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The Rise of Carry

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 5:16pm

Article URL: https://riseofcarry.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509874

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Good Game (2014)

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 5:12pm
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Knowledge Library MCP

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 5:01pm
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Google tells Fitbit owners to move to Google or else

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 5:00pm

You are receiving this email because there is an important upcoming change to your Fitbit account and action is required.

As we have previously shared, Fitbit is now a part of Google, and Fitbit Account holders will need to transition to Google Accounts to continue using Fitbit. If you want to keep using Fitbit, you must move to a Google Account by 2 February 2026. If you use a Gmail account to sign in to Fitbit, you must also move to a Google Account. Learn more.

If you do not move to a Google Account by the deadline, you will not be able to continue using the Fitbit service. Your historical data will not be retained beyond 2 February 2026 (except as needed to comply with laws), and your account and data will be deleted.

To move to a Google Account, open the Fitbit app, go to app settings, and look for the option to move Fitbit to your Google Account (you may need to update the app in order to continue). You can also download or delete your data anytime on or before 2 February 2026.

You can learn more here.

The Fitbit Team

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509774

Points: 1

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Four Hypotheses on the Impact of AI

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 4:59pm

1. AI will allow everyone to build powerful, secure software on their own, programming at the interface, very soon.

2. They can use this skill to build an actual close integration between their mind and llms. The extended mind hypothesis in overdrive.

3. This setup will at least for a time be the most powerful form of cognition if done to its full potential. Augmented Cognition.

4. The step is imminent, and can be performed by every single individual. Open source, self-hosted, good enough cognitive augmentation is needed. Self-organizing and tightly integrated.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509766

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Ask HN: What is happening?

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 4:57pm

In the last few days, I’ve been feeling quite depressed. I don’t know how others feel about this, but it’s quite a shock that this is reality. We’re in the middle of a pandemic, yet it seems nobody wants to admit it, address it, or fight against it. Walking along my university aisle, sitting and waiting for the doctor, riding the train, or even driving my car—everywhere I go, everyone seems locked into their smartphones, chasing the next dopamine hit while doom-scrolling through "social media." What does this have to do with social media? The interaction is anything but social. I miss the days when Instagram was a place where you shared a slice of reality, not just generated content designed to grab your attention in the fastest way possible (to match your shrinking attention span) and satisfy your dopamine cravings.

Even though I work in the research area of algorithms and complexity, I love interdisciplinary exchange. The most affected people I’ve met are teachers. They can’t seem to get a handle on the problem: the attention span of children in the classroom is too short. Even if you can debate modern teaching methods, we’re currently raising a generation that isn’t used to paying attention to anything for long; they’re accustomed to being entertained like a king by his court jester. I don’t see technology as the enemy. I’ve learned to love the discipline in all its facets and wouldn’t want to live without it. It’s an enormous advantage—it can bring us closer together and allow us to exchange information more quickly if we use it properly. Nor do I want to demonize social media. I want to raise awareness that algorithms designed solely to manipulate your attention span and keep you on a platform as long as possible can’t be good for humanity. Thinking needs to shift more toward human-centered design; our collective attention needs to focus on this problem. I’d like to hear your opinion. I appreciate the community here, and your perspective might help me come up with new ideas.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509751

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