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New comment by johnneville in ""IG is a drug": Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial"

johnneville — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:16:04 +0000

i agree that discord is social media but the absence of instagram's individually targeted algorithmic curation is an important distinction when it comes to being "drug"-like for me

New comment by johnneville in "Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee"

johnneville — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:05:53 +0000

I don't see this mentioned in the configurator for a new model 3 on the tesla site right now. Under "Driver Assistance" it describes "Traffic-aware cruise control" only. Under "Active Safety" it includes "Lane Departure Avoidance" which is separate from the "Autosteer" feature described under the "Autopilot" section. It's possible they will choose to fold autosteer into the lane departure avoidance but there's been no announcement of that. https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/model3/en_il/GUID-ADA05DF...

New comment by johnneville in "TerabyteDeals – Compare storage prices by $/TB"

johnneville — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:42:17 +0000

i think they mean the ToS for amazon's affiliate link service, which prohibits earning a commission if your site has price history (a few large and old sites have exceptions)

New comment by johnneville in "Show HN: Epstein IM – Talk to Epstein clone in iMessage"

johnneville — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:08:41 +0000

it's provocative marketing for the photon imessage sdk/api so probably worthwhile since it's already getting engagement here

New comment by johnneville in "Ask HN: Best way to find chill job where I can learn and grow as a swe"

johnneville — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:35:43 +0000

start your own company

New comment by johnneville in "Discord to File Confidentially for IPO"

johnneville — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:30:02 +0000

i'm worried they'll start making user unfriendly changes, like more ads, to meet investor demands for increased profits. overall it's a great product which i use everyday and i'm happy for them.

New comment by johnneville in "Are we tired of social media? (2025)"

johnneville — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:40:41 +0000

i am tired of ads, algorithmic curation, public-ness, anonymity, and scale

i still crave social interaction but have moved to smaller private group chats with real people i either see in real life or have an ongoing connection with

New comment by johnneville in "Show HN: I built a tool to create AI agents that live in iMessage"

johnneville — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:25:00 +0000

united has free messaging on their flights and i found myself using meta's ai chatbot via whatsapp a few times. it's system prompt forces it to ask me inane questions at the end of every action so i would be happy to switch to something else.

just tried making one using this and it initially was way too casual for me and i didn't like how it split responses into many messages but it's very responsive to my prompts to change its style.

New comment by johnneville in "Homeschooling hits record numbers"

johnneville — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:20:06 +0000

is "time for 2 instruments, learning C++, Rust, and Python" not schooling ?

New comment by johnneville in "Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix"

johnneville — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:09:54 +0000

the service area still stops at Burlingame for me without peninsula access yet

New comment by johnneville in "Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It's Hiring High-School Grads"

johnneville — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:24:03 +0000

the lack of a college degree as a credential may also prove to be a barrier to leaving the company over time

New comment by johnneville in "Over 80% of sunscreen performed below their labelled efficacy (2020)"

johnneville — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:39:47 +0000

I think it's a coincidence. The Hong Kong CHOICE article is from 2020. The Australian CHOICE article is from 2025. I don't think there's any connection between the two publications other than the name and their general purpose.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice_%28Australian_consumer_...