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New comment by clydethefrog in "Claude Fable 5"

clydethefrog — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:02:57 +0000

Almost all Musk related negative news gets [flagged] and never hits the the front page, so there is still a silent base on the other "team" apparently.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Dopamine Fracking"

clydethefrog — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:53:54 +0000

This was described in a 2016 essay in the Verge, coining it "airspace". It has been going on so long that indeed it has become the standard now, see this recent analysis, claiming that airbnb estate agents should invest in "authentic" interior.

https://www.nssmag.com/en/lifestyle/41707/airspace-aesthetic...

New comment by clydethefrog in "Dopamine Fracking"

clydethefrog — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:32:47 +0000

There was a major campaign the last decade from many pro-capital and libertarian thinkers to label Adorno and other philosophers as the root cause of many people grievances. Remember Peterson et all all warning about "Cultural marxism" and "postmodernism"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_th...

I try not be against new terms like "enshittification" or "dopamine fracking" for this reason, the tech people at the levers that might be convinced to change course seem to be more open to substack and blogpost concepts (see SSC / rationalist popularity for all this new terminology that just describes old continental philosophical concepts) instead of having to read old European thinkers that use too much Marxist terminology.

Edit: case in point, literally users here are now linking to SSC essays explaining critical theory lol

New comment by clydethefrog in "Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16"

clydethefrog — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:07:02 +0000

There was another research in Austria into phone-free living among 46,000 young people shows that three weeks without a smartphone leads to better sleep and less depression. The participants reported increased psychological well-being and a decrease in problematic internet use, even after they started using the phones again. Many young people found new activities such as reading or playing outside to fill the time. https://science.orf.at/stories/3235664

New comment by clydethefrog in "Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16"

clydethefrog — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:03:37 +0000

In our liberatarian paradise where everything is ads and poison because of the ruthless aim of maximizing profit, the biggest enemy is heavy regulation from to some other body that is not a for-profit entity, be it a moral and spiritual guidance of a church or lifestyle or a strong government apparatus that is true to it's aim to improve the lives of it's citizens.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Israel's operation to turn Hezbollah's beepers into bombs – exclusive"

clydethefrog — Fri, 22 May 2026 08:41:02 +0000

You can see the result from this operation in this photo series.

https://apnews.com/photo-essay/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-page...

New comment by clydethefrog in "A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout"

clydethefrog — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:57:23 +0000

Related story - in February 2026, the baggage of a Dutch diplomat was confiscated. It contained three Starlink satellite modems and seven satellite phones, concealed inside a suitcase.

https://karat.substack.com/p/a-diplomatic-suitcase-at-imam-k...

New comment by clydethefrog in "Japanese, French and Omani vessels cross Strait of Hormuz"

clydethefrog — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:23:47 +0000

They announced they will veto military actions to open Straight of Hormuz in the UN security council.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Senior European journalist suspended over AI-generated quotes"

clydethefrog — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:47:09 +0000

Some of these newsletters were also edited and published in opinion pages of the Mediahuis publications.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Oil and gas prices jump after Iran and Israel attack gasfields"

clydethefrog — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:10:41 +0000

They could stage a "Operation Spiderweb" inspired attack [0], but this seems highly unlikely with the current powerful surveillance state of the USA. I once read a wild theory that some Mexican cartels might be able to, since they have access to military hardware too nowadays.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spiderweb

New comment by clydethefrog in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

clydethefrog — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:28:35 +0000

Just last night:

"It’s worth pointing out that Hezbollah has managed to get rockets right down to the south of Israel today – and that is unprecedented. Never before has Hezbollah managed to get rockets so far south into Israel."

https://aje.news/b8762y?update=4414645

New comment by clydethefrog in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

clydethefrog — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:22:53 +0000

Strange how there are so many progressive radical groups and somehow the anti-nuclear activists are the only ones that manage to change the energy agenda in favour of the very powerful lobby of the fossil fuels. The animal activists never changed the subsidies to animal agriculture, the activists for international causes like Palestine haven't managed much either.

New comment by clydethefrog in "[dead]"

clydethefrog — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:20:08 +0000

Crazy to see how all the comments here are AI bots. Thankfully we have the green usernames to make it more obvious.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Iranian security chief Ali Larijani killed in air strike"

clydethefrog — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:10:15 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrdom_in_Iran

Waymo blocking ambulance during deadly Austin shooting

clydethefrog — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:59:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/article/waymo-austin-shooting-21948947.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47211145

Points: 129

# Comments: 206

New comment by clydethefrog in "Pinterest is drowning in a sea of AI slop and auto-moderation"

clydethefrog — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:06:17 +0000

Pinterest has the honour to lead the leaderboard from #1 tot #7 in the blocked domain list.

https://kagi.com/stats?stat=insights

New comment by clydethefrog in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

clydethefrog — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:59:30 +0000

I remember the writers of SV actually somehow had to tone down the ridiculousness of the SV setting. See this quote from The New Yorker [0]:

>“His [Teller, working for Google] message was, ‘We don’t do stupid things here. We do things that actually are going to change the world, whether you choose to make fun of that or not.’

>Teller ended the meeting by standing up in a huff, but his attempt at a dramatic exit was marred by the fact that he was wearing Rollerblades. He wobbled to the door in silence. “Then there was this awkward moment of him fumbling with his I.D. badge, trying to get the door to open,” Kemper said. “It felt like it lasted an hour. We were all trying not to laugh. Even while it was happening, I knew we were all thinking the same thing: Can we use this?” In the end, the joke was deemed “too hacky to use on the show.”

[0] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-silicon-v...

New comment by clydethefrog in "The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed itself"

clydethefrog — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:01:42 +0000

There has been recent academic research (+ book) about how it's the opposite - Israel relied on foreign intelligence (Club de Berne) for it's most famous operations.

[1] https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article/140/604-605/777/8140798

[2] https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/histor...

New comment by clydethefrog in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

clydethefrog — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:58:12 +0000

The European Commission bases its investigation on the rules laid down in the Digital Services Act (DSA). This European legislation, introduced in 2022, imposes strict requirements on companies offering digital services in Europe.

In addition to TikTok, the social media company Meta, Facebook's parent company, is also under the investigation.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_...

Quoting: >The Commission is concerned that the systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called 'rabbit-hole effects'. In addition, the Commission is also concerned about age-assurance and verification methods put in place by Meta.

And before someone mentions the other? X - the everything app formally known as Twitter - is also under the Commission's scrutiny. It was fined approximately 120 million euro at the end of last year.

New comment by clydethefrog in "Sam Altman responds to Anthropic's "Ads are coming to AI. But not to Claude" ads"

clydethefrog — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:39:10 +0000

Interesting part of the making of these ads - "While Claude helped behind the scenes – synthesising research and streamlining production – Anthropic and Mother say the concept, direction, scripts, performances and production were led by human teams."

https://lbbonline.com/news/claude-anthropic-mother-jeff-low-...

I wonder how much the CEO of ChatGPT used his own weapon to counter (very weakly, imo) this human-made attack ad.