Funny article and kind of surprising (even that the authors hypothesized it). Go sparkling water. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-minds-sharp-esports-sessions.html

Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI
L: https://www.engadget.com/ai/canadian-government-demands-safety-changes-from-openai-204924604.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47172591
posted on 2026.02.26 at 17:04:18 (c=0, p=5)

AI generated posts on the various algorithmic social feed apps are truly horrible, even when they are only trying to say the things I want to see. I so wish it was possible to hide them all. I guess I shouldn’t be using these apps anyways.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@iphoneincanada/116127506246371534

I’ve been using this plan and I’ve been very happy with it. Only downside is my kids watch on my account too to get rid of ads and that means I get recommended all the crap they watch too.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/116127064295814120

I’ve been pretty happy using Apple’s Passwords app after leaving 1Password.

Genetic underpinnings of chills from art and music
L: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1012002
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118838
posted on 2026.02.23 at 01:35:32 (c=0, p=4)

China confirms visa-free travel for UK and Canadian nationals
L: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c875d3d3x34o
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083036
posted on 2026.02.19 at 21:47:41 (c=0, p=4)

Anyone have a European domain name registrar they can recommend?

I switched away from US registrars last year for obvious reasons but the renewal fees at Gandi.net are unhinged and I need to switch again.

RE: https://me.dm/@mgs/116059973370546922

This is a thing that worries me about AI into the future: what will matter more than ever is deep thinking. The hard stuff is the stuff that AI is the worst at. Stuff that is time consuming but not that hard is easy for AI. But if students (and everyone) are increasingly using AI tools instead of thinking while learning, that muscle won’t develop. How can society reach the same aggregate level of deep thinking? Are students going to be trained to precisely be useless above and beyond AI?

RE: https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/116059104734361226

Maybe tacked onto the Gemini deal?

Spotted: Apple Moves Closer to Launching AirPods Hearing Aid Feature in Canada

Will Canadians finally be able to use their AirPods Pro as hearing aids? The wait might be coming to an end. As spotted by iPhone in Canada, Apple appears to be making its final move to launch clinical-grade hearing aid features for AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Pro 3 users across the country. Following a quiet update on February 10, 2026, the Health Canada Medical Device Active Licence Listing…

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/02/11/airpods-pro-hearing-aid-canada-spotted/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

@joey ha ha

@lo_fye In fairness to the artists, they used to make money off album sales and they don’t make much of anything anymore. So this is the only way they can make any money.

@lo_fye I wanted to go to Edmonton with whole family to see Rush but it would have basically been $1000 after everything was said and done. Just too much.

@lo_fye omg. Concert ticket prices have gone bananas. I saw him in Toronto around 2000 and I was like in the 10th row or something. I shook his hand from the stage when he came out for the encore. I can’t remember the cost but it couldn’t have been over $100.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116041405748460511

I’ve done this too. Altogether, Zulip is great, though I wish it had a more feature rich mobile app and a bit less baggage to use. Eg there’s no reason you should need to manually pick a subject when posting. Slack and Mattermost don’t require this. You don’t need to pick a subject when texting and that’s a key difference from email!

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/116036135009812707

There are dozens of us. Dozens!

My mom (in her 70s) is always asking me questions about AI, so last time I was home I showed her how Claude Code works so we could vibecode a Wordle clone together. I also showed how I would normally write code in an editor to make a few final tweaks.

When we were done she said, “I had no idea what you did for a living was so boring.”

The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/the-rise-of-moltbook-suggests-viral-ai-prompts-may-be-the-next-big-security-threat/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

@GeoffWozniak This year’s was the worst update by far yet. Now the toolbars and title bars are merged and I can see crap through them. It’s a fight to find somewhere to drag a window. This shouldn’t be a game of “drag the window”. And where’s that nice UI window resizing grabber they used to have? Gone.