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jaks6··on "Localhost tracking" explained. It could cost Meta €32B
This provides them an easy way to build a labelled dataset for training the fingerprinting ML models.
jaks6··on The Death of Daydreaming
Dr K (from HealthyGamerGG) had a fun experiment on this topic: Try setting the goal of not using your smartphone when you're on the toilet.

Notice the voice of protest within you as you seriously consider doing this. Why is that part so unwilling to give up something so trivial for just a few minutes?

It's a truly good exercise for mindfulness/meditation/re-calibration of our dopamine system. Obviously the principles apply everywhere in life, I just love this example because it is so relatable for most and highlights the issue so clearly.

jaks6··on Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)
We tolerate medical treatment of people involved in reckless behavior such as those
jaks6··on Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)
I am also in this boat. The jab-rejecters' behaviour is often called "reckless" for stressing the hospital system. But we see reckless behavior outside of vaccines too: drunk driving, general violence, daredevil stunts and extreme sports. All these things can lead to hospitalization, but we "tolerate" treatment of these cases in hospitalization.

I don't think any anti-vaxxer expects to end up hospitalized, just as nobody driving drunk expects to go and kill somebody with their car.

jaks6··on What happens when the NYT and New Yorker make mistakes
Didn't Reuters kill off their RSS service? How did you set it up? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23576022