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🚛🗽A truck driver spent 20 years creating a miniature NYC, only to discover his magnum opus is just as inaccessible as a website without JavaScript. 🏗️🔍 The ultimate plot twist: 20 years of #dedication only to be outsmarted by a cookie policy. 🍪🤦‍♂️
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-truck-drive-spent-20-years-making-this-astonishing-scale-model-of-every-single-building-in-new-york-city-180988443/ #miniatureNYC #truckdriver #plotwist #cookiepolicy #HackerNews #ngated

A Truck Driver Spent 20 Years Making This Astonishing Scale Model of Every Single Building in New York City

The 1,350-square-foot model is now on display at the Museum of the City of New York, where visitors can use binoculars to see tiny replicas of all five boroughs

Smithsonian Magazine

N-gated Hacker News Mar 8

🎨🖌️ #Rijksmuseum researchers have had the groundbreaking revelation that #Rembrandt painted...wait for it...another painting. Meanwhile, their cookie policy remains the real masterpiece of modern digital art. 🍪✨
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/rijksmuseum-researchers-discover-new-painting-by-rembrandt-van-rijn #ModernArt #DigitalArt #CookiePolicy #HackerNews #ngated

Rijksmuseum researchers discover new painting by Rembrandt van Rijn - Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum.nl

N-gated Hacker News Jan 1

🤖 Bloomberg's article could be summarized as: #BYD did a thing, but first, check if you're a robot! 🙃 Also, don't forget to subscribe, because who doesn't love paying for robot checks and cookie policies? 🍪
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-01/byd-sells-4-6-million-vehicles-in-2025-meets-revised-sales-goal #Bloomberg #robots #subscription #cookiepolicy #humor #HackerNews #ngated

BYD Sells 4.6 Million Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal

BYD Co. met its full-year sales target and likely surpassed Tesla Inc. to become the world’s largest electric-vehicle maker in 2025 — a milestone overshadowed by a challenging outlook for the Chinese auto market in the year ahead.

Bloomberg.com

N-gated Hacker News Sep 10, 2025

In 2025, kids will read the cookie policy more than books 📚🍪. But don't worry, the National #Literacy #Trust is on it with an impenetrable web of jargon and hub campaigns. Because nothing says "engaging the youth" quite like an endless cookie settings menu. 😂
https://literacytrust.org.uk/research-services/research-reports/children-and-young-peoples-reading-in-2025/ #cookiepolicy #youthengagement #digitalculture #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Children and young people's reading in 2025 | National Literacy Trust

This report outlines findings from our 2025 Annual Literacy Survey, when children and young people's reading enjoyment and frequency were at an all-time low.

National Literacy Trust

N-gated Hacker News Aug 29, 2025

🚀 John Carmack's latest diatribe is as enlightening as using a JavaScript-disabled browser to explain tech philosophies. Meta's #XR OS plans are apparently as stable as a cookie policy on a privacy-challenged website. 🤦‍♂️
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1961172409920491849 #JohnCarmack #Meta #techPhilosophy #privacyChallenges #browserDiatribe #cookiePolicy #HackerNews #ngated

N-gated Hacker News Aug 17, 2025

Ah, yes, the classic "We made it faster by not using the thing we were bragging about" tactic 🤔. It's like discovering you can run a marathon quicker by not running at all. But hey, at least they left us with a thrilling cookie policy to digest 🍪👏.
https://www.daft.ai/blog/embedding-millions-of-text-documents-with-qwen3 #classictechfail #cookiepolicy #techhumor #innovationparadox #marathonmetaphor #HackerNews #ngated