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26 votes
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The Internet Archive is now emulating Flash animations, games and toys in their software collection
20 votes -
OpenStreetMap is having a moment; The billion dollar dataset next door
23 votes -
Positive Youtube channels?
What are your favorite youtube channels to watch when you're in the mood for something positive and uplifting? No genre restrictions or anything, just something that really oozes the joy and...
What are your favorite youtube channels to watch when you're in the mood for something positive and uplifting? No genre restrictions or anything, just something that really oozes the joy and passion that the creator has.
I'll throw this one out there to start: Bicycle Touring Pro. He makes wonderful, slow paced and positive documentaries about his solo and group travels on his bike around the world. If you ever want to just zone out for a moment, throw this on and you just might be inspired.
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Suggestions for no-display laptop
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have , but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so... I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my...
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have
, but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so...I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my computer,
I don't really need a screen. I like using the terminal, and can get a lot done just typing:
no mouse or display. I think this would be great, as I already do a lot of my casual writing
and note taking my eyes closed, leaning back in a chair.What's the best machine that meets these qualifications? Basically, I just need a way to read memory
out to another drive. Battery would be a must as well.Thanks
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Cover Your Tracks - A new EFF project designed to better uncover the tools and techniques of online trackers and test the efficacy of privacy add-ons (successor to Panopticlick)
19 votes -
What keyboard do you use?
I have been using a "Pok3r"-style 60% board I assembled with MX Browns for years. As time goes on, I'm growing increasingly tired of the limitations, like pressing three different keys to get a ~....
I have been using a "Pok3r"-style 60% board I assembled with MX Browns for years. As time goes on, I'm growing increasingly tired of the limitations, like pressing three different keys to get a ~. I use my keyboard for writing code, writing reports, and playing RTS games like Homeworld, which a 60% board is simply inadequate for doing. While I initially used VIM as my default text editor, I've moved to using VS Code, where using a function key to access arrow keys is simply absurd. So I'd love to get your set up:
What keyboard do you use?
What is your keyboard? What kind of switches? 60%, TKL, 100%? What brand do you use? Do you use a default keyboard with your system, a laptop keyboard, a gaming board, or some sort of ergonomic monstrosity?
What do you use your keyboard for?
Are you a developer? Are you a gamer? Do you write? What are your primary use cases?
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Credit-based communication platforms?
Does anyone know of any communication platforms [1] which use a credit system or have a 'cost' attached to actions such as making a post or commenting? I am imagining something like Reddit or a...
Does anyone know of any communication platforms [1] which use a credit system or have a 'cost' attached to actions such as making a post or commenting? I am imagining something like Reddit or a forum where users have a balance, and actions have a cost which is charged against that balance. So if I have 100 credits and posting in r/whatever costs 2 credits/post and 1 credit/comment then that limits the amount of interaction in that sub.
I am wondering if a cost system like this would be useful for moderation or to promote high-value content, since it effectively turns the platform into a market. One effect of this system is that it would discourage low-value posts/replies/comments, because there is a cost associated with making a post, namely opportunity cost of posting something else later. Perhaps the credits are purchased with real-world currency, which I assume would amplify this effect?
I imagine a sustainable system would have some way to reward users of high-value content with more credit so they are incentivised and able to produce more content: maybe upvotes count as credit, or users can donate credit to each other?
[1] I hope this term is vague enough to encompass all forms of modern digital communication. I am curious about direct communication (email, WhatsApp, ...) as well as social media in its various forms (Reddit, Tildes, Twitter, ...), niche platforms (Letter), wikis, fora, and anything else under the sun.
12 votes -
The iPhone 12 Pro Max: Real pro photography
13 votes -
Librem 5 mass production phone has begun shipping
Announcement Details on the phone itself (Both are the same, the USA refers to supply chain): Libram 5 - $799 Libram 5 USA - $1999 I think it's quite a tell about how much our electronics are...
Details on the phone itself (Both are the same, the USA refers to supply chain):
Libram 5 - $799
Libram 5 USA - $1999I think it's quite a tell about how much our electronics are subsidized by sourcing from inordinately cheap labor compared to the (mostly) German/USA labor for the USA phone.
PureOS itself looks like it could be a decent entrant to breaking the mobile duopoly. The only sticking point for me would be various applications that don't offer browser options (read: 2 factor authentication apps).
12 votes -
YouTube Terms of Service updated with the “right to monetize”
26 votes -
Verizon 5G DSS isn't the 5G you want
9 votes -
Librem 5 mass production phone has begun shipping
9 votes -
Apple will reduce App Store commission to 15% for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year, starting January 1, 2021
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Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is slower than it's MagSafe charger
@Mark Gurman: Wow, Apple has just updated the MagSafe Duo page. The $129 charger only gets you 11 watts for charging with a 20 watt brick, or 14 watts with a 27 watt brick. That compares to 15 watts you get with the solo MagSafe charger. pic.twitter.com/Z9iWM4PGpU
8 votes -
Open letter from Facebook content moderators re: pandemic
7 votes -
Twitter releases new "Fleets" feature
15 votes -
Winning back the internet by building our own
11 votes -
Microsoft reveals Pluton, a custom security chip to be built into Intel, AMD and Qualcomm processors
9 votes -
M1 MacBook Pro and Air review: Apple delivers
14 votes -
The world's first internet bench
5 votes -
Canada's GDPR moment: Why the Consumer Privacy Protection Act is Canada's biggest privacy overhaul in decades
10 votes -
The old way of handing out corporate hardware doesn’t work anymore
9 votes -
Reverse engineering a forgotten 1970s Intel dual core beast: 8271, a new ISA
10 votes -
Remote learning is here to stay — can we make it better?
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Want to see women in STEM achieving cool things? 2020 Pass It On Award Winners: The cash award helps fund women in computing or projects that inspire and support girls and women to enter computing.
6 votes -
Reddit quarantined: Can changing platform affordances reduce hateful material online?
4 votes -
How the US military buys location data from ordinary smartphone apps, including a Muslim prayer app with over ninety-eight million downloads
13 votes -
The antique microwave oven that's better than yours
32 votes -
GitHub has reinstated youtube-dl's repository - Answers about the DMCA and why GitHub handled this case the way they did, along with plans to improve in the future
43 votes -
Social app Parler apparently receives funding from the conservative Mercer family
19 votes -
Scientific publishers consider installing spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights
9 votes -
Introducing the next generation of Mac - A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple’s chip designed specifically for the Mac
31 votes -
Does Apple really log every app you run? A technical look (The answer? No.)
13 votes -
YouTube Rewind 2020 cancelled, very likely due to COVID-19
10 votes -
Introducing the Pinephone KDE edition
16 votes -
The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!
10 votes -
Best photo cards in 2020
5 votes -
JSHint: Watching the ship sink (A lesson on ambiguous licenses)
7 votes -
Google Photos will no longer have unlimited free storage after June 1
40 votes -
Your computer isn't yours
41 votes -
UK sees record bandwidth use on Xbox Series X/S launch day
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Google apologises to Thierry Breton over plan to target EU commissioner
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Apple is currently having widespread server issues due to the macOS Big Sur update, which is also preventing users on Catalina from being able to open apps
30 votes -
Twitter: An update on the features related to the 2020 US Elections
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TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says
10 votes -
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up
16 votes -
Guido van Rossum, the Python language's founder, joins Microsoft
13 votes -
Daring Fireball review: The iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max
10 votes -
How do you describe TikTok? The automatic culture of the world's favorite new social network
5 votes