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SkipperCat commented on I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams   kirkville.com/i-now-assum... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
projektfu · a day ago
And if you share an article to your favorite messenger?
SkipperCat · a day ago
I only share articles between my wife and myself. The shared articles show up in our respective Apple News apps. Never really shared an article outside of the ecosystem. Sorry that's not more helpful.
SkipperCat commented on I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams   kirkville.com/i-now-assum... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
projektfu · a day ago
Does Apple News still share Apple News links to articles instead of the canonical link? When I had an iPhone, I uninstalled/disabled Apple News because I don't like distractions but when people shared with me an Apple News link I couldn't open it, because it would go to the app store instead of a redirect for the article. Ironically, on Android, that wasn't a problem. I'd get the article.
SkipperCat · a day ago
When I click on links in Apple News, it stays in the Apple News app. That's the same on my phone, iPad and MacBook.
SkipperCat commented on I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams   kirkville.com/i-now-assum... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
chaostheory · 2 days ago
Fitness, Music, Apple TV, Arcade, and even News are all fine at their price point.

Apple News is the most affordable way to access paywalled mainstream news

TV has decent shows

Games has decent games without IAP

Music is decent without ads

Fitness has gotten me in shape at a fraction of the cost of Les Mills or Beach Body

SkipperCat · a day ago
Agreed. I used to subscribe to the WSJ and WashPo and I cancelled both because I get both in Apple News. Plus I get the Atlantic, New Yorker, Wired and so many other magazines.

The user interface sucks. Sometimes I go to the actual websites to find articles and then search for them on Apple News. But for $13 USD a month, its a huge bargain and worth the crappy interface.

Another thing that kinda helped me was that Apple News doesn't give you access to the comments sections in these publications. Reading comments in the WSJ was just a huge rage-bait time suck and my life is probably better off not seeing that stuff.

SkipperCat commented on Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media   yle.fi/a/74-20207494... · Posted by u/Teever
logicchains · 8 days ago
>You are downvoted, but you are totally right. Humans are not meant to cry daily over stuff that happens half a world away

You mean humans are not meant to learn about the atrocities their government is funding half a world away.

SkipperCat · 8 days ago
Social media is not designed to keep you informed. Its designed to keep you engaged because that helps them sell ads. And the best way to keep you engaged is to keep you enraged. I've seen in the US how social media has been used push false narratives, hate and other falsehoods. Its toxic.

If you really want to stay informed, there are plenty of newspapers, NGOs and other organizations out there reporting the truth.

SkipperCat commented on Around 1,500 soldiers on standby for deployment to Minneapolis   bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... · Posted by u/treadump
secretsatan · 21 days ago
Infowars has been warning for decades this would happen, clearly just projection, where are all the militias vowing they would oppose this?
SkipperCat · 21 days ago
They all joined ICE.
SkipperCat commented on "If Starmer is successful in banning X in Britain, I will move forward in . . ."   twitter.com/RepLuna/statu... · Posted by u/chrisjj
SkipperCat · a month ago
This is why we need to bust up monopolies.
SkipperCat commented on Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?    · Posted by u/pugworthy
SkipperCat · 3 months ago
Has anyone had and experience using hearing aids to deal with tinnitus? I've got some small hearing loss in the high frequencies and I'm looking at getting fitted for hearing aids to help boost those frequencies. The hope is to train my brain to stop replacing the deficit of sound with the monotone tinnitus noise.

I've tried some OTC hearing aids (Sony & Sennheiser) but its been hit or miss. I'm going to try whatever the hearing aid tech at my ENT proscribes.

SkipperCat commented on SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades   cbsnews.com/texas/news/se... · Posted by u/pseudolus
SkipperCat · 4 months ago
The Miami stock exchange (MIAX) has their matching engines colocated in Equinix's NY4 data center in Secaucus NJ, much like many other exchanges. I would not be surprised if TXSE does the same.

Many trading firms already have their trading engines in that data center and I would assume TXSE would want quick access to that order flow and this might be easier if they are in NY4.

Of course, they may want to have their colo facilities in TX in their own data center, that way they can rent out space and make some extra revenue, but then they'd have to build that out.

SkipperCat commented on State Terror, American Style   paulkrugman.substack.com/... · Posted by u/rbanffy
CGMthrowaway · 4 months ago
My friend lives in a rich neighborhood in inner Chicago and they all chip in to pay extra for private security patrols through the neighborhood because they don't have enough cops. On top of one of the highest property tax in the country (2.1%) and sales tax (10.75%), etc etc.
SkipperCat · 4 months ago
Private security is not police. Private security will not give you a ticket for speeding. They wont write you a citation for not having a working turn signal. Their only mission is to protect the people who employ them. Very different from actual police work.
SkipperCat commented on State Terror, American Style   paulkrugman.substack.com/... · Posted by u/rbanffy
SkipperCat · 4 months ago
> But I've never talked to a person in a rich neighborhood that would turn down more police

Rich people in safe neighborhoods very commonly turn down police because they don't want their local taxes to go up. It's as simple as that. You can also add to the fact that they don't want their children slammed into the pavement for minor infractions such as having an open container beverage or doing 35 in a 25 mph zone.

Its always been rules for thee but not for me.

u/SkipperCat

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