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tompt··on Making Hard Things Easy
This is a talk turned into a web page done right. It seems like it should be a simple thing to do, but often the results are confusing and hard to read. Not here, well done!
tompt··on Ask HN: YouTube keeps suggesting vids I marked “not interested”. What can I do?
I recently noticed that Youtube has been adding videos to my watch history that I didn't watch. Not just random videos, but ones the algorithm keeps pushing that I'm not interested in.

I know I didn't watch them, but there they are on my history page. It feels kinda icky and I don't know how to stop it.

tompt··on The Reddit blackout will continue
Are you saying replace the volunteer moderators with Reddit staffers? Or empower a large group of new, untested, volunteer moderators?

Neither sounds like it would help achieve their profit goals.

tompt··on I went down the rabbit hole of buying GitHub Stars, so you won't have to
Do you then fix the typo with no attribution to the original reporter? Or do you just choose not to fix a known error because you question the motives of the reporter?
tompt··on Ask HN: Does anyone have a solution to the Netflix password crackdown?
This seems like the right answer. Either pay for the service or use something else. There's no sense in paying for one account, then secretly using it as two accounts.
tompt··on Amazon Closing AmazonSmile
I always assumed having to type the smile domain was more about making sure they didn't have to make both an affiliate payment and a smile payment on the same order.

Seemed like an easy way to cut off affiliates while appearing to be generous. Maybe I'm just too cynical.

tompt··on Kindness, tech staffing and resource allocation
The results may look similar, but they call for very different responses.

Firing productive engineers isn't going to fix managers whose vision is not aligned with business needs.

tompt··on L’Oréal suspends advertising spending on Twitter
https://archive.ph/drUqJ
tompt··on SSH commit verification now supported
Also known as non-repudiation[1] and, as you point out, not something to be used without considering its consequences.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-repudiation

tompt··on FTC takes action to stop Opendoor from cheating potential sellers
I don't understand why a corporate death penalty is seen as untenable. For some crimes, yes shut the business down and zero-out the folks who sought to profit from the unlawful activity. If some of those people were defrauded into believing the business was lawful, the should seek the same remedies other defrauded people do.

You ask if the folks who depend on the company's product should go without. No, they should move their business to a competitor. If there is no competitor, maybe that's evidence that the business plan is not viable while acting lawfully.

tompt··on Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
What does less wokeness mean? Does it mean being more tolerant of abusive language? Does it mean being less tolerant of inclusive language? Both? Something else?

I've heard folks ask for less wokeness, but I don't know what that would look like.

tompt··on Building an iPod for 2022
This is the way. Decent hardware, support for FLAC, and the ability to run android apps if streaming is your thing.
tompt··on The scramble to make climate change in Alaska feel real
Heating fuel is very expensive in bush Alaska, as is window glass. Small windows help with both.