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While I appreciate you taking the time to reply, I'm interested in the particulars of what constitutes security in New Reddit. It seems we both agree, though, that Old Reddit is no…

While most of the rant was indeed about their posturing (which I personally would not call "politics" but we need not debate semantics here if I understood you well enough), even p…

It seems you're viewing this from the perspective of Reddit-the-company, and if your interests are to maximize profits then I don't really disagree with what you have to say. I mis…

Then they should nuke Old Reddit rather than offer a wishy-washy "we're being scraped" explanation. My beef is that under all of the layers of PR this ultimately comes down to an e…

It's being rolled out only to some people, as noted elsewhere in this thread ( https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require- ...). Sorry, I neglected to mention/link…

The 2s delay before response smells of rate-limiting to me! I don't remember it ever being so slow before, but then again I don't use Reddit anymore. Unless their servers are being…

> The business model where a company owns a public community and monetizes through ads and search traffic seems to have just been a failed model. A failure in what sense? That they…

> They also don't work on old.reddit much at all these days, so any effort they have to put in to handling bot traffic is kept to one route. I neglected to editorialize this part, …

It's being rolled out only to some people, as noted elsewhere in this thread ( https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-... ). I neglected to mention/link to thi…

I know I'm not arguing with you personally here since it seems we both have a bone to pick with Reddit, but I don't understand why they can't use Anubis or whatever captcha thing I…

Are you making a counterpoint to the author's premise that smart glasses are an "intolerable intrusion?" I'm having trouble understanding the purpose of your comment since it seems…

Not the original commenter, but I have faced similar friction from people who are not grandmas or quarterbacks. I don't particularly agree with its tone, but I agree with the origi…

Cool stuff! I'm not as lucky to be surrounded by (affordable) fresh, seasonal produce, but I'll keep your seasonality tip in mind. We do have farmers' markets where I am, although …

> adopting instead, the diet of my great grandparents: Plants; local, seasonal and whole. I saw some mention of the same on the website for the farm. Care to share any recipes? Or …

Nothing of actual utility: https://github.com/cole-k/turksort

Related: https://cs.wellesley.edu/~cs251/f16/assignments/antics/Stefi...

I don't really see there being much of a difference between the modeling surprises and last-minute surprises only uncovered when the program runs. If the gist of what you're saying…

> ... enough professional musicians use it as that I think I have to consider it that as well. While not a bad proxy, I would say it is a sufficient but not necessary condition. Es…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(guitar) Not to defend Teenage Engineering, but I have seen a surprising number of OP-1s in music videos/live performances of bands I respect.…

I heard Woz give a talk (or Q&A?) at a conference and it was very enjoyable, even for someone who doesn't know much about Apple's history. If we are to believe his word about not s…

The constant use of metaphor and simile drove me crazy. I had suspected this might be AI due to the frequency as well as absurdity of some of the comparisons (Talmudic scholars? Re…

> I have never said that. Then I misunderstood your comment. I read it as "not invested in their tools => not a good programmer." Reading the replies to my sibling comments, I don'…

That's kind of a weird point to make. I don't see why it would be a universal truth that a good programmer is someone who invests in their tools. I could just as easily say that go…

I wouldn't be too surprised if PL proofs were simpler to start with. Part of what I hear people say is that they also are a lot more routine. Do structural induction, apply the IH …

This went over my head at first, but I really like it. So for those like me: it converts network traffic into audio output. YouTube explainer: https://youtu.be/vfgySTaM1TI