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Re:How much of HN is AI? on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:47PM (#49442806)
that new traffic likely was from AI and their scrapers. So no, not much of a net positive.
Please educate me what exactly is the conspiracy theory here. Are you saying it is beneath Citadel to play this trick?
Citadel spread the rumor that the Fed was going to hike rates this week. This led to Situational Awareness getting margin called on their longs.
you vill get ze downvotes and be happy
Stow requires LaTex support to build from source. I tweaked it[0] to make sure it builds without it.

[0] https://github.com/jvsg/stow-simple

Re:May 2022 core update releasing for Google Search on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:57PM (#31509739)
if google search was already so bad in an environment of free money, I shudder to think what happens when that money supply ends.
and you don't need bandwidth for netflix?
Re:Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @10:40AM (#30699410)
fyi, IQ shredder means social and technological innovation that keeps higher IQ people from reproducing, and hence lowering down of IQ over generations. Nothing to do with distractions and hazards.
Re:Top Chess Engine Championship on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:32AM (#30192862)
is there anything of this sort, but for go?
Re:Tarrare on Sunday January 16, 2022 @05:38PM (#29961085)
How do eat snakes and lizards whole, and not get sick? Not only this guy seems to be mentally ill, but also superhuman.
Re:Francis Fukuyama – Against Identity Politics on Saturday January 15, 2022 @11:48AM (#29947862)
Could you explain ego rent? Google didn't give me an answer (it sucks these days tbh).
this was demonstrated in the case of tiktok. Essentially, every other player tried to emulate them, and then facebook lobbied USA and it's minions (like india) to mount pressure on tiktok for being "chinese spy app".
Re:500M Avira antivirus users introduced to cryptomining on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:29PM (#29859294)
exactly. This was my first thought too. Perhaps they envisoned it that way to sell more copies of their product.