WilTimSon

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by WilTimSon 3y ago
I'm curious about this bit: "In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Jaxa shared a photograph taken by Slim of a nearby rock that it nicknamed a "toy poodle"." What does nicknaming mean here? Is it the lander doing some s
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
> PS: not that many musicians are able to pay bills with their spotify checks, but that's not the point. What IS the point, though? You seem to be criticising people who don't purchase a Spotify Premium while also admitting Spo
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Oh wow, this is excellent, I love the ability to mix it, especially since the water sounds tend to overpower bird ones. This is exactly what I'd like, thank you so much!
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Nice idea but it's a shame the recordings are so short. I'd love some hours-long version that I could put on in the background and pair with a bit of ambient for fun.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
And even digital magazines are somehow feeling the effects: https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23978042/popular-science... At the time this news came out, I thought PopSci was just no longer publishing
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
It wouldn't really solve the problem, sadly. The percentage of people who'd bother to read that warning is likely quite low.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
This has the expectation that police wouldn't just pressure the clerk to do it themselves. The clerk says they'll forward it to corporate, the policeman tells him not to bother and hints that, you know, he is the one with the powe
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Tor is one publisher that sells its works without DRM, though if you're a fan of Sanderson then you probably already know about them?
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
I'm mostly befuddled that he considers 4 hours of time with his child a waste. Feeling unproductive while walking with a stroller? Listen to a podcast. Do audio lessons for some new language. Record some thoughts, since he's a coa
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
I'm having real trouble with this text. The author's pompous ego makes it hard to take any of this seriously, which, at least, he does admit. But still, the style on this piece makes me wonder if it's a professional deformati
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Ah, interesting, he mentions it started with him trying to represent pixels through ceramic tiles. That's a neat concept and he's apparently been at it for 25+ years now, that is dedication.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Is there a particular reason behind Space Invaders being the theme of choice here? I read the "About" page and it suggests the mosaics are also some kind of little ARG, it seems.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
But openness about mental health issues and lower stigma around it is definitely a more modern thing, actually. I don't doubt that some subsets of the population got more depressed while others feel better, but it's very possible
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
The bias in the article is a bit apparent, considering that Signal, a well-respected and excellent messenger, does the same thing, but isn’t called out in the title. WhatsApp, I presume, is similar? The kicker is that Telegram lets you turn
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Oh, that's brilliant, wish I could attend. The Partisans are the only one I recognise and used to listen to a bit. There's a whole list of Welsh punk bands on RateYourMusic, so maybe I'll rediscover some of them. Would likely
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Discord has 150 million MAU versus Telegram's 800 million MAU, according to Wikipedia. It's absolutely not way more used.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Why such a misleading title? It’s the TON foundation partnering, which isn’t related to Telegram. TON used to be a Telegram product but they dumped it, likely due to SEC not letting them launch it in the US.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Seems to be working for me. Could this be a broader outage over at CloudFlare that affected several apps/sites? Or is this only affecting Discord?
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
> Don't you have to be fairly well off to invest the time to write a book? Not necessarily, although I'm sure it helps. Quite a few writers started out by writing their book in between shifts of menial labour or just while they
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
The turn-based one is cracking me up. There is something quite genius about taking a game as simple as Pong and deconstructing, reconstructing and just pulling it apart.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
What was I supposed to take away from that? That The Beatles' members fell off? That drugs aren't for everyone? I'm struggling to find the insight here, because it feels more like tweet and less like a fruitful topic for disc
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
A private group is not the same as DMs on a privacy level, though. Two can keep a secret, not more. I distinctly remember reading about cops socially engineering their way into protest chats in Hong Kong, because when it's a big group
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
I'm mostly worried about how long this can last and whether it will have the intended effect. It's a huge community rallying point but Reddit has clearly shown it does not care about the community's opinion.
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Albrechts aren't a great example, considering one of them was bloody kidnapped. Although I don't know if the lack of security was before the incident or did they carry on guard-less even after that?
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
I'm positively baffled by the stereo bit. He had this really impressive thing built, was really happy someone noticed it and yet didn't play a thing on it? Not even some presentation audio, just to show off? Such a bizarre mix of
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
Well, I suppose that's one benefit of Brexit, isn't it? In all seriousness, it's a shame that the project is going to be restricted from a development standpoint, but, frankly, with Google's reputation for privacy violat
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
One of the rare times where I agree that someone being infuriated by these words is a bit ridiculous. It's not like they're offensive or emotionally manipulative, it's merely a matter of someone's style of writing or jus
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by WilTimSon 3y ago
What's curious is that it's seen as a standard method of gaining traction for your website but Reddit, at least, now "strongly discourages" using alts in this manner.
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by WilTimSon 4y ago
The whole thing hinges on having a modified third-party app, so I don't really see how it's applicable to Telegram itself. Its apps are open-source and have reproducible builds - that ensures trust. I don't see what the point
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by WilTimSon 4y ago
I guess it tracks with him being able to write intricate and detailed sci-fi, the man knew what he was talking about. There's a reason he's still revered as one of the greatest examples of the genre.

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