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iPod died, and so did my habits with music(essays.amitgawande.com)
3 points by wowamit 4y ago|0 comments
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by wowamit 6y ago
I think Apple clearly understood they can't keep iPhone and iPad running the same OS because that holds what iPads can achieve. And that was one of the reasons they had to separate those two platforms. I feel Apple would like to see
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by wowamit 6y ago
Here's a theory, iPads and Macbooks would some day (not too far away, too) run the same operating system, not just operating systems with the same core. They would just be two form factors. The unification has already started with macO
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by wowamit 7y ago
Yes, but I think when they disable that feature, they must provide some justification that is believable right? I can't think of any for this.
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by wowamit 7y ago
I wonder why does Google need the web activity to be turned on for subscribing to the Podcasts? Is there any realistic reasoning for it?
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by wowamit 8y ago
To say that I'm ditching Android is a pretty incomplete statement - because there is no one Android. It really matter which flavour of Android we are talking about. And which specific device. For example, the bloatware might not be a p
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by wowamit 8y ago
Anecdotally speaking, I tend to write well late in the nights -- when everyone's gone to sleep. I tend to focus well, think throughout the evenings. I think it also depends on the most distracting-free time. For me, it is late night. C
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by wowamit 8y ago
I think may be only 3% people used the sync process? I did use the app but had turned off the auto-sync of photos. I think may be they want to curtail this exact use-case of their service -- as a photo archive.
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by wowamit 8y ago
Ah. I had completely forgotten that Flickr was acquired by SmugMug and had been their property - makes much more sense. Of course, I doubt if Yahoo can run anything any longer. That brand has faced such a horrible downfall - it was a shinin
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by wowamit 8y ago
Focus on the pro market might be what is required to bring the service in discussion. Community of pro-photographers that uses the service to showcase their portfolio might be what they are going after. If 97% of free accounts have less tha
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by wowamit 8y ago
It will prevent the hatred to be easily propagated to a large population — control the reach of the polluting voices. Scale of Twitter has given a microphone to these voices which they are exploiting. Hope is with the power split, it will j
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by wowamit 8y ago
I strongly believe we need to tread extra cautiously while observing what these companies do with the internet. They would like to have their own walled sections of the internet where they define the rules and govern the policies. It starte
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by wowamit 8y ago
The change in licence terms sounds too stringent — far beyond just the scope of derived works which is typically the case. Especially “requiring a relicensing of the Linux kernel if a MongoDB service runs on Linux”? MongoDB can very well st
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by wowamit 8y ago
It is so difficult to explore anything that Google announces without passing it through the lens shaded by their ad business model. It doesn't matter with what intention they implement a change or if those intentions are pure. Sure, th
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by wowamit 8y ago
In addition, there are no global timelines or auto-generated trends or retweets at this point. There is Discover feed [1] which is manually curated. So, in case you do see the fake or spam posts, that would be primarily because you follow t
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by wowamit 8y ago
API feeds is to pull data from Micro.blog - for example replies. To enable cross posting from your existing blog, a setting can be enabled. From the help page on getting started [1] > "If you already have a blog, such as one based o
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by wowamit 8y ago
I believe it is one of the cheaper paid blogging platforms out there - of course ignoring the free ad-backed options. It is run by a single developer who does this full time -- not sure if $0.05/month will be profitable enough to make
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by wowamit 8y ago
A common thread I see in the discussion is how the details should be a bit more prominent on the home page/registration page than it is currently. I think the information, though not linked clearly, is available under the detailed help
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by wowamit 8y ago
On fee front, using Micro.blog is free if you host your own site. As the help document mentions ( http://help.micro.blog/2018/pricing/ ), you can add your feeds from your external blogs and only use social aspect of
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by wowamit 8y ago
I believe even if that lesson is set, it would be beneficial. As it leaves a space open for another player in smart mobile operating system -- in turn creates more competition in the market. By giving Android for free, the market stayed duo
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by wowamit 8y ago
I do not get what is purpose of this? Write and what? Is the purpose to share? Or the purpose primarily is to “capture” the thought? If it is the latter, I think getting on web and accessing a URL is a good path to distraction.
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by wowamit 9y ago
Every now and then, we are reminded that our router remains the prominent data collector for our online presence. And ISP, the prominent data aggregator. And neither are really too keen to protect our data online.
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by wowamit 9y ago
And the offers the assistant delivers as ads will be extremely light-weight, signed off by Google-headed committee.
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by wowamit 9y ago
> a system to keep internal records hidden from intruders entering any of its hundreds of foreign offices That’s how the engineers must have been convinced on owning up the requirement.
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by wowamit 9y ago
As I understand, Nexus phones too are not manufactured by Google. Pixel XL is manufactured by LG, Pixel by HTC.
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Publishing Platforms Still Fail Writers on Mobile(amitgawande.com)
1 points by wowamit 9y ago|0 comments
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Enabling convenience of web editors for static websites with Workflow App(amitgawande.com)
1 points by wowamit 9y ago|0 comments
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by wowamit 11y ago
Agreed. And I hope that does happen. This is the best chance for Google to clear out the air around all the privacy and transparency issues it has been tackling. However I do wonder if that indeed is the plan. For example, Google would not
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by wowamit 11y ago
Google would not help as people rarely hit the web to know more. If at all, current web with Twitter and Facebook in there would further ease spreading hoaxes. And we do see so many examples of that every now and then.
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The Ads Dilemma(amitgawande.com)
1 points by wowamit 11y ago|0 comments

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