to use as AirPods. AirPods with the HA form factor would have some real advantages, even for those not hard of hearing.

I don’t ever hide my hearing aids but the discrete nature of them is great.