I've seen less-than-credible software in an ATM and in a "ring up your own groceries" station. No idea who's behind it or who would care, though.

If you feature a quote from someone, prominently, on a prominent website, you might check in with them to make sure they don't have any issues with the usage.

(I do sense artifice. Possibly wrongly.)

Extra points if its homepage can offer informative 80-character descriptions. (What is the term for this (suggested) web design?)

Add this to "HN for psychopaths" please.

Extra points for people who avoid gratuitous clickbait

It wasn't exactly disappointing. I loved to read The Old New Thing back in the day, Raymond's blog was full of stuff like this.

It's a little funny that no one is a human face of (interface to) Google Maps, or any platform with longevity these days. Talk to the faceless pretend person if you have a problem, maybe you'll feel better.

(they don't fix things anymore, do they?)

In this case, it was Google popping up to cheerfully ask if the news item was of interest to me. But then asking "why" and using dark-pattern wording on the answer options. (I do wonder if people who click on "the ad knew too much" (in that context) know what they're doing. This one was more subtle.)

Also, where is today's Usenet?

A matchmaking service there might be good, so younger and older have stuff to talk about.

So now we are to wonder if accidents are faked?

The host did harm here.

Oh, come on… so quick to judgment (and so bizarrely sure of yourself) for something you didn’t even see.

It worked. There was no “harm” done.