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New comment by initatus in "Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training"

initatus — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:21:30 +0000

That is the natural result. They're selecting for people that don't have that reaction, or those that can suppress it.

New comment by initatus in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

initatus — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:34:15 +0000

> while they’re still valid, then it goes away forever.

It actually stays, even after expired. Then if you tap the "two weeks free!" it says "expired, so sorry, but do want to pay us a slightly discounted rate instead of free?"

Then the alert went away.

Super scummy.

Source: happened a few months ago with the promo on my newish iphone 17 when I thought I'd try appletv out to watch pluribus.

New comment by initatus in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

initatus — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:35:02 +0000

Settings -> customize home screen -> show recent episodes

New comment by initatus in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

initatus — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:34:03 +0000

This is me with Costco. They're selective with what they stock, their margins are capped so I know I'm not getting fleeced buying abject junk. I have bought stuff from them based on trust of the store and not knowledge of the product.

It's the opposite of amazon, where not only do I have no trust in anything, everything feels adverserial. If I'm not vigilant, I will get hosed. I find it extremely unpleasant.

New comment by initatus in "Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling"

initatus — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:32:35 +0000

I can't find this statistic. Do you have a source by chance?

The search this led me down was quite illuminating, so source or not I do appreciate your comment.