๐Ÿง โžก๏ธ๐ŸงŠ Oh, another philosophical treatise claiming mental causation is as useful as a chocolate teapot. ๐Ÿ™„ Jessica Taylor bravely tackles the burning question nobody asked: can your brain waves cause earthquakes? Spoiler: they can't.
https://unstableontology.com/2026/06/07/mental-causation-is-not-load-bearing/ #mentalcausation #chocolateteapot #brainwaves #earthquakes #philosophy #JessicaTaylor #HackerNews #ngated
Mental causation is not load-bearing

In philosophy of mind, โ€œmental causationโ€ means mental entities have causal effects, especially physical ones. If physicalism is true, then physical effects are explainable in terms of physical cauโ€ฆ

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๐Ÿšจ Ah, the grandiose ritual of Claude's daily #outage dance! ๐Ÿ’ƒ Our hero, Claude, teeters on the edge of functionality with #uptime stats that inspire as much confidence as a cat on a hot tin roof. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Meanwhile, brave souls dutifully subscribe for #status #updates that are as useful as a chocolate teapot. ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿซ–
https://claudestatus.com/ #Dance #Woes #CatOnHotTinRoof #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
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๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ "Lies I was Told About Collaborative Editing" Part 2: Why we donโ€™t use #Yjs - because apparently, when it comes to offline editing, Yjs is about as useful as a chocolate teapot ๐Ÿซโ˜•. Brace yourselves for groundbreaking revelations that #algorithms might not be perfect ๐Ÿ‘€.
https://www.moment.dev/blog/lies-i-was-told-pt-2 #LiesAboutCollaborativeEditing #OfflineEditing #ChocolateTeapot #GroundbreakingRevelations #HackerNews #ngated
Lies I was Told About Collaborative Editing, Part 2: Why we don't use Yjs / Moment devlog

Lies I was Told About Collaborative Editing, Part 2: Why we don't use Yjs / Moment devlog
Illinois' latest brainwave is an OS-level age check that's as useful as a chocolate teapot ๐Ÿซโ˜•. They're convinced that toggling #JavaScript and #cookies is a high-tech gateway to maturity ๐Ÿช๐Ÿ”ž. Ah, the cutting-edge #innovation of 1998! ๐Ÿ™„
https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB3977/2025 #Illinois #AgeCheck #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
๐Ÿคฃ Ah, the classic tale of humans eagerly digging their own financial graves with a trillion-dollar shovel. Who knew a "rescue" plan would be about as helpful as a chocolate teapot? ๐Ÿซโ˜• Maybe in 2053, they'll finally learn to read the fine print. ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ”
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5692543-small-business-loan-debt-trap/ #financialhumor #rescueplan #foolishinvestments #chocolateteapot #2053lessons #HackerNews #ngated
๐Ÿš€๐Ÿคนโ€โ™‚๏ธ "Performance Hints" where tech wizards Jeff and Sanjay try to unravel the mysteries of making code faster, because the magic of Google can't handle a few extra milliseconds ๐Ÿ•’. With tips only slightly more useful than a chocolate teapot ๐Ÿซโ˜•, they add another chapter to their endless manual of "how to make the obvious complicated."
https://abseil.io/fast/hints.html #PerformanceHints #CodeOptimization #TechWizards #GoogleSpeed #SoftwareDevelopment #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
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An open-source collection of core C++ library code

Unreal Editor finally discovers that launching with 38,000 #tooltips is about as useful as a chocolate teapot ๐Ÿซ–๐Ÿซ. Imagine the shock when they realized that users donโ€™t need a pop-up for every keystroke! ๐ŸŽ‰ Next up: solving world peace by turning off #autocorrect. ๐ŸŒโœŒ๏ธ
https://larstofus.com/2025/09/02/speeding-up-the-unreal-editor-launch-by-not-spawning-38000-tooltips/ #UnrealEditor #UserExperience #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
Speeding up the Unreal Editor launch by โ€ฆ not spawning 38000 tooltips?

If there is one thing the Unreal Engine doesnโ€™t suffer from, it is itโ€™s lack of features. Over the past years it has been transformed from โ€œjustโ€ a game engine into an &#821โ€ฆ

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๐ŸŽ‰ Breaking news! Internet providers *still* dodging the #DMCA #subpoenas like they're playing #dodgeball at a middle school gym ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ. In other words, the DMCA is about as effective as a chocolate teapot. ๐Ÿซโ˜•
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/08/internet-access-providers-arent-bound-by-dmca-unmasking-subpoenas-in-re-cox.htm #BreakingNews #InternetProviders #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
Internet Access Providers Aren't Bound by DMCA Unmasking Subpoenas-In re Cox - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The DMCA online safe harbor is a notice-and-takedown scheme. Web hosts arenโ€™t liable for copyright-infringing third-party uploads unless and until the copyright owner submits a proper takedown notice to the host, at which point the web host can remain legally...

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๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŽ‰ BREAKING: Evolution Mail users are as easily trackable as a toddler in a tutu trying to sneak past bedtime. The "privacy protection feature" is about as effective as a chocolate teapot, and the developers seem to think fixing it is like trying to find a unicorn. ๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿ”
https://www.grepular.com/Evolution_Mail_Users_Easily_Trackable #EvolutionMail #PrivacyFail #TrackableUsers #ChocolateTeapot #UnicornHunt #HackerNews #ngated
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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: #Apple engineers have achieved a miraculous feat by configuring #iCloud Mail's #DNS to be as useful as a chocolate teapot ๐Ÿซโ˜•. Meanwhile, #spammers everywhere are celebrating their newfound freedom to send emails like it's 2001. ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ“ง #Oops #TechFail
https://www.mail-tester.com/test-p3tdhnk3o #Mail #TechFail #ChocolateTeapot #HackerNews #ngated
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