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New comment by baggachipz in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:35:57 +0000

I always assumed DOGE + Ka$h would create an impenetrable fortress of strength; a beacon on the hill of brilliance and security.

New comment by baggachipz in "Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy"

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:38:51 +0000

Apple Maps now has ads... er, sorry, "preferred listings".

New comment by baggachipz in "9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game""

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:45:07 +0000

Eh... gigantic logos on clothing have existed since the 70's. I do agree it's gotten WAY more prevalent from the 90's onward.

New comment by baggachipz in "9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game""

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:41:03 +0000

The genie is out of the bottle. All football leagues will have it sooner or later. Then there's one additional break. Then another....

New comment by baggachipz in "9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game""

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:39:03 +0000

That's pretty extreme. I just buy stuff that is very minimalist with the logo. A small "swoosh" doesn't really bother me.

New comment by baggachipz in "9 Ads per Minute: FIFA Cup 26 – "the price of the beautiful game""

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:35:38 +0000

Don't worry, "hydration breaks" will catch up to NFL levels in no time.

New comment by baggachipz in "I said no and Apple said yes"

baggachipz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:52:38 +0000

I foolishly bought a Macbook Air with only 256GB of drive space. Now whenever I need to "upgrade" OS versions, there's not enough drive space to do so. It sure would be nice to delete all this unnecessary Siri bullshit bloat so that I can use my laptop with the latest updates.

New comment by baggachipz in "ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You"

baggachipz — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:26:57 +0000

Remember when flip phone cameras were forced to add an un-mutable "click" sound when somebody snapped a photo, in order to try to stop creep shots? We've sure come a long way since then.

New comment by baggachipz in "ER visits for gambling disorders doubled after expanded online gambling market"

baggachipz — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:38:57 +0000

I was passively watching the NFL pregame last weekend, and they straight up had gambling-sponsored segments where they showed live odds for all sorts of events/stats for the day's games. It's become completely pervasive in the span of a couple years. But I live in the US, aka Biff Tannen's Pleasure Palace.

New comment by baggachipz in "OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with Sponsored Agents"

baggachipz — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:02:24 +0000

> How else are they to monetize text outputs?

I thought AGI was supposed to replace most knowledge workers and they'd pocket the savings that their customers enjoyed by not having to pay a work force. That's what their valuation is based upon.

New comment by baggachipz in "OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with Sponsored Agents"

baggachipz — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:00:33 +0000

Just like cable tv, and Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video, and....

New comment by baggachipz in "Diesel prices in U.S. top $6 a gallon for first time"

baggachipz — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:18:19 +0000

"both sides" is the reason we're in this shit show. It's like comparing a wart to stage 4 skin cancer.

New comment by baggachipz in "Claude is only available to people over 18 years"

baggachipz — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:08:42 +0000

Today marks 25 years minus one day since the US really kicked the destruction of privacy into high gear. Soon after, framing this revocation of rights using the name PATRIOT.

New comment by baggachipz in "I think I hate the internet"

baggachipz — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:37:23 +0000

> Reddit is on some absolute mission to make the experience miserable

Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit: community of people you remember, geek-centered for the most part, better discussion. It fills the void for me, and there's no algorithm to monetize or incentive for advertising. Well worth the few bucks a month I give my server admin.

New comment by baggachipz in "Lotus Notes and the dangers of starting from scratch"

baggachipz — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:35:32 +0000

You're right, it was VBScript that it mimicked. I then parlayed that into Active Server Pages, which could use VBScript or JScript. We pivoted into JScript and that's when the web dev world truly opened up for me.

New comment by baggachipz in "Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021"

baggachipz — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:33:45 +0000

Emdashes.

New comment by baggachipz in "Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021"

baggachipz — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:32:10 +0000

Subsidized prices at launch to lure in customers. Then profit-seeking, by raising prices and offering less for the money. Textbook enshittification.

New comment by baggachipz in "AirPods 5"

baggachipz — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:11:50 +0000

No new Pros. They probably saw all the blowback about meta glasses and thought that maybe now's not the time for cameras on things.

New comment by baggachipz in "Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit"

baggachipz — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:50:38 +0000

The fact that they allow unlimited access to any law enforcement organization, where they can surveil anyone across the entire country. Police have used it to stalk ex-partners, for example. The number of cameras are also an order of magnitude higher. I can't leave my driveway without being tracked.

New comment by baggachipz in "Lotus Notes and the dangers of starting from scratch"

baggachipz — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:38 +0000

My first internship and job out of college was as a Notes developer. I spent most of my time trying to trick/strongarm Notes into doing what I wanted. Want to build a timekeeping system? Sure, I can do that. A website? No problem, Domino server made it easy(ish).

The paradigm of everything being a database with documents was ahead of its time, but the real power was in LotusScript. It was basically just Javascript and that allowed me to transition to a web dev role later on. I have mostly fond memories of Notes.