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I think I would feel more manipulated re: this distribution of cause of death if I felt like mass media was intending to send the message that homicide and terrorism had higher rates than heart diseas…

Agreed, but when the source is mass media, they should be attributed the blame, not social media. Social media is responsible for spreading much more misleading/manipulative information than even…

While the image itself is interesting, and indeed points out one of the reasons I don’t watch/read the news from mass media, there are two problems I find with the (clickbait) title: 1. “Manipula…

Nit: We need to stop calling these blogs “essays”. This is just an opinion piece with no formal research applied. I feel the “essay” label is overused, often to make the author feel like an authority …

So, as a consumer (in the US), should we just dump everything in a landfill? Or is it still worth it for some things? What about: - Clean paper/cardboard - Plastic grocery bags that go to a separ…

No, the deal was killed: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/... …

The common solution is to just buy the cheapest Roborock that does a great job at vacuuming, even if it has a mop (that you never have to use). I got a Q7 M5+ for this exact reason, for $265 shipped. …

> Why should your preferences impose on the ones that don't want what you want? The problem is that I can’t have my preference: a TV that comes without (non-essential) software installed. Th…

It sounds like you still want a smart TV, just with control. Which is fine. But for many people, we just want a monitor, maybe with speakers (I personally am fine also separating this). I prefer separ…

> It's basically a linux computer with a huge screen Why would I want a Linux computer with a huge screen? I just want a huge screen. I’ll provide my own connected devices, independent of th…

I dunno. I see many “grown ups” replacing video game time with just more time scrolling on their phones, or maybe on the TV watching YouTube or some streaming service. I think playing (some) video gam…

The more I know, the more I know I don’t know.

> I don't understand the mindset of people who complain about Apple's products and behavior over the past decade, then don't receive this news as directionally positive. Short of T…

I’m not arguing that Samsung has built in ads. I’m saying this particular story was fabricated. There is evidence in the comments below my linked thread, specifically the one to MacRumors from Samsung…

That thread goes into how Samsung has confirmed that this ad can’t show up like it did [1]. There are many comments in that thread debunking this. Which is why I linked the whole thread, not a single …

I know this is the sort of story HN would love to be true (and to be clear, I think ads on appliances are Black Mirror level stuff), but this — like most things on Reddit — is made up. [1] This story,…

> Are cinemas now second behind streaming? It feels like a race to the bottom. Movie and TV content quality has taken a nose dive in the past decade. Yes, there are exceptions, but it’s hard to fin…

> Except there's still Paramount, Disney and Hulu Should be: > Except there's still Paramount and Disney/Hulu Disney and Hulu are combining.

You’re arguing semantics, but not really tying it back to OP’s point regarding AI and price and/or value.

Red flag: the meeting has more than 10 attendees (maybe even fewer). Decline. Meetings with more than 10 attendees usually means only one - maybe 2-3 - people are talking. This can be recorded and sha…

Anytime I do this — and I did it long before AI did — they are always em dashes, because iOS/macOS translates double dashes to em dashes. I think there may be a way to disable this, but I don’t …

I don’t believe I ever said “don’t learn how to do the thing”. But many learn how to do the thing, and still never do it.

But learning about, while possibly a prerequisite, still isn’t getting it done. The point is: don’t stop at learning how to do the thing. Actually do the thing.

Maybe his thing was “write an article about things that aren’t doing the thing”. :)

> Good food should taste great even if it's low on salt. - Good - Low salt - Cheap Pick two. (For the most part. There are exceptions, but not many, especially when it comes to school lunch fo…

I mean, some of these stickers could just represent self expression of anger. It’s interesting the top comment is a self expression against people’s self expression against the self expression of the …

When I clicked the link, seeing it so high on the FP, I was 100% convinced they were finally re-releasing + rebranding the Mini. Then I saw what it was, and was like “ah it’s an April Fools joke — but…

> As computer security expert Ben Laurie has stated, Sudoku is "a denial of service attack on human intellect". […] I thought maybe this would demonstrate that [my wife doesn’t] need to …

Most people that I know that prefer dark mode (myself included) prefer it regardless of sunlight or ambient lighting.