thimkerbell

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by thimkerbell 4mo ago
See also: scarce housing and parking place availability.
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by thimkerbell 7mo ago
How do "big brands" deal with efforts pretty clearly (but deniably) aimed at sabotaging their brand? Besides the ebay approach.
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by thimkerbell 7mo ago
I have been present for a sermon that smelled like chatgpt. It does make you wish you had sent your agent instead.
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by thimkerbell 8mo ago
I've seen less-than-credible software in an ATM and in a "ring up your own groceries" station. No idea who's behind it or who would care, though.
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by thimkerbell 8mo ago
If you feature a quote from someone, prominently, on a prominent website, you might check in with them to make sure they don't have any issues with the usage. (I do sense artifice. Possibly wrongly.)
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by thimkerbell 8mo ago
Extra points if its homepage can offer informative 80-character descriptions. (What is the term for this (suggested) web design?)
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by thimkerbell 8mo ago
Add this to "HN for psychopaths" please.
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by thimkerbell 9mo ago
Extra points for people who avoid gratuitous clickbait
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by thimkerbell 9mo ago
(they don't fix things anymore, do they?)
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by thimkerbell 9mo ago
It's a little funny that no one is a human face of (interface to) Google Maps, or any platform with longevity these days. Talk to the faceless pretend person if you have a problem, maybe you'll feel better.
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by thimkerbell 10mo ago
In this case, it was Google popping up to cheerfully ask if the news item was of interest to me. But then asking "why" and using dark-pattern wording on the answer options. (I do wonder if people who click on "the ad knew too
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by thimkerbell 10mo ago
Also, where is today's Usenet?
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Ask HN: Where to warn people of a legal-but-evil online business ploy?
3 points by thimkerbell 10mo ago|6 comments
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by thimkerbell 10mo ago
A matchmaking service there might be good, so younger and older have stuff to talk about.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
So now we are to wonder if accidents are faked? The host did harm here.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Urban planning provocateur here (me). The writer: (kindaquote) "Create as much circulation at your party as you can. ...take away chairs from tables, leave shelves and counter-tops open for people to rest their plates and drinks&quot
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
[This is one of those article titles that would really benefit from adding one more word.]
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Does (should, could) DownDetector also say what customer-facing services are down, when some infrastructure is unworking? Or is that the info that the malefactors are seeking?
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
I swear these typos like to sneak in after I've posted, and HN doesn't allow edits. Spellcheck in the "compose a comment" process would be appreciated.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Could have been a proxy question to screen out excess honesty.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
"every day of work was like walking into the Shire and talking magic spells with 20 Gandalfs." Thanks for this.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
An honest answer that you didn't consider yourself to be lucky used to be a no-hire dealbreaker for Anazon. I wonder if their emigrés still view themselves as lucky.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Not helped by the civilizational-infrastructure absence of a role containing someone smart that you can take a bizarre situation to, and expect to get something more than a brush-off.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
typo, you did not mean attract
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Is Lars now the contact person for Reddit malfeasance?
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
Seems suboptimal somehow.
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by thimkerbell 11mo ago
So, if say you are searching for a listing for a particular item (with particular characteristics) that you need, your 21st century workflow is identical to what the the 20th century one would have been?
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Ask HN: The most useful LLM agents aren't allowed?
1 points by thimkerbell 11mo ago|9 comments
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
Impracting is a fine word
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by thimkerbell 1y ago
It's learned helplessness, is it not? e.g. when whenever you move toward a progress route it morphs into something threatening or otherwise aversive. Probably gets implemented in software by the bad people.

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