DitheringIdiot

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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
the way I’ve dealt with this issue in the past is to put all my apps into one folder on the Home Screen (iPhone). Then the only practical way to access apps is by searching for them. So you have to remember why you went on your phone in the
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
Love this way of thinking about mild addiction. This is the basic premise of a web extension I made. It’s blocks addictive websites until you’ve finished your to-do list. But crucially, when you try and go on those websites it redirects you
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
You don’t need to have any copyright symbols on anything for it to be protected: https://www.gov.uk/copyright
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
- another facebook whistle blower will emerge after the US midterm elections - people will lose interest in NFTs, the bubble will deflate - google chrome will decrease it’s market share
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AccessiBE will get you sued(adrianroselli.com)
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson is fun — but it’s not exactly mind expanding. I know more about the Appalachian trail than before I read it, but that seems like a low bar.
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
The trackers in your site use cookies, and browser fingerprinting to create a profile of the visitors to your site, which combined with other data on the visitors is used to identify them personally. That on its own should give you pause. B
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
I’m in the UK. So not anymore. But we still apply GDPR rules as far as I’m aware
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
I just checked the same thing. I didn’t get a consent banner at all, not sure why. I’d just like to add that a decent chunk of the traffic to this site is from people typing “free photo editor” or things along those lines. The creator of th
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Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2021?
91 points by DitheringIdiot 5y ago|80 comments
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
Facebook’s success and ubiquity is what makes it worse than other companies that trade in attention and data. It’s not a moral panic, the people who run facebook have provably done terrible things. Would other people in their position do th
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
no it wouldn’t. And yes that would be a bad thing.
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
We have a moral obligation to stop using facebook products. Ask yourself where do you draw the line? If you don’t think facebook has crossed it, then you don’t know enough about facebook.
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Sans Forgetica(sansforgetica.rmit.edu.au)
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
So it’s replicating the worst thing about the art market — the speculation and nonsensical pricing. But without the best thing about the art market — actually owning a piece of art. With a thin veil of technobabble.
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
So the real value of an NFT isn’t in the mechanism at all.
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I’m sure you can generate a unique token for a non-unique artwork. I mean, I can just make an NFT now with a screenshot of someone else’s NFT.
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
The piece goes on to say that the same can be true for NFTs. An artist could just sell an identical work multiple times. I like this idea, it has the exact amount of usefulness of NFTs without the ecological issues.
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Ask HN: What are your favourite podcasts of 2021?
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I was already thinking about leaving social media when the genocide in Myanmar happened. But it pushed me over the edge, and led to me deleting facebook, whatsapp, and instagram. Most people I speak to about facebook aren't aware of th
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Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn over Myanmar hate speech(bbc.com)
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by DitheringIdiot 5y ago
nathaniel here, writer of the article this article is referencing. If it's okay with you I'll update the original with a link to this at the top. It's sort of hilarious that I made an whole app based on a premise that is basi