Considering the amount of random hate he’s conjuring up from green HN usernames, he must be doing something right that’s upsetting to some community or another. :-D

The person with the most HN karma of anyone on this site, currently thinks djb's actions are wrong.

Similar technique was used in Daisy Dot II

https://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n3/daisydot2.php

Reminds me of an excellent paper I just read by a former Google DeepMind Ethics Research Team member

https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/114/1/4 - Reinecke, Madeline G., et al. "The double-edged sword of anthropomorphism in llms." Proceedings. Vol. 114. No. 1. MDPI, 2025 Author: https://www.mgreinecke.com/

Does your source .pdf material have FlateDecode'd chunks or did you fully uncompress it?

I wasn't sure. I just went in with the (probably faulty) assumption that if it compresses to less than 90% of the original size that it had enough "non-randomness" to compare compression performance.

Harry says: What are you waiting for?

Checking in - it's not possible to disable from the app anymore, is it? The preference setting is still there, but ignored, afaict.

Correct, it's ignored. I find it strange that the EU isn't looking into it.

I'm not sure the setting is even there in the FB app anymore.

You still have the fb app? You know the spied everything you browsed, right?

And if they didn't, it was not for lack of trying... What does it take for people to delete this shit?

> You know the spied everything you browsed, right?

I remember that this "became news" some time ago, but it's always pretty obvious the moment it loads.

App presenting an SFSafariViewController? "Convenience" that's intended to keep users in the app.

App presenting a WKWebView? Assume it's loaded with spyware scripts.

no no, not in the fb app, in the mobile browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115

TBF it's "only" sites with a meta pixel, and on Android. But in my book this does not matter, it shows their intentions

Ohhh yes I remember that one. Diabolically clever.

I'm sure there's also no user-controlled firewall to stop it on Android either.

Today I learned: The creator of Chose Your Own Adventure is currently 94 and has a website at https://edwardpackard.com/

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Packard_(writer)

Not only that, but he's regularly updating it.

I really quite enjoyed his 'Nine Things I Learned in 90 Years' essay: https://edwardpackard.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Nine-Th...

Huh. Posting a screenshot of the tweet just got my FB account suspended.

Bonus: They leak! https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-04-et-quick...

Viewing it under Chrome, as soon as the scrollbar reached a certain point, it started progressively zoom-increasing the text size. Weird bug.

Try again, with some patience. You might find this bug more interesting than expected.

Is it, though?