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warning26··on YouTube to Stop Removing Content Denying 2020 US Election Result
Well seeing as the Republican platform is "any election that we don't win is ipso facto fraudulent", I suppose that they had to make this change in order to avoid losing out on those sweet Republican ad dollars.
warning26··on Twitter safety chief resigns after Musk criticizes decision to restrict film
Did you read the article?

> Musk seemed to confirm that Irwin's departure was caused by the What Is a Woman? incident. When asked if the events were related, Musk replied, "director related"—seemingly a typo for "directly related."

warning26··on There's a new Ubuntu Linux desktop on its way
This is essentially the same as what Valve did with SteamOS on the Steam Deck right?
warning26··on AI probably won’t kill us all
> I have absolutely no idea how to even begin to legally mitigate that.

My view is that the only way to legally mitigate it is to target the generalization of the problem: social media. Niche forums/chats are probably acceptable, but anything with massive reach should just be categorically banned.

warning26··on Apple's Unusual Headset Design Has Led to Unprecedented Production Challenges
This thing just keeps sounding weirder and weirder, I’m so curious to see how they’re gonna try and sell it at WWDC.
warning26··on I finally redesigned and launched my UX/UI portfolio
Nit: Make sure you check all screen widths - on my iPad 11in, there’s zero margins on the left and right, which looks a bit strange. (Still usable, but if you’re aiming for UX positions I’d expect better)
warning26··on Health officials delayed report linking fluoride to brain harm
The problem is sugar tastes good. Taxing processed sugary foods will certainly help, but are you also going to tax, say, sugar in a bag? If so, you have effectively banned Grandma's cookies. Do you want to be known as the politician who effectively banned home-cooked baked goods?
warning26··on Ford will add Tesla plug to its electric vehicles in surprising move
FSD, coming next year™!
warning26··on Elon Musk wants to build a digital town square. But his debut had a tech failure
That’s right, it’s all just a conspiracy by the MAINSTREAM MEDIA!

Twitter’s failure didn’t cost them an 80% drop in users listening to the stream or anything like that. Why aren’t these evil journalists focusing on the REAL NEWS, the generic campaign announcements contained within the restarted, much smaller stream?

warning26··on Ask HN: Why don't web browsers play audio from one tab at a time?
The iPad does this automatically, and personally I find it really annoying.
warning26··on Technical issues plague Ron DeSantis’s campaign announcement on Twitter
I suppose it turns out when you fire most of your workforce, reliability suffers.
warning26··on The problem is not the Office, it's the Commute
> Instead of focusing solely on fancy office spaces, let's address the real challenge

Walkable communities and sensible urban planning? If you have a long drive to the office, the problem is the poor zoning policies that allowed that to happen.

warning26··on Bringing the power of AI to Windows 11
Even in Win7 it wasn't particularly fast. I don't get how that one random person working on that "Everything" search utility was able to build instantaneous search on Windows, but Microsoft themselves couldn't figure it out.
warning26··on You'll own nothing and be happy
Hah, that is a very good point! I stand corrected!
warning26··on You'll own nothing and be happy
Why is this even notable enough to have its own Wikipedia article? Seems like bait for insane conspiracy theorists.
warning26··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
Exactly. It’s the same principle of how the US finally got Al Capone for tax evasion, of all things.
warning26··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
You can't sign almost any contract in Japan without certifying that you're not a yakuza member, which makes it impossible to do things such as sign up for mobile phone service or even attend a concert.
warning26··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
...what? Japan has recently been cracking down pretty hard on the Yakuza.
warning26··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
On the other side of the coin, Japan has an extremely low crime rate. Maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge their system to be bad.
warning26··on Google blew it with open source layoffs
I legitimately don't understand why the board hasn't forced him out yet. Does he have any successes at all during his tenure?
warning26··on China overtakes United States on contribution to research in Nature Index
> Opportunities are quite high in other countries for them to consider American immigration nonsense.

I find it utterly baffling that the US is in a position to easily absorb the best and brightest from other countries, and yet shoots itself in the foot with ridiculously restrictive immigration policies.

warning26··on TikTok is now banned in Montana
Let's hope so!
warning26··on OpenAI Tells Congress the U.S. Should Create AI 'Licenses' to Release New Models
Exactly -- it's such a blatant attempt by OpenAI to make competing with OpenAI illegal. It's kinda sad that anyone sees this as somehow altruistic.
warning26··on Surveillance cameras are being used to punish and evict public housing residents
> One man was filmed spitting in a hallway. A woman was recorded removing a cart from a communal laundry room. Footage in both cases was presented to a judge to help evict the residents in court.

Honestly, sounds like the system is working as intended. Spitting in the halway and stealing laundry carts sound minor, but they contribute to making life miserable for the other tenants.

warning26··on AIM: AI Instant Messenger
Really impressive demo! I didn't realize it was possible to run an LLM locally with such speed!
warning26··on A former pilot on why autonomous vehicles are so risky
> Even an emoji face that shows facial expressions would help.

At one point I saw a proposal to put cartoon eyes on self driving cars that could turn and “look” at you to achieve this effect.

Actually seems like a good idea to me!

warning26··on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges
Are you suggesting that FOX and CNN are good things? If it's possible, I'd say we should ban anything working in this way.
warning26··on Daft Punk releases Random Access Memories remaster with 9 bonus tracks
I'm a huge fan of Horizon, one of the original bonus tracks from RAM.
warning26··on Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter
Is it though? The new verified system was rolled out really poorly.

There should have been a migration path from legacy to new verified, but instead they just unverified everyone (including obviously government accounts that under the new rule should retain a grey check).

warning26··on Downtown SF has 18.4M square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy
I'd argue that people having to leave their house every day is better for society as a whole, even if it feels a bit inconvenient.

Having everyone lock themselves inside and exclusively interact via video chat is not a good thing, IMO.

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