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It's based on votes mainly. This is covered in the FAQ [1] and the exact algorithm has also been shared in the past [2].

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1781013

I've been playing this via Steam and having a lot of fun. It's very satisfying that you start simple and when you discover a new way you cleanly reset and do it better next run.

It's like reading an article that drops in "moist" in every sentence, I'm literally uncomfortable trying to read this

I've always found Whatsapp a terrible name, but its so established now that 'apping' is understood. If you're big enough it seems that a bad name hardly hold you back.

I'm reading a book on Vim and the author mentioned the old "Google is your friend". That aged poorly as well :')

> Thank you for joining the Be My Eyes community! Be My Eyes connects blind and low-vision users with volunteers who can provide visual interpretation of smartphone images, to companies that provide them with services or employ them, and to artificial intelligence (“AI”) tools that analyze and describe images submitted by our users.

I thought you were being cynical, but yeah the ToS basically says that as well.

I see that makes sense, thank you!

I'd love for more screenshots should anyone have and can share. I still don't get a great picture of how it's running in the browser and I find UI choices fascinating. But I imagine I'd need an NDA to see the settings/options :')

Just because wages are high in SF, and your account was free to create, doesn't mean €1 isn't a barrier for someone in Kenya.

> As of 2026, the minimum wage in Kenya for general domestic workers in major cities is KSh 16,113.75 per month. > KSh 16,113.75 is approximately €106.67 based on the current exchange rate.

> Though, not at places that have such a strong social mission as this one.

That's the shameful thing really. Yeah it's pretty common to have (GDPR violating) cookies and 'share all analytics' settings on by default with "privacy is very important to us" statements on the website. As "one of those guys" I see this all the time. For a commercial business it's just eye rolling, but these kinds of social good companies really should be held to a higher standard. With that standard just being "privacy by design please".

The websites' feedback form gave me a "try again in !minutes" error so frankly I think the dev team is malicious by incompetence. It's a very pretty site though, so at least there's that.

That is basically how I understood the author and what makes the exploit novel, yes. Personally I don't think it's that simple or explicit, but there could be some truth to it?

Could you elaborate? I can't tell with music and voice

But they'd never optimize or loosen guardrails around helping people connect with grandma. It's an interesting hypothesis "use the guardrails to exploit the guardrails (Beat fire with fire)".

What's the irony? The site telling your local time would be helpful how/why?

Malicious actors also buy 'aged' accounts, so you'd need to continually monitor this reputation? Seems a hard challenge to solve for individual site owners.

https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/ here's some to get you started

Hey it's Joey checking in again. We noticed you mentioned our company, let me know if you have any questions about our (free!) program. I'll go ahead and email you some more info, just in case.

In Dutch we indeed happily do this even for English loanwords like "creditcard" or something more obscure like "lockpick". When in doubt, remove the space.

What an infuriating website. I know complaining about bad websites is frowned upon, but they are actively making it hard to read and click through the links, yet that is the entire service. What is the point of keeping this online if a HN comment or a README offers a superior product? ;/

If you can't one-shot that you've been declawed /s

Journalist publishes lies about himself, is surprised LLMs repeat lies.

From the Wayback Machine [0] it seems they had a normal "open" set-up. They wanted to be indexed, but it's probably a fair concern that OpenAI isn't going to respect their image license. The article describes the robot.txt [sic] now "properly configured", but their solution was to block everything except Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo. That seems to be the smart thing these days, but it's a shame for any new search engines.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20221206134212/https://www.tripl...

Not so amazing, you're essentially earning money by helping people bully others anonymously. Probably some collateral damage (i.e. delivery) as well. Its just mean. OPs product is much better in that it can be seen by the recipient as funny, and edible at the least.

Why would Ninestar sell off Lexmark, is it just that they got a good price? I thought the pantum and printer business was an interesting move, but maybe they just couldn't make it work.

Yes exactly, my point was that it works the same in English and Dutch. But other comments mentioned how its based on a French paper, where they do place the currency after the amount.

In Dutch the currency symbol always comes before the number as well, so this is intentional of the author.

I like it! By being novel, it effectively pitches the product of the website. Others mentioned how its a bit scroll heavy —I also found myself scrolling for the pricing (should be the second question, perhaps)— but all the info is on the page, so you'll get there if you're interested. Some feedback to consider:

- Is the strict refund policy really necessary? Since you screen clients I'd expect you rarely (<1%) deliver a product the client hates. Perhaps a more traditional 'satisfaction guaranteed' would make the sale easier, and highlight your expertise. But I get that it introduces admin work.

- The portfolio is really nice, I'd find a way to break the format a bit to include a carousel of latest work. Could also be higher-up, the third message even.

- On mobile it switches the response bubble to the left?

- Consider centering the logo; adding some padding-top for mobile.

- It's not clear where you are doing business from, in the EU this can be helpful to know for tax reasons.

- Not having a contact-form in the style of a composing a message at the bottom feels like a missed opportunity!

I take issue with a lot of this advice, actually.

- The name of the site is not a necessity, the url makes it clear. Weird recommendation if you aim for a "pure reading experience".

- Having a comment section doesn't detract from the reading at all. It's after reading your content, and can then enhance the discussion. Fine if you want to leave it out, but encouraging discussion on Twitter instead isn't 'minimal'.

- Minimal images isn't something to strive for, visuals can greatly enhance your content.

- Short urls look nice, but just `w` as your slug is just confusing. No harm in normal length urls.

- Medium.com is used as an example, that site is 80% popups. Paul Graham's site is also awful to use (especially on mobile). Great content, hidden behind bad websites.

- Why would related posts, or even tags, be bad? Navigation doesn't have to distract, and is a tool for the user.

The author makes some fair points, nobody likes the bloat of the modern web. But you don't have to go "full minimalist" either, your website would be greatly improved if you change the #ffffff background with #000 text. It's the same with motherfuckingwebsite.com vs bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com; small changes can greatly increase the appeal, which will help your content get seen and spread. Like others mentioned, prioritizing a good user experience is probably what you want, not striving for minimalism.

Must be lonely, even making up fake code comments:

> /* This makes the words flip over like in Wordle. Ask Gary if we can change it to letter by letter like wordle */