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jethronethro··on First "Miss AI" contest sparks ire for unrealistic beauty standards
How do we know that the judges in that contest weren't generated using AI?
jethronethro··on Ask HN: Would you go work for Facebook ("Meta")?
No. I just wouldn't feel good about myself working for a company like Meta, regardless of how interesting the work was, how much I'd be learning, or how much I was earning.
jethronethro··on Show HN: Why it's matter to be online
> Here is Your Copy

Based on that (which appears at the end of the page), I'm assuming that this was written by AI. And not very well, either.

> Because if you're not online, you might as well not exist.

That's a rather interesting conceit ...

jethronethro··on The Art of Quantum Forces
"Two artists reveal the hidden magic in particle physics."
jethronethro··on Ask HN: How much are you willing to use a "worse" product to promote competition
Not having all the features, functions, and flashing lights of a competitor/similar product doesn't make something worse. As someone pointed out (can't find the darned link, sorry) an alternative doesn't need to match a competitor one-to-one re: features. It just needs to do what its audience needs it to do.
jethronethro··on [dead]
Huh???
jethronethro··on Show HN: I Built an Open Source AI-Powered Todoist Clone
Maybe just do away with social logins all together?
jethronethro··on Show HN: I Built an Open Source AI-Powered Todoist Clone
Users can only sign in with a Gmail account? No thanks.
jethronethro··on Faces made of living skin make robots smile
This is giving me me waking nightmares of marauding robots searching for humans so they can slice their faces off ...
jethronethro··on [dead]
HN isn't the place to ask for this kind of help. Contact a mental health professional as soon as possible.
jethronethro··on Minutes of Fame on HN
Maybe because so much has been piled on top of your first post that no one is noticing it any longer? Or perhaps people have moved on to something that they find more interesting or relevant?
jethronethro··on Ask HN: How Do You Handle "Power-Users" on an Unlimited Plan?
Having an unlimited plan is a great way to attract a small group of users, but it can backfire (as you're discovering). What percentage of your users are on the unlimited plan? As other posters suggested, you might consider replacing the unlimited plan with something more sustainable and less open to abuse (for lack of a better word). You'll have to weigh that against the revenue that you risk losing by alienating some of those power users. But if it's only some users, you might be able to afford losing some or all of them.
jethronethro··on I'm Not Switching to Linux
OK, so Linux isn't for you. Not everything is suitable for everyone. But why crow about it in public? To bask in some smugness? Or to justify your choice (not just to yourself but others)?
jethronethro··on Work in IT, They Said
So IT is just like any other job. Who'd have thought? But I agree: the wonder and magic and all of that kind of thing that people are sold about IT ain't the truth.
jethronethro··on Ask HN: Is Dark Mode ever coming to HN?
If it hasn't happened by now, I doubt it will. Would nice to be proven wrong, though. But as I've pointed out in the past, I doubt YC puts a ton of human resources into HN. And I wouldn't be surprised if making incremental changes like adding dark mode is high on the list of things to do.
jethronethro··on How AI Can help small Business to grow?
What's the small business? What areas is it having difficulty growing? Will AI be able to help with those areas?
jethronethro··on Ask HN: The Starliner spacecraft issues, how harrowing for the astronauts?
Probably more concerning than harrowing. Remember that those astronauts are experienced test and combat pilots; well trained. They're used to things going wrong and reacting to them (I'd hope) calmly and methodically.
jethronethro··on Are AI Systems on Leave?
Even AI needs a break once in a while ...
jethronethro··on AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?
Only as far as I'd trust many of my human coworkers.
jethronethro··on Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Growing Alliance
What's Musk going to if 1) Trump is reelected, and 2) he follows through on his promise to ban EV sales?
jethronethro··on Anki can feel like punishment
Maybe Anki just isn't for you. Not everything is or should be.

To be honest, I'm not familiar with Anki but I'd have to assume that there's a setting where you can change the number of review items.

jethronethro··on Tell HN: Twitter Now Redirects to X.com
I'm surprised that it took this long to do that.
jethronethro··on Lawmaker Who Led TikTok Ban Bill Joins Private Surveillance Firm
So surveillance is OK if 1) it's done in the West, and 2) it's done by a private firm?
jethronethro··on First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too?
About to become rubbish? It has been for a more than a little while. Can Reddit become worse? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
jethronethro··on [dead]
I guess we'll all just have to get back to work. Or post to HN ...
jethronethro··on Linkedin.com Outage
And civilization as we know it hasn't collapsed. Who'd have thought?
jethronethro··on Ask HN: Is Vim Dead?
According to the internet, everything's dead. Until it isn't ...
jethronethro··on The McDonalds app for Android has been opening on its own for months
Maybe it's a sign: make healthier eating choices.
jethronethro··on Adam Neumann seeks to buy back WeWork after declaring bankruptcy in 2021
Why? So he can finish driving the company into the ground?
jethronethro··on Ask HN: Technical Blog Hosting from Git
GitHub Pages?

Blot (https://blot.im) also does something like that by syncing a git repo (information about that here: https://blot.im/how/sync/git).

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