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Imagine a world where developers refused to build fingerprinting features.

Next-level elon defense here. “Elon made an obvious mistake? Oh no, newb. Look on this other indicator that reinforces my bias.”

“There's nothing wrong with caring for your child. The cause of this situation is insufficient paternal leaves, not having and raising children.” Tell me you’ve never been a workin…

AI plus serverless…without blockchain??

Surely the incentive mismatch isn’t this simple: Big results are rewarded, the process is considered worthless?

So? I can punch a fish too. Call me when they’re hyping a product they know is trash - then we’ll know they’re at human intelligence.

Never a bad time to remind yourself of what is at stake in a literal war, versus a company in survival mode. Literal war: Many human lives - both combatant and non-combatant - and …

Hacker News, where a fun fantasy game with zero world-modeling ambitions is criticized as a failed medieval simulation by software engineers who know little about anthropology/soci…

“Unplugging the AI would force us to deal with our problems” doesn’t sound like a reason AI is mandatory. If anything, it reinforces my impression that AI’s true application is all…

I am being downvoted, wee: https://www.dw.com/en/the-truth-about-working-on-a-cruise-sh...

Look into what life is like for the staff. A previous commenter mentioned that cruises (paraphrase) “lack the colonial feel of mexican resorts” which is a testament to the power of…

“Most landlords are not complete assholes.” Ummmm… In my anecdotal experience, many New York City landlords don’t see their tenants as human beings, just a revenue source. Tenants …

If you have a backlog of 4500 “developer years” worth of upgrades, lack of AI wasn’t the problem, and making some attention nodes go brr cannot solve the root problem. Java is a su…

Have you tried ACA meetings? adultchildren.org It’s twelve-step based, but more focused on recognizing and managing one’s traumas. ACA can synergize nicely w/ therapy. Since it is …

trying to avoid Plaid.

I want a bank that can be used via https API. Seems like N26 did it, but they left US market. Does one exist?

Author refers to typescript code as “javascript,” considering the distinction no linger meaningful. Perhaps a sign that it’s finally over, and typescript has won in the community.

Premise of the article is roughly: if all this litigation continues, the AI industry could collapse. Serious naive question: How would that not be a desirable outcome for society? …

right, good call

I thought simplicity was Trello's differentiating feature? I don't use Trello often, but this strikes me as the JIRA-ification of Trello being underway. Others don't seem to agree …

Now that generics are in beta, here's a library for those who want ergonomic slice/map wrappers that make chainable operations easy. Or, a gateway drug for ECMAscripters who can't …