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2024throwawayon Amazon Pharmacy

I seriously don’t understand how the above comment is being downvoted. It’s a very serious concern with some real history to back it up.

2024throwawayon Pluckable Strings

Scandalous!

2024throwawayon Pluckable Strings

Why? I honestly have no idea why anyone could consider this NSFW. I will absolutely be showing it to my kids.

2024throwawayon Campaigners 'thrilled' as St Albans aims to be smartphone-free for under-14s

This is fantastic, and needs to become the default. It's a bit strange to me that every effort I've seen for this has been outside of the US. Is anyone aware of any effort, successful or otherwise, to do this inside the US? Are we simply too smartphone dependent to even consider such a move?

2024throwawayon Slack AI Training with Customer Data

In your experience. I have deployed single tenant SaaS for years, very much not Fortune 500. It's really not hard to give each customer their own server.

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

My city pays graffiti artists to do their thing, but go off.

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

You know what? You’re right. I guess people should be permanently maimed or disfigured for creating art in a location you disprove of. Keep it up.

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

Touché.

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

How many times has that happened to you?

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

https://w0.peakpx.com/wallpaper/697/794/HD-wallpaper-graffit...

You don't get to tell me what I find beautiful.

2024throwawayon Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow"

When I ride my local rail, I look forward to getting to pass another train to see all the amazing artwork.

It's far nicer and more interesting than yet another development or parking lot.

2024throwawayon Wind farms can offset their emissions within two years, new study shows

As nuts as just burning anything flammable we can get our hands on?

2024throwawayon Using Llamafiles for embeddings in local RAG applications

The OP asked for the data to be stored locally. You linked to a hosted service with a subscription model. Very much not the same.

2024throwawayon The Downfall of DeviantArt

> for whatever reasons it wasn't good enough to succeed

The reason, imo, was the acquisition by Zoom and apparent total abandonment of the project.

2024throwawayon Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

Because they are children who can’t and haven’t consented to have their likeness posted all over social media, to be used as training data on an ever growing corpus of privacy destroying tech.

Additionally, pedophiles and creeps do actually exist.

I love that I get this question all the time, when from where I sit, the question should be to all the other parents: "Why do you insist on posting your children and their entire lives on social media?"

2024throwawayon Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

The latter. Not sure why I would be concerned about the former.

2024throwawayon Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

I have kept my Facebook account for the primary purpose of making sure relatives don't share pictures of our kids' faces, and check it very rarely.

Recently though, the change has been incredible. People I know in real life, including my own parents, have been "Liking" very obviously AI generated posts. A HUGE amount of the "Recommended" posts I see are obvious AI images. It's gotten really, really bad, in just the past few months.

2024throwawayon The creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' knows where it all went wrong

You are making my point for me.

2024throwawayon Swiss vs. American parenting: Differences according to a US mom

Not sure what argument you’re trying to make here.

I would consider them both to be experts.

2024throwawayon Swiss vs. American parenting: Differences according to a US mom

This comment took a turn from valid concerns into lunacy. Heaven forbid someone seek therapy!

2024throwawayon Swiss vs. American parenting: Differences according to a US mom

Yes, the photo in the article of a nice, tree lined sidewalk, looks terrifying. /s

2024throwawayon The creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' knows where it all went wrong

> Playing with printed cards though is janky. It’s not how the game is meant to be played and contradicts the aesthetic experience.

My original comment was telling them specifically to find people to play with who aren’t like you.

2024throwawayon The creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' knows where it all went wrong

You definitely don't have to pay to win. I play entirely on MTG: Arena, and you can pay $0 and still build a competitive deck. For paper magic, just find people who don't have sticks in their posteriors and use homemade or printed versions of the cards you want.

2024throwawayon The creator of 'Magic: The Gathering' knows where it all went wrong

I'm not sure why this is surprising. Prison labor in the US is an extensively documented horror.

2024throwawayon New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

There are some new, very good, NA beers on the market these days. Untitled Art and Athletic are two brands that are doing great work.

2024throwawayon Photography Laws in Germany

> Please don't take photos of people just enjoying themself (in Germany).

This is absurd. Sorry, I enjoy taking photos of joy.

2024throwawayon Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App

Cool, let me know where these backup planets are.

2024throwawayon Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App

> I haven’t really specced it out, I just like the aesthetic.

I think you are the exact target market for an F150. Go nuts. We have backup planets, right? Just buy the biggest, coolest looking thing you can find!

2024throwawayon Show HN: CarCheck – Car Buying Checklist App

4x8 sheet of plywood or drywall. For many people who want to perform DIY home improvement jobs, this is the smallest useful size of truck bed.

2024throwawayon Scotland suddenly has a lot of mosquitoes

Where?

> in Sweden

Why?

> to stop them. It’s super effective.