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toader··on 12ft.io Taken Down
You're painting 'media' with a broad brush. I have multiple local sources that report on local issues and are critical of the local establishment. A lack of funding is causing local news sources to go out of business.
toader··on How to live an intellectually rich life
Do you consider Werner Sombart, and Ernest Mandel to be 'half wits' and unserious?
toader··on Show HN: Turn Photos into Studio Ghibli Art with AI
Your link doesn't take users to the 'Ghibli-style' tool but rather your homepage with multiple tools. If you are a 'huge Ghibli fan' why build a tool that rips off the artists that create the art you admire?
toader··on Data centers contain 90% crap data
In this book 'World Wide Waste' he states 'Every time I download an email I contribute to global warming.' Is this true? Aren't some data centers, Google for example carbon neutral?
toader··on Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart, Python teams before dev conference
In the US there seems to be a focus on the southern border and immigrants taking mostly low paying labor jobs. Is there a focus on foreign labor, outsourcing, taking high paying jobs?
toader··on 23andMe's Fall
Not encrypting user data and then being hacked resulting in compromised user DNA details certainly isn't a positive for PR. Can someone tell me why more companies don't encrypt data at rest and if that would have prevented the leak?
toader··on A South Carolina lawmaker is suing Instagram after his son died by suicide
Either you are a far outlier with confidence abounds, or you don't remember what life as a teenager is like for most.
toader··on Ask HN: What are some homeless shelter innovations?
This is a very naive assertion. Providing homes reduces homelessness but many un-housed individuals will not accept the housing for a number of reasons to include mental illness or the stipulations required by the housing authority.
toader··on Ask HN: How much ad revenue you make from your side project?
I'm sure your users appreciate that. How does your change you want to see ideology align with news outlets or other 'free' but funded by advertising services?
toader··on California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics
I have spent ample time in California and even if I hadn't, the data is available. My response isn't whataboutism, causation and/or correlation perhaps. If you don't see the connection between the decriminalization and accessibility of drugs and mental health, addiction and homelessness, I don't know what to say.
toader··on California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics
I understand your point, however California has the most relaxed drug prosecution laws in the United States. Short of distribution, people aren't often prosecuted for minor drug possession.

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In a controlled environment, I'd tend to agree with you. California's issues are so grave though it seems they should address the current issues prior to potentially adding to the existing problem.

toader··on California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics
California has a rampant, unmanaged homeless problem largely caused by mental illness, addiction and economics and they are choosing to legalize more drugs which will increase access, and yes, while psychedelics are known to help some, they are also known to cause psychosis and exacerbate mental health issues in others especially when combined with other drugs. Seems like a questionable choice.
toader··on Modern CSV version 2
I work with large-ish CSV files regularly, 1M rows at times and Excel can be very slow. I tried Modern CSV and it doesn't struggle at all. Thank you!
toader··on How Stuff Works replaced writers with GPT-generated content and laid off editors
This isn't true.They research the topics and reference articles written by staff writers (now disappointingly partially AI). Yes, they add humorous banter but I've found most of their content to be well researched, informative and entertaining.
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