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   by disqard 4y ago

   > Finally a country that really takes care of its children. I mentally shed a tear when I reached this part.
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   by disqard 4y ago

   Asimov's "Solaria" comes to mind: > Originally, there were about 20,000 people living in vast estates individually or as married couples. There were thousands of robots for every Solarian. Almost all of the work and manufa
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   by disqard 4y ago

   I'll add my $0.02 here -- I exclusively bought these Chinese fountain pens for a while, before I upgraded to some better ones (like TWSBI Eco). My experience was that these ultra-cheap Chinese pens are fun to play with, but extremely u
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   by disqard 4y ago

   I've had the same experience as you, and it turned out that I needed a pen that doesn't dry out. They exist for sure -- here's one that (100% of the time) will stay ready-to-write months after being used: https://w
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   “World Startup Convention” Scams Thousands of Indian Startups(qz.com)

   2 points by disqard 4y ago|0 comments
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   by disqard 4y ago

   Thank you so much for speaking up! You're not alone in thinking this way. And kudos for investing the Time to write this up -- the sophists are all-too-often over-represented here, and I'm never really sure that they're alw
7. 697.▲
   by disqard 4y ago

   They're probably referring to Do Kwon's arrest in Montenegro: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65058533
8. 698.▲
   by disqard 4y ago

   You'll probably like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is1YUQVYkvY&t=30s It's Douglas Rushkoff, a media theorist, sharing how he was invited to give a "talk" by a small group of billionaires, and
9. 699.▲
   by disqard 4y ago

   ...though "naming things" also qualifies :D
10. 700.▲
    by disqard 4y ago

    Thank you for writing this! I am Bengali, and did not know this about Rash Behari Bose.
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    by disqard 4y ago

    I'll also throw in a recommendation for thriftbooks.
12. 702.▲
    by disqard 4y ago

    I saw that word ("enshittification") in Cory Doctorow's writing: https://doctorow.medium.com/mass-tech-worker-layoffs-and-the... ...which also had this amazing summary of what we're seeing now: "The
13. 703.▲
    by disqard 4y ago

    Yahoo Directories was this exact idea, and it worked well, until Google's PageRank blew it away.
14. 704.▲
    by disqard 4y ago

    While snarky, this is a pithy comment. You made me chuckle (and wonder what we're in for).
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    by disqard 4y ago

    Also interesting: a write-up of the second-ever TED conference (in 1990!) by Brian Dear! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35216875
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    The TED2 Conference Writeup, 22 Years Later – 11 Years Later(brianstorms.com)

    3 points by disqard 4y ago|1 comments
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    by disqard 4y ago

    Brian Dear (author of "The Friendly Orange Glow") wrote this in 2012, a recap of his experience at the second-ever TED conference (in 1990). It's interesting to read this in 2023 and see the patterns that repeat in our world.
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    by disqard 4y ago

    I'm an autodidact like you. However, I'm under no illusions that what worked for people like us will work at scale. Extrapolating from our experiences is how Nicholas Negroponte came to the conclusion that air-dropping laptops ove
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    by disqard 4y ago

    For those who are in the "technology will solve education at scale" camp and open-minded + curious to learn how this has played out over the past century, I highly recommend Audrey Watters' work ([0], [1]) Every new flavor (r
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    Mark Zuckerberg Abandons Metaverse for AI(greekreporter.com)

    2 points by disqard 4y ago|0 comments
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    by disqard 4y ago

    This looks great! Thank you for making and sharing!!
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    by disqard 4y ago

    All the best! Please post here with a follow-up when you're feeling well enough to do so :)
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    by disqard 4y ago

    I love that you used "chrome" in that sense of the word (useless UI embellishments) -- it reminded me of "Burning Chrome". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Chrome
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    Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?(bbc.com)

    10 points by disqard 4y ago|1 comments
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    by disqard 4y ago

    Seconding (as a paying consumer) -- sign up for a month and try the experience for yourself. It shows you the alternative Internet (ad-free, spam free, SEO-crap listicles not on the results page) that everyone here is constantly carping a
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    by disqard 4y ago

    > "it’s easier to just text a friend instead of going and hanging out, even if the latter would be less fulfilling" I think that's a typo, and should be "the latter would be more fulfilling"? Or else, I'm
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    by disqard 4y ago

    I really like how you articulated it! Viewed from this perspective, it's like we're experiencing a man-in-the-middle attack on all of our humanity -- and the interposer isn't even human.
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    by disqard 4y ago

    (for those who might miss this reference) https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear...
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    by disqard 4y ago

    Relevant (and worth reading, if you haven't seen it): "Unauthorized Bread" by Cory Doctorow
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    by disqard 4y ago

    Maybe you missed the memo, but corporations are supposed to grow exponentially, for all eternity -- never mind the Laws of Thermodynamics (or any other sanity check, for that matter).