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johnnyhead

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johnnyhead··on 102KB ought to be enough for any email
Just ditch gmail and send plain text email.
johnnyhead··on Google Is Eating Our Mail
If people stopped using G in such high percentage, then they would most likely need to adapt back to a more open internet, instead of trying to wall it off around their services.

Reminds me of jabber.ccc.de that stopped providing new accounts because they felt they were ruining a federated system.

johnnyhead··on [dead]
I would recommend Wire ( https://wire.com/en/ ). All mobile and desktop OS and web too. In my experience it's reliable and private and the company behind it is extremely open and supportive of its users.

I am not affiliated, I just like it.

johnnyhead··on Ask HN: What do you use to align your daily todos with your long term goals?
Agreed. I too think that the bullet journal is a great wat to keep track of todos and goals, both medium and long-term ones. I do not know about the app though.
johnnyhead··on BitTorrent vs. HTTP
Man, windows 10 already does that. In the advanced update options there is a distributing method menu and it is pretty clear they are using our machines to distribute updates to others.

Disclaimer: Haven't checked in a while and can not do it now, but it was there until not long ago.

johnnyhead··on We Need to Break the Mobile Duopoly
There are Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 that are both excellent OSes.
johnnyhead··on WTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License
Thank you all for commenting on the topic. Reading your words just one thing seems clear to me: very few people here actually know how licenses work (me included) and what consequences could be. That's bad. Very bad.
johnnyhead··on WTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License
Thanks mcherm, this is the best counter-argument to the WTFPL I read all day. I am myself extremely curious about what would happen in these two circumstances: 1) someone uses my work and then sues me for copyright infringment; 2) my work harms people.
johnnyhead··on BlackBerry's BBM slingshots to top spot on Apple's App Store
BBM voice will be the real challenge.
johnnyhead··on Effect of Informations on decisions
Up! HIPPO is a great acronym