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MVMaker Views #attention#Hacker-News#product-design#social-media#software

Attention is all you have

A reflection on software competing for human attention became a broad HN conversation about feeds, addiction, bookmarks, analog life and the attention economy.

The essay argues that modern software increasingly optimizes around capturing and retaining human attention, often at the expense of the person using it.

Why HN cared

Commenters connected the argument to everything from algorithmic feeds and gaming notifications to bookmarks, physical books and deliberate media consumption.

A recurring idea was that users routinely undervalue their own time while companies have become extremely sophisticated at monetizing it.

HN snapshot: about 1.06k points and ~325 comments.

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TThe Table #cooking#food-culture#Gen-Z#social-media#students

Some college students have apparently moved beyond ramen—to crème brûlée and blowtorches

A survey of student cooking found young people making surprisingly sophisticated food in tiny kitchens despite tight budgets.

A look at student cooking found that some university students are making dishes far beyond the stereotypical pesto pasta and instant noodles—including crème brûlée, duck eggs and recipes requiring a blowtorch.

Why it matters

Young people's food habits are being reshaped by TikTok, YouTube, recipe creators and better access to global cooking knowledge.

The cultural shift

Cooking can now be both a budget strategy and a creative hobby. A student kitchen may be poorly equipped, but the cook using it may have watched hundreds of hours of professional technique online.

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