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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   I've been looking at their GitHub trying to find answers, it sounds like it's not a priority for them, being on the feature roadmap since 2015. https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-iOS/issues/2542
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   I've used the chat export feature of Telegram before deleting my WhatsApp account. It works well and convinced me to use Telegram over Signal in cases where I had contacts on both platforms. (Personally, I'm also bitter that Signa
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   Unfortunately, if he fails to say that he risks getting downvoted, flagged, or labeled as a conspiracy theorist. This is not limited to the medical field, I was once downvoted on an HN comment until I edited it to state that I wasn't s
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   Cryptomator is another encryption software which can encrypt files before they're uploaded to the cloud, and it's open source. https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   A vacuum insulated water bottle. It reminds me to drink more water and it stays cold the entire day.
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   > you can make encrypted phone calls directly, using the built-in integration for Signal and WhatsApp calls Does this mean WhatsApp is automatically installed with Calyx, or just that there are extra features if you manually install it?
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   > Apple users are happy that they forced you. They like the AppleID experience and nobody would care to implement it if they didn't force developers. Are there any statistics on this? Apple never asked me if I wanted or liked the Ap
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   I suspect that if wrecking yards banned them, thieves will just ship the catalytic converters overseas, just like they do with stolen locked iPhones.
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   by bmarquez 5y ago

   > millions of other people Another nuance is that due to Facebook post privacy settings, an individual post can be restricted to a limited friend list, and not viewable by the general public. However the "fact checking" appears
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I'm seeing more of my Facebook groups move to Telegram chat rooms or channels.
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    The article mentions festivals as a "suspension of normal rules, mores, structures, and social distinction" and riots having a festive dimension. I don't know Girard's work enough to comment, but wonder if there is a con
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion, pretty much everything political on reddit is heavily brigaded. A look at retalk's homepage shows similar subforums to reddit like /ufc /funny and /todayilearned so it's more of a reddit r
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I read an article[1] about workers suing states to restart extended unemployment (and are winning, at least in Maryland and Indiana so far). This would have an effect on the job market. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/mon
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    There are countries where mobile phone operators will give you free Facebook Messenger/Instagram (sometimes WhatsApp), but not Telegram or Signal...making the use of a Facebook product practically mandatory if you want to connect with
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    Just because an news outfit has an editorial bias doesn't mean the actual article is incorrect. If that was the case people would flag certain domains posted on HN without reading the articles. I looked for other sources besides Washin
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    If you're curious about actual examples of the warning, as well as content that potentially triggered the warning (a meme about Donald Rumsfeld's death was cited), ZeroHedge has some screenshots: https://www.zerohedge.c
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > We don't require an account to submit reviews or contribute data to the site. User submissions contain no data that could be used to personally identify the submitter. This is great from a privacy perspective, but how do they prev
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I'm guessing yes, because of the "meet almost anyone on the level" comment :) I'm having the same issue as I'm in a similar age bracket and it's getting harder to make new connections. I've attended Rotary
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    It's not just laziness. My elderly parents aren't technically inclined, and are quite stubborn to learn. After they were phished by a malicious banner ad, I told them to install Brave since the idea of browser extensions would go
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > What special thing do they offer that people actually want? Brave has iOS bookmarks sync with Windows, while preserving privacy (by not asking for an email to create an account). Firefox and Edge require an account, Vivaldi doesn'
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    This is a great idea. I also tested this out with "Alex Jones", some engines show articles criticizing him above his own website.
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > for all the talk of "vaccine passports", not a single state has done it New York's Excelsior Pass is a vaccine passport, and has been called such by New York Times and other sources. https://www.nytimes.com&#x
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > If someone died because of a "Take Ivermectin and you'll survive COVID" video on YouTube, who's to blame? Ivermectin is a prescription drug in the United States. A doctor would most likely reject the request if a pa
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > blatant censorship and suppression If you want a truly free speech social network, consider using Gab or 4chan. Oh wait, many potential users would find the content there distasteful. There's no perfect social network out there. T
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I used to have the same arguments against TikTok, too many narcissist attention-seeking influencers. But TikTok's algorithm shows you videos partly based on how much time you spend looking at a video. So I started swiping to a new vide
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    > Evernote also refuses to create multiple level of notebooks I remember asking for this over 10 years ago in their user forums, only to get some volunteer evangelist (who wasn't an employee and didn't have an official title bu
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I've noticed this in some non-political subreddits, having seen submissions with a political flavor (always left-leaning) get massively upvoted higher than the average usercount of that subreddit and the average upvotes for other submi
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    In the first slide, there's a screenshot of the Facebook app showing a picture of a sign referencing pedophilia. I'd probably be uncomfortable with that and ask to replace those examples with a screenshot from a news website, if I
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I was about to comment the exact same thing. There needs to be SRO's catered to non-poor people just needing a place to crash while exploring a city, minimalists, etc. Outside America the hostel/guesthouse scene worked well for me
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    by bmarquez 5y ago

    I have a love/hate relationship with Standard Notes (and with most encrypted editors in general). Standard Notes is one of the few apps that has end-to-end encrytion AND password protection on the desktop (or Face ID on mobile devices)