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I'd say that's just a function of money number having to go up. Since at some point you can't charge more for [thing], maybe there are other ways of making money off [thing]? Let's use a bit less plastic on it! Boom, saved on manufacturing AND shipping.

slateron What's the management thinking behind enshittification

Money number must go up.

slateron South Korea's stock market down, president telling people not to commit suicide

"President Lee's Oct 13 message encouraging people to live and call 109 was replying to news of declining suicide rates (largely from debt improvements), not the KOSPI drop on Oct 15."

slateron Grace Hopper Celebration Cancelled

every accusation, confession, etc.

slateron NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect

Does this apply to subscriptions handled only by companies doing business in New York state?

Otherwise, NYT's just going to start their brand new subscription business, NYT Subscriptions LLC, just across the river in New Jersey.

slateron I'm still around.. I'm just not writing here

Even ^ that ^ link goes directly to front page. i;m guessing they check HN referrer

slateron Gentoo loses several sponsorships, seeking replacement infrastructure sponsors

Direct link to the announcement:

https://www.gentoo.org/news/2026/10/07/infrastructure-sponso...

slateron Show HN: Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app

IIRC with any link thru Messages, before sending, you can press and hold it and it'll give u the option to send just as a text link

slateron Northstar Browser

Secure Connection Failed

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified. What can you do about it?

The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the problem.

Error Code: SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT

slateron Tell HN: Bob Cringely has died

RIP.

slateron 56k.rip – the 1996 dial-up internet experience

and less space than a Nomad, you say?

slateron Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is 'morally binding'

so, not binding in the slightest. got it.

slateron The U.S. government launched an AI chatbot

also, quite the choice image for the "child's future" question

slateron Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave

Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

slateron Show HN: I built a seriously detailed free financial planner

Content-Security-Policy: The page’s settings blocked an inline script (script-src-elem) from being executed because it violates the following directive: “script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'”. Consider using a hash ('sha256-[redacted]') or a nonce.

and

Uncaught (in promise) Error: telemetry: navigator.sendBeacon is unavailable

Latest Firefox, latest macOS

slateron The first mRNA flu shot is now available. Here's who can get it

Wrong link...?

slateron North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

Project Plowshare says hello:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare