This pretty much sums up my current mood with AI. I also like to think, but it just isn't worth it anymore as a SE at bigCorp. Just ask AI to do it and think for you and the result only has to be "good enough" (=> works, passes tests). Makes sense business wise, but it breaks me, personally.

tldr: paywalls are allowed as long as they can be circumvented easily, eg via archive.ph or similar services

> In the next 12 months we aim to set up and operate key components in the AT Protocol tech stack: PDS services, relays, and content moderation, in order to ensure that the ecosystem is robust, resilient and with a base in Europe. We also aim to kickstart the development of a suite of social applications that advance democratic and participatory civics, through technical support, access to resources, and collaboration with communities.

> To do that, we aim to raise €5-7 million over the next 12 months, and €15 million in funding by 2028.

€5-7m for operating a BlueSky instance. Great use of european funds right here!

So there will be laws because not everyone can be trusted to host and use this "dangerous", new tech.

And then you have a few "trusted" big tech firms forming an oligopoly of ai, with all of the drawbacks.

Having short form content that captures users without having to pay shares to content creators seems to a believable goal for the service

The website is a mess (broken links, broken UI elements, no about section)

There is no history on webarchive. There is no information outside of this website and their "customers" are crypto exchanges and some japanese payment provider.

This seems a bit fishy to me - or am I too paranoid?

  − Accenture plc  
  − Amazon web Services EMEA Sarl 
  − Bloomberg L.P. 
  − Capgemini SE 
  − Colt Technology Services 
  − Deutsche Telekom AG  
  − Equinix (EMEA) B.V. 
  − Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 
  − Google Cloud EMEA Limited 
  − International Business Machine Corporation 
  − InterXion HeadQuarters B.V. 
  − Kyndryl Inc. 
  − LSEG Data and Risk Limited 
  − Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited 
  − NTT DATA Inc. 
  − Oracle Nederland B.V.  
  − Orange SA 
  − SAP SE 
  − Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979406

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Reminder that rasengan, before running vp.net also owned Private Internet Access (PIA) [0] which was also allegedly involved in spreading rumors about ProtonVPN years ago [1].

PIA btw was acquired by Kape/Crossrider: https://cyberinsider.com/private-internet-access-kape-crossr...

So there is a lot of history between the owner of vp.net and proton.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45497614

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/8ww4h2/comment/e...

After 10 years of mandatory school most states have what is called "Berufsschulpflicht" until you are at least 18 years old.

That means you have to learn a job, which is not the same as working full-time and still considered education.

I don't get this analogy at all. Instead of a human information flows through a neural network which alters the information.

> Every lifelike detail in the final world is only there because my phone recorded it.

I might be wrong here but I don't think this is true. It might also be there because the network inferred that it is there based on previous data.

Imo this just takes the human out of a artistic process - creating video game worlds and I'm not sure if this is worth archiving.

> The full-page advertisement you saw on the previous page is an example.

> the paginated website design opens up new possibilities for ad placement and presentation, allowing for innovative approaches in terms of ad type, location, size, and interaction compared to traditional scrolling.

> highlighted and annotated sections often represent the user's key interests, allowing for more targeted and relevant ad placements

> ads embedded in the website will be included in these downloaded PDFs, increasing ad exposure each time the user reviews the PDF file.

> Paid subscribers could download ad-free PDFs, while non-paying users receive PDFs with embedded advertisements, providing a tiered reading experience.

- Does the website actually do anything related to SXG?

- Would this also work if I search something completely different, goo offline and then just click on the first result?

- What is the point of the code if it's just hardcoded?

- What is the random progressbar doing? Just for visuals?

Edit: I explored a bit more and this blog post[0] by the OP would probably be a better entry-point for this post.

[0]: https://www.pawelpokrywka.com/p/stretching-google-prefetchin...

[0]: Turkey banned Discord in 2024: https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-blocks-instant-mes...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43049717

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* Whatsapp search is broken. Goes to "https://web.whatsapp.comSEARCHPHRASE/"

* Most of these only work when logged in via cookie to the service

* Amazon search inserts your affiliate tag - you might want to make this clear somewhere.