Readit Newspaulnpace commented on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward ghacks.net/2025/08/27/you... · Posted by u/speckx
They will secretly use your docs to train their models on it, say it was a mistake, pay their $4million dollar fine in 2040 for doing that and laugh the whole time.
I'm sure there's nothing secret about it as it's probably published in the agreement you acknowledged reading before "agreeing".
paulnpace commented on The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf] simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf... · Posted by u/oliverkwebb
Always a good one for internet point farming.
Scrolling throug the comments here, one could conclude the HN community finds it to be justified to remove water access without warning to people they find disageeable.
paulnpace commented on Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo... · Posted by u/achristmascarl
While driving a car, it is possible to do something, even on accident, that can land a person in jail. These crimes do not have the option of paying a fine in lieu of prison time.
A "self-driving" car can cause the same accident but gain advantages over a human driver that the person ultimately responsible is no longer held to the same set of laws.
This seems to undermine foundations of law, placing the owners of those assets into a different legal category from the rest of us.
paulnpace commented on Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team annas-archive.org/blog/an... · Posted by u/jerheinze
"The site can't be reached" ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR
Origin is unreachable Error code 523
I think using example.com is a bit of a trick question. It is known as an example domain which is invalid for all purposes, except of course for serving as an example. :)
An explanation of the use of example.com would have informed users that addresses should be evaluated as such, otherwise, AFAICT, all of the examples provided are invalid.
paulnpace commented on How AI conquered the US economy: A visual FAQ derekthompson.org/p/how-a... · Posted by u/rbanffy
This is going to end badly, I am afraid.
Everywhere I use "A.I.", I am forced to use "A.I.", and the thing I am forced to use it for has been made worse, as a result of the "A.I."
For those comparing the "A.I." bubble to the .com bubble, they are missing the point that even a mostly normie user such as myself, logging on with my 14.4 kbps modem I instantly had something that was new and useful. With "A.I.", I haven't found anything, at least for myself, that is useful.