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by Funes- 7y ago
If I had to bet on personal computers' and other devices' future, I would say that some years down the line--not many--only a barebones system will run on them so they can connect to an OS delivered through a cloud service. The tu
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by Funes- 7y ago
I admire your determination, really.
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by Funes- 8y ago
While it is indeed true that humans share a large number of traits that naturally homogenize, to an extent, how we think and act, I'd bet it is ultimately Instagram's interconnectedness between users which favors this kind of cont
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by Funes- 8y ago
I really don't know what could make someone who has been the victim of such a heinous crime not hand over their phone if they are being honest in their accusations. Not having your phone for a month beats keeping your rapist unpunished
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by Funes- 8y ago
You can use LineageOS[0] for the time being. [0]: https://lineageos.org/ .
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by Funes- 8y ago
>that doesn't validate the higher-profile original either. You're right, it doesn't. I never said that, either. >Seems a bit "well actually" TBH I'm sorry if it came across that way, really. I like to be
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by Funes- 8y ago
Why do they have to be mutually exclusive? Why would safety be contrary to business opportunity? If anything, I would say that users' safety should be present in any legally viable business endeavor. Edit: I want to clarify that I&#x
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by Funes- 8y ago
>Microsoft in particular is doing relatively well for a variety of reasons, but not because of this one. Why exactly wouldn't Microsoft's newfound good reputation be included among those reasons? Your rebuttal would be just as
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by Funes- 8y ago
So Google--or any other big corporation--can take it over as well? I don't think coming up with yet another open protocol is the solution.
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by Funes- 8y ago
I just want a mobile phone with a minimalist design--take Punkt's MP02 or the Light Phone II--which, in addition, runs mainline Linux. That's it. Giving mobile phone users the ability to use their devices as they see fit without v
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by Funes- 8y ago
What about WhatsApp? Virtually no one in my country--not even the elderly, who now broadly use the app as well--is willing to abandon it, no matter how its parent company is depicted. In fact, last time I checked, around 75% of all popula
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The Sad State of Happiness in the United States and the Role of Digital Media(worldhappiness.report)
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by Funes- 8y ago
I'd say that the fact that not everyone can afford it makes it a luxury as well as a necessity. I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.
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by Funes- 8y ago
"Why not" doing it yourself, then?
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by Funes- 8y ago
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius. It's the hardest pill I've ever tried to swallow in my life; in fact, I am still in the process of doing so. It goes over the mental process and ruminations of assuming the greatest commitment a hu
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by Funes- 8y ago
The mental and logistical acrobatics being proposed by users on this comment section only shows one thing about Slack (and any other app that is built on the optimization of an "engagement" metric): If you have to go that far to
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by Funes- 8y ago
>Black communities in the Bay Area are where they are in part because of a very long history of institutional discrimination. I am really interested in this. Could you provide some links, please?
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by Funes- 8y ago
>It's not Google's fault this time. Isn't Google responsible for making Internet advertising accessible and widespread? They developed and launched AdWords (2000) and AdSense (2003).
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by Funes- 8y ago
This one's great. I've lost count of how many films I've watched that I would have never found otherwise. Here's another big art repository: https://monoskop.org/Monoskop And a very well-documented colle
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by Funes- 8y ago
From my experience I can say that the web is filled with garbage that tries to exploit whichever search engine you may be using, while also trying to exploit your own attention with flashy headlines and sensationalistic content. These two g
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by Funes- 8y ago
Yes, and that's actually something I do see imprinted on the Internet, all the time. If culture, on global terms, is defined by something right now, that thing is coherence, or homogeneity [0]. Almost everybody shares the same cultur
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by Funes- 8y ago
Most adults I know have little self-control, too; and even less when it comes to technology (namely, smartphones and social media). And I don't exclude myself, either: I do have to put out a conscious, sustained effort not to spend the
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by Funes- 8y ago
Great comment. >"Look... We (ireland) manipulate our tax rules for all sorts of gain^. How can it be ok for the country but not U2?" Be that as it may (an admission of guilt, indeed), I find the argument to be absolutely reason
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by Funes- 8y ago
>If you ask someone from Spain or Germany about unions and attempt to explain why they're "evil" from the US perspective, I can guarantee you will be met with complete disbelief . How can you possibly guarantee (no less
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by Funes- 8y ago
I was strictly referring to research papers and other academic publications; maybe I should have said "access to academic works" instead. Other than that, I could do away with Libgen's copyrighted literature, since I've
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by Funes- 8y ago
Access to knowledge should be open and free. Especially if it has been produced by an institution that receives public funding.
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by Funes- 8y ago
>I take issue when people use the word profit to mean some evil, shameful thing. You left out the "by way of selling your personal data, violating your privacy, and having a persuasive (addictive) design in order to glue you to the
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by Funes- 8y ago
Don't fret; memes are safe: "The Copyright Directive protects freedom of expression, a core value of the European Union. It sets strong safeguards for users, making clear that everywhere in Europe the use of existing works for pur
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by Funes- 8y ago
>Article 13 dooms smaller companies and startups, thus further entrenching these big corporations. Only "smaller companies and startups" whose main purpose is "enabling users to upload and share a large amount of copyright
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by Funes- 8y ago
That's something I've been wishing for, yes. It would certainly be the best possible outcome, although I am not sure how the entire thing will actually unfold (I don't think anyone can be sure about it yet).

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