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  1. Comment on What are you reading this week? #4 in ~books

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    Currently devouring Joe Ide's Wrecked, #3 on the IQ series. It's an awesome detective series. Think Sherlock Holmes gangsta style (the author's version of Watson even sounds like the lost Wu Tang...

    Currently devouring Joe Ide's Wrecked, #3 on the IQ series.
    It's an awesome detective series. Think Sherlock Holmes gangsta style (the author's version of Watson even sounds like the lost Wu Tang member!).

    Also just started a five-volume series on the brazilian ditadura, by Elio Gaspari, which I've been meaning to read since forever. So far, it's great (I'm on the first book).

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  2. Comment on Secure, open-source alternative to Google Keep in ~tech

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    I use Simplenote, which has both Android and PC apps, and it syncs like a charm. It used to be 100% open source, but they changed that recently, just so you know.

    I use Simplenote, which has both Android and PC apps, and it syncs like a charm.

    It used to be 100% open source, but they changed that recently, just so you know.

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  3. Comment on Palm's making a tiny Android phone with 3.3" display & 800 mAh battery in ~tech

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    For those who don´t want to wait, there's this

    For those who don´t want to wait, there's this

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  4. Comment on Giving up on privacy in ~talk

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    I tried looking for a reliable source on this and you're right, it's mostly a conspiracy theory (at least on the FB part; Google, on the other hand...). Thanks!

    I tried looking for a reliable source on this and you're right, it's mostly a conspiracy theory (at least on the FB part; Google, on the other hand...). Thanks!

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  5. Comment on Giving up on privacy in ~talk

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    I tend to think so. I mean, there's you and me and guys like Snowden worrying about this kind of stuff. We might be few, but we're definitely in good company. Anyway, even minorities can make a...

    I tend to think so. I mean, there's you and me and guys like Snowden worrying about this kind of stuff. We might be few, but we're definitely in good company.

    Anyway, even minorities can make a difference in the long run, whether by deleting our social accounts or coming up with apps to make the tech world a less shitty one.

    Who knows, maybe our kids will change everything? Right now I can only think of a Kafka quote: "There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but not for us."

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  6. Comment on Giving up on privacy in ~talk

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    I hear you, man. This past weekend I was having breakfast with my SO and she said people at her school's IT department made fun of her for saying "Instagram and FB hear what you say to show you...

    I hear you, man. This past weekend I was having breakfast with my SO and she said people at her school's IT department made fun of her for saying "Instagram and FB hear what you say to show you personalized ads", and asked her "ok, let's say they do: why is that a problem?" - which she directed at me.

    Granted, it's not paranoid if they really do spy on you, but regular people don't give two shits, IMO. Heck, Facebook got more users on board right after the CA scandal.

    Anyway, yeah, it's disheartening to have people feel like you are the weird one.

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  7. Comment on Should we hide the vote count display? in ~tildes

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    How about implementing a feature to hide votes that people could turn on and off?

    How about implementing a feature to hide votes that people could turn on and off?

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  8. Comment on Musicians only got 12% of the $43 billion the music industry generated in 2017, and it mostly came from touring in ~music

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    There's Bandcamp for that too. (Granted, it's not a continuous support, but I do buy albums there every now and then if it's an artist I like.)

    There's Bandcamp for that too. (Granted, it's not a continuous support, but I do buy albums there every now and then if it's an artist I like.)

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  9. Comment on Just for fun, here is the stack of books currently on my desk I am reading / plan to read soon. What do you think? in ~books

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    Awesome selection. The audiobook version of Norse Mythology, read by Neil Gaiman, is great, see if you can track it. As for Bourdain, they're all good, though I don't recall almost anything on...

    Awesome selection. The audiobook version of Norse Mythology, read by Neil Gaiman, is great, see if you can track it.

    As for Bourdain, they're all good, though I don't recall almost anything on Medium Raw. Damn, I miss the guy's style.

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