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Re:Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions
on Friday October 30, 2026 @04:43PM (#50309892)
@TipoftheBanana wrote about this recently on X. Great account on food manufacturing.
Re:Americans Trust in Federal Government Sinks to New Depths
on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @01:33PM (#50075516)
"Public trust in government has been trending downward for the past two decades, but this year brings steeper declines in some measures."
I'm surprised there was ever much trust in government, and looking at the graph.. surprised to see it was 83% in 1974, during the Nixon administration, and it's just been going down ever since.
Re:Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?
on Monday September 28, 2026 @10:31AM (#49878625)
I agree with the author, violence against educators has become normalized, but it's also been a fault on both sides. Both sides have lost respect for one another, and the reasons why depend a lot on politics and social issues. It almost mirrors the strife between citizens and cops: each side entrenching believing they "know what's best" and the other side be damned.
Re:Toyota is finally taking its best-seller electric
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @03:50PM (#49835950)
I'm holding on to my gas vehicle as long as I can because I really don't like the hybrid sad spaceship noise. I guess I could get it and disable the speaker but then that might void the warranty. The mechanic I go to tells me I can absolutely disable it and they will do it for me but they caution that it will void a warranty. I will continue to drive my old car until it falls apart.
Re:Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @10:26AM (#49816720)
I'd probably feel differently if it was a mega franchise like Starbucks or McCafe right at the entrance of a civic building.
I would too. It would be in the government's interest to chose an operator and lease out space, but only if it were done in the most fair manner possible. I have no clue about such matters, I confess, but I would not want to see the idea politicized; as in only certain people can apply, or preferences given to certain classes. Perhaps a little contentious in the short run, but in the long term it would be better.
And yes, alas, if it's Starbucks that has the best deal, then so be it. In fact, playing devil's advocate, what IF Starbucks said we'll give you 100% of our profits from this location on the sale of beverages?
Probably best that the library gets the money from leasing the space, and let's the local operator earn whatever they can.
Re:Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @10:22AM (#49816647)
YES! I encountered the same thing in Melbourne some years ago, a little cafe just inside the library whose profits 100% went to the library.
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on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @10:20AM (#49816619)
What.. is THIS?! A lot is allowed on HN that shouldn't but this is just.. awful.
Re:The President's Power to Pardon Friends and Allies Must End
on Thursday September 17, 2026 @09:46AM (#49740687)
It is rarely those in power that seek to reduce the power they have. I would support an amendment that the President may not pardon himself, his immediate family, or anyone acting on behalf of their administration.
Re:Japan's book scene is quietly moving from bookstores to libraries
on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @05:31PM (#49733311)
It would be interesting if libraries also operated, say, cafes. Rules apply of course, but it might create a job and add something extra to a library.
Re:My Health Insurance Denied My Cancer Treatment. I Emailed the CEO
on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:26AM (#49698585)
It does help to be a journalist at a major magazine. Plebeians such as myself would be very lucky to get such a response.
Re:Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
on Thursday September 10, 2026 @04:29PM (#49649752)
Ah you jest, but your comment reminded me of the person whose home was raided by authorities for researching pressure cookers...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/01/new-york-polic...
Re:Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
on Thursday September 10, 2026 @04:29PM (#49649739)
This was my thought. Anyone who has taken secondary biology or chemistry possesses the knowledge, if not at least the ability to find the knowledge, to build all sorts of nasty things. Soil from a farm on slices of potato could yield anthrax spores, this is not specialized or even esoteric knowledge. This news from Anthropic just does not seem as spectacular as I think they might want us to believe, if anything it draws questions around having an AI that cannot be monitored.
Re:Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening
on Thursday September 10, 2026 @09:02AM (#49643055)
There has always been the myth/rumor/belief that our devices are always listening. I wonder if this is an overton window moment, get people used to a device actually listening and slowly move to all devices listening.
Ianal: Woudl the Supreme Court reexamine right to privacy in public?
With so many government cameras, and increasingly shrinking personal life-blogging camera devices (i.e. Meta Glasses), might the Supreme Court feel it necessary to reexamine United States v. Knotts, which laid out the in-public, thus no privacy doctrine?The public concern of cameras, now with AI, may lead to a broader backlash against them, and laws akin to privacy laws in Europe.
Re:Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX at end of second quarter
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:00PM (#49323123)
Hrm.. Data centers in space?
Re:Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney fa...
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @09:13AM (#49319752)
Yeah some kind of translation issue. The papers seem to know what they're talking about, and I don't entirely get the AI gut feeling, only on the key words.
Re:Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney fa...
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @09:04AM (#49319688)
Good point, but I see lots of articles are using this "kidney disappointment" so maybe but.. holy toledo look at Impacts of Renal Transplantation and its Mental (2023) by Renan Kamath : “organ disillusionment,” “kidney relocate dismissal,” and “excusal of the moved organ.”
Re:Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney fa...
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @09:02AM (#49319667)
Interesting! I started reading and there are so many sentences like “gauges an individual's gamble of kidney disappointment.”
Changing words for watermarking .. I understand why it may do that .. but .. what an unfortunate choice of where to do it.
Re:Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney fa...
on Sunday August 16, 2026 @08:58AM (#49319641)
Huh.. Ok I'll play along. Could this be a translation issue? I confess the first thing that leaped to mind was.. could it be AI written? But I didn't want to leap to that but.. it's .. such a strange word that is not expected in .. I guess formal medical training.
Re:You're not uncool. Making friends as an adult is just hard (2021)
on Thursday August 06, 2026 @07:08AM (#49195123)
IMHO the secret to making friends as an adult is to constantly put yourself in situations where you are forced to interact with others without any overarching elements of dating, sex, alcohol, or relationships. Like volunteering.
Also, it takes time. I've learned that faith comes from trust, which comes from time, and experience. The more I am around others, gaining experience with our personalities, we come to trust one another, and build faith in friendship.
Re:Microsoft Is Quietly Deleting Mentions of 32 GB RAM Recommendation ...
on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @01:21PM (#49185951)
You might consider MX, it has a much lower footprint for eating ram.
Re:Fed's Kashkari says 'now is the time to start slowly moving' rates up
on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:54AM (#49184627)
Rates up, rates down, I'm so confused. Too much liquidity supposedly means inflation, too little liquidity means deflation. Would not lower rates mean more consumer spending, thereby injecting more spending and fluidity in the system?
I can't help but shake the feeling that the federal reserve is here for the wealthy, the bankers, and not for the rest of us, and anything they do is ultimately not for our benefit, but for theirs.
Re:Exercise works for depression. So why isn't it treated like real me...
on Monday July 27, 2026 @03:14PM (#49074336)
Personal experience: Exercise did not help with my severe depression. Out of sheer desperation, I started exercising and eating way better. My health improved significantly, dropping 75 pounds.. but the depression still remains. I was just as depressed after 6 months of daily walking (3-5mi/day) as I was before. Left the house depressed, returned home depressed.
All that to say, I think IMO exercise can help improve general daily mood, but it did not really do anything for my overall depression.
Re:In San Francisco, even $180k tech salaries are no longer enough
on Monday June 29, 2026 @01:25PM (#48722180)
Re:US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional pro...
on Monday June 29, 2026 @12:55PM (#48721743)
That is the loop hole IMO and that's how they will get around it.
Re:The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the far-right Swedish Ör...
on Monday June 29, 2026 @09:49AM (#48719285)
Aren't far-right parties opposed to government control and censorship? Ideally a provider should be politically neutral, but I'm wondering if it's preferable to have one that is opposed to government control and censorship.
Re:UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media acco...
on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @01:17PM (#48558595)
or use bluesky
Draft executive order would set deadlines for quantum encryption
Re:Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]
on Friday May 22, 2026 @12:48PM (#48238360)
That's a really good idea. I only worry about invalidating a warranty. As soon as the dealer finds out..