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misterchocolat··on Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe
Did I ever use the term "Orwellian" in my comment?
misterchocolat··on Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe
Orwell's 6 rules for good writing:

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.

3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

Now you tell me

misterchocolat··on Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe
Holy sentence... George Orwell must be turning in his grave right now.
misterchocolat··on Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies
Actually a great idea, wishing you guys success.
misterchocolat··on Show HN: Palmier Pro – Open-source macOS video editor built for AI
I've been following Marcos's youtube channel and it's so great to see that they've finally found their thing. Looks like an awesome product that people actually want. Well done.
misterchocolat··on Lessons from 14 years at Google
that was an amazing read
misterchocolat··on Show HN: Stop AI scrapers from hammering your self-hosted blog (using porn)
didn't know that thanks for pointing it out, i'll remove that feature
misterchocolat··on Show HN: Stop AI scrapers from hammering your self-hosted blog (using porn)
the parent container uses display: none, so a screen reader will skip the links
misterchocolat··on Show HN: Stop AI scrapers from hammering your self-hosted blog (using porn)
hey! thanks for that read suggestion that's indeed a pretty funny captcha strat. Yup the links show up if you use the Lynx web browser. As for AI scrapers impersonating googlebot I feel like yes they'd definitely start doing that, unless the risk of getting sued by google is too high? If google could even sue them for doing that?

Not an internet litigation expert but seems like it could be debatable

misterchocolat··on Show HN: Stop AI scrapers from hammering your self-hosted blog (using porn)
yes but here it's free, whereas this (https://webdecoy.com/) is at least 59$ a month
misterchocolat··on Cognitive Dissonance
Most of the Trump supporters I showed it to were well-educated and from what I could tell were very much in touch with what is going on in the world. I feel like they just don't want to "see".
misterchocolat··on Cognitive Dissonance
The reactions to the essay are way more interesting than the essay itself: when "liberals" read it, they immediately get that it's about Donald Trump. But when Trump supporters read it, almost all of them go "yeah good points, but why did you write about Hitler?".

Are we doomed?