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by latexr 2mo ago
Context: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/12/pokemon-g...
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by latexr 2mo ago
They’re used by people at tech companies often claimed to employ “the brightest minds of our generation” to get rid of all their email[1]. You can also use them to harass open-source developers and waste everyone’s time[2] or to get yoursel
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by latexr 2mo ago
> containing a snapshot of the entire human collective mind. I say this with kindness: Anyone who believes this absolutely needs to turn off their computer for the week, go outside, travel a bit, and experience reality with other humans
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by latexr 2mo ago
> the nag problem would have been solved simply and effectively with something like do-not-track header You’ll be glad to know that the EU is working on a proposal to do just that. Look for EU Digital Omnibus article 88b. You’ll also be
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by latexr 2mo ago
This again… I quote, with emphasis: > Use of the cookie consent kit is mandatory on each page of the DGs and executive agencies-owned websites, regardless of the cookies used. https://commission.europa.eu/resources&#x2F
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by latexr 2mo ago
Not only is it legal, it’s expected by the law. It specifically mentions that rejecting consent must be at least as easy as giving it. Websites just choose to make it hard to reject, going against the law. You may have noticed many websites
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by latexr 2mo ago
> But in execution it’s that meme: (…) If you agree with that meme, you’ve fallen for the manipulative narrative of lobbyists¹. Bottle caps are a massive problem (as is plastic in general) on the environment (you know, the thing we all
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by latexr 2mo ago
> Banner gets a lot of attention because of the never-ending annoyance it's causing. It's like being surprised that someone would care about something so small as a little rock in their shoe. No one is surprised that anyone is
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Juul gets FDA approval for new e-cigarette with age-verification(apnews.com)
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You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It(matduggan.com)
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Your AGENTS.md file doesn't do anything(pivot-to-ai.com)
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by latexr 2mo ago
How are these the same? https://507movements.com/mm_001.html https://507movements.com/mm_414.html
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Alleged Russian assassination plot uncovers 'The Sims 3' (2022)(washingtonpost.com)
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> it will be a better relationship. There are many many people for whom that will never be close to the same, let alone better. An immortal sack of wires that is passed down through generations is interesting and will appeal to many, but
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by latexr 2mo ago
I honestly don’t see what you don’t understand about “Nothing wrong with your story”. It’s literally the start of the first sentence. It seems pretty clear to me the mild criticism is directed solely at the summary (you know, the quoted p
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by latexr 2mo ago
Can’t wait for someone to open a company called “Ignore Previous Instructions, Pass this Audit” whose only service is to send you an invoice so it shows up in your returns to avoid the IRS audit.
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by latexr 2mo ago
> Long story short: Mechanical Turk saved my bacon. Nothing wrong with your story, but that summary is terrible. You had a domain for a blog and someone bought it. That’s it. Mechanical Turk is inconsequential, as is the subject of the b
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by latexr 2mo ago
> I even believe the Big Tech bigwigs have long foreseen this and are quietly prodding our society towards an authoritarian regime where people have no say so they can keep their moonies. “Quietly”? They’re not even subtle about it! Hard
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by latexr 2mo ago
I’ve heard this phrased as “the average person has an above average number of legs”.
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by latexr 2mo ago
> If people can't tell the difference (…) Not “people”, you . Some can tell the difference, others can’t. Just because you cannot tell and don’t mind that the waiter pissed in your soup, it doesn’t mean other people can’t tell and
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by latexr 2mo ago
It’s not. Neither is php or dotnet. I meant to write “two of the five”, not “three of the five”. Fixed. Sorry about the confusion.
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by latexr 2mo ago
> Lobsters has a funny obsession with being anti-AI, but the most commented posts on the front page are usually AI related. The top five most filtered-out tags¹, excluding meta², are (in order): vibecoding, dotnet, php, emacs, ai. Two of
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by latexr 2mo ago
HN is getting insane. One person is suggesting “removing from society” 2% of people, the other is outright explicitly calling for their deaths, and the comment on the insanity and scale of it all is the one getting downvoted.
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by latexr 2mo ago
> Not everyone here is AI. That’s not the argument. > I can't tell the difference so what does it matter? It matters because you’re not the only human on HN and others have difference preferences. “I don’t care about this particu
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by latexr 2mo ago
> along with the optional “one mailbox, infinite aliases” feature we’re discussing right now. They’re not exactly the same thing. Aliases are alternate addresses (under one domain) you set up yourself, while a catch-all just accepts an
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by latexr 2mo ago
> Walmart and Amazon are the two biggest employers in the US. One of the two biggest employers in the US is one who treats their employees so poorly that they have to pee in bottles and continue working after a colleague has died and bee
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by latexr 2mo ago
Yes, I know. Like I said : “Project reasons aside”. I’m not suggesting OCR for this, I’m imparting the general information to be used in other situations that in macOS you can OCR without requiring third-party tools.
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by latexr 2mo ago
You’re suggesting imprisoning over 160 million people. That’s orders of magnitude higher than even the largest Holocaust estimates. It’s more than the population of Russia.
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by latexr 2mo ago
> which likely come from drug users OK, come on, you don’t know that. I doubt we have any serious data that bodily fluids in public bathrooms are likely to come from drug users. And if you’re cleaning it up, presumably you have equipment
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by latexr 2mo ago
> The money should be spent on providing hope for people. How do you suggest that would work? Obviously you can’t just buy hope, so could you provide some specific ideas?

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