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dotcoma··on Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections
And then try to kill her again next month ?
dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
I agree. I sure hope their government will not step in at that point and offer too many incentives to get married and disincentives to stay single, but I would not rule out this is exactly part of the plan...
dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
Is it necessarily so?

And doesn't something of the same kind happen in real-life, in some societies or countries or cities male-optimal and in others female-optimal ?

dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
So why, in your opinion, do people not finalise the deal?
dotcoma··on Anthropic IPO docs reportedly reveal over $40B in losses last year
So, they are valued 50x their losses?
dotcoma··on Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome
Is it so hard to copy how Chrome does bookmarks?

I sure wish they did.

dotcoma··on Majority of YouTube comments seem AI generated to me now
That’s an improvement on how they were before, isn’t it?
dotcoma··on Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election
They never said "Don't do evil".

Zuck famously said, of his users: "dumb fucks".

dotcoma··on Ask HN: Migrating personal email domain from Gmail to iCloud?
Tuta.com is good.
dotcoma··on SpaceX Pivots Away from Space
So… the largest IPO ever was for Twitter/Grok ?
dotcoma··on The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy
And who is keeping it out of the other European countries?
dotcoma··on Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name
TI, Trump Intelligence ?
dotcoma··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Because they are a dodgy company?
dotcoma··on Among European Companies That Use a CDN, Nearly 9 in 10 Use Cloudflare
Maybe a European CDN, like Bunny (Slovenia)
dotcoma··on My Feed, My Way
Thinking. Taking notes, ideally on a piece of paper. Relaxing. Talking to strangers. And yes, self-analysing. Staring in the window, maybe not so much.
dotcoma··on Waymo racked up 8,300 SF parking tickets and nearly $1M in fines
$1M in fines on how much in revenue?

(I suspect this is the only kpi they care about)

dotcoma··on Tell HN: I want to see the same moon as you
Without a shared experience, it’s direct mail on steroids.
dotcoma··on Google Maps changed to show Lake Ontario as Lake America
Don’t do evil…
dotcoma··on Ask HN: Why does the US government search through people's phones at the border?
Good question. I doubt they do it when you land in China or in Russia!
dotcoma··on Top Russian economist replaced after warning of economic costs of Ukraine war
Two geniuses.
dotcoma··on Top Russian economist replaced after warning of economic costs of Ukraine war
That will fix the problem! ;)
dotcoma··on Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study
Yeah, but how much would it cost in profits?

That's the only thing that matters in Amerika.

dotcoma··on Show HN: Muchita – a free Chrome extension that looks for better prices
How do they make money?
dotcoma··on Apple launches ads in Apple Maps for businesses across the US and Canada
Just what I was missing…
dotcoma··on Apple Maps Rolls Out Ads, Targets Madison Avenue
The idea is that these ads will give businesses a way to CONNECT WITH users that engage with Maps in real time as they search for and explore nearby places such as restaurants, banks, and grocery stores.

Let’s re-write that in real language:

The idea is that these ads will give businesses a way to INTERRUPT users that engage with Maps in real time as they search for and explore nearby places such as restaurants, banks, and grocery stores.

dotcoma··on uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
They should tell their users to get off of Facebook.
dotcoma··on France to ban unsolicited telemarketing calls
Where is ‘here’? France?
dotcoma··on The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success
It didn't run any red lights there!
dotcoma··on Apple introduces leasing program for iPhones and other devices
What the invisible hand giveth, the invisible hand taketh.
dotcoma··on Gmail dropping support for third party accounts
Another step towards enshittification, but I'm not surprised -- it's a premium feature.
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