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by macstainless 9mo ago
Algorithms trap you in doomscrolling but RSS and the Fediverse can give you back control of your attention.
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by macstainless 1y ago
TiVo’s simple magic changed TV forever—now the iconic DVR is fading into history.
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by macstainless 1y ago
After experiencing the Nintendo Switch 2 firsthand, here’s my take on this exciting yet non-essential upgrade.
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Do you remember Windows 95? How about Windows 96?(timemachiner.io)
2 points by macstainless 1y ago|1 comments
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by macstainless 1y ago
That’s not a typo. Windows 96 promised to build on the success of Windows 95, yet it never materialized as originally intended. I only learned about this a few months ago. To me, this was an incredibly fascinating discovery and wanted to wr
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It's Time to Go Back to Web 1.0(timemachiner.io)
5 points by macstainless 1y ago|3 comments
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by macstainless 1y ago
Invasive tracking and pay-for-play search engines has broken the internet. It’s time to reclaim our independence with the Small Web.
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by macstainless 2y ago
A deep dive into the WordPress madness and how the singular actions of Matt Mullenweg are endangering nearly half the web.
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Twitter Peeking into the Past: Remembering Another Failure of Single-Use Tech(timemachiner.substack.com)
1 points by macstainless 4y ago|0 comments
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Sucker’s Electrical: The Alpha 5 Is Not a DeLorean(timemachiner.io)
1 points by macstainless 4y ago|0 comments
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by macstainless 4y ago
The tech moat can only be so deep. IMO Netflix has two main issues: 1. Content is expensive to make and they are not the only game in town making quality stuff anymore. 2. Tons of their old back catalog was licenced stuff that the rights-ho
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by macstainless 4y ago
Oh for sure. The possibilities are endless. Even with OS2/Warp and BeOS, there was a lot of competition brewing that could've either acquired Apple, Apple acquiring them, or some sort of merger. I completely forgot about the AIM t
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by macstainless 4y ago
It has changed somewhat, but the biggest thing is connectivity. If ubiquitious connections were around then, like they are now, the Newton may have had a very different story.
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by macstainless 4y ago
Graffiti was great to use, but felt like a step down because it required memorizing the input method whereas the Newton's promise was to have full handwriting recognition. Granted I was on as MP 1200 but I don't think the 2000 ser
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by macstainless 4y ago
Apple in the mid-to-late 90s was fascinating. You could see they were trying but had little to no direction. Not that Jobs was the best person ever to run a company, but I believe it was only him who could've saved Apple. If Apple didn
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by macstainless 4y ago
That last sentence sums it up perfectly! Netflix never had real competition. Then Apple and Disney got in the game and put their billions into it. The rest is history. Netflix still has good shows. ST4 was amazing. But the quality elsewhere
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by macstainless 4y ago
I actually installed Graffiti onto mine and it made a huge difference. I have bad handwriting in general so I could never fault it for misinterpreting my chicken scratch.
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Netflix Reaps What It Sows(timemachiner.io)
27 points by macstainless 4y ago|16 comments
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Egg Freckles: The Newton at 30(timemachiner.io)
44 points by macstainless 4y ago|37 comments
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by macstainless 4y ago
Come for the rant on RCS. Stay for the deep cut of Real Networks’ campaign to open up the iPod to other music stores.
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RCS Blame and Shame(timemachiner.io)
1 points by macstainless 4y ago|1 comments