cJ0th

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R/Europe: Update on the issue of user privacy changes by Reddit(old.reddit.com)
8 points by cJ0th 6y ago|0 comments
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by cJ0th 6y ago
There was (is?) a website that charges you a couple of cents per article. They offer content from many different magazines. I got some free credit during the early phase. Even though I wasn't even spending my own money, seeing the amou
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by cJ0th 6y ago
I like conversations. The app is straight forward and it uses xmpp with omemo encryption. Therefore, there is no "lock in" ( https://conversations.im/ ). I guess Signal would be the best bet as an alternative becaus
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by cJ0th 6y ago
i don't know how to do it but my parents and a good friend switched to conversations[0] because this is what I prefer. I guess people are willing to switch if they care about you a lot. in other words, most won't. [0] https:&#x2F
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by cJ0th 6y ago
I can only second this. It was surprisingly easy to follow along even though I know very little about electronics (I do program synths, though). The interactive illustrations are also great.
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by cJ0th 6y ago
Windows 10 is basically what's wrong with business software these days. Gone are the days were we at least tried to make these types of applications predictable and consistent. I have to work with D365 applications a lot and it is flab
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by cJ0th 6y ago
> Anyone who has had to help elderly relatives should know the value of computers that works like an appliance and can't easily be screwed up. The problem is they are still having trouble but I cannot help them as often as I used to
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by cJ0th 6y ago
I assume that Apple's next chapter started coincidently with the leaving of Steve Jobs. Of course, I do not know if Jobs would be cool with today's Apple. But he certainly worked hard at turning it into the cash cow it is nowadays
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by cJ0th 6y ago
> The fact that I can go about my life without procastination and anxiety is a testament to the correct diagnosis and accurate dosing that my Psychiatrist prescribed. So whenever you now have to carry out a task you simply dispassionatel
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by cJ0th 6y ago
While reading the news you do not have to deal with yourself. Quite a relieve for most people I reckon. On top of that, bad "news" sources are designed in such a way that you do get addicted (e.g. endless scrolling, getting notifi
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by cJ0th 6y ago
While most here see some merit in such research - or at least in debating it, to me it seems utterly meaningless. These papers seem like mere artefacts of the researcher's mind. At best, they learn a lot by (re)defining the problem,
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by cJ0th 6y ago
pretty microsoft-ish in my opinion.
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by cJ0th 6y ago
Learned about midnight lizard thanks to this post. like it a lot. some websites take a while till they are rendered in midnight mode. However, my laptop is not very powerful.
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by cJ0th 6y ago
actually no. in the past it used to be exciting to set up a new laptop and find out the subtle differences to the previous model. Now I am already content if everything stays the same for many years (yes, I run debian).
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Ask HN: Is there a search engine which excludes the world's biggest websites?
578 points by cJ0th 6y ago|228 comments
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by cJ0th 6y ago
I use LinageOS myself but I would never use a smartphone for anything related to personal finance. Without an extensive research project there is no telling what's going on under the hood imho.
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by cJ0th 7y ago
same here. I am gladly donating every year. Today I find hand picked music more valuable than ever.
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by cJ0th 7y ago
i think it could actually work. a couple of messengers (slightly different product but still...) have tried offering good alternatives to whatsapp at a sensible price. It turns out, people aren't motivated to switch even if the price
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by cJ0th 7y ago
What they achieve in the real world is good. But I can't see the scientific merit. Doesn't the actual work lie in making organisations accept change?
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by cJ0th 7y ago
After just reading the linked articles / chapter I was thinking: This is an interesting approach to look at the situation. After reading a couple of posts on this blog I can't shake off the feeling that the objective of his writin
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by cJ0th 8y ago
More like (Konrad) Zuse ;)
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by cJ0th 8y ago
Because it's beyond the jaded world of "why?".
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by cJ0th 8y ago
If you allow me to put on my red hat (when was the last time you heard someone say that ?) then I have to say that this feels like typical PR speak where the opposite is closer to the truth than the actual statement.
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by cJ0th 8y ago
Maybe it's just me who after years at uni is sick of viewing everything from this impoverished academic point of view but I think these statements are not helpful at all. People worship advice/knowledge these days and totally forg
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by cJ0th 8y ago
What's your point? A great technology should be abandoned just because it's not popular? Maybe I am not average but the fact is that RSS is very helpful to many professionals like programmers, scientists or journalists on a daily
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by cJ0th 8y ago
RSS is not dead. I have many feeds that I auto-filter and check on a daily basis. Furthermore it is enabled by default on countless wordpress blogs. RSS is not complicated from an end user's point of view. But since it gives users more
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by cJ0th 8y ago
I am super disappointed, Mozilla! This is such a slippery slope you've created here. If FF doesn't support RSS anymore then even fewer people will use RSS and RSS will die rather sooner than later. This is such a pity as RSS can r
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by cJ0th 8y ago
Back then I was still going to school and thus didn't have much money. And so it was always a joy when a new version of psp came out so that I could us an evaluation copy for another 30 days :D edit: the article states simple re-instal
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by cJ0th 8y ago
no way! When I drank my first cup of Japanese green tea I didn't even know what l-theanine was. Since I felt very euphoric and relaxed after said cup I had to google the components of sencha to find out what caused this very pleasant s
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by cJ0th 8y ago
thanks for the details. they saved me some troubles. too bad it (apparently) doesn't work. At least they do have good 'ol lynx in their repository :)

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