i_read_news

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by i_read_news 2y ago
That’s my own take, not actual direct causation. But for example, I’ve experienced and witnessed time taken by endless scrolling design (I.e. TikTok) which could have been spent socially. Since I’ve take time away from such apps with patter
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by i_read_news 2y ago
That’s a factor, but there are other reasons. Saving money, more online entertainment, the general shift of things done in person are now online, and the dark patterns that keep us tied there.
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by i_read_news 2y ago
I think this would be more fun for VIM keybindings, where there is a higher skill level (to get cooler combos of course).
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by i_read_news 2y ago
The power of defaults cannot be underestimated.
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by i_read_news 2y ago
I also have a similar struggle right now with similar ambitions. I’ve been finding that while I want to do many of these things idealistically, in reality I didn’t end up actually doing them and just idealizing in a sort of paralysis of get
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by i_read_news 2y ago
We can also say binaries are code, but if we are being pedantic that likely isn’t the source code that generated the binary (I also doubt the intention of hand writing binary or manually inputting billions of weights). I’d reckon that’s why
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by i_read_news 2y ago
I use Invidious for this purpose. Has a priority feed only on subscriptions which is great. I would say it’s not great for discoverability, but if that’s not a use case I’d look at it.
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by i_read_news 2y ago
Or GPLv2 with binaries loaded at runtime, like Linux does. This is a definitive good candidate for v2 as not having DRM is simply just not going to work.
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by i_read_news 2y ago
To follow: this is the reason the FSF has specific guidelines on contributions. https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2014/spring/copyright-assignmen... > In order to make sure that all of our copyrights can meet t
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by i_read_news 2y ago
The fact that it’s not immediately obvious to be sarcasm tells us about the state of Windows.
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by i_read_news 3y ago
Technical: Wanna contribute to OSS projects more - feels like the best community service with technical skills. Also want to get the OSCP cert as it’s been a fun goal of mine to have the skills of a pen tester, but that’s a stretch. Have al
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by i_read_news 3y ago
I actually use Tenuto for this purpose - it includes this specific exercise, but also a plethora of other exercises for guitar along with others (staff, key memorization, piano) and utilities like cord construction. Best money I’ve spent on
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by i_read_news 3y ago
AKA, the classic case of the Ford Pinto https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto
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by i_read_news 3y ago
From my understanding, the metrics from SearxNG are still privacy respecting, and searx never clearly defined what constitutes privacy enforcement or drew a clear line. Most active developers went to SearxNG for that reason, and searx was l
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by i_read_news 3y ago
Had a good laugh just imagining this scenario, thanks.
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by i_read_news 3y ago
I consider these either proxy-search engines or meta-search engines. Either way, it still accomplishes the goal of a search engine for the end user, even if it’s not the one doing the heavy lifting.