Zelphyr

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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I'm getting tired of Google dictating how the web should work. That's the job of standards bodies. Google is increasingly taking the place of overbearing overlord that Microsoft embodied in the 90's and early 2000's.
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He wants to make it into a movie though. I hope he is considering a high-level TV series a la Game of Thrones. I feel like there are a lot of nuances that would get lost if made as a movie or series of movies.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Although unlikely to be a lightsail I think, this reminds me of the Rama series by Arthur C. Clark. I really wish someone like HBO, Netflix, or Starz would pick that series up and make a show out of it.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I haven't had Facebook in going on seven years. Not once has someone said anything like, "I only sent the invite out on Facebook. I forgot to invite you!"
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I participate in local events all the time. And I find out about every single one outside of Facebook.
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
This looks really interesting. From what I gather, the intent is to encourage real physical interaction?
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I recently joined a gym and have met several people there I now call friends. They also all know I'm not on Facebook so these new friends text me (usually) when they want to get in touch outside of the gym. Guys, you're proving w
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I suspect the difference is that they still "see" you there. So my friends can't see me, even if they're looking for me and maybe that triggers a reminder in their minds that they need to call/text/whatever me
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
It is evil but it's really not as necessary as you think. I'm known to ALL of my friends and ALL of my family as someone who will not ever be on Facebook. You know what they do? They call me. Or text me. Or email me. And I n
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Some of these companies are sounding more and more like the embodiment of The Circle with Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. I've experienced it on a smaller scale years ago when it wasn't nearly this bad. Little things like feeling l
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I won't buy one. Their quality has dropped way down in the past few years. I got one of their vacuum cleaners in 2005 and it worked great for years. Picked up just about anything I tried it on. Then a family member decided it would
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
The radio industry is going to be a shell of itself (if it isn't already) in the coming years as driverless capabilities reach the point at which people no longer need to watch the road. Then they'll be on their phones and tablet
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The annoyance and inconvenience of having a cashier ask me about my weekend pales in comparison to what Amazon is doing with my data. And I think we'll find in the coming years that they are every bit as nefarious when it comes to the
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I don't know that there ever really was a war. For nearly fifteen years Zuckerberg has been hoovering up every ounce of personal data he can get on everyone and they give it all to him willingly! Snowden proves to us that our own gove
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
One great example at how good he was at conveying emotion with Big Bird was when Big Bird had a guest appearance on The West Wing. Didn't say a word, and the scene lasted all of about ten seconds, but was still hilarious.
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I still remember when Mr. Hooper died. Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood are/were both amazing shows for how they handle topics like death.
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And that's fine. People should be held responsible for their actions. But my point is this; when the default is to use a machete when a scalpel would have sufficed then the net result is not going to pleasant.
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> doctors do not want tools that are clunky And yet every EMR system I've ever seen is comically bad. Why the medical providers haven't revolted over being forced to use those things is beyond me.
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I know two people who have been fired for saying things that are offensive but were innocently said. Meaning, they genuinely didn't understand that what they were saying was offensive to someone. In one case, that person was upset and
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Mine are almost 2500km away. Call your parents!
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I call them. Like people did in the olden days of 15 years ago. This isn’t hard. Not to mention I feel an actual connection with them when I’m talking to them over the phone. I never once felt a real connection with them or anyone else by t
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Exactly. If it’s “hackers stole my data from [insert company here]” then it should really be my data. In which case, I want those companies to either delete it or pay me for it.
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I don't think the answer is to just give up. Sure they have shadow accounts. But that data gets stale after you delete your account. And you can hasten that by blocking Facebook domains so that they can't track your movements a
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My apologies for the accusatory tone but aren't you kind-of proving the point of the article? Keeping your Facebook account because of the events calendar means you place more value in convenience than you do privacy, Facebook knows it
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Very much so.
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It has dwindled significantly from "the golden age" of Freemasonry which was the 1950's and 60's. That's in part because Baby Boomer men weren't joiners in their youth compared to their fathers. Their fathers
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I saw this exact situation happen at a previous employer. Three large high-end apartment buildings were built in an area where a large percentage of the residential population are older wealthy people. The three buildings have minimal par
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
I'm no fan of how bad PHP code is often written but between the choice of laying blame on PHP or Facebook's "Move fast and break shit" philosophy, I'm choosing the latter.
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This is kind-of painting with a broad brush here but the social change that the boomer's pushed hasn't been too kind to them. I have several women relatives who were taught by their mothers to stay home and be a good mother and w
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by Zelphyr 8y ago
Oh God. Please don't let this be a thing. I hate to be negative but this is a bad direction for a set of technologies (HTML/CSS/JS) that have already veered heavily down a miserable path.

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