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> Native software is incredibly difficult to build well. Sure. But if Zetetic, the SQLCipher[0] guys, can maintain native independent releases of Codebook [1] on all platforms there’s no excuse. Big tech serves the…
> leaders Don’t play their game and call them leaders. They are management, bosses, executives. > They are making decisions about things that they just don't understand. And are completely unworried about it. Clowns,…
Oh I agree and I vote. More people need to vote. But I understand why people feel little motivation to.
> Bizarrely, voter turnout among younger people remains low I understand why my age group has low turnout. It's a disgusting chore that I force myself to do. In part, it might be a chicken and egg situation. My age…
> I still have my sense of smugness Crappy SMS 2FA or not. Losing your number is a huge pain. Because phone numbers are treated as identity, it also allows the person who took your number to impersonate you by calling…
Not all too long ago I had someone port out my VOIP number. They had it for a few hours. This was after I had spent extensive effort attempting to secure my digital life. VOIP was SIM-swap resistant sure, but I totally…
For a differing opinion, I was homeschooled for six years during and it was damaging. There is plenty I missed out on and I wish my childhood was just a bit more normal. I'm sure a lot has to do with home life though.…
JMAP[0], which has in-progress specs for calendar and contacts, is supposed to save us. It can't happen soon enough - if it happens at all. [0] https://jmap.io/spec.html
The “killer app” would be to open up the system. Apple won’t do it. But I’m not strapping a MacBook to my face for a few grand just to have a locked down iPhone experience.
You can always use AnonAddy, SimpleLogin, or similar to receive emails at your domain then forward them to Posteo.
I somewhat begrudgingly switched to ControlD after years with NextDNS. The NextDNS web UI is flippin fast and very simple. Feels more akin to HN. ControlD’s is slow and feels so heavy. Maybe more like new Reddit.…
> war oriented society Christianity loves going to war to “spread the word”. See the Crusades. See what’s going on in Israel. See Manifest Destiny. Or, I presume, those “don’t count” because they weren’t “real…
These judges are downright anti-American. I’m not particularly patriotic but this country wasn’t fought for and bled over so tyrants could abuse their power with loopholes.
> We all fall into this trap, thinking we can do better than others. It took me a while to learn this lesson about complex systems. First week at a new job? It’s easy to identify all the ways things are done wrong. Six…
While I certainly drink coffee for the caffeine, black coffee is 100% my preference. Sugar in coffee tastes absolutely horrid to me. Milk is fine but it doesn’t do much for me. People taste things differently and it’s…
> The point of drinking is to get a buzz Once a week I hit the local pub for exactly one pint. Usually preferring lower ABV. Why do I stop there? Anymore than that gives a buzz that I usually am not in the mood for. I’m…
> never pay for something with DRM you cannot remove I take this to mean to sail the seas but I have apprehension over running modified binaries from random people. Is there anything that can be done to alleviate this…
Used to be someone had to crack the whip. Now the workers do it to themselves.
If you have the money definitely get yourself a passport card. Stores can’t scan them and they only contain a pointer to personal info in some government database.
Time to turn your house into a giant Faraday cage
> Here is an unpopular opinion, how about Craig Federighi replaced with Scott Forstall. I'm with you there. Forstall's skeuomorphism gets a lot of hate. It certainly got pretty weird visually. Especially on OS X where a…
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> Native software is incredibly difficult to build well. Sure. But if Zetetic, the SQLCipher[0] guys, can maintain native independent releases of Codebook [1] on all platforms there’s no excuse. Big tech serves the…
> leaders Don’t play their game and call them leaders. They are management, bosses, executives. > They are making decisions about things that they just don't understand. And are completely unworried about it. Clowns,…
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Oh I agree and I vote. More people need to vote. But I understand why people feel little motivation to.
> Bizarrely, voter turnout among younger people remains low I understand why my age group has low turnout. It's a disgusting chore that I force myself to do. In part, it might be a chicken and egg situation. My age…
> I still have my sense of smugness Crappy SMS 2FA or not. Losing your number is a huge pain. Because phone numbers are treated as identity, it also allows the person who took your number to impersonate you by calling…
Not all too long ago I had someone port out my VOIP number. They had it for a few hours. This was after I had spent extensive effort attempting to secure my digital life. VOIP was SIM-swap resistant sure, but I totally…
For a differing opinion, I was homeschooled for six years during and it was damaging. There is plenty I missed out on and I wish my childhood was just a bit more normal. I'm sure a lot has to do with home life though.…
JMAP[0], which has in-progress specs for calendar and contacts, is supposed to save us. It can't happen soon enough - if it happens at all. [0] https://jmap.io/spec.html
The “killer app” would be to open up the system. Apple won’t do it. But I’m not strapping a MacBook to my face for a few grand just to have a locked down iPhone experience.
You can always use AnonAddy, SimpleLogin, or similar to receive emails at your domain then forward them to Posteo.
I somewhat begrudgingly switched to ControlD after years with NextDNS. The NextDNS web UI is flippin fast and very simple. Feels more akin to HN. ControlD’s is slow and feels so heavy. Maybe more like new Reddit.…
> war oriented society Christianity loves going to war to “spread the word”. See the Crusades. See what’s going on in Israel. See Manifest Destiny. Or, I presume, those “don’t count” because they weren’t “real…
These judges are downright anti-American. I’m not particularly patriotic but this country wasn’t fought for and bled over so tyrants could abuse their power with loopholes.
> We all fall into this trap, thinking we can do better than others. It took me a while to learn this lesson about complex systems. First week at a new job? It’s easy to identify all the ways things are done wrong. Six…
While I certainly drink coffee for the caffeine, black coffee is 100% my preference. Sugar in coffee tastes absolutely horrid to me. Milk is fine but it doesn’t do much for me. People taste things differently and it’s…
> The point of drinking is to get a buzz Once a week I hit the local pub for exactly one pint. Usually preferring lower ABV. Why do I stop there? Anymore than that gives a buzz that I usually am not in the mood for. I’m…
> never pay for something with DRM you cannot remove I take this to mean to sail the seas but I have apprehension over running modified binaries from random people. Is there anything that can be done to alleviate this…
Used to be someone had to crack the whip. Now the workers do it to themselves.
If you have the money definitely get yourself a passport card. Stores can’t scan them and they only contain a pointer to personal info in some government database.
Time to turn your house into a giant Faraday cage
> Here is an unpopular opinion, how about Craig Federighi replaced with Scott Forstall. I'm with you there. Forstall's skeuomorphism gets a lot of hate. It certainly got pretty weird visually. Especially on OS X where a…