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New comment by jrwiegand in "What if we made advertising illegal?"

jrwiegand — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:57:35 +0000

It's interesting, I have been saying a much less intelligible version of this from observing my children. They have been exposed to services without advertising, and as soon as they see an ad... "Another commercial!!!". A part of me hopes their entire generation can develop a disdain for advertising based on the negatives they can see in their parents.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Obituary for a quiet life (2023)"

jrwiegand — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 15:59:06 +0000

This is a wonderful piece and I am glad that I came across it. The line that really hit home for me is the description attached to the photos with his girls. I have two young girls now and I take it to heart that right now may be the best time in my life. This sentiment has been something I have heard from many people about their children at this young age. This is just more confirmation to slow down pay attention.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses"

jrwiegand — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:20:53 +0000

This was exactly what I was thinking, too. Systems could be set up to monitor the trajectory of objects moving around a structure and then alerting and closing bridges or tunnels.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses"

jrwiegand — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:55:55 +0000

It is shocking and that does not sound like an inappropriate response.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses"

jrwiegand — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:53:20 +0000

That was my exact thought. Thankfully, I woke up to messages that my family members were safe and sound. I hope they find everyone but at this point it seems unlikely.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Tell HN: Merry Christmas"

jrwiegand — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 17:04:56 +0000

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I appreciate the banner color update as well.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Airlines make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes"

jrwiegand — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:58:43 +0000

Interesting, I watched a video about this topic a while back[0].

I don't remember it exploring the larger impacts related to government and such but instead digs into how exactly airlines make money from this system.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4

New comment by jrwiegand in "It Feels Like the Game Is Rigged"

jrwiegand — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:49:44 +0000

As other comments have said, this is not illegal. Matt Levine explains better than I could here [1].

1 - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-29/reddit...

Old Is Solid; New Gets Talked About

jrwiegand — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:44:14 +0000

Article URL: https://css-tricks.com/old-is-solid-new-gets-talked-about/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25827023

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Cautionary Tales

jrwiegand — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:56:11 +0000

Article URL: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/cautionary-tales/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21589535

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Partnering with publishers for a better journalism experience

jrwiegand — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 11:59:14 +0000

Article URL: https://firstlook.firefox.com/proxy/v4/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20353752

Points: 224

# Comments: 181

New comment by jrwiegand in "Cloudflare Network Performance Issues"

jrwiegand — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:09:25 +0000

Seems fitting that Cloudflare spoke so aggressively against Verizon[0][1] last week and then this incident happens to them. I will be interested to read the postmortem on this situation. I really like Cloudflare but you should be careful not to jinx yourself with blogs posts like that.

[0]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-deep-dive-into-how-verizon-a... [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20190628223129/https://blog.clou...

New comment by jrwiegand in "Pocket Casts acquired by NPR"

jrwiegand — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:36:50 +0000

I agree in theory but what else can be made better about podcasts? Is it worth the trade off for everyone's data? These are questions I believe were asked and answered with NPR One. Also, anonymized data is still data and that derived information can be very powerful.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Pocket Casts acquired by NPR"

jrwiegand — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:33:25 +0000

The notion is valid but users clearly don't want to be tracked. NPR One lost and they still continue to push it and will likely convert Pocket Casts. I find the news discouraging at best.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Pocket Casts acquired by NPR"

jrwiegand — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:29:39 +0000

I think you are exactly right. NPR pushed NPR One in order to track users. It failed miserably. So now the plan is to join with other big networks and buy a successful podcast app to then try again. It will likely degrade Pocket Casts and I am disappointed with this news.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Pocket Casts acquired by NPR"

jrwiegand — Fri, 04 May 2018 02:26:12 +0000

Pocket Casts never tracked anything. Why is it now okay to start tracking me? Does NPR do something better than anything other large organization?

New comment by jrwiegand in "Google bans cryptocurrency ads"

jrwiegand — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:25:04 +0000

I was just saying this the other day. I have been a steep learning curve about retirement accounts, mortgages, etc. There should really be a financial curriculum in high school, possibly all four years. This is basic information that everyone should be aware of.

New comment by jrwiegand in "Computer History Museum 2018 Fellow: Guido van Rossum"

jrwiegand — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:12:12 +0000

I remember 'discovering' Python in my old Programming Languages class and it is still as fascinating now as it was then. Congrats to Guido.

New comment by jrwiegand in "How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking”"

jrwiegand — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:55:35 +0000

I agree that not owning a car would be better than owning. But simply saying "you should move to a better place" is not only a privileged statement but also a callous one. You assume people are not in a place for important reasons like staying close to family, working for a company they like, simply loving where they live or not being able to afford living to an urban environment. These are all valid and if not owning a car is too prohibitive to basic life needs than a person should own a car.

Also, the Americans or Australians comment is a bit of a broad stoke, no?

New comment by jrwiegand in "How Firefox Got Fast Again"

jrwiegand — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:22:26 +0000

Yes, as other people have said containers does this magically. I even have Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp sign-ins in their own container. Everything is separate and I honestly feel safer on the net because of it.