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New comment by freejoe76 in "What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]"

freejoe76 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:54:02 +0000

Tangential, but really, really good: What is it like to be an octopus? https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n17/amia-srinivasan/the-...

Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows

freejoe76 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:03:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/kids-reading-less-lower-levels-department-education-study-rcna348987

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479314

Points: 252

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New data shows how the most common first and last names in the U.S. have changed

freejoe76 — Sat, 09 May 2026 17:25:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/data-shows-first-names-last-names-rcna342715

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076600

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

More of Silicon Valley is building on free Chinese AI

freejoe76 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 22:29:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/silicon-valley-building-free-chinese-ai-rcna242430

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46101067

Points: 12

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Everyone prefers human writers, even AI

freejoe76 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:06:58 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08831

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631239

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by freejoe76 in "The Tag"

freejoe76 — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:37:20 +0000

If you're interested in learning how much HTML you actually know, I wrote this quiz to test you (and at the end it shows you how many of the hundred-plus elements you missed, and what each are for). https://joemurph.com/article/detail/html5-elements-quiz/

ChatGPT safety systems can be bypassed to get weapons instructions

freejoe76 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:23:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/chatgpt-safety-systems-can-bypassed-weapons-instructions-rcna225788

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45538715

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by freejoe76 in "Choose Your Own Adventure"

freejoe76 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 21:16:18 +0000

Also, if CYOA software is something you're into and you aren't familiar with interactive fiction, there are worse places to start than https://ifdb.org/

New comment by freejoe76 in "Choose Your Own Adventure"

freejoe76 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:17:15 +0000

In 2022 the New Yorker wrote up the CYOA franchise, early history and later existence, in a story that is a choose your own adventure itself: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/19/the-enduring-a...

Social media alt text for journalists, and why it matters

freejoe76 — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 14:40:27 +0000

Article URL: https://joemurph.com/article/detail/social-media-alt-text-for-journalists/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43593874

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

New comment by freejoe76 in "Airbnb Is Moving Off of React Native (2018)"

freejoe76 — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 02:32:43 +0000

does nobody tell them it's slow and they just don't know

New comment by freejoe76 in "Airbnb Is Moving Off of React Native (2018)"

freejoe76 — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 02:32:13 +0000

Weird that the site is still as slow as it's always been, how have they not fixed this, it's slow on desktop it's slow on the app it's always the slowest thing. Slower than local news websites. S l o w.