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dotcoma··on Millions Use Antidepressants. We Still Don't Understand How They Work
So in your case, no drugs would have been a lot better, correct ?
dotcoma··on Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, no privacy, and life's never been better (2016)
Yeah, sure, car rides and flying-car rides, and services that will bring home to you cooking equipment and anything else you may need will all be free…
dotcoma··on SpaceX and Tesla Explore Merger
To everybody's surprise.
dotcoma··on US tech giants warn Europe that ditching US tech giants could cost €115B
Cost Europe or cost the tech giants?

In any case, it's a price worth paying.

dotcoma··on I built a programming language that LLMs can't use
Not a SWE, I don't know.
dotcoma··on I built a programming language that LLMs can't use
Could one instead build a programming language that LLMs can handle especially well? Will Anthropic or others build such a programming language?
dotcoma··on Our digital privacy is being aggressively disbanded this week
Try GrapheneOS, or /e/OS (Murena), or iode.tech

Having an Android phone in 2026 and complaining about the fact that Google do not respect your privacy is a bit naive.

dotcoma··on Apple may soon track when Google promotes Chrome inside Safari
I've been using Helium for a year and previously Brave for a year and before that Iridium for many years on a Mac, and I was never nagged by anybody...
dotcoma··on In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults
> Panels are stationary, easier to target than vehicles.

is the most ridiculous thing I've read in a long time.

dotcoma··on Creatine may help build muscle even without exercise, researchers find
Isn't "3–5 grams" a day the dose that is (considered) safe?

(They took 10 grams a day in this study)

dotcoma··on Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections
And then try to kill her again next month ?
dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
I agree. I sure hope their government will not step in at that point and offer too many incentives to get married and disincentives to stay single, but I would not rule out this is exactly part of the plan...
dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
Is it necessarily so?

And doesn't something of the same kind happen in real-life, in some societies or countries or cities male-optimal and in others female-optimal ?

dotcoma··on Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm
So why, in your opinion, do people not finalise the deal?
dotcoma··on Anthropic IPO docs reportedly reveal over $40B in losses last year
So, they are valued 50x their losses?
dotcoma··on Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome
Is it so hard to copy how Chrome does bookmarks?

I sure wish they did.

dotcoma··on Majority of YouTube comments seem AI generated to me now
That’s an improvement on how they were before, isn’t it?
dotcoma··on Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads 2 Weeks from Election
They never said "Don't do evil".

Zuck famously said, of his users: "dumb fucks".

dotcoma··on Ask HN: Migrating personal email domain from Gmail to iCloud?
Tuta.com is good.
dotcoma··on SpaceX Pivots Away from Space
So… the largest IPO ever was for Twitter/Grok ?
dotcoma··on The Mafia may be keeping fentanyl out of Italy
And who is keeping it out of the other European countries?
dotcoma··on Trump says it's time to rebrand AI with a new name
TI, Trump Intelligence ?
dotcoma··on Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
Because they are a dodgy company?
dotcoma··on Among European Companies That Use a CDN, Nearly 9 in 10 Use Cloudflare
Maybe a European CDN, like Bunny (Slovenia)
dotcoma··on My Feed, My Way
Thinking. Taking notes, ideally on a piece of paper. Relaxing. Talking to strangers. And yes, self-analysing. Staring in the window, maybe not so much.
dotcoma··on Waymo racked up 8,300 SF parking tickets and nearly $1M in fines
$1M in fines on how much in revenue?

(I suspect this is the only kpi they care about)

dotcoma··on Tell HN: I want to see the same moon as you
Without a shared experience, it’s direct mail on steroids.
dotcoma··on Google Maps changed to show Lake Ontario as Lake America
Don’t do evil…
dotcoma··on Ask HN: Why does the US government search through people's phones at the border?
Good question. I doubt they do it when you land in China or in Russia!
dotcoma··on Top Russian economist replaced after warning of economic costs of Ukraine war
Two geniuses.
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