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Karawebnetwork··on Humans aren’t mentally ready for an AI-saturated ‘post-truth world’
Inner monologue refers to the experience of perceiving one's thoughts as auditory. People who do not have an inner monologue are still capable of thinking.
Karawebnetwork··on Benzene Exposure Alters Endocrine Activity
Canada also has a page on Benzene if you want to compare notes: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmenta...
Karawebnetwork··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
Some might call me paranoid, but I also change my writing style between sensitive accounts.

Not all, because that would be a bother, but between accounts where I'm a moderator and those where I'm a normal user, I make sure to change my mindset.

On some accounts, I translate everything I write twice for greater anonymity.

Karawebnetwork··on Reddit appears to be restoring edited/deleted comments
I do the same. In my case, it's doxxing prevention. I don't like that someone can put my profile on one of the reddit inspector sites and get a detailed profile of me, including my age, where I live and my hobbies. I also don't like it when people can click on my name and get my entire history across all subreddits.

That's not the case here because I consider HN to be the equivalent of a single Subreddit, so the information is less diverse. I don't talk about every facet of my life here.

On the other hand, I'm the kind of person who uses a different username on every forum. It's a habit I picked up in the early days of the internet.

This is especially useful in this era where even news organization websites will quote your online username to add to their stories.

Karawebnetwork··on Killing Community
The poke feature is still there, just hidden away. If you do find it, using it will send a poke notification to someone bringing them to the page where they can then poke others.
Karawebnetwork··on Canada’s Big Flex in Space
We use the flag to mean "made in Canada" and we use it in an international context to indicate Canadian goods & assets - which, in my opinion, is what flags are meant for.

What you won't see is people putting flags on their lawns, on their cars, on their clothes or anything like that. The exception is tourist stores, which are full of flags, but you won't see Canadians shopping there.

Karawebnetwork··on Ask HN: What are some non-mainstream books with hidden knowledge?
I don't know if you could call it non-mainstream but buying "Pocket Reference 4th Edition" has been a source of joy for me. Pocket sized "wikipedia". It contains everything from how to tie knots to the specs of sheet metal screws.
Karawebnetwork··on Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits
>replacements for stuff like plastic wraps

Beeswax food wraps work surprising well

Karawebnetwork··on Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits
In some cases, probably rare ones, it can lead to perforation of the intestine
Karawebnetwork··on I was skeptical of the Dyson Zone – until NYC’s worst air quality ever
> And since she’s wearing it improperly (and was probably not fit tested) the mask isn’t accomplishing what she wants.

There is not seal on the Dyson device. It is impossible to "wear it properly" in a way that prevents non-filtered air from getting into your lungs.

Karawebnetwork··on I was skeptical of the Dyson Zone – until NYC’s worst air quality ever
> Such a frustrating article. Does it work! That's all I want to know!

There is not seal. It sends a flow of filtered air towards your nostril but that flow mixes with the surrounding air. Anecdotal reviews all talk about how they can smell the surrounding air, meaning that particles get into your nose and then lungs. I saw a review by a doctor discussing about how having a constant flow of air pointed at the nose will dry the nasal mucosa which would offset any advantages from the flow of mixed fileted/non-filtered air.

Karawebnetwork··on How to Grow a Three Sisters Garden (2016)
Historic Native lands do not stop at today's borders. The term "United States" would be misleading, as some tribes owned lands that extended beyond the U.S.-Canada border and the U.S.-Mexico border.

https://native-land.ca/

Karawebnetwork··on ‘Attractive women 16% more likely to secure startup funding’
As naked monkeys in the wild, perhaps. However in our modern world a visit to the esthetician and an appointment with a makeup artist before the interview will make you appear healthier than the most nourished monkey in the jungle.

Now you could argue that having the awareness to do this before an interview is a display of intelligence, however I would say that this is indicative of a type intelligence different to the one needed to be, say, a good engineer.

Karawebnetwork··on Wildfire Smoke in Northeastern US Visible on GOES East Images
You can also easily track the smoke using this website: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
Karawebnetwork··on Show HN: Gis.chat – a Geospatial Community
I wanted to set up a similar chat for an online community.

Do you host yourself or do you use the free version? What scares me is often the cost, especially since there is no way my users will pay the $6 a month and we are not making a profit on this project, so we can't pay for something too expensive.

The idea is often to reuse our existing infrastructure and install a self-hosted chat.

What discourages me every time I want to move forward with this project is that there is never a rough estimate of operating costs when it comes to self-hosted open source chat platforms.

If you could share some pointers, I couldn't thank you enough!

Karawebnetwork··on The Alan Turing Institute has failed to develop modern AI in the UK
Having taken a job at roughly that paycheck previously, I can tell you exactly why: my rent at the time in that area was $700 a month for a 4 bedrooms apartment.
Karawebnetwork··on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
It took me forever to figure it out and I only recently noticed it after I put the game away shortly after its release, but: if you perform a shield parry, the enemy will drop his weapon. You can then pick it up. This means you can go into a fight with no weapon and only a shield and end up being the one with the weapon fighting an unarmed enemy.
Karawebnetwork··on Place mushrooms in sunlight to get your vitamin D (2012)
Contrary to popular belief vitamin D is a hormone. Hormones are your body's chemical messengers. Having a deficiency in a hormone can have a lot of negative effects.

There are two sources of vitamin D: food & supplements and synthesis by the body in the skin on exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun. Since a lot of us spend a lot of time indoor or behind glass (which blocks the necessary wavelengths) it's important to monitor it.

People with darker skin also need more sun exposure to get the required healthy levels. People living in areas where winters are very dark and very long are also at risk of deficiency.

Karawebnetwork··on Tell HN: The “Y” logo in the top-left corner has been upgraded to SVG
I zoom this site at 200% for my old eyes and the old logo was very blurry. Finally everything is sharp, so I like it.
Karawebnetwork··on Hue Light Hack
Same, but I also have ones that are turned off due to switches or outright not plugged in but still configured. So every night when I ask it to turn everything off it goes "Ok, turning off 15 lights and the 4 lights are not available" which is quite the mouthful. I've been waiting to try to configure Hue scenes via keywords using IFTT thinking this might bypass this but I never made it that far.
Karawebnetwork··on Film studios lose bid to unmask Reddit users who wrote comments on piracy
Being very active in the Facebook groups/pages scene, I can tell you that very similar situations happens there. Same thing for Discord. Even back in the 90's, it was common for people who enjoy being a moderator or admin to be all over the place.
Karawebnetwork··on Samsung bans use of A.I. like ChatGPT for employees
It is a valid concern if you send an entire list of confidential data and ask it to transform that list. However if you ask ChatGPT some questions about coding in general it's no different than searching online.
Karawebnetwork··on Vacations in the Soviet Union
also known as personal time off in some regions
Karawebnetwork··on Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature
I have a feeling that My AI's weird avatar is one of the many variables as to why he was pushed back by users. It is a smug looking character with purple skin. To me, the avatar enters the uncanny valley.
Karawebnetwork··on Stack Overflow Will Charge AI Giants for Training Data
One of my main use of AI right now is using it to answer legacy questions. Searching for old AngularJS (not Angular) question online is painful, yet ChatGPT is able to come up with explanations, code snippets and even outright provide code based on prompts.
Karawebnetwork··on Weight loss relapse associated with exposure to perfluoroalkylate substances
"Perfluoroalkylate substances (PFAS) are used in various cosmetics, including lipstick, eyeliner, eyeshadow, and mascara, to condition and smooth the skin, making it appear shiny, or to affect product consistency and texture."

It's ironic that the products we use for beauty reasons can impact us so negatively.

Karawebnetwork··on Google ordered to pay $500K to Montrealer over links calling him pedophile
On paper, yes. In reality however? People care a lot about what is written online.

"The man, who is now in his early 70s, told the court that he believes potential clients have backed out of deals because they saw the post, adding that his career, which had previously been marked by success, began to spiral.

Two friends testified they refused to use their influence to help him find jobs because they worried the post would make those efforts fruitless.

His personal relationships also suffered, including those with his two sons, the ruling said.

One son testified that his girlfriend’s parents declined to meet his father because of the defamatory internet posts. The son said that after he experienced high-profile success, people would tell him they searched his name on Google and asked him about the post involving his father."

Karawebnetwork··on Google ordered to pay $500K to Montrealer over links calling him pedophile
Google has offices and operates out of Québec. https://careers.google.com/locations/montreal/
Karawebnetwork··on Google ordered to pay $500K to Montrealer over links calling him pedophile
The title is not very accurate.

It was not ordered to pay because the links exists.

It was ordered to pay because they restored links it had previously removed.

"A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered Google to pay $500,000 to a Montreal man who sued the company after it restored a link to an online post falsely accusing him of being a pedophile."

"Google removed a link to the post from the search results that appeared on its Canadian website. Google would remove links twice more at the man’s request — later that year and in 2011 — after the post resurfaced in its search results. oogle removed a link to the post from the search results that appeared on its Canadian website. Google would remove links twice more at the man’s request — later that year and in 2011 — after the post resurfaced in its search results."

Karawebnetwork··on Microsoft deleted the public support forums for SwiftKey
Using Swiftkey since it's first release, it's more than being angry at online changes.

The keyboard works in such a way that it learns your typing style and then understands what you type without the requirement for actually hitting the right keys.

I can type "ky nt gromf koe stw uoi" and it will become "hi my friend how are you".

This makes typing on a phone extremely fast.

The problem is that other keyboards that claim to have similar features are not able to understand my typing gibberish.

In essence, I and many other Swiftkey users have trained ourselves to no longer be able to use any other keyboard.

Is this worth being mad over? In my opinion yes, a product loved by many being purchased by a big company who then close down support avenues is always a good reason to be mad.

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