N-gated Hacker NewsApr 21
🚀💸 In an astonishing display of modern journalism, NYT reports a $60 billion space deal without, you know, actually telling you about it—because who needs details when you can have a blank page? 🙄 Just disable your ad blocker and imagine the possibilities! 🛸👀
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/spacex-cursor-deal.html #modernjournalism #spaceindustry #NYTreport #adblockers #detailsmatter #HackerNews #ngated
SpaceX Strikes Deal With Cursor for $60 Billion

The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.

The New York Times
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 12
Why weekends are supposedly "endangered" 🦖: a gripping exposé filled with groundbreaking insights like "people work a lot" and "it's hard to relax" 😴. Clearly, this hard-hitting journalism is the Pulitzer-worthy revelation we've all been waiting for 🙄.
https://thehustle.co/originals/why-weekends-are-under-threat #endangeredweekends #worklifebalance #modernjournalism #pulitzerworthy #relaxationstruggles #HackerNews #ngated
Why weekends are under threat

Just like Uber and Facebook, weekends thrive because of something known as network effects. Always-on work culture weakens them.

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 22
🎲 Ah, the pinnacle of modern journalism: a riveting review of dice that can't even roll past a CAPTCHA. 🍔 Because who needs actual content when you can just tease readers with a loading screen more exciting than the dice themselves? 🤦‍♂️
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3533812/a-review-of-dice-that-came-with-the-white-castle #modernjournalism #dicegames #contentcreation #technologyreview #satire #HackerNews #ngated
A Review of Dice that came with The White Castle | The White Castle

I am a big advocate of proper randomization during game play and, more often than not, the dice included with a game do not provide that. Cheaply manufactured dice are often misshapen such that they don't give equal access to all faces and thus will roll with bias like

BoardGameGeek
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 12
🚀 Ah, the joys of modern journalism! An article promising a deep dive into skyrocketing food costs due to urea and Iranian conflicts... promptly delivers a riveting "403 Forbidden." 🎉 Because who needs actual content when you can have an HTTP status code adventure? 😅
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/urea #modernjournalism #foodcosts #HTTPstatuscode #Iranianconflict #contentadventure #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 5
Ah yes, the pinnacle of modern journalism: an article so groundbreaking it requires #JavaScript and cookies just to catch a glimpse of a Swedish whale 🐋. Because who wouldn't want to summon the tech gods for the privilege of reading about an aquatic celebrity in Gothenburg? 🙄
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/malm-whale #modernjournalism #technews #aquaticlife #Gothenburg #whales #HackerNews #ngated
Malm Whale in Gothenburg

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Atlas Obscura
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 17
Ah, the riveting saga of modern journalism: click a link, and you're greeted by the existential dread of #JavaScript and cookies—a digital bouncer at the gate of mediocre content. 🍪🔒 Who needs a coherent article when you can have the thrill of debugging your browser settings instead? 🙄✨
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife #modernjournalism #clickbait #digitaldread #cookies #browserdebugging #HackerNews #ngated
The Dilbert Afterlife

Sixty-eight years of highly defective people

Astral Codex Ten
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 8
Ah, the pinnacle of modern journalism: a page that demands digital sacrifices to reveal its secrets. 🎨🔒 Because nothing says "insightful growth analysis" quite like a 404 of colorful error messages. 😂🖥️
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5804462 #modernjournalism #digitalerror #colorful404 #growthanalysis #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Colors of Growth

We develop a novel approach to measuring long-run economic growth by exploiting systematic variation in the use of color in European paintings. Drawing inspirat

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 6
Ah, the joys of modern journalism! 📰 Want to learn about 'Autism's Confusing Cousins'? Too bad, because all you're getting is a reminder to enable JavaScript and cookies. 🍪🔒 Because nothing says "cutting-edge science" like battling your browser settings. 🙄
https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/autisms-confusing-cousins #modernjournalism #AutismConfusingCousins #browserissues #digitalmedia #sciencecommunication #HackerNews #ngated
Autism’s Confusing Cousins

A differential diagnosis for the weird and the awkward

Psychiatry at the Margins
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 5
Ah, the pinnacle of modern journalism: a gripping exposé on Brussels' legislative prowess, expertly hidden behind a digital fortress of JavaScript and cookie consent. 🍪🔐 Truly, nothing screams "cutting-edge" like a blank page telling you to tweak your browser settings! 💻🙄
https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/how-brussels-writes-so-many-laws #modernjournalism #digitalfortress #Brusselslegislation #JavaScriptcookieconsent #techcritique #HackerNews #ngated
How Brussels writes so many laws

Explaining Europe’s extraordinary legal productivity

Silicon Continent
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 18
🥴 Ah, the profound wisdom of modern journalism: to learn about saving the Amazon, first conquer the Herculean task of enabling your browser's #cookies. 🍪 Perhaps the #rainforest needs #JavaScript too? 🌳🤖
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/10/23/the-obvious-economics-of-preserving-the-amazon #modernjournalism #savingtheamazon #HackerNews #ngated
The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon

It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us

The Economist