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We had a number of ways of detecting sockpuppets, and I was part of the mod team at the time, so I could verify they were real users. The change in standards was a combination of t…

I left a few creative writing forums I had been a member of for over a decade because of how much garbage was being posted. Perhaps even more upsetting than the number of people fl…

Beneath a veneer of respectability the NYT has always been a rag. In Steven Levy's "Hackers" he mentioned MIT stidents were calling it the New York Slime back in the 70s.

For those unfamiliar, the 1875 9th ed. was known as the scholar's edition due to how many eminent persons had contributed; it's a fascinating snapshot of the late 1800s. Other mate…

Small world - I'm currently cleaning up scans of the EB 9th edition to put it online as a mediawiki site; I'm including all the illustrations and plates so I'm only a third of the …

"Godzilla Had a Stroke Trying to Read This and Fucking Died" is a meme frequently posted in response to incomprehensible/extremely dumb posts.

Kriss doesn't touch on the deeper issue of why investors keep giving money to people that openly advertise themselves as con artists.

I can't even stand to visit YT without the combo of Blocktube/Unhook/uBlock Origin/SponsorBlock/Return YouTube Dislike. (Some people may also find Clickbait Remover useful.) Blockt…

Actually I would like see a post-mortem that showed where all the money actually went; they somehow spent ~85x of what RSI has raised for Star Citizen, and what they had to show fo…

Today on "Hacker" News: a third of the commenters wring their hands and question the morality and legality of subverting copy protection on software almost half a century old.

I don't think the FSF foundation has been an effectibe organization for a long time, but giving money to the Linix Foundation is even worse. Look at where their money actually goes…

Unfortunately there isn't much information on what texts they're actually training this on; how Anglocentric is the dataset? Does it include the Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition…

"At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic novel Don't Create the Torment Nexus" (In Eclipse Phase, TITAN - the Total Information Tactical Awareness Network …

LGR took a look at it on his channel; a very tiny book, with very tiny art, apparently all grabbed from google images. Something of a letdown.

I was trying to buy a copy of the Iliad and found that they combined the reviews of EVERY TRANSLATION AND EVERY EDITION - I found people talking about 30+ versions on the same list…

Not really? On something like Xenforo2, there's a setting that makes a new account's posts invisible until that account is manually approved by a mod - in conjunction with the spam…

It sounds crazy, but it turns out the finish on the phone makes a huge difference. I never used a case until I got a Galaxy S9; that phone was like a greased eel. Went from droppin…

Just tested it myself; FF reader works as expected for both desktop and mobile. The server was under a heavier load than usual - it's possible the page hadn't finished loading for …

That doesn't explain why Visa/Mastercard have gone after written erotica (gumroad, patreon, etc), Japanese manga/doujinshi distributors (DLsite), and video games.

What would be the point? Without emacs all you're left with is another markup language.

https://leslefts.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-great-medieval-wat...

Is there a name for this authorial voice and cadence? I see midwits posting exactly like this on twitter and linkedin; it's insufferable.

Careful there, stronglikedan - Hacker Newsians are easily confused and don't understand sarcasm.

YouTube fundamentally does not respect the time or attention of users - even if you pay for YouTube Premium. The only way I can stomach YT at this point is with blocktube and unhoo…

>wary of the group There is no "group" - 4chan is not a monolith, and many of boards have members that do not mix at all. /tg/ - the traditional games board (TTRPGS and the like) -…