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by squigz 10mo ago
> commanding a particular behaviour tends to encourage the opposite behaviour No, it really doesn't. Look at Prohibition in America, or the "War on Drugs", or abstinence-only sex education. What does tend to reduce harmful
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by squigz 10mo ago
We were ahead of the curve in getting our attentions spans hijacked.... and yet most of us work in fields where we must maintain attention for long periods of time? Maybe, just maybe, it's possible to integrate technology into one&#x27
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by squigz 10mo ago
Then complain about short form video (which, I should add, is probably more culturally relevant than whatever we were consuming on the Internet growing up) Complaining about the Internet in general and how kids are "disconnected from r
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by squigz 10mo ago
How many cases have there been of groups successfully finding and use private communication services?
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by squigz 10mo ago
There's something ironic about posting this on HN, where likely a large percentage of us practically grew up on the Internet.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Yesterday the top comment on two stories I went to discuss had deep and meaningful content, before the last line which was a "and I talk about this stuff all the time on my newsletter [link]", and I was conflicted. Same poste
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by squigz 10mo ago
I wish opponents would realize this more - that there are very legitimate use-cases for stuff like this, to be actually helpful and used to improve society. What I wish proponents would accept is that it won't just be used for those
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by squigz 10mo ago
This seems like a needlessly antagonistic response? GP was only pointing out that the voxel shape is fundamentally important to Minecraft. It's not just a matter of Notch's artistic talent, as you said. Anyway I don't think a
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by squigz 10mo ago
That video has a limited and likely-not-accurate perspective of the planes. I'm not sure we can say it's "clearly" anything from that. Also, ATC said they were making irregular turns.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> it reminded people of legos, I don't think this should be understated. LEGO are easy and fun to build with and don't require a lot of artistic talent. The same goes for block-based games like Minecraft.
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by squigz 10mo ago
What's wrong with the ATC in those videos?
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by squigz 10mo ago
Presumably military aircraft have their own ATC? This does seem insane from a civilian perspective, but I'm curious to know the military side of it. Is this totally normal and not something they worry about, or is this as crazy as it s
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by squigz 10mo ago
I guess I was considering the effects it has on other people. Sure, nicotine is far more addictive, but I've never heard of a parent being abusive because they had 1 too many cigarettes. I guess what I mean is, nicotine is more self-co
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by squigz 10mo ago
Soulseek is definitely still going, and absolutely still captures that feeling GP is talking about :) Beyond that, and practically speaking, I find it the easiest way to find large, nicely organized discographies. And some not so nicely org
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by squigz 10mo ago
I would guess that after so long, and without the feature creep so many platforms suffer from, last.fm has a very simple and affordable infrastructure. It's also owned by Paramount, so likely a small drop in the bucket for them. They a
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by squigz 10mo ago
Just one admin's opinion, but I think the bot spam thing is more a matter of server etiquette than anything. Sure, I'm all for #bot-spam channels, but nobody looks at those unless they're using it, so it's not very usefu
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by squigz 10mo ago
> As for spam problems, require payment to add new contacts above the limit, and disable messaging to non-contacts. Or restrict messaging based on country/city (so that messaging to a different country is paid). This just a) increas
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by squigz 10mo ago
Because what constitutes "crap" and "great works and high art" is highly subjective both to personal tastes and the culture of the time.
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by squigz 10mo ago
I don't think GP is cherrypicking anything; rather, illustrating how what is seen as slop one day may be seen as "great works" down the road.
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Paper books are too hard to sell after you have read it. Still accomplishes the goal of allowing kids to read a book. > Ereaders can not render PDF/DJVU with formulas. My reading list has nothing able to be read from that kind
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by squigz 10mo ago
Can you link to some of that research? The last time I saw such research get shared on HN, the researchers were limiting the typists to 1 finger (per hand?), which is patently absurd. More than that, I would be curious to see research that
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by squigz 10mo ago
> Take apart the distractions per se, how is it possible to read book for a kid in 2025 at all? Literally buy books? What about ereaders? Install adblockers and de-shittify your OS? I don't have the problems you seem to have, and I&
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by squigz 10mo ago
These aren't really comparable. Cursive handwriting varies considerably between people. One person's might be very clear, another might be impossible to discern.
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by squigz 10mo ago
Who cares? If people enjoy it, let them enjoy it. I've read a few YA novels as an adult that I enjoyed, even though I regularly read more complex stuff. Most people, for most of history, have only ever enjoyed what might be considered
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by squigz 10mo ago
Why do you think it's odd? These types of articles - the "human" ones - are some of the best on HN, IMO. Jake Seliger's posts as he was dying were incredible, for example. https://news.ycombinator.com/use
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by squigz 10mo ago
Could you elaborate on the nicotine thing? I would say alcohol is far, far, far more insidious than both nicotine and cannabis; I would also say nicotine is less insidious than cannabis.
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by squigz 11mo ago
No. Did I say that?
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by squigz 11mo ago
Been a while since I was in elementary school but I don't recall calculators being banned.
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by squigz 11mo ago
What history has taught us is that life finds a way by staying together and each person having their function within society, only some of which is growing or producing food.
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by squigz 11mo ago
If someone uploaded it to the IA or literally any other service than Mega that would be great

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