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We prioritize the usage of the feminine in our everyday grammar. More later. I am a feminist. I notice all around me the ways that men have ruled the land we live in, the products we use, the language we speak. When I lived in Italy I chose to speak in a way unlike anyone I was surrounded by. I chose the feminine. Let me give you an example. You see, if you have a group of all boys hanging out and someone comes up and greets them, that person would say 'Ciao ragazzi!' If they came upon a group of all women, it would be 'Ciao ragazze!' In this context, ragazzi is the plural masculine word for y

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Show HN: Site/app blocker and usage tracker specifically for Linux

This was my first experiment with AI assisted coding. Backstory: I had a bunch of scripts to block sites on my work machines by redirecting them 127.0.0.1 etc. and they sort of worked. I needed something more serious and tried to get some commercial applications but there was nothing that really worked the way I wanted to (especially not on Linux). In Oct 2025 or so, I picked up aider and started building this out. Halfway through, I switched to Claude Code and used this as a vehicle to learn how to use assistants. It blocks sites and apps on a schedule, and takes away your sudo during the hou

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The “alien” economics of AI monetization

As usage, costs, and customer expectations change, AI companies are moving beyond traditional SaaS pricing. Leaders at Monetize 2026 shared how they’re combining subscriptions with usage-based billing, building spend controls into products, adapting packaging and value metrics, and making pricing readable for both human and AI buyers.

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