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by jrm4 8mo ago
I didn't know that Obsidian worked that cleanly; I occasionally flirt with it but have been using https://zim-wiki.org for about a decade longer, so my muscle memory is there. I keep looking for reasons to switch but so far
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by jrm4 8mo ago
Yes. And as much as I hate "well, users should just be smarter and deal with inconvenience," I think it may fit here. Identity is always hard, and I strongly doubt there is any great way that makes it "easier" and still
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by jrm4 8mo ago
So, (especially after watching Bluesky / ATProto) I'm increasingly convinced that this is not a problem that needs solving. Email is still a protocol, and the thing that ATProto is doing causes as many problems as it purports to
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by jrm4 8mo ago
Have we learned nothing from GIMP? No, no we have not.
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by jrm4 8mo ago
So everyone saying "oh but they told us this" is completely missing the point; it's like those weird logic problems where everyone on the island has a dot on their head or whatever. There's a massive difference between
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by jrm4 8mo ago
uh oh yeah, that's dangerous for me, this is the ONE that got me started
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by jrm4 8mo ago
I trust this is getting attention and votes for the same reason I'm paying attention here -- to highlight the absolute mediocrity and blah-ness of this whole thing. Like this was some deep insightful journey and not your entirely typic
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by jrm4 8mo ago
"At all?" Oh come on -- of course they are. That's precisely why you put it in a "white paper" and not, you know, ads.
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by jrm4 8mo ago
I think you sort of fundamentally misunderstand the whole "steak vs sizzle" thing in capitalism? The technology "feels" way less cool knowing that there are human backups, which would absolutely in turn make its percieve
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by jrm4 8mo ago
The difference being?
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by jrm4 8mo ago
1. Still hard not to think that this is a huge waste of time as opposed to something that's a little more like a public transport train-ish thing, i.e. integrate with established infrastructure. 2. No seriously, is the filipino driver
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by jrm4 8mo ago
Given, you know, Microsoft, I'd demand proof even if they said they did.
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by jrm4 9mo ago
this 0x6269676773657403 I win :)
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Right, but that is the thing I pay attention to. Again, I want to hear from former students that I did right by them, not current companies asking for free screening.
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by jrm4 9mo ago
then do SCA and backronym it into something acceptable! That's even better lore :)
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by jrm4 9mo ago
College instructor here. One thing I'm seeing here that's kind of funny is how badly so many of you are misunderstanding the value of "friction." You see a policy, and your clever brains come up with a way to get around
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by jrm4 9mo ago
You fundamentally misunderstand the value of friction. The digital hoop-jumping, as you call it, is a very very useful signal for motivation.
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by jrm4 9mo ago
As a college instructor, one issue I find fascinating is the idea that I'm supposed to care strongly about this. I do not. This is your problem, companies. Now, I am aware that I have to give out grades and so I walk through the moti
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by jrm4 9mo ago
How does this compare to Tinc? I'm aware of how old Tinc is, but I've yet to find anything compelling enough to get me to switch. Tinc is a little annoying to set up, but once it's going I literally forget about it.
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Thats kind of wild, mostly because -- presuming it's correct, what bot is saying is actually valuable here?
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by jrm4 9mo ago
This is the first I'm hearing of this pi-agent thing and HOW DO PEOPLE TECH DECIDE TO NAME THINGS? Seriously. Is creator not aware that "pi" absolutely invokes the name of another very important thing? sigh.
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by jrm4 9mo ago
The continued existence and general usability of one browser not owned and/or controlled by one of the huge kabillion dollar companies is an obvious example here.
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Why was some recent news on a journalist flagged?
11 points by jrm4 9mo ago|7 comments
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by jrm4 9mo ago
What I'm saying here is that it's utterly naive to expect Mozilla to remain "pure" given what it is up against. I think there's room for criticism like yours, but also seems like, big picture, a lot of anti-Mozilla
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Yeah, so is the internet. So what?
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by jrm4 9mo ago
It doesn't have to beat it to "be winning" for purposes of "accomplishing the mission." This is exactly as goofy as saying "Linux is only 3% of the desktop therefore it is a loser."
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Yeah, comments like this miss the boat entirely Again. THE SCALE OF MONEY. I get that its convenience for the other company, sure. But, like, what would you have them do? Explain what you guys would do better?
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Ah yes, Mozilla, that organization that has no record whatsoever fighting companies with the highest ever investment numbers; like who do they think they are?
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by jrm4 9mo ago
Interesting idea (confession, I can't get to the article) Regardless, I live in a place that, according to the magazines and blogs, has a very high level of crime. I don't actually believe it does. One sort of confirmation of th
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by jrm4 9mo ago
This strikes me as extreme cope from the other end. There may be some truth to that, but it also kind of reminds me of "how can you possibly create a new kind of tractor unless you know exactly how to build a combustion engine yourself

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