thimkerbell

See also: scarce housing and parking place availability.

How do "big brands" deal with efforts pretty clearly (but deniably) aimed at sabotaging their brand? Besides the ebay approach.

I have been present for a sermon that smelled like chatgpt. It does make you wish you had sent your agent instead.

I've seen less-than-credible software in an ATM and in a "ring up your own groceries" station. No idea who's behind it or who would care, though.

If you feature a quote from someone, prominently, on a prominent website, you might check in with them to make sure they don't have any issues with the usage.

(I do sense artifice. Possibly wrongly.)

Extra points if its homepage can offer informative 80-character descriptions. (What is the term for this (suggested) web design?)

Add this to "HN for psychopaths" please.

Extra points for people who avoid gratuitous clickbait

(they don't fix things anymore, do they?)

It's a little funny that no one is a human face of (interface to) Google Maps, or any platform with longevity these days. Talk to the faceless pretend person if you have a problem, maybe you'll feel better.

In this case, it was Google popping up to cheerfully ask if the news item was of interest to me. But then asking "why" and using dark-pattern wording on the answer options. (I do wonder if people who click on "the ad knew too much" (in that context) know what they're doing. This one was more subtle.)

Also, where is today's Usenet?