darkclarity

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by darkclarity 10y ago
Just my observation that adults are regressing into child like behaviour as each generation takes over. Less people taking responsibility for themselves, more people hiding from the world through escapism and a general irreverence for histo
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by darkclarity 10y ago
It was a fun suggestion but going with it would have reminded me of the world exemplified by the movie Idiocracy. We are heading in that direction with the likes of adult colouring books, but I think it's a good sign that there is stil
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Facebook doesn't just keep you in contact with old friends, it encourages you to stalk their public facing persona. There's none of the mystery and personal discovery that creates the bonds of friendship. It's not real friend
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by darkclarity 10y ago
> The only thing I can think of is that the developers use the shiny new hardware and it runs okay for them. I think that was one of the problems with Google+ in the early days. They launched a social network that assumed a huge screen r
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I think the best power supplies are those commissioned by big manufacturers to go with their hardware. The HP Touchpad's power plug being a good example. These brands don't want a poorly designed adapter killing their products.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
That's a big reason why private businesses are better than public ones. There's no need to push for unsustainable growth at the behest of busybody investors.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Mozilla lives on money from the ad industry, so in a way they are all part of the same system.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Clementine comes from an place where software is aimed at all levels of user - without sacrificing expert features. If your idea of UI and UX (I don't know) is the modern trend of hiding features to make software into toys then that wo
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Exactly. Amarok was one of the few pieces of software I looked at and thought, from a feature perspective... that's perfect. Was so glad Clementine appeared on the scene and rescued the player from its well intentioned fall from grace.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I'm not that bothered by them personally, but I would rather see these international taxi brands gone. They take away income and entrepreneurship from local economies. The world is slowly becoming a boring homogeneous place run by mult
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I have gone through a similar phase. Got rid of social media, switched back to a feature phone, am reading real books, listening to music on physical media, using cash where possible and whatever else. The Internet has gone from a place wit
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by darkclarity 10y ago
The thing that bemuses me about TfL is a similar public run arrangement was recently encouraged and proposed for another part of England. It was blocked at the last minute. London definitely gets special treatment, even when it goes against
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Yeah, cycles of moral panic that were fuelled by the media when they had nothing better to do. Nowadays though, it's fuelled by outrage culture on social media, so the result is more schizophrenic.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Our railway system was built by competing railway businesses with lots of inefficiency, it was nationalised, made painfully efficient (Beeching etc) and franchised out to businesses. This is the next stage where demand is catching up with t
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by darkclarity 10y ago
The way I do it is by creating fake deadlines in my head. I know I am not going to achieve them but it's like milestones without the extra baggage of planning and it being boring.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I find Breitbart's comments interesting, it's pretty much an outlet for people who are discouraged from voicing their opinion in standard news outlets. Though I don't go there on purpose... in the same way as I rarely visit T
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Pretty standard modus operandi for technology start-ups, 'disrupt' the scene (AKA enable illegal/unlawful/unethical things). Then years later, officially notice you've been turning a blind eye and provide tools to d
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Yeah, some religions are more benign than others, to put it mildly. I'm not religious personally, but I find it interesting that a lot of these religious movements practice stoic values and do some sort of meditation. Those two aspect
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Merge stuff together and you get something clunky like Google+.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I experienced a similar (but non-drug related) shock to you several years ago and it changed how I think. I came to the conclusion that religion is just an old fashioned, and highly specialised, way of treating mental health. Without going
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by darkclarity 10y ago
The good thing about broccoli is it contains nutrients that the body can use, for example, to enhance its ability to manage sugar levels. Whereas a cheap soft drink is inert from a nutritional perspective, it probably has a load of flavouri
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by darkclarity 10y ago
The Daily Mail has a bad reputation with the Twitterring classes, but like every other UK newspaper they cater for their own audiences - it just so happens that you probably aren't in that particular group. If Yahoo are in trouble then
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by darkclarity 10y ago
It just seems unhealthy keeping in contact with that many people who were resigned to the past. Never mind all the game-theory-esk psychological manipulation that social networks push on us. If people want to keep in contact with their past
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I like being that irresponsible one. Though it is impressive that Amazon has turned a delivery fee - that most people don't like paying - into an exclusive subscription service. A service that customers fall over themselves to sign up
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by darkclarity 10y ago
It got to a point where governments had to mandate that certain processed foods (e.g. bread, breakfast cereals) must contain extra vitamins and minerals - just to keep the population from damaging themselves.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
The UK had a strong Amiga magazine contingent, probably around a dozen mainstream titles with respectable sales figures. Every newsagent would have at least four or five titles on their shelves. Those magazines lived on top of a flourishing
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Just stick with basic thermostats and controls. Using these over-engineered devices will be a nuisance if you decide to sell your property or temporarily hand over control to someone else. Never mind the problems with cloud based vendor loc
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I can't see any online services ever competing with cable and satellite providers over sport. It would require deep pockets to convert paying customers to a new platform, plus the Internet isn't proprietary enough to physically c
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by darkclarity 10y ago
Spotify's an integral part of the entertainment industry, there's little point treating it as anything other than an oddity.
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by darkclarity 10y ago
I think the public will eventually notice that gadgets and appliances that rely on apps and internet access are a risky investment. Even multinational appliance manufacturers give up on the smart features in their TVs after several years. F

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