Some of those look like thongs.

Good job! Looks amazing! It is a great way to call attention to content.

A modern version of the old dongle seems to be the FIDO key (commonly known by the brand Yubikey), although it is for a different purpose than copy protection: anti-phishing/MFA authentication.

Has that been defeated yet?

I did something similar decades ago: ran on debug with and without the dongle, then compared the execution path to identify where exactly it deviated. Then replaced the "jump" with "nop" to prevent it from branching out when the dongle was absent. This was with an early version of Visual C++ and I knew only a little 8086 Assembly.

xcancel? What is the purpose or benefit of providing a free mirror to x? Doesn't it end up sparing the x servers and causing their costs to decrease?

I prefer xcancel in part because Twitter doesn't let you view replies etc when not logged in.

Guessing x loses ad revenue when traffic goes to xcancel.

my screen is 60 percent banners about cookies and account creation when I use x

I clicked expecting some catalog of data structures but it was a pleasant surprise.

That Synth Player and Chord ID seem to be killer features on Logic Pro. Are they recent additions? Do they work well?

It's not released yet.

It may seem irrelevant for some, but I wonder: will they still offer the laser-etched titanium card instead of plastic?

It was really the only reason I considered getting one. I suspect this will be relevant to more people than you might expect- iirc it's the only titanium (metal?) credit card you can get without an annual fee.

"Medical attention is all you need."

The root cause for the low affordability seems to be that most people don't want to sell a house purchased at 3% interest and have to pay for a new one at 6%. That and zoning restrictions too contribute for the lack of supply.

There was a huge affordability problem 4 years ago when the rates were 3% too, so that’s clearly not the “root cause”. In fact, at the time HN was filled with people blaming the “free money” 3% rates for the lack of affordability…

LOL, you live in California? The past affordability you are talking about was not universal. There were plenty of people happily buying homes after moving out of CA to other states.

Anyhow, interest rates are the root cause now. Who in their right mind would do the trade I've described?

In my area the zoning is ludicrous. Need to walk 4 blocks to visit my corner store. Tall skinny townhomes that nobody wants and go unsold for months are the only allowed high density option - with no stacked flats.