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> I'm trying not to have any important data to even lose

This is the way. Respect user privacy and keep as little data as possible, and not only do you become a less attractive target, if you are targeted the outcome won’t be so bad.

You obviously did this for fun, I don’t want to throw any shade on it and have no criticism, I also make fun things just because.¹

So take this as a genuine question, not a put-down, but why an app? Accessibility access is a big ask and I can see it being fun for about two minutes until the novelty wears off and the web version already does that (kudos for providing that).

So, what do you consider about the app to make it worth it over a web demo? Is this something you use yourself on the regular? For what?

¹ And I hate that HN is now the kind of website where one now needs such a disclaimer because interpreting things in bad faith has become the norm, but that’s not your fault.

² By the way, in Golden Gate they changed the name of that to something long and ridiculous I don’t recall off hand, but you can see it in System Settings.

Hear hear. It’s been my observation that HN in particular has become much more combative. It’s full on like the meme where someone says “I like strawberries” and someone else complains “oh, so you hate pineapples?! They’re a fruit too, you know?! My great-grandfather ate pineapples. You’re a monster”¹. Yeah, chill, no one said anything about pineapples, stop assuming things or thinking everyone is against you. Don’t succumb to the tribalism.

¹ Unfortunately, I feel I must point out that I’m (I hope obviously) exaggerating for comedic effect.

I regret that you took my comment as negative, please believe that was not my intention. I tried to be exceedingly clear about what was opinion and that I think we’re fine to disagree as long as we’re enjoying ourselves.

There was certainly no implication directed at you¹. I don’t know you and wouldn’t assume your tastes. Rather, I was sharing my excitement at Lower Decks. I’m glad that you liked it too.

I wish you a nice Saturday.

¹ And it saddens me that these days so many people on HN constantly assume implications which aren’t there, and always negatively, instead of taking comments as they’re written and defaulting to assuming kindness.

Urk. Man, people like you really take the joy out of life. Here everyone else is, just having fun with harmless geekery, but something just compels you to be pedantic and wrong.

“Big Strong City” is not “just vocabulary”, it’s an example of how they think and what they value, what they give importance to. “Red Alarm” is vocabulary, but that was not the example (that was to situate people who have seen the show), the relevant bit is “they didn’t really understand that’s an emergency”. Mixing up two people is not vocabulary.

Now, was it worth it to poo poo on everyone’s fun just to try to show how smart you are and embarrass yourself in the process by revealing a lack of understanding of the subject matter?

Don’t be that kid at the party who’s always calling for attention and all of the adults secretly wish their parents hadn’t brought him along. Do better.

No, they really were (hilariously) dumb and simple. Of the top of my head I remember their capital was named “Big Strong City”, their “Red Alert” was “Red Alarm” (it’s funny in context) and they didn’t really understand that’s an emergency, and despite being corrected multiple times by the woman herself, they kept thinking captain Carol Freeman was captain Kathryn Janeway. For reference, one of them in black and the other is white.

> exactly what crime could they be prosecuted for?

Note that “crime” has a specific definition in law. You don’t have to be a criminal (commit a crime) to be rightfully sued, civil suits are a thing.

Anyway, your parent comment already answered the question, they would be sued by negligence.

Doesn’t matter, that’s not the point of the conversation, you’re the only one obsessing about that. It is perfectly congruent to e.g. believe they should have the right to report on whatever they want but that what they did still wasn’t worthwhile journalism.

Are you incapable of separating legality from rightness? You don’t have to e.g. believe that cutting in line should be illegal to also believe it’s not a nice thing to do.

Wordle is inspired by Mastermind, sure, but I don’t think it’s fair to call it a copy. I enjoy Mastermind; I do not enjoy Wordle¹.

Even the simplest details are different, like e.g. in Wordle you know which letters are in the right or wrong places but in Mastermind you only know some are but not which.

¹ And because this is HN, I have to point out that that is just a personal preference, it does not in any way reflect on you, the reader. You are free to enjoy or dislike whatever you want.

Holy shit, how much bad faith interpretation can you shove into one comment? That is not at all what is being said, and you’re being so obtuse that it’s hard to believe you’re not doing it on purpose.

I’m not even making an argument, I’m explaining to you what your parent comment (which you also chose to interpret in bad faith) was saying.

No one is out to get you. Chill. You’re taking everything out of proportion.

Freedom of the press, like freedom of speech, applies specifically to government intervention. As a private citizen, you are free to dislike or disapprove of what is being reported. That’s all your parent comment did, they didn’t call for censorship or infringing on freedom of the press, they simply displayed discontent with one case of tabloid-like news.