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Re:On Rendering Diffs on Saturday May 30, 2026 @03:23PM (#48339748)
That video has most tastefully added backtrack of all of HN
This would be a cool origin story for astrophage (from Project Hail Mary, a fun & light sci fi read by the Martian guy)
I reckon components either have to be free, or the "platform" pays top creators. The latter is hard...but one could execute it better thank tiktok, who did it very inequitably - but it was still incentive enough.
Yeah one thing is for sure, permission granted by terms of use and the like, are not realistically parsable by most users. Its sad how leaned-upon they are given that.

It seems like a well constructed runtime could encourage permissions that are right-sized, action-aligned, and even linked to specific UX components - like it could be possible to have a special runtime-compatible "Pay" button that can be included in an app, which automatically serves as proof of consent to release a credit card number.

A browser like that would be so great! I wonder if a chromium base (as is trending) would enable it...