10171
Withdrawing from Hacker News
Slightly surprisingly, I got a reply, in which he suggested that I submit the link to Hacker News[4]. I'd never heard of Hacker News, but had a look, thought it interesting, and submitted the link.
Topics /
Society, Policy & Culture
The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 13,066 posts.
10172
10173
The scarcity of the long term
The chief hurdle in constructing a Death Star is not the energy, materials, or even knowledge needed. It’s the long time needed. A society can change their mind mid-way over centuries, and simply move on. The galaxy is likely strewn … Continue reading →
10174
Lawsuit against Meta invokes modern portfolio theory to protect shareholders
New Lawsuit Argues that Directors Failed to Consider Portfolio Impacts of Corporate Decisions On Monday, October 3, a class action was filed in the ...
10175
10176
The short tale of an online scam
How I used Python to get back at an online scammer - and what I discovered in the process
10177
Whales dying from consuming plastics
Blame Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the world’s worst plastic polluters, according to a new study
10178
Chronic mania and persistent euphoric states
Can a human be happy all the time?
10179
An update on how we confirm your age group on Discord
We’re launching a revamped, privacy-focused age assurance solution including methods that won’t require an ID or selfie. Here’s how it works.
10180
10181
The AI industry is pouring millions into US elections
Plus: Fiery resistance to a nuclear AI data center and A24's Google debacle. Welcome to the first episode of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: THE SHOW, with the great AI and crypto watchdog, Molly White.
10182
On “White Fragility”
A few thoughts on America’s smash-hit #1 guide to egghead racialism
10183
A desire for a loud car correlates with higher scores on psychopathy and sadism
Background: Although people are familiar with loud automobiles, equipped with modified mufflers to increase the volume, it is unclear who is most attracted to these vehicles. Participants and procedure: A sample of 529 (52% men) undergraduate business students were surveyed and were asked if...
10184
Dean of Engineering at University of Nevada wrote a paper that’s bad
“As we look to sleep and neuroscience for answers we can study flies specifically the Drosophila melanogaster we highlight in our research.”
10185
Using GameStop as a bank
An anonymous user of 4chan has come up with a brilliantly harebrained scheme for their personal banking. They use video game retailer GameStop as a bank. Here’s
10186
10187
Social media shutdown in Turkey
The TurkeyBlocks monitoring network has detected restrictions on access to multiple social media services Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout Turkey beginning Friday Nov 04 2016 1:20AM local time, ongoing through into Friday ...
10188
Nym Wars (Google+ "real name" rules)
I hadn't been paying much attention to the Google "Real Names" clusterfuck, because it was so obvious to me that they were going to lose this one in the press that it would all be over soon. But it's still not over, and the Google brass appear to be digging in their heels, despite the universally bad press they're…
10189
You can't reach the brain through the ears
Why do we have to learn everything the hard way?
10190
NSPM-7 labels common beliefs as terrorism 'indicators'
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
10191
With EFF’s help, language teacher responds to threat over ‘invalid’ patent
Foreign languages have been taught, and studied, for thousands of years. People who teach languages are the last folks that should be dealing with patent threat letters—but incredibly, that’s exactly what has happened to Mihalis Eleftheriou. Hodder and Stoughton, a large British publisher, has sent...
10192
10193
Deluge of Fake Mac App Store Reviews
Yesterday I discovered a deluge of recent fake customer reviews for a number of top paid apps in the United States Mac App Store. (Each country has its own version of the App Store with separate reviews.) I've now checked the reviews for all of the current top 40 paid apps in the Mac App Store, and 8 of those apps…
10194
10195
24 Hour Fitness won't let you unsubscribe from marketing spam, so I fixed it
I found a one-line JavaScript bug in the 24 Hour Fitness unsubscribe page and built a working alternative. The official page has since been fixed.
10196
10197
The circus freaks of open source
The masterwork of Terry A. Davis is his eclectic operating system, TempleOS, which he worked on until his tragic death in 2018. In terms of technical excellence, TempleOS rates well in some respects and poorly in others. For example, it earns the achievement, coveted in OS dev circles, of being self-hosted. 1 TempleOS…
10198
10199
Llama 3 feels significantly less censored than its predecessor
Compared to Llama 2, Llama 3 feels much less censored. Meta has substantially lowered false refusal rates. Llama 3 will refuse less than 1/3 of the prompts previously refused by Llama 2.
10200
Antioxidants Vitamin C and Vitamin E associated with lower risk of Parkinson’s
MINNEAPOLIS - People who consume high levels of vitamin C and E in their diet may have a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease than people who get only small amounts of these nutrients, according to a new study published in the January 6, 2021, online issue of Neurology ® , the medical journal of the American Academy of…