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mtoner23··on Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you
Do you check everyone's hn account history?
mtoner23··on TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe
The android app scrollguard helped me. Stops YouTube short, reels and TikTok from being clicked on. It has massive permissions to survey my phone which could be scary. But as an addict you have to admit when you need to check yourself into rehab. And the phone is the drug.
mtoner23··on TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe
Short form video has been a total break from previous media and social media consumption patterns. Personally I would support a ban on algorithmic endless short form video. It's purely toxic and bad for humanity
mtoner23··on UK Government’s ‘AI Skills Hub’ was delivered by PwC for £4.1M
To be fair. Healthcare.gov is a lot more complicated. And has to integrate with marketplaces in all 50 states
mtoner23··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
Reduced demand for oil reduces the quantity of oil extracted and purduced. The price drops and hardwr to extract oil stops being produced
mtoner23··on Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid
Square space are the real pioneers here
mtoner23··on Germany's Merz admits nuclear exit was strategic mistake
These same reactors lasted a lot longer in the us with some small infrastructure investment in them. Past their original date
mtoner23··on CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
People are way too worried about security imo. Statistically, no one is targeting you to be hacked. By the time you are important and valuable enough for your home equipment to be a target you would have hired someone else to manage this for you
mtoner23··on Google is dead. Where do we go now?
I would be that Openai and Google will find a way to boost the embedded ad in the llm result to you based on an auction on how valuable you and your query are
mtoner23··on Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
Slate truck or telo trucks could be the move
mtoner23··on Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%
Wouldn't be if we could buy byd cars in the US
mtoner23··on Maybe the default settings are too high
????
mtoner23··on Approaching 50 Years of String Theory
Compared to all the other useless endeavors we send our brightest minds to work on (optimizing ad sales, high frequency trading, crypto) I'd say physics research has the highest chance of being useful
mtoner23··on Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
how about they try to make their cars profitably first....
mtoner23··on EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
America has much more lawyers per capital than almost all European countries
mtoner23··on Pantone Color of the Year 2026: Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer
Such a boring color. Sad :(
mtoner23··on Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond
Probably some function of your location to data centers. I find hbo max to be aysmal these days. But I've learned to just stop caring about this stuff since no one else in my life does
mtoner23··on Anthropic acquires Bun
It'll be around until they realize it makes 0$, and costs them millions per year in salaries/stock. then it will quietly die
mtoner23··on 'A full-blown crisis': Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs
I'm confident a surgeon in America is paid more than 100$ for a surgery. They are paid about 400k a year on average. Do the math yourself.

On the other hand you provided no details as to where the money actually goes. It's not a simple proble, and part of the problem is that our doctors are paid a lot more than in peer nations

mtoner23··on Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared, and so did the air
Iowa city doesn't even run buses on the weekends/holidays. I really don't think this should be a model for real urban centers
mtoner23··on Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright
most aftermarket tints are too dark and dont allow pedestrians to see into the car to see if they going to be hit by the driver. its illegal in most places but cops dont do anything about it.
mtoner23··on How to tolerate annoying things
I find most people can't accurately sort the two though. They perceive what others do as within their control and it drives them mad
mtoner23··on IP blocking the UK is not enough to comply with the Online Safety Act
Idk man look around america rn. People in my neighborhood are getting dragged into unmarked vans off the street
mtoner23··on $1T in tech stocks sold off as market grows skeptical of AI
a 4% drop, back to levels not seen since checks watch 2 weeks ago! not much of a correction imo
mtoner23··on Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15
oh yeah, children famously do what their parents are told. especially when it comes to interacting with their friends. and they never are more adept at understanding technology and circumventing parental controls.
mtoner23··on Facts about throwing good parties
Condoms? Drugs? Food? Coffee? What other thing do you have in mind
mtoner23··on Facts about throwing good parties
The good thing about partiful (the most popular and imo best party app) is that you can set the invite up such that they cant see the guest list unless they RSVP yes
mtoner23··on Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates
The fear is attackers are recording conversations today in the hopes that they can crack the encryption when we do have quantum computers in a few years
mtoner23··on Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates
No the agreed upon keys are symmetric encryption keys with like an AES cipher and we don't have any reason to believe the current encryption there is easier to calculate with a quantum computer
mtoner23··on FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts
Short form algorithmically curated content is an order magnitude more addictive than long form videos from creators you intentionally click subscribe to
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