Hacker News: rhettsnapshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rhettsnapsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:56:44 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by rhettsnaps in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"]]>Disney Parks patented tracking via shoes and groups of people/families based on scanning their shoes upon park entry to build an index of guests. Not sure how and where it was all applied during park visits for guests but you're definitely correct that facial recognition upon store entry to kickoff a live dynamic profiling of a customer is what's currently being beta tested/deployed by some retailers.

]]>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:49:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959060rhettsnapshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959060https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959060<![CDATA[New comment by rhettsnaps in "I benchmarked Claude Code's caveman plugin against "be brief.""]]>Qwen continues to surprise and outshine. It's been an enjoyable unexpected new player, especially this past month!

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Amazon = Screw the actual forest but buy more carbon intensive stuff packaged in dead trees

TikTok = TimeWaste

Robinhood = Rob The Hood

OpenAI = ClosedAI

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