Same thing as with em dashes. Some of us have been using em dashes from before ChatGPT.
Same here. Easily one of the worst parts of AI in my personal life. They don't even know about en dashes :(
Readit Newszavertnik commented on The end of Stop Killing Games [video] youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRL... · Posted by u/zavertnik
It's really sad that this good consumer oriented campaign got so much affected by one person creating drama and misinformation. I don't live in Europe but I was really hoping that at least something would be debated about this... There were some good games that I bought in the past that I don't have access anymore and this would be a good step to this not happening again.
I still hope this final push would result in something :) Thanks Ross and others for pushing it until you can.
I completely agree with your sentiment. Its basically Right to Repair's cousin! Fortunately, there is still time!
zavertnik commented on The end of Stop Killing Games [video] youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRL... · Posted by u/zavertnik
Some context for those just learning about this:
Prior discussions: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=stop+killing+games
Official website: https://www.stopkillinggames.com
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zavertnik commented on TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale afterbabel.com/p/industri... · Posted by u/cwwc
Every time there's a post like this on HN ("social media app harms children") responses like this seem to be a primary response. It always feels like handwavey avoidance of addressing the actual issue at hand: harm to children. "Oh so it's only bad because the Chinese own it? You're okay with American propaganda?!??"
"TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale" does not imply "Instagram Is Not Harming Children at an Industrial Scale". It is simply studying one app. There have been numerous reports of the dangers Instagram poses (especially to teens), and when they get posted we get a raft of "why just pick on Instagram?" comments. It's tedious.
> It's tedious.
Worse, it's distracting.
zavertnik commented on Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline cnbc.com/2025/01/17/supre... · Posted by u/kjhughes
It's hard not to see this as a continuation of the American corporate interests controlling the media their population consumes. TikTok I think has the largest share of American's attention out of all the social media?
Doesn't seem to matter which clown flaps about in the wind at the oval office, control of the narrative holds a steady keel for decades. This is the same story, in a new medium. Sure, as the "sides" in culture wars take turns "ruling", certain things are allowed or disallowed. The real consequential stuff, ideas and patterns that would lead to the empowerment of the working class vs hoarders of capital -- all the back to basic education, critical thinking, civic engagement, and the implicit/explicit deprioritization of any and all that in favour of obedient consumerism.
With the "new" tech they've discovered they can really shape people's opinions, tweak the emotional charge to make people act in such unconsidered ways, en masse, against each others' and their own best interest -- of course they'll hold on to that at any cost. It's unprecedented, though not unimagined.
I wonder what will fill this space. Over all the rises and falls of the various blinking nonsense, I've never really seen people go -back- to an app / service / etc. They all just wither away as the next new things comes up.
> It's hard not to see this as a continuation of the American corporate interests controlling the media their population consumes.
Do you find the natsec argument to be compelling considering:
> TikTok I think has the largest share of American's attention out of all the social media?
zavertnik commented on Healthcare companies are yanking info from their leadership pages old.reddit.com/r/redscare... · Posted by u/paganel
Does archive.org accept takedown requests?
Yes. Copyright issues are handled in the way you'd expect. Take down requests outside of copyright are reviewed internally without guarantee of outcome.
https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-request-to-remove-som...
This is something I've wanted to do for a while! I wish Samsung still produced their 55" 8K displays-- 8k @ 55" gives you effectively the same PPI as a 27" 4K display. Maybe someday.
> On July 4, the Alvarado Police Department announced that one of its police officers had been shot in the neck after responding to a call without stating the incident occurred outside of an immigration facility. It was the first of two officer involved shootings outside of a federal immigration facility in Texas this week, The Center Square first reported.
> What occurred was “a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers,” Larson said. “Make no mistake, this was not a so-called peaceful protest. It was indeed an ambush” to draw out people from inside “and it worked.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_a0a1ea2f-c61f-...