Hacker News: jaks6

New comment by jaks6 in ""Localhost tracking" explained. It could cost Meta €32B"

jaks6 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:39:15 +0000

This provides them an easy way to build a labelled dataset for training the fingerprinting ML models.

New comment by jaks6 in "The Death of Daydreaming"

jaks6 — Tue, 06 May 2025 08:26:18 +0000

Dr K (from HealthyGamerGG) had a fun experiment on this topic: Try setting the goal of not using your smartphone when you're on the toilet.

Notice the voice of protest within you as you seriously consider doing this. Why is that part so unwilling to give up something so trivial for just a few minutes?

It's a truly good exercise for mindfulness/meditation/re-calibration of our dopamine system. Obviously the principles apply everywhere in life, I just love this example because it is so relatable for most and highlights the issue so clearly.

New comment by jaks6 in "Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)"

jaks6 — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:52:32 +0000

We tolerate medical treatment of people involved in reckless behavior such as those

New comment by jaks6 in "Unvaccinated workers who lose jobs ineligible for unemployment benefits (Canada)"

jaks6 — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 09:35:17 +0000

I am also in this boat. The jab-rejecters' behaviour is often called "reckless" for stressing the hospital system. But we see reckless behavior outside of vaccines too: drunk driving, general violence, daredevil stunts and extreme sports. All these things can lead to hospitalization, but we "tolerate" treatment of these cases in hospitalization.

I don't think any anti-vaxxer expects to end up hospitalized, just as nobody driving drunk expects to go and kill somebody with their car.

New comment by jaks6 in "What happens when the NYT and New Yorker make mistakes"

jaks6 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:36:36 +0000

Didn't Reuters kill off their RSS service? How did you set it up? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23576022