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  1. Comment on What Thing Do You Wish More People Knew About? in ~talk

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    How delicate modern tech is.

    How delicate modern tech is.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Instagram feed algorithm seems to take into account your WhatsApp correspondence. in ~tech

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    I honestly quite enjoy Instagram. Facebook is just a cesspit in my social circles these days and Instagram is a fairly nice way for getting that dopamine hit you get from social media, without the...

    I honestly quite enjoy Instagram. Facebook is just a cesspit in my social circles these days and Instagram is a fairly nice way for getting that dopamine hit you get from social media, without the majority of the nonsense you see on Facebook.

    Snapchat however - I recently deleted that and my life has improved since.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Favorite linux distro? in ~tech

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    Ubuntu, because I care more about stuff working than it being exactly how I like it.

    Ubuntu, because I care more about stuff working than it being exactly how I like it.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What is you preferred password manager? in ~tech

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    I currently am using Keeweb running locally, with my database file synced across Dropbox. I am considering switching to Pass (The UNIX password manager) though, I'm just concerned with how good...

    I currently am using Keeweb running locally, with my database file synced across Dropbox. I am considering switching to Pass (The UNIX password manager) though, I'm just concerned with how good the equivalent mobile client will be. Keepass2Android is such a well thought out functional client for Keepass and I'm not sure whether I'm ready to give that up yet!

  5. Comment on What's a useful skill that only takes an afternoon to learn? in ~talk

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    I think you can do a lot more than just Hello World in a few hours. Languages like Javascript and Go have such a low barrier to entry now that I reckon something far more impressive is possible in...

    I think you can do a lot more than just Hello World in a few hours. Languages like Javascript and Go have such a low barrier to entry now that I reckon something far more impressive is possible in a few hours. For example, I personally feel that knowing a little Javascript and how the browser inspector works is the Internet equivalent of street smarts. I've personally fixed so many crappy forms or removed parts of a website while browsing it in order to improve my own experience - and this is the sort of stuff I was referring to!

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What are you passionate about? in ~talk

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    The power for technology to do good. It frustrates the hell out of me how technology is used for negative purposes a lot of the time, when there is so much good it could be doing.

    The power for technology to do good. It frustrates the hell out of me how technology is used for negative purposes a lot of the time, when there is so much good it could be doing.

    14 votes

  7. Comment on What's a useful skill that only takes an afternoon to learn? in ~talk

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    Basic programming is achievable in a few hours I reckon, and a very rewarding skill!

    Basic programming is achievable in a few hours I reckon, and a very rewarding skill!

    6 votes