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For context, I have worked in news/media since 2003.

Yes, newspaper circulation had been declining since the late 1980s/early 1990s. The real economic damage came as classifieds, recruitment, real estate and advertising moved online. Craigslist and other online marketplaces ate the business model long before social media and AI entered the picture.

So "open internet" doesn't refer to a specific historical moment, but in this context I'd place its emergence in the early to mid-1990s.

My shallow, poorly worded, comment was aimed at time of the "open internet".

Newspapers took large revenue from advertising that had little to do with journalism. That subsidized foreign bureaus, statehouse reporters, investigative work and specialized beats. When those dollars moved elsewhere, the economics of reporting collapsed. The 2008 recession accelerated that.

That 60% figure is specifically newspaper newsroom employment, not journalism employment.

Relax. This happens 2-3'ish times a year. Remember last April when Trump announced tariffs.

  This started long before the decline of the open internet and AI.

Not sure thats true.

Yeah, the typography choices here are poor. Nice idea but readability on mobile isn’t great sadly.

Curated or real-time? This is near real-time feed of latest stories:

https://donohoe.dev/timeswire/

  "Why do I give a busker money when I could play the real track on spotify."

It is more like "Why do I give money to someone playing a track on Spotify when I could play that track on Spotify."

Same. Into my second decade with them. Great value, no real complaints.

…or just enable automatic updates.

Secret P-384 keys for those CAs are all zeros but not the last 8 bits.

My first and only Waymo was in SF last week. The 25 minute walk was also a 20 min drive. Great. Took 45 minutes of odd detours and sudden reroutes to get from Ferry Building to the hotel.

You’re not identifying as a lawyer so please understand it’s much more complicated than that.

I’m not a lawyer but I’ve been involved with litigation between publishers and tech companies regarding scraped content.

It’s much more complicated than you’d ever think.

Personally, I think Nitter is in a strong position.

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

I had just finished the first "Dungeon Crawler Carl" and found it harmless and not worth the money. Frankly I'm a little surprised its a best seller. Do the later books get any better?

Hyperion is a first-time read and as I near the end I know I'll seek out the next one.

USA.gov = 800KB

america.gov = 25MB (before you start scrolling)

Feels janky too.

Anyone recommend light-weight VR (or AR) setup that’s just good for watching movies on a big screen? Nothing fancy just good for that and portable.

It was not paywalled for me. To your other point, sure, but you can see the normal rate of cancer in a population over time and then see the spikes in the years directly after 2001.

The distinction is that the strongest evidence is among responders, workers, residents, and others who were directly exposed, rather than showing that cancer suddenly increased across all of NYC.

I love how the article is “isn’t that neat?” and never touches upon any self-awareness that perhaps many religions are nothing more than stories.

What I want is a tiny portable bluetooth jammer for those who insist everyone in public must be listening to their music. Sadly they are too clunky to haul around each day.

"feels intentionally cruel"

They are intentionally cruel. Its the point. They aren't even trying to hide it. The posts on official Whitehouse X account are borderline gleeful on topics of deportation and immigration. I'm in dis-belief at times.

If I go to a restaurant and it’s all handled through a tablet I leave. I can get that treatment at the airport.

It’s not about accents, it’s about whether you look/feel like a tourist. Even so, you can never really tell how people will go.

Source: I waited tables in NYC in a past life.

Anything from the Telegraph should be treated as suspect and an alternative source should be found.

They just told you what the difference is.

I just give the people what they want

Unrelated but a little related (semi-shameless plug?)- I made a small weather web-app that also plotted daylight hours as a secondary feature.

Its really weather over the next 12 hours on the primary ring, and day/night transition on the inner.

https://donohoe.dev/weather/

Related conversation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319573

It has been flagged again after being #1 on frontpage.

Yes. The page cites numerous sources. It may vary by agency.

Example: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-fede...

I understand that at the every end he acknowledges this is dumb, but I think the biggest issues faced by guys who follow that 6-6-6 rule is that they are immature.

There are still farms in Manhattan and other parts of NYC. From the few I know off-hand:

- The Farm at the Javits Center (Hudson Yards) is a working rooftop farm, greenhouse, and has an orchard.

- On Randall’s Island there is a farm with raised beds, greenhouses, rice paddies, and also an orchard.

- Battery Urban Farm (Lower Manhattan) - not sure of this counts but its an operating educational farm that grows produce.

There are others.

Yes, think about the less overhead from dealing with people and building issues. Take a look at the Times Square too.