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Comment Re: 20t dump truck filled with gravel. (Score 2) 57

Ah yes, it's the "I gave it thought for 2 seconds, and now I have a better solution than the people who've been thinking about it for decades even though it's not my job, area of expertise, I don't understand the problem anyway, and I am free of a litany of other considerations that apply" guy. Good work.

Comment oldie but goodie (Score 2) 29

TechCrunch found that the app's backend services didn't properly restrict access, allowing any logged-in user to request and receive data belong to other users.

I *loooove* how common this flaw is. I remember decades back getting hired by a guy to keep working on some event marketing website he'd had another programmer build. Took me like 10 minutes at that job to figure out you could do the exact same thing.

Comment Re: Why? (Score 1) 57

That has not been my experience, at all. I'm entirely against the concept of what they're doing (giving me a reason not to visit the websites that ultimately pay for the production and publication of information) but the AI summaries and links to related articles tend to be spot on what I'm looking for. Perhaps you can give me a (non-contrived) search to try that demonstrates your claim?

Comment Re:For those getting pitchforks ready (Score 2) 153

The issue with health concerns like this is that it's not like it explodes and kills you - there's really no way to say, "It was the molecule on March 13, 2026 that started cancer in your body"

You can't even do that with cigarettes - you can only make a conclusion on cause that's well supported by circumstantial evidence.

And I'm not saying you're arguing against it, but just broadly speaking ... arguing *against* more information - unless the argument is that the information itself is inaccurate - seems particularly anti free-market to me. (Obviously that's why companies fight against the burden of regulation designed to increase market transparencies.)

Comment Re:So many things that contribute to this (Score 1) 215

The irony of your sarcasm is it actually *is* horrible.

Water is good - necessary even - but too much water will kill you. Choice is the exact same way - it's entirely possible to have too much of it, as much as that contradicts an ethos buried deeply in the American id.

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