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I got the same sense, but nowadays I can't be sure whether a text is AI or the writer's style has absorbed LLM tropes.

> Physical businesses have liability if they provide age restricted items to children. Ok, suppose the strip club is the website, and the club's door is the OS. Would you fine the …

> but something only the full terminal can do what you need it to do There's always `M-x term` for a full terminal.

> 4. Is it just me? It's not just you. I've been on HN since about 2008, and the change is steep. Since the site acquired social clout, status seekers have swarmed in vying for sta…

Whoever needs more slop faster can easily find it elsewhere, if PostmarketOS doesn't want to follow the trend, that's well and good.

> Alternatively they might build specialized branded hardware which people could only use for what corps allow them to do for nice monthly fee. That's why I'm still holding on to a…

Cf. "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge" ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145963 )

> and who knows how long GitHub will be free? Apparently for as long as it will enable Microsoft to profit by training its LLMs on people's code. For people uncomfortable with work…

He's not out of touch: the FB situation is optional, Merz wants to make this mandatory.

Strong reminiscences of "I am not a number, I'm a free man!"

I am reminded of "turn on, tune in, drop out".

> Why would any species take effort to [...] Because Market Forces said so :(

That would diminish archival accuracy, an outlet could amend the text without third party proof.

I expect this will be challenged and overturned as unconstitutional as the similar effort was in 2021, however it's insane as it stands, especially coming from a caretaker governme…

Within software engineering circles, the idea of the engineering notebook was reintroduced in Hunt and Thomas' The Pragmatic Programming, where (Topic 22) they call it an "engineer…

> the purity of "working with what's installed". Oh, a kindred spirit! I too absolutely love the notion of the base install, and what can be done just by means of its already avail…

I'm sure eventually it will, it's law: Every text editor, if it survives long enough, will end up implementing a partial, bug-ridden version of Emacs.

Similar anecdote here. I still use daily the Timberland backpack I got in 2009. Again, some wear and tear (actually just wear, thankfully no tears) but works great at the 17 year m…

Anyone can convince themselves of anything, the only thing that varies is the complexity of the rationalization.

Same thing is said about peddling drugs. Profit doesn't push ethical problems aside, though, or at least shouldn't. At least nobody peddling drugs tried to convince anyone they're …

>> You are seemingly overriding the wishes of the community > That's false. The overwhelming sentiment of the community is that HN should be free of LLM-generated content or conten…

But that's sort of the author's job: if they wish to publish an article on a topic, they should make it both comprehensive and comprehensible.

Yes I think so as well, as one comment on the Reddit thread mentioned, increased prices and lack of new features on Arm may have driven such decisions. I did enjoy the few Arm serv…

Although the Reddit thread is from a while ago, the situation is still current. From https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-rx/ : "Unfortunately, we are currently unab…