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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by jamiequint on Monday April 06, 2026 @08:09PM (#47669078)
Yes? It's the data source, not a third-party. How is this even a question?
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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by SwellJoe on Monday April 06, 2026 @10:51PM (#47670190)
X restricts what you can view without logging in. Many folks don't want to log in to X, for obvious reasons. Posting an xcancel link is kinda like folks posting various `archive` URLs to bypass paywalls, work around overloaded servers, etc. That's an extremely common practice here that usually goes without comment.
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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by jamiequint on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @06:03PM (#47681927)
What is an "obvious reason" one might not want to log into X? I can't think of any rational reason.
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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by SwellJoe on Monday April 13, 2026 @01:05AM (#47747811)
You can't think of even one reason?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/12/elon-musk...

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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by minimaxir on Monday April 06, 2026 @10:52PM (#47670203)
There's pedantic, and then there's needlessly pedantic.

xcancel is a valid workaround for X links on Hacker News and is sufficient for original attribution.

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