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by tdkl 10y ago
> Go ask a mechanic or carpenter how much money they spend on their tools for a job that pays significantly less. That's a hilarious example, because they don't rent and pay subscription for those tools, they buy them.
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by tdkl 10y ago
I'm still using kloudsec for this [1] , they presented themselves on HN sometime last year. [1] https://kloudsec.com/github-pages/new
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by tdkl 10y ago
No I don't need to, they've shown they're different. Can I turn the question around : do you think this would work in USA, India and Brazil (random countries, nothing specific)?
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by tdkl 10y ago
The majority of population isn't in place to make honest, rational choices unaffected by feelings, culture, religion (I wanted to state educated, but education doesn't necessarily mean that the choice would be on the rational side
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by tdkl 10y ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but direct democracy doesn't work everywhere by default.
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by tdkl 10y ago
In Microsoft's case they just wanted more apps to flaunt at the next event to display how their Store is growing now. Same shit as forcing upgrades with dark patterns and silently changing things so Windows 10 can be a success on power
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by tdkl 10y ago
Yup. I wonder what Google could do in this space. http://www.computerworld.com/article/3045125/mobile-apps/goo...
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by tdkl 10y ago
Response from FB : "it was a bug, ooopsies, carry on".
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by tdkl 10y ago
I agree completely with you on this matter and this change will probably bring me back to using SMS and email more. I really hope RCS will catch on in the future, but there are extra obstacles in addition of all these competing corporate s
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by tdkl 10y ago
So just in time they're shipping global curated timelines, you can't make an app that sorts posts back in chronological timeline? What a coincidence!
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by tdkl 10y ago
It's not available all over the world and is iOS only.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Folio and Swipe for Facebook use mbasic.facebook.com and are being actively worked on.
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by tdkl 10y ago
They are redirected to mbasic.facebook.com which still works. Most Android FB wrappers have used that as a workaround for now to still reach Messenger.
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by tdkl 10y ago
So after this and screwing with Instagram (removed API access to timeline 3rd party apps used and enabled global curated timeline only) I wonder what will they ruin with WhatsApp.
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by tdkl 10y ago
As many have said already G+ did the job on its own. But what's also important was the crucial time at launch. These were the days when the people coming to Facebook in 2008, 2009 were a bit fed up by it and wanted to try something els
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by tdkl 10y ago
eMClient. Convo mode comes in future version now in beta though, but it can do ActiveSync and *DAV.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Mail sounds like a dream compared to each app integrating a messaging silo nowadays.
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by tdkl 10y ago
It's the result when pendulum swung from Google being out of place regarding design to madness of designers running the show (whitespaces, huge fonts, images on a desktop intended website). It's engineered to cater the most averag
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by tdkl 10y ago
Humble brag/narcissism. One of the main ingredients to fuel social networks. It's not that it doesn't exist in physical gatherings, it's just way more concentrated online because of convenience.
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by tdkl 10y ago
It also makes you check Snapchat more because you know that the stuff will be deleted - which results in using it more often and being addicted to it. Social media novelty machine 2.0.
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by tdkl 10y ago
You can pause the search history in the account settings, toggle off personalised search on the website when logged in. Basically only thing I've left is the YouTube history and search. Sadly the YouTube history is a bit useless since
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by tdkl 10y ago
> is anyone else sort of fatigued with social media trying it's hardest to do it all for you Yes, because they're not doing it for us, but for themselves, investors and customers (advertisers) fueled by our data.
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MitM Attack against KeePass 2’s Update Check(bogner.sh)
125 points by tdkl 10y ago|75 comments
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by tdkl 10y ago
Congrats, you're in special Facebook mind control "feature" testing group.
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by tdkl 10y ago
From technological standpoint it's not that big of a deal. But from civil rights it's horrible, if it was a reported demonstration and the demonstrators were calm.
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by tdkl 10y ago
You or Glenn Greenwald ? :P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk
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by tdkl 10y ago
> Keith Alexander lied to the congress on record You forgot the war liars/criminals Bush, Rice and Powell.
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by tdkl 10y ago
That's funny, because all people I know that use Whatsapp have moved to Germany. But this mostly shows that the popularity debate is moot - you tend to know/use what your circle of friends does disregarding of statistics of this a
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by tdkl 10y ago
> we should at least attempt to figure out a way to put communication back in the hands of the people. What to do if people (majority) don't care ? Because that's the side result of bringing uneducated (regarding IT) masses onl
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by tdkl 10y ago
Well you know, there are "bays" for that.

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