boyce

Rapidly approaching a million accounts

Say the flagship instance was a free speech one, what do you think would be the consequences

Pulse of the planet seems a bit high minded for a system for sending group sms

Deliveroo take 30% (or at least did when a restaurant I ran looked in to it) and you can't charge extra according to their terms

I have a Lenovo Flex 10 - the volume rocker is close to the power button and feels the same. Accidentally leave the volume on full, open a youtube video or independent article, accidentally turn off the device. Wake our baby either with the noise or my subsequent swearing at the useless machine.

I've been doing more browsing in private mode because of the dark bars

Do hope there's an option to change it soon

For people ugrading from w7, it's much easier to adapt to Cinnamon than W10, especially older folks

Try nightly - 57 feels like it has big performance gains on my ageing 1+

That Pyra device looks fantastic. A netbook in the format of that old Motorola V Box or something

Telegram you don't need to share your phone number, easily synchronises between all of your devices, stores large files, has better controls for managing group chats.

Yes. The ECU is extremely limited

Fuel efficiency tests in a road car aren't performed by driving flat out for two hours.

This reads like an undergrad has just binged on Adam Curtis and thinks they've reached some meaningful conclusions.

I'm not saying much is wrong, just that it's neither new or insightful

Not necessarily

E.g. the Cooperative Group in the UK which is owned by its membership (customers and staff)

Using the Alanis Morisette definition here I guess

Genuine question:

Recruiters/employers of HN, how do you filter out this type of applicant?

Mastodon has really done the unthinkable for me - made me hope twitter survives. Anyone still on there can stay there.

Do you think? There are already plenty of companies in the UK at least that rent furniture and home electrical goods to people who can't afford it

Are they bringing anything new to the party?

If you want better privacy try !s instead

It's okay not to understand what the writer means here. But is it okay to have read the article looking for a detail that you can use to try and feel superior?

This is a problem the poor everywhere face. Those with wealth looking to reassure themselves about their moral and intellectual right to their position.

Yeah exactly. The not-poor should already be making contributions to the poor. Maybe we should have an elected body to manage the collection and distribution of these contributions. We could make it income related so those who can are able to contribute more. It could be universal so there's already a safety net there if people lose their jobs or become ill without paperwork or delays, also so that no one is poorer for accepting work. Seems reasonable.

On the other hand, isn't customer service the one big opportunity remaining to Twitter? They could bring back the text message system for paying businesses. Revamp Tweetdeck into a tool more focused on reputation management etc. They don't need to chase the celebs and fandoms away but they are gradually leaving anyway. Journos will likely stay, the ticks make them feel big.

This digital nomad thing just looks hellish to me. Maybe I'm getting old.

Can't imagine being somewhere nice but glued to a laptop, or getting anything useful done without reliable wifi etc, or being part of a team where the boss has gone on holiday but still showing up in slack etc.

I'd hate to feel like I wasn't part of the team for not getting our kids together or not wanting to holiday or spend a day off with colleagues. I'm not impressed by instagram or medium posts from perfect looking beaches giving business advice.

Not sure when a lifestyle business went from being a business that fits around your lifestyle to making the appearance of living an idealised lifestyle everybody else's business.

What do you think my side is and of what argument

It's a shorthand which I'm sure everyone else understood. Sorry if you were confused.

Just trying to look at things from the perspective of an average idiot who doesn't think too hard beyond "want X now"

It needs to be easy as possible to let this person buy things

Maybe you have some insight

Yeah yeah

Frankenstein is the maker, not the monster

Linux is just the kernel

Etc

I'm discussing the product and service, no interest in moral or legal judgements.

It also needs to be easier to buy it than steal it

and not have unskippable adverts or lectures on piracy

for a lot of things, stealing is both easier and better

In Britain or Germany they both would be more moderate conservatives

Well there's a start (but the bittorrent people should shout about those sorts of uses)