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Perhaps the whole cybersecurity theatre is just that, a charade. The frenzy for these tools proves it. IoT was apparently so boring that the main concern was security. AI is so much fun that for the vast majority of hackers, programmers and CTOs, security is no longer just an afterthought; it's nonexistent. Nobody cares.

Tech enthusiast vs tech savvy

Super cool. Installed. It would be great if the f and b keys for moving between navigation elements circle back to the first element once reached its end.

Heh, I actually turned that off because I kept getting confused about where I was. Perhaps there's a better UX there, or better styling that would make me less confused and keep the nav wrapping.

Interesting position in a thread about the dangers of exposing yourself to the internet.

With a program or machine, I can cut the interaction at any time, walk away and not feel rude.


The points in the essay are not as exaggerated or extreme as some comments suggest. I think the central message is simple: we acquire and accumulate things we don't need for psychological or spiritual reasons, and we need to regularly introspect on our attitudes toward spending.


Our spending mostly depends on our income.

Deciding certain spending is bad doesn't really help.


HN users: Let's ban AI comments in threads.

HN users, later the same day: Let's vote an AI thread to the top.


AI comments are insidious if the account is allowed to be indistinguishable from a human. Silly AI web content is another story. You're drawing a line where there is a very large grey area.


Because it's hilarious


edgarvaldes: What is humor? What is laughing? I'm not an LLM, you are!


Front page is already 50% AI topics, and now there's actual AI slop as well. I'm just about done with this fucking website.


Almost like there are different people here who believe different things


Sideloading is the only reason I'm on Android. When it goes away, I will be better with an Apple device.


Maybe this is the "running Doom" of the UI/UX crowd.


Of web UI in particular.

And this game is very old. I remember trying to get native-looking dropdown menus in IE6.


A forever trend for classical music album covers.


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