RhodaLs

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by RhodaLs 7y ago
Six years ago it was possible to use Dropbox as the files intermediary. With the current version (13) of iOS, there's a fairly direct access to files. There's a files explorer with support for connections to network shares & e
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by RhodaLs 7y ago
You can very easily use your iPad as a reader for arbitrarily downloaded ebooks. Go to Gutenberg or Archive.org or the pirate site of your choice. Select a book. Select the format. Epubs and PDFs have the option of being sent to iBooks. Mob
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by RhodaLs 9y ago
You made something very simple and beautiful. I bought it right away, and had fun building a palette of the Kansas sunset while my dogs ran through the woods. I know I could do the same thing just by taking a photo and extracting a palette
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
I don't use my iPad much these days, but when I did, I used nPlayer: a media playing app which got around many of the iOS restrictions. Plays many different formats, has its own integrated file manager, and provides ways to copy files
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
Protests also help in building awareness. In that regard, Occupy was a huge success. Overnight, people and mainstream media were suddenly talking about class. Also, I think it planted the seed in a way. There were huge protests around the s
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
I'd strongly disagree. Occupy didn't result in direct action or changes. However, it popularized the notion of the One Percent vs. Ninety-Nine Percent, and got people to think about class in a nation very averse to even acknowledg
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
The biggest part of the problem is not being able to turn it off. I don't think most people would be bothered by the basic telemetry if this was an option for non-enterprise / education users. That and not being able to see what i
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
Being an old Slashdot user, the first incredibly dumb thought of mine was "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!" With a pic of Natalie Portman for the watch face, of course. But, one fun thing I could imagine doing is using it as a
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
That's much too harsh. If someone is poor enough they can't afford internet access, then they're probably under some stress from all sorts of factors. Working two jobs, trying to keep their head above water, possibly a single
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
I don't use Android currently, but when I did, PowerAmp was a great music player. Simple interface. Would automatically find sound files wherever you put them. Played most formats including flac. Worked very well with my BT headphones.
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
I agree with you. HN should get rid of the downvotes. They don't really serve a useful purpose. It just adds needless friction and anxiety, puts a certain amount of negativity at the center of the discussion, and reinforces a certain l
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by RhodaLs 10y ago
For the same reason people freaked out about a very easily disabled Amazon search integration in Ubuntu. People had higher expectations of Microsoft (and Canonical) than Google. Plus, the desktop / laptop environment is one in which re