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Society, Policy & Culture
The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 330 posts.
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Where did all the starships go?
In this Weekly Chart, we look for sci-fi books and their changing titles.
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Dulce et Decorum Est (1921)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And…
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We want Texans to know their rights
Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. ALPRs are promoted as tools for keeping communities safe by finding missing persons and locating...
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The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous
COMBINE-lab develops algorithms, data structures, and software for high-throughput genomics.
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LLM Usage in Debian: Three Proposals
This proposal aims to expressly forbid any contributions to Debian written with the use or assistance of large language models (LLMs) or other generative AI tools.
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LibreOffice and the art of overreacting
A donation banner is not an attack to users The announcement that LibreOffice 26.8 will feature a donation banner in the Start Centre has prompted a flood of responses, ranging from positive from many FOSS supporters, who understand the need for funding, to mild apprehension to extreme alarm from others. Some articles…
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Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended up at recycling
A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores.
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Atherton spent $145K to delay train electrification. The rest of us paid $400M
The Town of Atherton's lawsuit against Caltrain electrification is the clearest case study we have of how a tiny, wealthy minority can hijack a…
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The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years (2011)
will go to Bletchly Park Trust if Keith wins, or The Internet Archive if Haughey wins.
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New US homeownership measure puts people first
An alternative way of calculating the homeownership rate tells us how many individuals own their homes—something the most commonly used metric fails to track
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Desire to Move Permanently to U.S. at New Low
In 2025, fewer people worldwide are imagining their futures elsewhere. The U.S., long the world's most desired destination, is attracting less interest than at any point in nearly two decades.
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Coursera and Udemy are now one company
Today, I’m excited to share that we have completed the Coursera-Udemy combination, bringing together two mission-driven companies to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms.
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2% of ICML papers desk rejected because the authors used LLM in their reviews
By ICML 2026 Program Chairs Alekh Agarwal, Miroslav Dudik, Sharon Li, Martin Jaggi, Scientific Integrity Chair Nihar B. Shah, and Communications Chairs Katherine Gorman and Gautam Kamath.
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Thomann takes legal action against Fender
For brand diversity and innovation: Why we are taking legal action against Fender's cease and desist demand.
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LibreOffice – Let's put an end to the speculation
Ideally, we would have preferred to avoid this post. However, the articles and comments published in response to Collabora’s and Michael Meeks’ biased posts compel us to provide this background information on the events that led to the current situation. Unfortunately, we have to start from the very beginning, but…
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What 81,000 people want from AI
Last December, tens of thousands of Claude users around the world had a conversation with our AI interviewer to share how they use AI, what they dream it could make possible, and what they fear it might do.
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DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay
Plus: Recent deaths intensify need to make private prisons subject to FOIA
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How did Windows 95 get permission to put Weezer video 'Buddy Holly' on the CD?
Asking nicely, and asking a lot of people.
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NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing
They want to shut down our right to be heard in the first place.
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Wikipedia Workers in Britain set global first by seeking union recognition
Wikipedia workers in Britain request union recognition with UTAW, national branch of the CWU
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AI Can Make You Suck Faster Too
If AI is so great, why are the only new tech giants GenAI companies?
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Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702
In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at a minimum, the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access to information...
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“Beyond the limit”: Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky
A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have “devastating consequences for astronomy.” According to the study, no more than 100 000 faint satellites, below naked eye visibility, should…
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Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich (2023)
Trickle-down economic policies are destined to fail, research suggests. David Hope explains why the issue is so controversial.
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Oldinsurancemaps.net is now a Charter Project
OSM US is incredibly excited to announce the latest Charter Project: OldInsuranceMaps.net (OIM)!If you’re a map nerd you’ll remember ever seeing a Sanborn Insurance Map in person. They often come in absolute...
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Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)
Anthropologist Roberto González (Professor, San José State University) examines how America’s military-industrial complex has been rapidly expanding from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s budget is spent on conventional weapons systems, the Defense Department has increasingly…