clydethefrog

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The lost art form of elaborate, pre-PowerPoint multi-image shows(dirt.substack.com)
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Tell HN: WhatsApp Is Down
265 points by clydethefrog 4y ago|128 comments
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by clydethefrog 4y ago
At the end of the article the author, Douglas Rushkoff, realises they didn't ask him specifically for legit advice but rather performed a philosophical and critical evaluation of their justifications for their (selfish) future safety p
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by clydethefrog 4y ago
My German router (FritzBox) has some of these options. Blacklist, whitelist, limited time and scheduling.
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by clydethefrog 4y ago
Installing AC everywhere will make things worse, because of the massive polluting production and energy demand. I believe changing the way of life and enabling old customs like siesta would be a much more climate friendly short term solutio
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by clydethefrog 4y ago
I just downloaded it to try it again, but I quickly discovered it has no offline support.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
I own a beautiful version that also has a drawing of the specific theme of the day. Unfortunately sold out, and probably will not be in print anymore because was too much work the artist. Although I now do see on her twitter she is willing
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
They have a great FAQ section. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/about/frequently-asked-qu... Including a very saddening insight that the current children will face a bleak future, while people aged 55
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
I keep seeing this recommended. How interesting is this book if you already own a big amount of vegan cookbooks?
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
For me it mostly helps avoiding any food, and specifically carbs, a few hours before going to sleep. I guess otherwise the body wants to stay more awake to digest the food.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
There is fairly sombering website highlighting all the churches that were demolished during these decades in the Netherlands. Often the reason was "stadsvernieuwing" (urban renewal) and at the location of the church, the contempor
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Let's hope they keep this promise of 3 years ago when someone mentioned it. https://old.reddit.com/r/beta/comments/8lv96l/feedback_pleas...
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Doesn't change the information in his book about how it is genetically determined how quickly you digest the caffeine. My dad can easily have a coffee around 19:00 and still sleep well, while when I have a coffee in the afternoon I wil
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
In the second chapter of his book the writers already discuss heavily this noble savage myth and deconstruct it. I really recommend the book, it's an amazing read. “The racist denigration of the savage, and naive celebration of savage
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
And RSS! Fortunately it's still going strong and making so much information, even in the form of podcasts, accessible to all.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Adam Curtis responded to this parody in an interview with The Quietus at the beginning of this year. Q: Some critics of your work – for example, The Loving Trap parody – argue that what you do is very skilfully create elaborate narratives w
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Earth is heating at a rate equivalent to five atomic bombs per second. https://thebulletin.org/2020/02/earth-is-heating-at-a-rate-e...
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Thank you so much for collecting all these transcripts. Especially the last paragraph about why publications like the NYT have not covered this much at all.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Reminded me of this fun video in the reddit thinkpad community of someone "reloading" their R500 swappable bay. https://old.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/lygrl9/tactical_r...
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
See also the Qingming Festival in Han-Chinese culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingming_Festival
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Airbnb removes 80% of advertisements in Amsterdam after registration obligation(ruetir.com)
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Unfortunately Whatsapp replaced texting for around 80 % of the world.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
The Great Leverer is indeed historically only achieved by violent means. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691183251/th...
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Have you ever bought any snack from Japanese origin? They are usually in three layers of plastic packaging. They also seem to absolutely love everything stationery.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Has there been any interviews or analysis how he managed to do this and where he is now? He just seems to be disappeared.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
There is a whole world of publications that fall in between the noisy online boards and big American news channels. The Economist, FT, nakedcapitalism, Yahoo Finance reported this.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
Paraphrasing an observation I heard in a podcast some weeks ago: We were promised little robot butlers in the scifi we read as kids, but what we got was human servants that act like robots.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
The majority of western world probably wasn't in favour of austerity, declining the welfare state and huge tax breaks for the rich and powerful, but it still happened. The people behind the buttons just have a different economic model
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
It took around 80 years before the Tulsa race massacre was officialy studied by the Oklahoma legislature.
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by clydethefrog 5y ago
I saw a bus ad yesterday in NL that looked straight out of They Live - it just said "INVEST REAL ESTATE" with a website link on a blue blackground.

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