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dangle1··on The Collapse at Netflix Signals the End of Audience Capture
And the author posted a follow-on article yesterday:

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/predictions-on-the-future-of...

dangle1··on Her 401(k) Contributions Vanished–and Her Company Had No Answers
https://archive.ph/E9syW
dangle1··on Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
Funny anecdote that Dr. Brunkow thought she was being spammed when the Nobel Committee tried to inform her:

>Brunkow, meanwhile, got the news of her prize from an AP photographer who came to her Seattle home in the early hours of the morning. She said she had ignored the earlier call from the Nobel Committee. “My phone rang and I saw a number from Sweden and thought: ‘That’s just, that’s spam of some sort.’”

https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2025/10/sc...

dangle1··on People got together to stop a school shooting before it happened
The article does describe some of the subject's tormentors eventually apologizing to him, possibly more out of reflection and genuine remorse as opposed to being told to "Tell him you're sorry."

There should be consequences for bad behavior all around, but if one of the consequences is that a bully increases their level of compassion and self-regulation, it could allow the system to skip the punishment phase of creating consequences and still serve the goals of justice.

Also, while suspension for the subject sounds like a punitive and one-sided approach, he dreaded going to school and the suspension provided a mechanism to create an approach that would thoughtfully allow him and his tormentors to develop better behaviors.

dangle1··on People got together to stop a school shooting before it happened
https://archive.ph/jOh1x
dangle1··on Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident
https://archive.ph/JkgU0
dangle1··on Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums
A forum member says that an archive exists:

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/anandtech-editorial-ann...

dangle1··on A DH106 1A Comet has been restored at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum
Such a beautiful plane. While perhaps the structural issues could have been better anticipated and addressed, the fact that the engines were incorporated into the wings would likely have been the next issue for the aircraft, with fires, seized turbofans, and proximity to fuel tanks causing further incidents or accidents at rates exceeding those of planes with their engines mounted on pylons.
dangle1··on How to Recognize Woodpeckers by Their Drumming Sounds
"Listen to how loud your babies will be"
dangle1··on India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops
Can also add a binder clip after applying the adhesive for additional strength. The handles will fold around the screen kind of out of the way.
dangle1··on AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt
Related to previous:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42725147

dangle1··on Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that kept flying
Interesting detail in TFA is that the pilot had converted to the plane's short take off and vertical landing mode, but instead carried out a missed approach procedure when his helmet-mounted display malfunctioned.
dangle1··on The Yearlong Wait to Transfer Bonds Out of TreasuryDirect
https://archive.ph/qomLa
dangle1··on Retro gaming enthusiasts demonstrate transmission of C64 games via YouTube
Link to the creator's website:

https://www.tfw8b.com/introducing-jelly-load/

I'd heard of radio transmission of software during the '80s, but I hadn't heard of the use of TV transmission:

>Back in the 1980s, the BBC did something similar using a DIY tuner viewers attached to their TV screen. During episodes of the short-lived series 4 Computer Buffs, a flashing light could transmit the code for an application to the Commodore 64, Sinclair, or BBC Micro.

dangle1··on Please Don't Idolize Me (Or Anyone, Really)
Interesting and thought provoking to hear him honestly criticize himself in order to resist being idolized.

It reminded me of the 1993 Nike commercial with Charles Barkley after he was criticized for his off-court behavior, culminating in his quote:

> “I am not a role model. I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court. Parents should be role models. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”

dangle1··on US expects billions in savings from first Medicare drug price cuts
PDF from CMS with details on the actual drugs included in the negotiation:

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/fact-sheet-negotiated-pri...

dangle1··on Intel has a Pretty Big Problem [video]
From the video, Intel's 13th and 14th Gen CPUs have generated much higher error rates compared to AMD CPUs. Error logs from Oodle game telemetry data showed 1,431 decompression errors from Intel CPUS and only 4 from AMD CPUs. More than 70% of Intel's CPUs were prone to errors compared to 30% of AMD.
dangle1··on They're cashing in millions through the Oregon Lottery's shadow economy
https://archive.ph/EeJqN
dangle1··on Should you upgrade GPU or CPU for faster gaming? Many hardware combos tested
Yeah, and for me the benchmarks support the idea that a good enough CPU is all that is necessary to partner with a more expensive GPU if the machine is mainly used for gaming.

I think the extension of that is if one is looking to upgrade a gaming system, the GPU would be the best part to replace and the 'old' CPU will likely still be able to provide a good gaming experience.

dangle1··on The Future of Streaming (According to the Moguls Figuring It Out)
https://archive.ph/9YUG1
dangle1··on Retailers Hate That You Buy Big Things on Your Laptop
https://archive.ph/VdH7s
dangle1··on Hertz Charges Tesla Model 3 Renter $277 Fee for Gas
In the comment section, the customer (who has Hertz President's Circle status) provides even more baffling interactions with Hertz:

> Hey y’all! Josh here! To clarify, I did receive an email that the quote in the article was pulled from, but I also had three interactions over the phone with people who were most definitely human (and most definitely rude) who confirmed to me that yes actually, the charge is legitimate. Yes, it’s also my fault for asking them to fill it up if I didn’t want to get charged. And yes, really, that was the cost to fill up the Tesla with gas. No, really, sir; the Hertz teams on the ground know their cars. If they say a Tesla Model 3 standard range takes $277 gallons of gas to fill up, it must have taken $277 to fill up the tank. So… there ya have it! There must be a secret gas tank that only Hertz knows about that all the Tesla owners have yet to discover. Maybe it’s an Easter egg? ;)

dangle1··on 'The bane of retail.' Many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise
Joe Budano, chief executive of San Diego-based Indyme which makes buttons to beckon sales associates to specific aisles is interviewed:

>His company also has developed technology — the Freedom Case, they call it — that allows shoppers to open cases themselves using personal information such as their cellphone number or by scanning their face. More than 40 retailers are testing the Freedom Case in stores, Budano said, including a national chain he declined to name.

dangle1··on Framework Series A-1
Also includes a "Community Participation" element offering the opportunity for up to 100 SEC Accredited Investors to invest $10K each.
dangle1··on The Battle to Define Mental Illness (2010)
It's very sad. DSM was never strictly meant to be a clinical diagnostic tool, but rather it was originally meant to define specific illnesses in a manner that would facilitate further research by allowing investigators to at least be talking about the same phenomena when comparing results. (and it unintentionally became very popular with lawyers, who argued that presence in the DSM equated to unimpeachable evidence of an illness in a client, another use that it was never designed to accommodate)

It's still true that there are only on the order of 8-12 well-validated diagnoses in the manual. Increases in the number of included diagnoses over editions is primarily due to concessions to important researchers as opposed to clear identification of previously undescribed illnesses.

There are lumpers and splitters in academic psychiatry. Lumpers are suspicious that there are several hundred discrete disorders of the brain that can't be more parsimoniously explained with existing, better validated illnesses.

dangle1··on Paying off people's medical debt has little impact on their lives, study finds
One possible explanation is that concern about access to healthcare and fear of medical debt is an ongoing concern in the US. Having one accumulation of debt relieved provides little protection from the vagaries of life creating another insurmountable financial problem.
dangle1··on Ex-Workers at Temu Parent Say Noncompete Penalties Crush Their Finances
https://archive.ph/CPYUi
dangle1··on Super Micro Computer has gone from an obscure server maker to $60B market cap
https://archive.ph/FrBaL
dangle1··on Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
It's really hard to understand someone's individual barriers to change without spending time with them in real life, so forgive me if this isn't useful, but the first thing I wonder is how much does your career affect your health?

How much longer do you actually need to work, or work full-time, for your values of 'need'?

Would $100K effectively 'buy' you more time off so you can spend more time on yourself without feeling like you need to always try to carve time out of your day for yourself?

I mention this because I tried my whole life to maintain a healthy weight, and was never super-successful until I retired. Then it's like a switch flipped, and taking care of myself became my job, and I enjoyed doing it. Now it's almost kind of spooky how long I've stably maintained the lowest weight I've been as an adult.

In my case, I think that direct effects of stress on cortisol levels, along with the placating psychological effects of overeating and eating unhealthy foods on my stress levels, made it harder for me to achieve my goals while I was working.

dangle1··on ‘This Has Been Going on for Years’: Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess
https://archive.ph/C9kRR
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