HN user

shark1

1,329 karma

Email: y4ax280b@duck.com

I am in the automation/finance/tourism businesses.

Posts5
Comments50
View on HN

They managed to create a business model relying in some sort of "slot machine" where customers buy the ticket to discover later they are "stupid" not noticing some rule hidden in the meticulously engineered dark patterns and, to board now and do not miss the planned trip, they will have to pay an expensive fee.

It is still impressive for me they managing to be this good in being nefarious at same time they have to worry about executing the service in such a complex industry.

The cherry on top is their social media, successfully bringing humour to alleviate and to make all of this acceptable, as it was just part of a bigger joke.

Layoffs at Block 5 months ago

It is a stupid trend happening between kids in the Internet. Dumbing down themselves to look more... rebel? I dunno.

The deliberate choice of committing such a basic mistake of lower-casing the beginning of all sentences is an insult. I am afraid of reading it, becoming desensitized, and starting to do the same.

Whole Earth Index 9 months ago

I would never hear of these magazines if wasn't hackernews. They eventually pop up here. I was taking a look on it and... it was so well written!

Disqusting is the copious amount of trackers they inject in the websites.

For small websites a good start is to get comments by email, publishing only the ones that adds value to the article or conversation. Why? Because we have lots of noise done by social media. A way of curating the comments increase the quality of the website.

If the website gets traction, than it's good to consider a tool to facilitate the commenting and moderation.

"...happiness to become one’s default state of mind."

I have read psychologists saying that "happiness as default state" is a social construct myth of modern times. You cannot be happy all the time, the fact of being unhappy sometimes is what drives you self-reflect and to chase meaning to your life. To feel pleasure you need to feel some pain.

My Linkedin feed is very bad. I am ok in reading about interesting companies milestones or my contacts sharing opportunities or work related opinions. What I get is endless self-promotion and corporate bullshit. A place where everybody is the opposite of authentic, acting weirdly and cringe as they were being watched by co-workers and possible recruiters (and actually they are).

Fight Chat Control 12 months ago

It's like any other crime. They cannot stop you from stealing, for example. By doing it, you will not be a lawful citizen.

A small web July 12 months ago

We are sick of the current digital world. There is a trend of people writing about it.

By viewing it from different angles and reflecting on it in their very own ways, people are organically finding ways to heal from the dopamine trap, by escaping from the endless scroll cage, canned algorithms, and fast-food short videos."

It's really annoying to read these articles that deliberately do not respect basic grammar rules. Is the purpose of it to make the reader dumber?

I always think it is frustrated kids showing off how "rebel" they are, by not following basic grammar rules. It automatically loses my attention and respect. I can't take it seriously.