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Re:Jolie, the service-oriented programming language on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @09:22PM (#40293402)
It does mean pretty but it is not a common french name.
Because pure news are pretty much free today. So newspaper need to provide something else: analysis, opinions, etc. to be able to sell something.
Re:Show HN: I made a book recommendations app on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @12:15AM (#23003304)
Thanks for the feedback. The personal information (gender, birth year) is asked to refine the recommendations. So that you don't get recommended a child book if you're an adult for instance.

But it is not mandatory to submit the personal info, you could select "Prefer not to say" for those fields. Seems like that wasn't clear enough.

The first name, it's only asked so that I can write "Hi, [first name]" when you log in :)