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Incel language infected the mainstream internet

https://www.theverge.com/internet-culture/697406/algospeak-adam-aleksic-excerpt
4•cainxinth•7h ago

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PaulHoule•7h ago
I first heard the phrase "involuntary celebrate" circa 1994 on Usenet.
like_any_other•6h ago
> the beta could attempt to improve their status through “looksmaxxing” (enhancing their physical appearance). This might take the form of working out (gymmaxxing) or even seeking physical modifications through “Surgerymaxxing.” With this cynical, deterministic cognitive frame dominating 4chan’s discussion boards, the modern “blackpill” began in earnest.

> Beauty influencers on #GirlTok would demonstrate how to use canthal tilt to put on eyeliner, or post video filters rating themselves on metrics like forehead size and interocular distance. Eventually, people began picking up on the phrenological absurdity of these ideas and turned them into more memes.

Dressing well and staying fit to improve dating odds is "cynical determinism"? The notion that skull shape affects beauty is "phrenological absurdity"? If incels had recommended drinking water, I suspect the author would be dead from dehydration.

SF Bay Area Aging Demographics

https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/sf-bay-area-aging-demographics/
1•skmurphy•44s ago•0 comments

Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2420902122
1•domofutu•2m ago•0 comments

AI Breaking into Higher Dimension to Mimic Human Brain and Achieve Intelligence

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65397906/human-brain-ai/
1•Bluestein•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tell the world why you unfollowed/muted a social media account

https://tinmute.com/
1•abzgupta•4m ago•0 comments

Is AI the end of coding as we know it, or just another tool?

https://www.aha.io/engineering/articles/is-ai-the-end-of-coding-or-just-another-tool
3•FigurativeVoid•4m ago•1 comments

WordPress Turmoil and the Fair Package Manager

https://thenewstack.io/wordpress-turmoil-and-the-fair-package-manager/
1•CrankyBear•6m ago•0 comments

The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey: What's in your tech stack?

https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pragmatic-engineer-2025-survey
3•iLemming•7m ago•1 comments

Graph Continuous Thought Machines

1•Sai-dewa•10m ago•2 comments

Show HN: McClane – Done-for-you lead drops from Facebook group conversations

https://mcclane.super.site/
1•nickalex•11m ago•1 comments

Silicon Valley, à la Française

https://semiwiki.com/artificial-intelligence/358042-silicon-valley-a-la-francaise/
1•rbanffy•12m ago•0 comments

Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420902122
1•bookofjoe•14m ago•0 comments

TikTok Creator Sued by Sylvanian Doll Maker over Brand Promotions

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/sylvanian-families-toy-firm-in-settlement-talks-with-kildare-tiktok-star-over-parody-videos-featuring-japanese-companys-dolls/a1813361842.html
1•valgaze•14m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Time to Pivot Out of Engineering?

1•bdnsj•15m ago•0 comments

Where's Firefox Going Next?

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/where-s-firefox-going-next-you-tell-us/m-p/100698#M39094
2•ReadCarlBarks•16m ago•0 comments

Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in surveys

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/15/views-of-the-us-have-worsened-while-opinions-of-china-have-improved-in-many-surveyed-countries/
5•alphabetatango•18m ago•1 comments

BlackRock hit by $52B withdrawal from single client

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/blackrock-hit-by-52bn-withdrawal-from-single-client-kmsmg87jc
2•alexcos•19m ago•1 comments

Tried Comet: Impressive AI Tool with Concerns About Future Risks

https://twitter.com/TenZorroAI/status/1945224617859113401
1•paulo20223•20m ago•1 comments

Power-seeking, by any person, may be equivalent to minimizing uncertainty

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KYxpkoh8ppnPfmuF3/power-seeking-minimising-free-energy
1•OgsyedIE•21m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why Marketing Software Hasn't Had Its 'Cursor Moment' Yet

1•richbelt•23m ago•2 comments

Fighting Brandolini's Law with Sampling

https://brady.fyi/fact-checking/
1•h-bradio•23m ago•0 comments

Differential geometry of ML: a geometric interpretation of gradient descent

https://research.fal.ai/blog/differential-geometry-of-ml/
1•felineflock•24m ago•0 comments

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Fandom in the Norman vs. Lamb Gothic Fantasy Collection

https://internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/science-fiction-fantasy-and-fandom-in-the-norman-v-lamb-gothic-fantasy-collection/
2•lintalist•26m ago•1 comments

Hacker Residency in Da Nang Vietnam with Tony Dinh

https://www.hackerresidencygroup.com
1•transitivebs•28m ago•1 comments

Cambridge academic James Orr: England should be ethnically English [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UngibqLwJ34
2•donsupreme•29m ago•1 comments

Product Innovation is Discovery not Creation

https://boz.com/articles/product-discovery
1•pizzathyme•30m ago•0 comments

Mastodon 4.4 Is Here

https://www.patreon.com/posts/mastodon-4-4-is-134090971
3•doener•32m ago•0 comments

After a Decade of Chaos, Google Is Finally Getting Its Act Together

https://gizmodo.com/after-a-decade-of-chaos-google-is-finally-getting-its-act-together-2000629697
1•mikece•32m ago•1 comments

How to Cool Down Computers Inside of an A320 [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQuc_HhW6VA
1•sarimkx•34m ago•0 comments

Investigation confirms majority of community grievances in Socfin plantations

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/two-year-investigation-confirms-majority-of-community-grievances-in-socfin-plantations/
1•PaulHoule•35m ago•0 comments

AWS launches Kiro, an agentic AI IDE

https://www.techradar.com/pro/aws-launches-kiro-an-agentic-ai-ide-to-end-the-chaos-of-vibe-coding
1•mikece•35m ago•0 comments