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> Under current law, Big Tech platforms have the final word on their services. They have the right to decide which thinkers, politicians, and businesses are allowed onto their plat…

I am considering offering my services for Bitcoin, at a custom rate, subject to regular review, for a part of my salary to be discussed. The main point is building an economy aroun…

Same here, as previously learned on HN :)

Personally, I find that this [0] doesn't break many sites at all, but messes with cookies to an appreciable extent. Combine this to an extensive use of that [1] and clearing your c…

I was looking at this just a few days ago ; "Careful writing about traumatic or uncertain events, past, present or future, appears to produce a variety of benefits, physiological a…

Have you managed to verify this or you're just assuming it ? I'm just assuming it, that's why I'm asking. Like have you made a request for your data from Facebook / data brokers an…

Related thread ; Bitcoin now uses more electricity than Argentina [0] 751 points - 1292 comments and trending https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26088455 [0] https://cbeci.org/cb…

> But to ambitious data scientists like Pocovi, who has worked with major political parties in Latin America in recent elections, Cambridge Analytica, which shut down in May, was b…

> "Proof of work" is just a synonym for "having wasted tons of energy." This is my main beef with these systems. Gaining fundamental value from the act of wasting energy [...] is n…

Related ( user-side ) : Facebook Container https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-cont...

It applies to the process of taking the decision (to execute), not the executing itself. After the seventh breath, you don't go back to pondering on yes / no, you just proceed as d…

I recently realized and talked about how HN has been my third place for a while ( young account but ( relatively ) old soul ). Thought I should submit the thing itself. Turns out t…

tl;dr > You may have heard of the Pomodoro Method. It is a tried-and-true practice among productivity nerds like me. My twist? I like to bring my team on board for coworking Pomodo…

You might want to check that thread from 1 week ago or so ; "Me and ADHD" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992390 I'm not diagnosing you or anything but that thread put me on…

“In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. Lord Takandobu said, “If discrimination is long, it will spoil.” Lord Naoshige said,…

How about this on day 2 ; Google Acquires YouTube For $1.6B with : 12 points - 0 comments ... Think about that when in the early days of a new project.

Yes. That was your submission from yesterday and that's how I found out about it ! See my other comment ^ in which I reposted about it. Thanks for that. Did you know about this ; h…

This was posted yesterday ; HN homepage on the day it launched (Oct 9, 2006) https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2006-10-9 I've been a power lurker for years and had a few accou…

Day 2 has this as one of 9 submissions on it ; Google Acquires YouTube For $1.6B : 12 points - no comments Right below ; MySpace: Not a purely viral start : 9 points - no comments …

There might be only one way to find out ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_mushrooms