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17 votes
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The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)
5 votes -
Cameo is the logical endpoint of modern celebrity-obsessed culture and interaction—a perfect storm of convenience, access, and affordability
13 votes -
Are social networks polarizing? A Q&A with Ezra Klein | The Interface with Casey Newton, Issue #464, Feb 27
5 votes -
Printing’s not dead: The $35 billion fight over ink cartridges
5 votes -
Changing e-mail and cleaning up my Internet presence
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging....
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging. I've installed Signal and will start the grooming process with my friends and family now. If you have some solid arguments for the change regular ol' folks can understand please share them with me because as we all know "privacy" just isn't enough.
Next phase is the big one...Google or basically G-mail.
1. Is there any way to get an complete overview of where you've used your e-mail for a service online?
2. What e-mail would you recommend?
2a. I'm OK with paying a bit for overall quality, security and equally important UX!
2b. I don't use any other relevant Google products like Drive etc. It's just regular e-mail and sign in credentials for other services I basically need3. I use a Mac, iPhone and iCloud. Is iCloud a problem? IF this needs to change it HAS to be an "easy" switch and not like setting up a server for myself. Because it won't happen and I'm not skilled enough.
I would very much appreciate your input :)
EDIT: Thank you all for your thorough comments!
22 votes -
Reddit's 2019 Transparency Report
15 votes -
Five things QA testers wish programmers understood
6 votes -
The IOTA cryptocurrency network has been completely shut down for over 5 days while an exploit in the official wallet is investigated
7 votes -
All processing bends towards AI
4 votes -
To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber.
3 votes -
New ThinkPads with Ryzen 4000 announced
13 votes -
In smart apartments, is tenants’ privacy for rent?
13 votes -
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app
14 votes -
Exploring Transfer Learning with T5: the Text-To-Text Transfer Transformer
8 votes -
Policy vs technology
15 votes -
US FCC forced by court to ask the public (again) if they think tearing up net neutrality was a really good idea or not
26 votes -
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’
19 votes -
Why Amazon knows so much about you
18 votes -
Prompted by Brexit, Google will move UK users' data out of Irish jurisdiction so they are no longer covered by EU privacy rules
21 votes -
I spoke out against sexual harassment at Uber. The aftermath was more terrifying than anything I faced before
16 votes -
EFF calls for disclosure of secret financing details behind $1.1 billion .ORG sale including $360 million loan, and asks FTC to scrutinize deal
20 votes -
Gopher: When adversarial interoperability burrowed under the gatekeepers' fortresses
8 votes -
Lambda School's misleading promises
8 votes -
An app can be a home-cooked meal
12 votes -
I got a Ring doorbell camera. It scared the hell out of me.
11 votes -
The story of how Saudia Arabia influenced two well-liked Twitter employees to access thousands of users' private information and pass it to the Saudi Royal Family
10 votes -
Dis.cool is creating profiles of Discord users who have never signed up for their service and they are refusing to delete them.
22 votes -
A novel way to prevent email overload
7 votes -
From the QA trenches: Five signs of project success or failure
3 votes -
Amazon Ring updates device security and privacy, including adding mandatory two-factor auth—but continues ignoring larger concerns
9 votes -
What are the best practices and platforms for an online study group?
This is something I tried before with a Discord group for studying Python, but it was a catastrophic failure. Lots of people showed interest, almost no one showed up at the designated time....
This is something I tried before with a Discord group for studying Python, but it was a catastrophic failure. Lots of people showed interest, almost no one showed up at the designated time. Besides, even the one person hardly interacted.
After that, I started creating an online book/tutorial for beginners (well, anyone that is more of a beginner than me :P), but it was hard to stay motivated by myself — the whole reason for the study group was precisely to avoid that.
The topic is not defined yet (I'm thinking logic...), but I'm inclined to try it again. Streaming video and/or audio is a possibility, but not a requirement. I'd rather avoid it if possible.
Any suggestions on how to make this work?
6 votes -
The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world
9 votes -
Kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry
20 votes -
AZORult spreads as a fake ProtonVPN installer
9 votes -
Steam hardware & software survey: January 2020
11 votes -
I’ve fought for a free internet for thirty years. Here’s where I think we went wrong, and right
15 votes -
Students say the Lambda School coding bootcamp isn't delivering on its promises, with concerns about poor instruction and prospects while being bound by income-sharing agreements
16 votes -
Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the masses
28 votes -
How to make a Kurzgesagt vídeo in 1200 hours or more
15 votes -
Microsoft Edge’s NewsGuard extension now requires a paid membership to use
5 votes -
The Waterfox browser has been acquired by System1, the company that purchased a majority stake of Startpage in September 2019
12 votes -
Budget wireless mechanical keyboard round-up 2020
5 votes -
Analysis of Voatz mobile voting app by MIT researchers finds elementary security flaws
11 votes -
HQ Trivia, the top trivia game on the app store in early 2018, is ceasing operations and terminating all staff today
11 votes -
Mycroft won against their patent troll
22 votes -
France fines Apple $27 million for slowing down iPhones
18 votes -
Security researchers partner with Chrome to take down over 500 browser extensions in a fraud network affecting 1.7 million users
12 votes -
Australian Federal Court orders Google to turn over identifying information of user who left negative review for Melbourne dentist
8 votes -
Help me find a "quote of the day" sort of app
In the simplest terms, I suppose what I'm looking for is just a "quote of the day" generator. Albeit, one that I can put my own quotes into. I have what I jokingly refer to as an "operating...
In the simplest terms, I suppose what I'm looking for is just a "quote of the day" generator. Albeit, one that I can put my own quotes into.
I have what I jokingly refer to as an "operating manual". Essentially it's just a constantly-updated evernote that contains rules for how I want to live (eg. "No drinking alone"), reminders about myself (eg. "You always feel better after exercising"), and my philosophy about aspects of life (eg. "In the news media, misery and controversy sell better than joy and harmony").
I'd like to be able to receive bits of this "wisdom" throughout my day, ideally by way of some sort of notification on my phone. Does any such app/service exist? Bonus points for one that is open source and cross-platform!
10 votes