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> as seen when researchers try to tempt dieters with chocolate and smokers with cigarettes This sounds so unethical. If I were a dieter or ex-smoker I would definitely not sign up …

If you get bored, skip to slide 28.

I know it's hard to give new ideas a chance in today's internet, where our attention spans are constantly attacked. Despite the hostility of our systems, please try to persevere wi…

Locally-hosted software is definitely important in the short term, but I think that distributed software will be enough in the long term. When everything is public, then there won'…

Which part of the argument do you disagree with?

Using Google Docs isn't ideal, and I didn't want to. However, I believe that the time has come that "ordinary people" (i.e. not HN readers) need to get interested in open source. I…

Let's build a better open source alternative.

I need to be able to make changes quickly in order to get this thing off the ground. I'm iterating on this document using the God Mode policy: https://gitlab.com/bartokio/bartok/-/…

Is this the best you can do?

Speaking as the initial author: you are correct on all counts (though I think _lying_ is a bit harsh, we've been around the internet). Despite its appearance, it wasn't actually ge…

You're right. It sucks. I think I might have stumbled on the impossible miracle passive income technique you're referring to, though. I'm trying to get some traction, but it's hard…

This is awesome. It terrifies me though.

"On average, probably once a week or so, somebody will go in the lake. Most of the time when they miss, they miss coming back onto the boat. So somebody's outgoing mail might get w…

Which, by the way, seems to be heading towards infinity, which isn't right at all.