Why “sentimental” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Feels like the end of an era. In the past part of what propelled Rust projects into open source success was this subreddit and the broader online community which gave support to…
by RohanAdwankar · Sep 20, 2026
Yep, my point tho is more sentimental than technical. Let the LLM figure out the language details and just manage the output and deployment. It's ... not fun
by karmakurtisaani · Sep 19, 2026
But they became uncool when the iPod and mp3 players came out. Nobody felt sentimental about VHS artifacts either, and now it's a genz aesthetic or something. These things cycle…
by bonoboTP · Sep 19, 2026
Yeah, that some shumck of an executive at Microsoft happens to have had similar sentimental notions as other members of the literati who hate AI is not an "admission" or even a…
by msabalau · Sep 18, 2026
I've always wanted to have a "shop" - a detached space, like a pole barn, where I could work on projects and store things. A lot of people I know in my life have such an arrange…
by dave78 · Sep 17, 2026
you also need to factor in other things, like sentimental value (may be very high), rarity of some things, and catastrophic events "insurance" (e.g. Covid or similar events wher…
by yalok · Sep 17, 2026
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