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20 votes
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Mozilla CEO: Paid, premium features for Firefox coming this fall
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Reinventing Firefox for Android: a Preview
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Noam Chomsky: Trump is consolidating far-right power globally
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Choosing Boring Technology
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Does anyone (else) not use social media in its entirety? What are your reasons?
When I refer to social media, I'm talking about the main platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. rather than those on the cusp (reddit? tildes?). I'm personally not on any of those...
When I refer to social media, I'm talking about the main platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. rather than those on the cusp (reddit? tildes?).
I'm personally not on any of those platforms. That is not to say I haven't used them in the past - Facebook in particular I've had an account a number of times, my longest time away from facebook was around a year and a half and I relented and signed up for an account. I'm now about six months away from Facebook and think that "this is probably it" in that I cannot foresee myself signing up again.
I have had a Twitter account up until around three months ago, which I had for roughly a year. Instagram I had a brief flirtation with for a few weeks and decided it wasn't for me so killed that off.
My main reasoning for killing my social media accounts is the absolute toxicity of those communities. Of course you can avoid the toxic elements but I find it fairly easy for it to creep up on you when you're not expecting. My second reasoning is privacy issues. I'm not a massive tin foil hat/privacy advocate however it is certainly a concern of mine. There are certain aspects to privacy issues I'm willing to overlook for convenience sake, but I feel like Facebook et al have got it entirely wrong and I'm simply not interested in providing them with any more of my data than they already have.
I do feel that I am missing out, that it is far more difficult to keep in the loop of what friends/family are doing but I'm reasonably happy to make that sacrifice. It does highlight how absolutely reliant people are on Facebook (certainly within my social group) for communication. That's also quite a concern of mine that Facebook does control (I think that is fair) the means of communication between so many people. I feel like nothing good will come of this.
How about you guys? Am I being ridiculous? Am I missing out on something? Do you side with me?
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An eleven-year neighborhood feud involved restraining orders, spells, and jail time
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Australian Government's $158b tax cuts pass Parliament, giving Coalition first win since election
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A giant heat dome over Alaska is set to threaten all-time temperature records
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Clothing - linen, merino, cotton, polyester?
I personally am not a big clothes shopper, I pretty much replace underwear/socks when they break or I lose them, and once per year, I buy some clothes. Yesterday I bought my first linen T-shirt....
I personally am not a big clothes shopper, I pretty much replace underwear/socks when they break or I lose them, and once per year, I buy some clothes. Yesterday I bought my first linen T-shirt. And it feels so airy and comfy, it's amazing and not itchy. What do you guys prefer to wear?
Where do you guys source your clothes, also in regard to ethics - no child labor. I guess second-hand clothes are the best in that regard?
Does anyone here feel strongly about a specific material? I heard merino is supposed to feel amazing, but the price tag keeps me from getting a shirt haha.11 votes -
Ninja Tune: Solid Steel 03.07.19. - Four Tet + Trevor Jackson
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MAD Magazine will mostly cease producing new content, and its availability will be reduced
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Eleven great mechanical keyboards for coders — updated for 2019
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Why you can't trust me
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How to shoot awesome fireworks photos
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How does Shantae ½ Genie Hero: Officer Mode compare to Mighty Switch Force
Has anyone here played both Shantae ½ Genie Hero in its Officer costume and Mighty Switch Force of any classical version? If so, I would love to hear how the two compare. I have the former and and...
Has anyone here played both Shantae ½ Genie Hero in its Officer costume and Mighty Switch Force of any classical version?
If so, I would love to hear how the two compare. I have the former and and trying to figure out if I want to later order the latter’s recently announced collection.
I adored Shantae’s main game, but left the DLC/costume modes for a later time, which might be coming ;)
(… but first, finishing Velocity 2X and Wonderboy 3)
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Forget the pork. Add some hibiscus flower power to your quesadillas
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When workers stopped Seattle
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How Athens’ art scene became a hub of queer resistance
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Newtown, Connecticut massacre divided NRA leaders, foreshadowing split to come
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Can ‘pods’ bring quiet to the noisy open office?
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Independence National Park is an embarrassing mess. Why doesn’t anyone care?
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Justice Department reverses course on citizenship question on census, citing Trump’s orders
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User Inyerface - A worst-practice UI experiment
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Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free
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The oral history of the Super Soaker
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Thorium and the future of nuclear energy
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Public Service Broadcasting - Go! (2015)
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Help us test ACO, a new Mesa shader compiler for AMD graphics!
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The first socialist
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A total solar eclipse in an astronomer's paradise
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The trend of "my girlfriend isn't hungry" items on restaurant menus
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Climate change made European heatwave at least five times likelier. Searing heat shows crisis is ‘here and now’, say scientists, and is worse than predicted.
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After urging land reform I now know the brute power of our billionaire press
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Insects are 'food of the future'
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Why do people say "Jesus H. Christ," and where did the "H" come from?
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Midsommar is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way
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Two skateparks in one day. Los Angeles. BMX & Skateboarding
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What are your thoughts on the "precautionary principle"? Is there too much of it, or not enough?
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Polish IKEA fires employee for Biblical opposition to pride event
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The Black Keys - Go (2019)
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It takes years to fully recover from big storms like Sandy
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Doctors in Canada alarmed at weekend courses teaching chiropractors how to adjust newborn spines
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SOPHIE: "Burn Rubber" ft. Sarah Midori Perry
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Tim Minchin - Pope Song (2011)
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Skywind - 'Call of the East' | Trailer
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The culture war has finally come for Wikipedia
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Researchers say they’re closer to finding cure for HIV after using CRISPR technology to eliminate disease in live mice for the first time
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Is there an easy way to make ctrl/cmd-enter work everywhere?
I don't want to ask this question in "default" groups as peeps that monitor this group will likely know the answer, and I support not making "Tildes a site about discussing Tildes" :) inline-edit:...
I don't want to ask this question in "default" groups as peeps that monitor this group will likely know the answer, and I support not making "Tildes a site about discussing Tildes" :)
inline-edit: for context this was originally posted in ~test.I am probably one of the most heavily mobile-first users here, but when on desktop, I really want ctrl-enter to work everywhere. Is there some way to make sure all "save" buttons use ctrl/cmd-enter across the entire site? Can this be done via a class or something?
If not, I can go through the whole site and find places where it does not work.. first example is in the new awesome edit tags ui.
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Elon Musk wanted The Onion; he got Thud
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