I still don't know why seemingly no one has been able to create a good clone of 2010-2015 Twitter. Mastodon is clunky, BlueSky was invite-only for so long that people lost interest, and any "free speech" version gets…
It's definitely a double-standard that is especially prevalent in the US. In a gas station you can buy alcohol that will kill you, nicotine products that will kill you, processed food that will kill you. I don't…
> It's great that people are experimenting in this space. It's less great that people are getting multiple millions in funding and selling a phone and web service as an "AI device." This is the best two-sentence summary…
Very glad that I don't work somewhere with an immature "thought leader" at the helm. Imagine having your entire department cut as the result of a Twitter Poll because your CEO was bored one night on the toilet.
It's also not exclusive to China/authoritarian countries. Plenty of European countries have de-facto decriminalized cannabis by rarely enforcing laws on possession (I'm reminded of how often I saw people openly smoking…
I think “violence” is at times such a silly measuring stick for modern justice. Instead, we should see it as lost/ruined human potential. What is worse, violently robbing one bank of $10k, or “peacefully” robbing a…
Yeah, I remember in 5th grade we had a day where each kid got a turn on the classroom computer to see how far they could go.
What’s interesting is you also see the is was sponsored by Chevrolet (on the title screen), so it seems monetization-wise, it’s no different than today when YouTubers have a sponsor read at the start of a video. I just…
Yeah, $500 seems basically impossible for an "Apple" product. I mean AirPods are $200 minimum. The latest phones are $1000. Their laptops are all $1000+. I'm not sure how Apple would make a product that has a screen and…
I think there's a "too many people in the pool" problem that happens with everything virtual. Facebook was a big deal when I was in High School and early college, and I remember how quick the fall-off was once Instagram…
Titan Panel I think was the name? It was the one that kinda "unified" a lot of UI elements into one bar (total gold, repair percentage, stuff like that).
"How do we make the cooler door a more engaging experience?" Imagine getting your raise request denied, meanwhile the guy asking these questions is an executive at your company. I could sadly see this concept coming to…
According to this article from CoinTelegraph, Telegram denies making any agreement like this. Sees like it’s MTS trying to boost its advertising services (and charge clients more) with false promises:…
I stopped noticing several years ago, it seems every place has all 4 on the "We proudly accept" window decal. But I do remember checking 10-15 years ago to make sure places took my Amex, because not all of them did.
Yeah we're definitely seeing a slow return to "this is on-demand cable". And all I see is that independent content (like YT videos) will continue to grow. I can definitely say that I watch probably one tenth as many…
Sometimes I wish I could go back to the 90s (or even early/mid 2000s) just for a day to remember what that vacuum of "stuff to do" in every day life was like. I lived it, I remember "being bored" or having "nothing to…
> MTS was used on a production basis at about 13 sites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and possibly in Yugoslavia I’d love to hear a story about that last one
I grew up in an area with quite a few Amish, and it is interesting how tech from the past 10 years has affected that community. Like the article says, not all Amish follow the same rules, nor do they abstain entirely…
I think it’s also how we interact with them. I remember being “chronically online” as a teenager 15 years ago without a phone, just playing MMORPGs all day and me and my friends (all internet friends the same age,…
I feel the same way about any media: podcasts, TV, movies, etc. The creator put in a lot of time and effort, so to not give it your full attention is a complete disservice. When I watch something, I want to hear every…
No, you can only reset it with an email (that you add when setting up the password) or using an already-active device.
I remember in 2017 I went to my GP in the US for a physical + bloodwork, and when I said what I was there for, the doctor recoiled a bit – because allegedly I had been booked for a 15 minute slot, rather than 30. And…
That and the fact that reported "10k layoffs at tech company" doesn't mean 10k developers, sysadmins, and the like are now out of a job. It generally is a mixture of all roles at the company – many of which may not be…
I wish the author would just stick to hard facts instead of going on so many conspiratorial tangents: "Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Telegram and the Kremlin have appeared even more in sync... Telegram [is] a…
This reminds me of an article I found shortly after the Elon acquisition: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you... After reading that, I understood just how much pressure is on social media…
I still don't know why seemingly no one has been able to create a good clone of 2010-2015 Twitter. Mastodon is clunky, BlueSky was invite-only for so long that people lost interest, and any "free speech" version gets…
It's definitely a double-standard that is especially prevalent in the US. In a gas station you can buy alcohol that will kill you, nicotine products that will kill you, processed food that will kill you. I don't…
> It's great that people are experimenting in this space. It's less great that people are getting multiple millions in funding and selling a phone and web service as an "AI device." This is the best two-sentence summary…
Very glad that I don't work somewhere with an immature "thought leader" at the helm. Imagine having your entire department cut as the result of a Twitter Poll because your CEO was bored one night on the toilet.
It's also not exclusive to China/authoritarian countries. Plenty of European countries have de-facto decriminalized cannabis by rarely enforcing laws on possession (I'm reminded of how often I saw people openly smoking…
I think “violence” is at times such a silly measuring stick for modern justice. Instead, we should see it as lost/ruined human potential. What is worse, violently robbing one bank of $10k, or “peacefully” robbing a…
Yeah, I remember in 5th grade we had a day where each kid got a turn on the classroom computer to see how far they could go.
What’s interesting is you also see the is was sponsored by Chevrolet (on the title screen), so it seems monetization-wise, it’s no different than today when YouTubers have a sponsor read at the start of a video. I just…
Yeah, $500 seems basically impossible for an "Apple" product. I mean AirPods are $200 minimum. The latest phones are $1000. Their laptops are all $1000+. I'm not sure how Apple would make a product that has a screen and…
I think there's a "too many people in the pool" problem that happens with everything virtual. Facebook was a big deal when I was in High School and early college, and I remember how quick the fall-off was once Instagram…
Titan Panel I think was the name? It was the one that kinda "unified" a lot of UI elements into one bar (total gold, repair percentage, stuff like that).
"How do we make the cooler door a more engaging experience?" Imagine getting your raise request denied, meanwhile the guy asking these questions is an executive at your company. I could sadly see this concept coming to…
According to this article from CoinTelegraph, Telegram denies making any agreement like this. Sees like it’s MTS trying to boost its advertising services (and charge clients more) with false promises:…
I stopped noticing several years ago, it seems every place has all 4 on the "We proudly accept" window decal. But I do remember checking 10-15 years ago to make sure places took my Amex, because not all of them did.
Yeah we're definitely seeing a slow return to "this is on-demand cable". And all I see is that independent content (like YT videos) will continue to grow. I can definitely say that I watch probably one tenth as many…
Sometimes I wish I could go back to the 90s (or even early/mid 2000s) just for a day to remember what that vacuum of "stuff to do" in every day life was like. I lived it, I remember "being bored" or having "nothing to…
> MTS was used on a production basis at about 13 sites in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and possibly in Yugoslavia I’d love to hear a story about that last one
I grew up in an area with quite a few Amish, and it is interesting how tech from the past 10 years has affected that community. Like the article says, not all Amish follow the same rules, nor do they abstain entirely…
I think it’s also how we interact with them. I remember being “chronically online” as a teenager 15 years ago without a phone, just playing MMORPGs all day and me and my friends (all internet friends the same age,…
I feel the same way about any media: podcasts, TV, movies, etc. The creator put in a lot of time and effort, so to not give it your full attention is a complete disservice. When I watch something, I want to hear every…
No, you can only reset it with an email (that you add when setting up the password) or using an already-active device.
I remember in 2017 I went to my GP in the US for a physical + bloodwork, and when I said what I was there for, the doctor recoiled a bit – because allegedly I had been booked for a 15 minute slot, rather than 30. And…
That and the fact that reported "10k layoffs at tech company" doesn't mean 10k developers, sysadmins, and the like are now out of a job. It generally is a mixture of all roles at the company – many of which may not be…
I wish the author would just stick to hard facts instead of going on so many conspiratorial tangents: "Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Telegram and the Kremlin have appeared even more in sync... Telegram [is] a…
This reminds me of an article I found shortly after the Elon acquisition: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you... After reading that, I understood just how much pressure is on social media…