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LeeroyWasHere··on Roblox devs now need a subscription to share their games freely
Hytale also a good option, very modding friendly.
LeeroyWasHere··on 'Three New York Cities' Worth of Power: AI Is Stressing the Grid
AI is on track to eclipse Bitcoin consumption.
LeeroyWasHere··on Show HN: I wrote a 2000 word article on dealing with chargebacks
Unfortunately, apart from crypto, there's no other true 1-way payment.
LeeroyWasHere··on Ask HN: Which skills are least likely to be replaced by AI?
Took them 15 years to replace cashiers with a touch screens in McDonald's.

"AI" still can't drive a car.

LeeroyWasHere··on Your AI Girlfriend Is a Data-Harvesting Horror Show
We're not...
LeeroyWasHere··on eBay is laying off 9 percent of its workforce
They also obfuscate multiple sellers in a tucked away menu and sometimes you click the "seller" and it turns into search term, no seller profiles.

I've ordered two of the same product at the same time and received 1 out of 2...

The amount of fakes in certain niches is off the charts.

LeeroyWasHere··on Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
Chicago skill issue

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/electric-cars-best-...

LeeroyWasHere··on YouTube putting scammy ad about "double your Bitcoin" on Bitcoin University vid
In Web3, you're better off doing anything else but ads for the type of services you're offering anyhow.

Ads have always been a struggle in this space when working with platforms.

Malicious actors use a lot of compromised or aged accounts, that's why they're difficult to counter.

LeeroyWasHere··on Live record of being fired from Cloudflare during a redundancy plan [video]
They'd have to admit they're incompetent at hiring / running their departments, easier to blame and make someone feel bad.
LeeroyWasHere··on AI Cartoon Generator – Turn Text or Photos into Fun Cartoons
Don't zoom into the background characters.
LeeroyWasHere··on macOS Sonoma is setting records for update size
Planned obsolescence through bloated updates and or push consumers towards live services.

They still sell 256GB base models when 1tb is $50.

LeeroyWasHere··on French authorities label Vitamin D as endocrine disruptor
Oh well, so it seems to be a very specific case.

>Cases of vitamin D overdose have recently been reported in young children following the use of food supplements fortified with this vitamin. These cases present as hypercalcaemia (excessive calcium in the blood), which can have serious consequences on the kidneys such as lithiasis or nephrocalcinosis (calcium deposition in the kidneys).

https://www.anses.fr/en/content/vitamin-d-children-use-medic...

LeeroyWasHere··on French authorities label Vitamin D as endocrine disruptor
Same, it would of been helpful if they cited certain types of products that have such high dosage that could cause such overdose and under which circumstances and on what scale was this an issue.

I was under the impression the absorption rate was so low, that it would take a massive oral ingestion to be concerning?

LeeroyWasHere··on Is AI the next crypto? Insights from HN comments
Forget the consultants, the amount of fraud AI is enabling and will enable on a massive scale makes crypto look like a drop in the bucket.
LeeroyWasHere··on Ethereum founder on U.S. crypto crackdown
We only know this because we can track it.

Would love to see how much money PayPal and stripe freeze on a yearly basis.

LeeroyWasHere··on People Are Streaming Pirated Movies on TikTok, One Short Clip at a Time
Most people don't watch a whole movie on tiktok, they'll watch a few clips in a row.

Regardless, that user doesn't go on tiktok to search or watch the movie, it just comes up in their fyp.

That user was never going to buy that movie, he might of never heard of it, but now there's a chance he might go watch it on one of the million streaming platforms.

It's the equivalent of people zapping between channels and finding something to watch.

Streaming platforms and co don't have this kind of discoverability, they should consider releasing clips themselves.

LeeroyWasHere··on Investors account for 30 per cent of home buying in Canada, data show
Bingo, it sucks to live with kids in a condo because condos aren't built for families, neither are the neighborhoods with condos. There's other ways to build density without packing everyone into sad sardine cans.
LeeroyWasHere··on Pesticide safety limit for salmon farms watered down after industry lobbying
Yeah, they're different issues, but similar causes.

I can't remember the exact cycle, but essentially fish kibble in farms is made of small fish with heavy metals and farm fish that are fatty retain those metals in their fats to a much higher rate then other fishes.

And it also ends up in dog food? It gets a little wild when your food chain is contaminated.

LeeroyWasHere··on Milk bag
7,56 $ (4L) Bags 4,29 $ (1x2L) Box

Still saving a 1$~ / 12%

LeeroyWasHere··on Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
Airbnb for cars, what could possibly go wrong.
LeeroyWasHere··on SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except bitcoin, CEO says
Everyone that uses cash are shaddy and only use it for illicit activities.
LeeroyWasHere··on ‘I know about lying, I do it for a living’: Ben McKenzie as crypto critic
What's the use case of casino's except wasting electricity and taking advantage of the most vulnerable?

Entertainment? Okay, Bitcoin is entertaining.

LeeroyWasHere··on Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?
I'm guessing since it's plugged in, there was no way to make it last long enough on a battery?

Love the idea, will bookmark it for the future office!

LeeroyWasHere··on Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitor's business?
Privacy is a choice? That's a new one, I didn't know people had the choice of their data not being leaked or sold by small and big businesses.

We can chew gum and walk at the same time, no need to throw privacy under the bus.

LeeroyWasHere··on Testing a 1,000 player Minecraft server with Folia
Let's all remember that Notch didn't want any multiplayer and purposefully did everything he could to make it painful.

Minecraft would be dead without the community devs and artists.

LeeroyWasHere··on APIs for content sites must be free
The people working for free are the villains, not the multibillion dollar corporation.

Got it, thanks.

LeeroyWasHere··on Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks
He has said in the past that no one uses 3rd party apps and they're not a meaningful amount of their traffic. Non stop contradiction and lies.
LeeroyWasHere··on Addressing the community about changes to our API
That worked so well for tumblr. Reddit pulling a TwitterTumblr combo at once, let's see if they can survive this. 20-30% traffic drop?
LeeroyWasHere··on Power outages and sweltering heat in Vietnam, people struggling to cope
Lazada and Shopee probably contribute a chunk of the plastic waste.
LeeroyWasHere··on Rarbg Is No More
Unless I've known someone for a decade, they're not getting an invite.
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