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Comment · 11 days ago

This is a hoax. Maybe a yes men production? I can't find any actual Amazon pages.

Comment · 1 month ago

A bit late to the party but check out https://github.com/brewsterkahle/onionpress/ - it's an effort to make self-hosting on Tor hidden services as easy as possible.

Comment · 4 months ago

Here's a similar project focused on agtech & iot - https://github.com/mitra42/frugal-iot

If anyone else has pointers to low cost sensor network appropriate for small scale farms please share!

Comment · 6 months ago

This looks pretty interesting, but I don't understand why decompilers are not allowed. If this benchmark was aimed at recreating a SASS/server based product then it might make more sense, but given the fact that decompilers are readily available in practice the "no read" restriction seems to artificially increase the challenge level.

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Comment · 8 months ago

For a similar take see Cory Doctorow's recent "No one wants to read your AI slop" - https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/02/nonconsensual-slopping/#r...

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Comment · 9 months ago

Spotify hires musicians to churn out content that fits certain criteria. see https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machin...

Comment · 3 years ago

While not 100% exactly what you're looking for, Huberman Labs episode on MDMA is pretty close. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUCmZJDXrk The "don't lose the magic" supplementation is addressed but it is speculation based on anecdotal evidence and conjecture.

Comment · 3 years ago

I'm surprised at the investment in an area that's likely to undergo major environmental challenges but it will be fascinating to see how this turns out. Superficially it looks like an American version of Neom.

https://www.neom.com/en-us

Comment · 3 years ago

It could be Guy McPherson ? - https://guymcpherson.com/

Comment · 3 years ago

Could this enable embedded as metadata in audio files? Ie: could this be similar to what Spotify might use to fingerprint the music they distribute?

Comment · 3 years ago

indeed - the presenter (dhh) is Danish, and there was a photo of a container ship near the beginning of the demo video.

Comment · 3 years ago

I bought my S76 laptop via my work's "choose your own workstation" program. It's a great way to support continued development of the software I use PLUS when you buy via S76 you get lifetime support for the device. The support is not something I've made use of often, but it certainly paid off the one time I needed it. Basically, it depends on your idea of "value" - do you value money (buy cheaper hardware) or time (buy S76 with support)?

Comment · 4 years ago

fwiw - there are at least two production ready servers that coexist as twitter-like social hubs - https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma and https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon. Additionally, other platforms that support the w3c's ActivityPub protocol can also interact with Mastodon.