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by jjrh 8y ago
I think the issue is more if you ask for any amount of money it immediately turns people off. The process of putting in your creditcard number, entering your password for google play/paypal/etc is just enough of a barrier to go &#
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by jjrh 8y ago
There is no shortage of options out there, the issue is onboarding people. Even google couldn't swing it with google plus.
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by jjrh 8y ago
git init --bare
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by jjrh 8y ago
I can't count the number of times tcpdump has made debugging a problem a zillion times faster. It's my go to tool for any network related issue. I tend to end up using wireshark for analysis of more complicated SIP issues but I al
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by jjrh 8y ago
I mean these days having a powerful computer on my desk is less of a benefit - that can be a machine in the closet or sitting on a rack. The machine on my desk just needs to drive a couple displays and run a browser. I mean it depends on wh
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by jjrh 8y ago
yeah - drives me nuts because I have a habit of highlighting text while I read it.
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by jjrh 8y ago
My method is to turn off my mail clients 'auto pull'/notification functionality and manually pull my mail. I also don't use email on my phone. Basically the idea is I'm reserving a chunk of time (I usually do first
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by jjrh 8y ago
> OSX is just *nix with a nice GUI (something open source could learn from). I think open source developers know this but it's not their expertise. What we need is a way to make it easier for people with that expertise to contribute
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by jjrh 8y ago
For better or worse, all big cities are on that path. With really good and fast transit I don't see a reason why we have to live physically near where we work though.
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by jjrh 8y ago
Maybe I don't quite understand what you want then. If you want minimal productivity focused machine just setup your system that way. Install the tools you need and call it a day?
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by jjrh 8y ago
> I do think you have a point in that there should be marketspace for what the old Nokia was - something that could stay on all week without babysitting the battery. There is, besides aliexpress which has a huge selection (including noki
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by jjrh 8y ago
Lot of people want eink on a laptop (including myself) - mostly for the benefit that it's readable in the sun and low power. My understanding is the refresh rate is still too slow and the cost of a large panel is pretty high. I'd
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by jjrh 8y ago
> Trouble is that NAT solved a huge chunk of the problem. Well it solved the roof collapsing, but the problem is it makes innovation difficult and straight up impossible in some cases.
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by jjrh 8y ago
Main reason I don't exclusively use RSS (like I used to) is tons and tons of websites just provide a couple lines in the RSS feed and not the entire article. Super annoying.
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by jjrh 8y ago
> and the protocol is being pushed by the Android's creators I think it's really being pushed by the carriers who want people to use it. Google is just implementing it.
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by jjrh 8y ago
> Why require a cell carrier to back your messaging app? It’s just soooo limiting! I totally agree - but this is about replacing/improving SMS where you already need a carrier.
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by jjrh 8y ago
> No thanks. We should push toward services which offer end-to-end encryption. Agreed but I feel like there is some confusion here - this sounds more like a extension to SMS to make it less crummy. Good secure solutions already exist, we
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by jjrh 8y ago
> if Apple doesn't include it as a standard for their mobile phones it's not going to get anybody anywhere unless all carriers seem to care to implement it at all. It's a GSMA spec, and according to wikipedia ( https:&#x2F
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by jjrh 8y ago
My understanding is if RCS doesn't work for whatever reason it's just regular SMS.
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by jjrh 8y ago
ahh through transports/gateways you run - so you have a facebook account and just registering that. I got excited for a moment thinking there was some unlisted way of messaging someone on facebook via XMPP. What's the transport yo
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by jjrh 9y ago
You're talking to people on FB with a XMPP account? or using your facebook credentials to connect? I tried hangouts recently and the lack of message carbons made it pretty unusable.
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by jjrh 9y ago
I guess it depends on how you define 'modern' there are plenty of people working on XMPP protocol extensions along with active client & server development.
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by jjrh 9y ago
Never used it but https://jitsi.org/ apparently does this nicely. I believe Movim does or very soon will support voice and video calls. But yeah - i'll agree the current situation isn't ideal.
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by jjrh 9y ago
You can block abusive servers from federating with you. Ideally we could also encrypt all our posts and whatnot so the server operators can't snoop as easily. Because you don't have to join coolsocial.fake to view my social media
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by jjrh 9y ago
> For what benefit exactly? Wouldn't surprise me if the unofficial reason is because it's more fun.
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by jjrh 9y ago
I watched a BeOS demo video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsVydyC8ZGQ ) the other day and some of that stuff is /still/ impressive.
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by jjrh 9y ago
Basically this - a lot of the time the options just aren't there for the rest of the world. I think stuff like Netflix, Spotify, Steam, etc have proven that when content is priced right and delivered in a convenient manner folks are mo
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by jjrh 9y ago
I think in the long run we will use a decentralised/federated system. Privacy concerns aside, it just doesn't make sense to rely on one service or expect one social network to meet everyone's needs/desires.
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by jjrh 9y ago
I'd say the big difference with google is they can treat a social network as a loss leader. Google has other (far more profitable) forms of privacy invading revenue sources, facebook doesn't. It's not a ideal solution however
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by jjrh 9y ago
Unfortunately I'm betting a twitter essay gets more eyeballs than it loses.

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