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by A_Duck 1y ago
This is the moment where we fumble the opportunity to avoid a repeat of Web 1.0's ad-driven race to the bottom Look forward to re-living that shift from life-changing community resource to scammy and user-hostile
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by A_Duck 1y ago
Can you run a company as a perfect free market? Inside Disco Corp For over a decade, a $20bn manufacturer has been conducting a radical experiment. No one has a boss or takes orders. Their decisions are guided by one thing, an internal curr
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$20B manufacturer has no bosses, just an internal currency called Will(ft.com)
38 points by A_Duck 1y ago|9 comments
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by A_Duck 1y ago
Ah thanks — hopefully dang can merge my submission or delete it
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by A_Duck 1y ago
https://www.archivebuttons.com/articles?article=https://www....
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by A_Duck 1y ago
Here are all the emojis in HDR format, ready to import to Slack My apologies to your co-workers https://we.tl/t-CV83O4r74f
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by A_Duck 2y ago
I used to watch sci-fi films and think: "well this isn't realistic, people simply wouldn't accept eating Soylent Green or a nutrient paste ration" Now I realise that these things will come to us branded up as desirable a
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by A_Duck 2y ago
I disagree with the conclusion of the article An invention comes as the solution to a problem. The qualities of the solution depend on the parameters of the problem. Many/most technologies have not scaled to the point where their negat
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by A_Duck 2y ago
The challenge is the system of incentives around the technology If chair designers were paid based on the number of hours you sat in the chair, I expect we'd see some very different chairs. Probably not better ones for anyone whose lif
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Why is the iPad so addictive that children have to be kept away from it? Because every single person designing apps and websites is incentivised to try and win 100% of your attention. Reed Hoffmann put it nicely — "We're competing
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Elon Musk creates confusion about IRS' Direct File – but it's still available(apnews.com)
7 points by A_Duck 2y ago|0 comments
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by A_Duck 2y ago
True but in the vast majority of European countries undertaking is not permitted There are exceptions on both sides. In New Jersey, undertaking is not allowed.
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by A_Duck 2y ago
This is the law in Europe, passing on the inside is called 'undertaking' — in the UK if you get caught undertaking 4x in 3 years you lose your license! It's a shock initially in the US but actually leads to a more relaxed kin
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by A_Duck 2y ago
There is a resurgence of small-run print zines which lean into the strengths of print as consumed alongside digital content MagCulture [1] has 600 zines in stock and Printed Matter [2] has nearly 8,000 At present I'm enjoying n+1, The
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by A_Duck 2y ago
It also makes sense for the maker to have some empathy for the chosen audience/recipient What does this person want with your peach pie — why is it relevant to them? What do they get from the interaction
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Yep this works really nicely, and psychologically it's somehow way more relaxing than having to curate what you watch I predict this appears as real youtube feature soon. Since it will also allow them to do a Spotify-style payola appro
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by A_Duck 2y ago
All I can think as I read this is how much education and medical treatment this could have paid for Not that it wasn't sadly necessary... but it seems a waste of human endeavour
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Very nice. Reminds me of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2124106
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Already was : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39981911 Claimed at the time to be working on HN support
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by A_Duck 2y ago
"We are currently adding support for ... Hacker News."
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Great article, important reminder that regardless of job status there are only two classes — labour and capital
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by A_Duck 2y ago
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Dead Internet as a cautionary tale BuzzGeniusAI: At long last, we have created the Dead Internet from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Dead Internet
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by A_Duck 3y ago
He also has another arcade in Southwold, Suffolk which is also fantatic https://www.underthepier.com/
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by A_Duck 3y ago
Delighted to notice how subconsciously or coincidentally I have plagiarised your comment in mine, proving the author's point about comment culture : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38995162#:~:text=point%...
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by A_Duck 3y ago
Great read. Nice to read someone who is optimistic about progress in a humanistic way. At their best, collaborative content like memes, comments, forums and remixes allows us to occupy our social human self more effectively than a book, whi
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by A_Duck 3y ago
You may be interested in this project: https://publicsuffix.org/
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by A_Duck 3y ago
The headline glosses over "The court heard that Kurtaj had been violent while in custody with dozens of reports of injury or property damage."
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by A_Duck 3y ago
> Despite having his laptop confiscated, Kurtaj managed to breach Rockstar, the company behind GTA, using an Amazon Firestick, his hotel TV and a mobile phone. Damn! Approaching https://xkcd.com/378/ ...
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Payroll providers, Power, Respect (patio11)(bitsaboutmoney.com)
4 points by A_Duck 3y ago|4 comments
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by A_Duck 3y ago
Very interesting. The lack of non-optional community in my life is something I think about a lot.

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