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This idea of an "infomediary"--a company that collects and aggregates information from a lot of users--has long been popular among Net gurus. AllAdvantage was supposed to finance t…

What a pathetic comment. My gut reaction to "I started sobbing" was "man, that's rough, I feel bad for them". No further assumption about their gender. Seems to me that you're proj…

Somewhat unrelated to the article, but I always find the foo/bar style of code examples difficult to read. It's especially egregious here ; one of the points of the article is that…

I think GP was referring to Montagnier's support of the water memory theory (a fraudulent theory made up to support homeopathy), rather than his comments on covid 19.

FWIW, this is the policy on HN. But I agree it's irresponsible.

I think that generally, you "get" more out of playing videogames than doomscrolling on Twitter, or mindlessly watching your YouTube recommendations. Can depend on the game for sure…

I mean, it might not offer any improvement for you, but it certainly does for someone who uses a screen reader that doesn't default to English.

Have you read the article? "Credit" here is not meant as recognition, it's meant as retribution. Performers put their name down as writers/producers despite being no part of the so…

What do you mean? Rowling has absolutely used her power, i.e her visibility as a very prominent public figure, to write and share tweets and articles that prop up and reinforce the…

> 73% of 18-24 year olds say they voted remain, but did they actually show up? I haven't done the math, so I won't make assumptions, but I would bet the percentages from the polls …

I mean, 73% of the 18-24 and 62% of the 25-34 voted remain, whereas 60% of the 55+ voted leave. Statistically, it's a pretty valid point.

I agree with your general sentiment but please don't you use "gaslighting" when you just mean "exaggarating". Gaslighting is a very specific process of denying reality to abuse som…