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AI is making it easier to create more noise, when all I want is good search
We use Notion for the bulk of our knowledge management at CodePen. I have no use for an AI that can write for me.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 13,065 posts.
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The decline of net neutrality activism
For many years, telecom and Net Neutrality-related policies have been a hot-button political issue for me, to the extent that I, an ordinary software engineer at Microsoft have been blocked on Twitter by former FCC chairman Ajit Pai because I tweeted support for Net Neutrality publicly. I also noticed that Net…
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ChatGPT has trouble giving an answer before explaining its reasoning
ChatGPT is a fancy auto-complete : what it does is finding the most likely continuation of text for the text it has already printed out (or as a reply for the prompt, when it is starting printing stuff out), according to the large corpus of text it has been trained with.
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Young people in 13 EU countries refuse surveillance of online communication
Poll: the 80% would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities can monitor their communication.
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Discord, or the Death of Lore
I chose the life, it didn’t choose me. I could have walked away from it a long time ago, and I’ve certainly shifted my focus over the years. But I still hold the heft and halter, the on…
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Maybe treating housing as an investment was a mistake
Trying to see the world more clearly
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Google Search Is Dying (2022)
(There is good discussion on this article on Hacker News and Reddit)
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Dropping the SAT requirement is a luxury belief
Disguising self-interest as virtue
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Deutschlandticket for regional bus and rail services to be offered for €49/month
With the Deutschlandticket, you can travel across Germany by bus and train. Here you can find out everything need to know about it.
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Sony's Legal Attack on Quad9, Censorship, and Freedom of Speech
A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy
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AI Won't Cause Unemployment
"In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of [running] a business." -- George McGovern
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2022 letter on life in China
Becoming a barbarian; an ideological revelry; lockdown; sweetgrass and banana leafs; crankiness; delightful animals; to the mountains
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Passing for Human: Philip K. Dick in Vancouver (2018)
Philip K. Dick arrived in Canada on February 16th, 1972, as guest of honour for the 2nd Vancouver Science Fiction Convention ( VCON-2 ), an all-expenses-paid invitation, jointly sponsored by the science fiction societies of Simon Frazer University and the University of British Columbia. He was 43 years old, the author…
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Inverted computer culture: A thought experiment
Imagine a world where computers are inherently old. Whatever you do with them is automatically seen as practice of an ancient and unchanging tradition. Even though new discoveries do happen, they cannot dispel the aura of oldness.
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Continuous growth is cancer
I am currently affected by the wave of layoffs in the technology industry and this isn’t my first rodeo. The difference is that it feels worse this time as I am not only annoyed by losing my job, but I am starting to feel that the system is incredibly flawed. Instead of building a sustainable work environment with…
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The EU's new Cyber Resilience Act is about to tell us how to code
First a round of thanks for the many people in industry and government who provided valuable links, background and insights! I could not have done this without your help! If you spot any mistakes, or have suggestions, please do contact me on bert@hubertnet.nl The EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act is admirable in its goal…
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Belgium launches nationwide safe harbor for ethical hackers
We enable the world to secure the web. Burp Suite, the Web Security Academy, and world-leading research from PortSwigger — the AppSec community’s home.
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Denver’s e-bike subsidy program produced more new riders, fewer car trips
As cities explore ebike incentive programs and look to model Denver’s success, we offer context on the state of the ebike industry, how Denver funded and implemented their program, results, and recommendations.
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Understanding British Money: What's a Quid? A Shilling? (2020)
British money has a lengthy history, so it's not surprising that it's evolved and changed over the years. Whether you're watching British TV, reading British
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Stop the Medicare “Advantage” Scam Before Medicare Is Dead
At the very least, let’s stop the egregiously deceptive advertising. Only Medicare should be able to call itself “Medicare.”
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The tech downturn seen through Hacker News comments
Yesterday, I ran my script to check how many comments on the monthly Hacker News Who's hiring post mention a remote option. Remote jobs reached a level of 75 % - 80 % and stayed there (it doesn't look like that's going to change soon), but what's striking is the drop in the …
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Germany opposes EU plans for client-side scanning
Germany opposes client-side scanning planned by EU - it would create an unprecedented surveillance monster that violates fundamental rights.
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The JavaScript era happened because we were fed a line
The age of frontend JavaScript frameworks eating the web world didn’t happen simply because some well-meaning developers found great DX. It happened because we were fed a line.
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Honestly, It's Probably the Phones
The most plausible explanation for teenage unhappiness.
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Mars will have a lot of wicker furniture
So we've landed on Mars, now we need somewhere to sit. It's pretty expensive to ship furniture from earth, so time to start building some chairs.
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We will not ‘walk out’ of UK, nor comply with any request to bypass encryption
Tutanota: We will not 'walk out' of UK like Signal. Nor will we comply with any request to bypass our encryption.
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Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility
Occupational factors associated with higher sperm concentrations and serum testosterone
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I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it
Voltaire? François-Marie Arouet? S. G. Tallentyre? Evelyn Beatrice Hall? Ignazio Silone? Douglas Young? Norbert Guterman?