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attqqq··on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document
Baffling that male genital mutilation persists to this day due to momentum, misinformation, and a small religious niche alone. Really makes me think there’s an empathy gap between gendered issues. 1996 we got rid of FGM, yet 30 years later baby boys still get their tips of their penis cut off, often incorrectly/too far.

Humbling reminder we really are a bunch of well dressed apes playing house, I forget that sometimes

attqqq··on Baldness? UCLA's New Molecule Could Revolutionize Hair Growth
The amount of charged snark that is all in one particular direction seen in this HN comments thread is really something. You don’t see attitude like this on other potential medical breakthroughs, like the tooth regrowth research that was recently on HN

A deep dive into why this is different sure would be an interesting article to read

attqqq··on Kenneth Smith 'struggled for life' for 22 mins in Alabama nitrogen gas execution
It’s inhumane to force someone’s last utterances to be chipmunk squeaks
attqqq··on Ask HN: How do I make it out alive out of this?
If there is no tangible evidence of this you can legitimately point to and hand the police, then there is no thing indicating it exists outside of your own head (delusion). How do you know guards are bribed, your devices are hacked? Robocalls and rando messages on Skype are a dime a dozen, but if they’re incriminating threats, take it to police. Do not rely on your own instinct or intuition to make deductions about reality, rely on tangible evidence that 3rd parties can appreciate ; This era of cameras and recorders leaves no excuse. There is no organization so professional they can make demands, negotiations, or attempts at your life via telepathy.

Your close friends and relatives can gauge your personality more accurately than you can. If your family thinks you’re psychotic, I’d trust that more than some random walk in psych.

attqqq··on Name My Tarantula
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attqqq··on Show HN: Twogether AI – Multi-Person Photo Generation API
Reskin of gradio + controlnet and some prebaked Lora

IDK what you’re planning on charging for this, but it’s nothing that can’t be done for free on any device in a notebook already

attqqq··on Ask HN: Conflicted about my FAANG work place
With that sort of income you should not have this level of anxiety about your options, you should have plenty in the bank to play startup with, fail, and reenter the traditional job market having learned your lesson: with padding to spare.

Id start by seriously reconsidering your finances. If you make all the money, you call all the shots, your three dependents all on a free ride need to respect that. Furthermore- “family of 4 that I support with my income alone” - barring the case that you have an infant, your partner should be pulling more weight, too. Single income households are not feasible in California without major compromise: and that major compromise is currently occurring at your expense

attqqq··on iOS 17 Is a Prude
This is how they sold it: of course, nobody wants to see unsolicited dick pics. Good framing, they obviously pay their marketing department very well. Yet, consider how many unsolicited dick pics you actually see in a day, week, or month- and if sometimes blocking a % of them is worth permanently ceding more privacy to Apple.

If you’re seeing so many dick pics to where this is positive trade off for you, you need to reflect on how you’re interacting with the web.

attqqq··on Seth Abramson on X: “Get your things together and be ready to go”
No, twitter won’t charge a monthly fee; but in one tweet Elons caused N thousand people to start discussing the monetary value of access to twitter, and some million extra to read and think about it, too
attqqq··on Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it
And?
attqqq··on Microsoft launches Surface Book 3 with new Nvidia GPU options
TB3 means that end user could attach their own egpu to a lower end (cheaper) model, and future proof it harder against potential SB4.. not to mention, that their proprietary connector only connects to their $300 dock! I feel like everyone can learn from their competitors, but here Microsoft is emulating only the worst parts of Apple
attqqq··on Big tech is testing you
Most concerning is the widespread “be the first in the market at any costs now, deal with the fines later” mentality - see; Uber, and all those pesky rent-a-scooter startups
attqqq··on California Bill Would Require Licenses for Porn Actors, Strippers, Cam Girls
Coming soon, DOX your favorite model for only $25: FOIA.gov
attqqq··on Activate this ‘bracelet of silence,’ and Alexa can’t eavesdrop
“Can’t blame peasantry.. the Trackers are responsible”

That’s not how responsibility works. If you use this device, you’re responsible for the collateral damage it produces. The Trackers are only responsible for making you think you need it

attqqq··on Adam Savage Builds a Rickshaw Pulled by Boston Dynamic's Spot Robot
I don’t want to inject my personal opinions into this, I’m really hoping someone with a stronger grasp of the English language that also feels this way can step in, here

That being said.. I don’t think this would have the same effect if- say, it was another generic “Hey guys look at what this cool robot could do, Featuring: Savage”, albeit less creative, and already done to death, it wouldn’t connote the same weird “I made this video solely to put under the title my Soc Media manager told me to”(?) subtext

attqqq··on Adam Savage Builds a Rickshaw Pulled by Boston Dynamic's Spot Robot
Does anyone else get a weird feeling from videos like this? I can’t help but look at this as clickbait, or a move of desperation- but I can’t really articulate or pinpoint why. Like those “I filled my pool with ONE MILLION Orbeez” YouTube personalities who get by on the momentum from ‘shock’-value videos alone
attqqq··on Reddit was down for over two hours
There’s always ethical ways to generate money, too. Opt in generosity is proven to be viable.. see: Wikipedia, All of Patreon, Etc