JoshMnem

68 ms·

661.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
SMS isn't perfect, but it isn't really comparable to Facebook's chains.
662.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
I was an adult before most people were on the Internet. People don't need sites like Facebook to connect with their communities. Strangers are only strangers until you start communicating with them. Most people I know these days were f
663.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
> Oh I’d love ti do that, but it would harm both my social and professional life in ways I can’t really afford. That's what I thought until I did it. It's a big illusion in most cases. Start the process now, and you should be a
664.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Creating isn't just about "content". Posting vapid updates and linking to articles that other people wrote isn't really creating anything. For most people, posting on social media is consumption, not creation. The Intern
665.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
I think they got the idea of circles from Diaspora. The WWW works best when used as intended: decentralized communities that encourage people to be creators rather than consumers. Instead of Facebook, participate in independent online commu
666.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Arguably, that's one of the problems with Facebook. Not all of one's contacts should be in the same conversations together.
667.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Why post anything on that site at all? I recommend deleting all of your content and then deleting the account. For some people, it may require a period of restructuring your life around other services before completing the process though. H
668.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Send them to archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428013428/gothamist.com/
669.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
It isn't authoritarian at all to say that Facebook is not a necessity. TV is mostly-garbage, but it isn't as bad as Facebook.
670.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
> But there is a big chunk of users who learned to use the internet SOLELY for facebook, they remain there solely for that and would stop using it if it wasn't for facebook. I'd argue that it would be better in most cases not t
671.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
You didn't answer my question. :)
672.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
It seems like a bad idea from a first glance. It looks like there are also Twitter Zero, Google Free Zone, and possibly others. Other countries have the right to develop their Internet with the same freedom that we currently have. (I'm
673.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
That is not what I'm arguing. :) Are you arguing against Net Neutrality? Governments do have a duty to protect people from predatory companies. When private companies inhibit the freedom of a population, would you argue that government
674.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Here is some information: * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-... * http://www.salimvirani.com/facebook/ * https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwa
675.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Yes -- otherwise they are squandering their long term Internet freedom for short term access to addicting garbage (Facebook).
676.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Thunderbird works for me. I don't need to read things on my phone every minute of the day, and am hoping to get rid of my smartphone as soon as possible. (I don't think that smartphones are good for people.) Read a book instead of
677.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
"Feed" in that article really means "timeline" or "news feed" -- not RSS/Atom feed. Feeds are great, but they should be ones that you can curate yourself (RSS/Atom). Otherwise you get sucked into a vo
678.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
In practice, users seem to get confused and then send emails asking why they can't just use passwords. Example edge case: it doesn't work well for people who do things like sign up for your site with a secondary email address, and
679.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
More info: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15523102
680.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
The same principle should be applied to web design as well. Keep it simple.
681.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
It's a different workflow. :) - Org Mode - Google Hangouts - There are plenty of calculator options on Linux
682.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Matte screens are ideal. I don't understand why so many computers have glossy screens. It might make stronger colors, but there is glare.
683.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Did you get the next-day, at-home repair services? I've used it before and they drove to my house the day after it broke, replaced the motherboard without any questions and got it working again. This laptop was about $1,900, including
684.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
I'm not sure about the X1. The T460 was much cheaper than a MBP with significantly better support and specs (except for the screen, which didn't matter to me, since I don't edit photos or video seriously).
685.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
I don't think that there is much client-side protection against ads on mobile devices (outside of Firefox's browsers), at least on Android.
686.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
It can be fun to play with CSS transitions, but it's a terrible idea to use them in practice in probably about 95% of cases. Animation is basically visual spam. I recently saw one footer bar that would appear by dropping down from the
687.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
The problem is everywhere now. I think the trend originated with ideas from Material Design. There is no aesthetic restraint with animation these days, and it's terrible for accessibility. It's bleeding over into Windows 10 too, w
688.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Try ThinkPad + Linux. Amazing environment for programming, $1,000+ cheaper than MBP, nice keyboards, better specs for the price, including several years of at-home next-day repair service.
689.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
Except for the eggs (which I would argue are not necessary at all but are due to a false demand created by marketing) it isn't really a convenience. Most people don't need or normally want three egg whites at random times between
690.
by JoshMnem 9y ago
I think that there is a significant difference between granola bars and mixed nuts -- granola bars usually have sugar and other unhealthy ingredients added to them.

More ›