alsothrownaway

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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   Honest question: do tools like this even matter? We're all a few INNER JOINs away from having our entire lives known by data brokers. This seems to indicate that unless one changes their name and lives with the mole people, privacy is
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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   > Company litters thousands of billboards all over streets and sidewalks, creating city-wide eyesore / road hazard > Citizens remove hazard from streets, profiting at company's expense Isn't this the definition of poeti
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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   It's strange to witness what is essentially a working version of Google Hangouts and Google Docs ... from fifty years ago. We're definitely doing something wrong.
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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   I went with Namecheap as my Gmail replacement. I can use my own domain and setup was instant. The interface and admin panel are very clean which is nice, but $10/mo for one inbox doesn't really say "cheap" to me. Overall
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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   I think it's constructive to point out that maybe the entire project, being a "hack" of sorts that tends to breed more hacks and more debt, ultimately isn't useful or valuable. The idea is wonderful, but in practice I st
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   by alsothrownaway 8y ago

   As someone who has been in your shoes to a lesser degree, here are some things I learned: It is best to not upgrade your lifestyle at all, but instead to use your position to bring broken people out of the pit. Here is why: - 1. It is bette