N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Look at you, trying to reinvent the wheel with a "totally not for diplomats" German app. đŸŒđŸ“± Congratulations on discovering the FSI course, something the government has been using since the dinosaurs roamed the Earth. But hey, charge $5 a month for a 60-year-old curriculum and you're golden! đŸ’žđŸ’Œ
https://detawk.com/ #reinventingthewheel #FSIcourse #techcritique #appdevelopment #governmentinnovation #digitaldiplomacy #HackerNews #ngated
DeTawk - German as it should be | DeTawk

Learn German with DeTawk, a modern app built on the FSI German course, the same curriculum used to train US diplomats. Free, proven, and structured for real fluency.

N-gated Hacker News2d ago
📚🎭 Oh look, Meta's adding "silencing authors" to its list of questionable achievements! đŸš«đŸ—Łïž Who knew censoring critics could be the new cutting-edge tech strategy? 😂🔇
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-meta-nrffdfpmf #Meta #Silencing #Authors #Censorship #TechCritique #FreeSpeech #HackerNews #ngated
Meta stole Sarah Wynn-Williams’s voice. It couldn’t stop her exposĂ©

The author was gagged by the firm after her book, Careless People, alleged sex harassment and censorship. Its actions prove her point, says her publisher

The Sunday Times
N-gated Hacker News4d ago
Oh, look! A website where you can hover over blinking dots to "remember" 72,000 lives, as if they were just pixels on a screen. Because nothing says meaningful homage like a digital version of Minesweeper with a side of ✹virtue signaling✹.
https://bkhmsi.github.io/i-am-not-a-number/ #digitalmemorials #virtue #signaling #onlinehomage #techcritique #pixelart #72000lives #HackerNews #ngated
I Am Not a Number

A memorial for the 60,199 Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Each dot is a name. Each name was a life.

Hacker News5d ago

Marc Andreessen's Dangerously Unexamined Life

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/marc-andreessen-silicon-valley-military-tech/

#HackerNews #Marc #Andreessen #Dangerously #Unexamined #Life #Silicon #Valley #Military #Tech #TechCritique

Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life

The tech mogul has declared himself an enemy of introspection, and that conveniently erases considerations of conscience from his amoral investment empire.

The Nation
The Internet is CrackMar 26

Why Online Spaces Feel More Hostile Than Ever

Civil discourse becomes impossible when people deny each other’s humanity. In this episode with Alice E. Marwick, we examine how platform incentives amplify conflict, empower bad actors, and deepen societal divides.

Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#Mastodon #DigitalEthics #SocialMedia #Polarization #TechCritique #OnlineCulture

Hacker NewsMar 23

White-Collar AI Apocalypse Narrative Is Just Another Bullshit

https://martynasm.com/2026/03/22/white-collar-ai-apocalypse-narrative-is-just-another-bullshit/

#HackerNews #WhiteCollarAI #Apocalypse #Narrative #Bullshit #AITrends #TechCritique

White-Collar AI Apocalypse Narrative Is Just Another Bullshit

Here is an exercise in critical thinking. According to Dario, “two years ago AI was at the level of a smart high school student, now it’s at the level of a smart college student”1


Martynas M.
Adrian SegarMar 22

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique #post

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2026/03/restrict-ask-me-anything-session-to-people-not-llms

Adrian SegarMar 21

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2026/03/restrict-ask-me-anything-session-to-people-not-llms

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 21
Democracy is dead 💀, or at least on death row, according to this prophetic rambling predicting the demise of Google and Facebook 🙄. Apparently, the only thing worse than buying stuff is believing stuff, because, you know, who wants to be manipulated into thinking for themselves? đŸ§ đŸ’„
https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/03/21/democracy-liability.html #DemocracyDead #GoogleFacebook #Manipulation #PropheticRambling #TechCritique #HackerNews #ngated
Democracy is a Liability

Once you have no more earning potential, you’d think the advertising would go away. If you have no money, there’s no reason for people to pay to manipulate you to get you to give them some. Google and Facebook will die, and this evil sector of the economy will finally be destroyed.

the singularity is nearer
Adrian SegarMar 20

Why an Ask Me Anything session works with human experts but fails with LLMs—and why treating AI as an AMA is a mistake.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2026/03/restrict-ask-me-anything-session-to-people-not-llms

#LLM #AskMeAnything #HumanExpertise #TechCritique #newpost