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I don't think I'm qualified to provide an answer - trying to detail how execs should not be able to profit from fail-cases like this is a mine-field of edge cases, I expect. I do t…

I agree with what you're saying, however I think talking in absolutes is counter-productive: > No golden parachutes, no deferred bonuses, no pensions In my opinion, hard cutoffs li…

The tradeoff suggested above (not saying that it's the right way around or correct) is: * If you provide ChatGPT then 5 people who would have died will live and 1 person who would …

It's the trolley problem reframed; not sure we have a definitive answer to that.

that sounds like something that would be worthwhile presenting to a wider audience

GP's reply was written to emulate the sort of response that ChatGPT has been giving recently; an obsequious fluffer.

FYI that page linked does not work in firefox

Sonos were originally great, when they were a platform to injest your music and stream to your various rooms. That was years ago, and now they want to own the whole thing, from mus…

Explain XKCD to the rescue: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1242:_Scary_Names

Something needs to be done; Google's mission is at odds to good browser development, and having an effective monopoly with the world using a single browser is not good for users ev…

A timely message, particularly given the apparent sabotage of undersea cables and other hubrid warfare we've been seeing recently. I hope this also helps with morale in Ukraine.

it's a bit more involved than that, IIRC (been a while) - the civilisations involved typically migrate around the galaxy, entierly abandoning entire arms of the milky way and movin…

I have a wobble board at my standing desk; keeps me moving constantly without distracting me.

Pedestrians have quite broad right of way in the UK - you can't step into moving traffic and expect them to slam on the brakes, but you will see people crossing anywhere and everyw…

I've posted in the sibling thread r.e. the density (which I believe you have underestimated by several orders of magnitude), however a stroll around london will show you that, exce…

I believe you'll find that the London number you mention is the average density of the Greater London Metropolitan Area. The City of Westminster has a day-time population of around…

unfortunately it's not much different carrying an adapter around than carrying the cable; but I'll have a look at options, thanks

ah, I missed that announcement - that's a shame; thanks for the info

no oasis refresh? no buttons? no purchase. Been waiting a long time, I suppose it's time to move to alternatives, as it's a pain to carry around a usb-micro cable just for my kindl…

FYI Reader mode solves most of these problems (not that it should be needed)

I like your idea of spotify for news; it's quite similar in idea to the "If YouTube had actual channels" from yesterday [1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41247023

I don't let my phone make any noises, but I do use it for music. Would be nice not to have to turn "do not disturb" on or off to listen to music.

I've never seen one on mine - behind a pihole though. It does push paid content (as in rented/purchased movies/tv shows); I don't consider these to be adverts, per se, but obviousl…

I disagree; it's much longer than it needs to be, is filled with pseudo-technoese to hide that there's little of consequence in there, and the tiny bit of real information in there…

Such a disingenuous review; waffle and distraction to hide the important bits (or rather bit: bug in content validator) behind a wall of text that few people are going to finish. I…