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by th0rgall 1y ago
I've learned to live with having WireGuard/Tailscale on all the time on my own devices. But for giving (extended) family & friends access to shared albums with Immich, it's too impractical to configure and explain widely.
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by th0rgall 3y ago
Related statement from the Executive Director of Open Collective Europe (OCE): https://opencollective.com/europe/updates/regarding-the-anno... I'm personally the admin of a (very small) OCF collective. It&#x2
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by th0rgall 3y ago
Thanks for posting this! I'm the admin of an OCF-hosted Collective, but I didn't receive that email yet.
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by th0rgall 5y ago
I couldn't agree more! I'm working at https://readup.com/ , we're making a general-purpose reading app where reads-to-completion are the basis for monetization as opposed to clicks or views. Together with read
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Interesting concept, might try it! I've used Quitter ( https://marco.org/apps ) for months to auto-quit my email app & Slack after a time interval. This is a more proactive approach. You'd still have the issue o
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Nice, thanks! Apt timing. Easier than the grep & find commands I've been struggling with yesterday for the ua-parser-js debacle (though it's probably a virtue to know those!).
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Replying on your other comment ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869067 ) > Freemium model: advertisement based, with a subscription fee for some extra content personalization. Have you also considered integrating w
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Cool! Reminds me of speed-reading tools, but those ususally only keep a few words in focus, not whole paragraphs. This is almost the opposite, way more relaxed! What really helps me with reading long articles online is a little "% read
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Interesting! Do you then move on to reading "normally" after applying this method to the first few pages? Seems tough to stick with for a whole reading session. Reading physical books also may to be correlated to higher, active co
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by th0rgall 5y ago
> Stretch goals: I'll throw in a desktop version as well (mac first). Makes sense! Because it does force me to context-switch if I have to open a browser to consult my notes. Browsers are notoriously distracting as well. The browser
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by th0rgall 5y ago
In addition to what Jeff said, from the reader's point of view, Readup's mission is to make a home for deep reading on the internet first. It's not only ad-blocking and monetizing for creators. We already have article discove
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by th0rgall 5y ago
Hey all, Thor from Readup here! I started reading on Readup in Dec. 2019, when it was still just a browser extension and tiny web app. Readup gradually opened a new world for me: the variety and quality of articles I found made me read much
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by th0rgall 5y ago
That sounds more like the ultimate goal of Facebook and Twitter. In contrast, Apple's ultimate goal is to sell more devices and get more people onto their subscription services. The ideas mentioned in the article don't collide wit
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by th0rgall 5y ago
I really like the ideation here (and in the HN comments!). They're not the first to come up with most of these ideas though, the Nudge extension ( https://nudgeware.io/ ) already has nudges against infinite scroll &