jaredwiener
Pacer Fees Are Going Up 20%. They Should Be Going Away
US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine
Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:40PM (#50170762)
Because there are a million web-based ones?
Re:Facebook now charging to post more than 2 links a month
on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @02:40PM (#50170749)
This may not be the best place for this, but I run forth.news -- we publish primary sources, like releases/alerts from governments. (IPAWS -- the emergency alert system -- for example, is here: https://www.forth.news/lists/ipaws)
If there are PIOs/PAOs here who are looking for a new place to share alerts (for free), I'd love to chat. Our audience is growing quickly, and we can be a replacement for Facebook/Twitter/any other site making it more difficult for constituents to read alerts.
jared (at) forth (dot) news
Legendary Revives Lionsgate Takeover Talks, Submits Offer
US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license"
CNN Announces AI Partnership with Google
Re:An Apology
on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:19AM (#50099485)
If an unrecognized AirTag is following you, you'll get a notice.
I'm not constantly notified that my keys are with me. But if you stuck an AirTag in my backpack, my phone would tell me.
Disney strikes $20M deal for Character.ai's assets
Re:OpenAI finds recording device in one of their offices
on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @04:48PM (#50078508)
Wasn't that Anthropic?
OpenAI finds recording device in one of their offices
Re:WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @12:01PM (#50044692)
I think the issue is psychological rather than currency. There's a judgment a user needs to make before reading every article where they can decide it's not worth it. X401 transactions are most likely crawlers, without that issue.
Re:WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @12:05AM (#50039705)
I agree with you in that we need to support the journalists doing the reporting. That's expensive, the companies that do it are mostly in dire financial straits, and most journalists themselves make very little money.
That said, micropayments have been tried over and over again, and fail. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/micropayment...
A universal subscription is incredibly difficult to set up logistically, especially wondering how you split up payments, who qualifies to be included, etc. Is it by traffic? That would incentivize clickbait even more.
I've written about my plan/thoughts here: https://blog.forth.news/a-business-model-for-21st-century-ne...
I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it
New gTLD Program: 2026 Round Application Statistics
An AI radio DJ has shot to stardom in L.A. Human hosts aren't happy about it
I believe current AI models can think and understand – Part 1 of 2
N.Y.P.D. Officers Used Flock Safety to Track License Plates Without a Contract
AP: Avoid language that gives [AI] human characteristics
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
on Sunday September 13, 2026 @11:32PM (#49691617)
https://pro.forth.news
It's an extension of a longer-running project (https://www.forth.news) where it exposes and organizes 100s of newsworthy primary sources -- statements, press releases, press pool reports, emergency alerts, etc, whether from press email lists, X/Twitter, Bluesky, RSS, etc. The web UI is similar to TweetDeck - and it sends notifications.
Latest update now allows some panels to be based on an LLM prompt (i.e. "everything about the Iran War and its effects in the U.S.") which searches the entire catalog of sources as they are posted.