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That's the very comment that stood out the most to me as well...

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Instagram is owned by Facebook... why would they do anything for the sole benefit of users?

Thank you for sharing this. My wife and I got to see the ISS fly across the sky, and we knew exactly where and when to look. I really appreciate it!

Ah yes, thanks for pointing that out- an important distinction.

You're right. But, Google does understand that their users don't want to be tracked. They just don't care.

The real solution is to "Get off Google". If everyone reading this did that, would it impact them? No, they would be fine. But I think it's better to do something rather than nothing.

I don't think Google has its customers best interest in any of this. They try to make it seem like it at face value, but to deliver real privacy, they wouldn't get the data they need for their own business.

An example from the article- "First, large scale blocking of cookies undermine people’s privacy by encouraging opaque techniques such as fingerprinting."

I'm pretty sure fingerprinting can happen either way. It's just easier for Google to control cookies and prevent users from blocking cookies because cookies will provide more exact data on what Google wants.

They'll sell the point that they will keep your data safe from 3rd parties... but they will use it for their purposes however they please.

Why was this downvoted? Save the fact that you just shouldn't use Facebook at all, I think this is great comment. It actually references text from the post, unlike many of the other comments.

It must have been a few Google bots...

I especially like this text they wrote: "attempts to improve user privacy are having unintended consequences"

Unintended consequences? Oh no! Google's evil business model is being messed with!!!

This is a great idea, but where is the privacy? The privacy policy literally says that your personal information will be shared with Google & other third party apps. [0]

This is a great way to collect data on what people do every day.

[0] https://maesure.com/privacy-policy

why was this downvoted? I think that privacy, to a point, should be a basic human right as well.

No matter what, it's an opt-out setting that can only be disabled with:

"workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

That's unacceptable.

I definitely agree with your statement about how vehicle-centric cities are; I wish it was different in real life!

It would be cool for Google to do that, if they open sourced it and didn't put any tracking software in...

Well, I'm glad the response has been so positive! And I'm always afraid of that too, but getting something done and out there is better than not doing anything. Plus, I think most people are supportive, and if there is any constructive feedback, hopefully it's coming from a place of just wanting to help rather than tear down.

I think most people are just amazed at what you accomplished :) I am!

Please consider writing a book or blog posts or at least something! But if you don't I totally understand, don't feel bad about not doing something requested, or anything else either. It's your life and your project :D

We are here just to support you and say thanks for inspiring us!

If you wrote a book explaining how to do this, teaching the concepts, etc... I think a lot of people (or at least me) would be very interested!!!

Great job

I like the idea.... but this doesn't make sense.

I'm all for not using Google Analytics- I don't use it on my site. But why would you then use Google Sheets to hold the info? That's ridiculous. That's like telling people how to make an apple pie without sugar, and the last step before baking is dumping in a pound of sugar!

If you want an easy data store, use something like SQLite. There are plenty of options that are easy to self host, and a lot of libraries have been written to make it easier for you.

thanks for the quick replies!

And just to clarify... if the program lasts 5 months, and they drop out of the program 2.5 months in (and they would have received $5k so far), what would they would owe..?

Three questions I haven't seen answered yet...

1) What if you make $40k even? Is the 15% adjusted based on your salary?

2) What happens if you lose your job 1 year in? You've paid back half your debt... what about the other half? I would feel bad telling people about this to see them do it, and then get jobs (either with Modern Labor or somewhere else), and then a year in they get cut, have no job, and are thousands in debt.

3) What if someone is in the program, and halfway has to drop out for xyz reason? Do they owe the money back?

I really like the idea, just wish there were some more details so I could feel confident telling friends about it.

Thanks for the article! Unfortunately I don’t think Medium is an “open” platform, there are paywalls there too.

The other thing I think we need to be careful about is having a “federated” source for the paywalls. To me, this is a scary idea. Unless the solution is open source and completely encrypted, it will just give whichever companies that do it more access to your data, on what you read, when you read it, and what you pay for.

where do you work?

Just for comparison... see the same query, with Go and JavaScript added in.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F091...

I'd like to learn Scala too. At the moment it's definitely not as prevalent as other languages, but it's higher than emerging languages, which I think was @spir's goal.

I didn't add this to invalidate the parent comment; just to add another view.

Thought I'd comment about the services I've been using recently...

- I pay for an account at sr.ht

- I host my site and other things via prgmr

I would still start with K & R. If you're solid with everything there, you'll be fine.

I would recommend against letting Google know anything about your finances. Maybe try self-hosted solutions that are open source, like Firefly III.

https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii

this.

I did this for a few months when working at home. I bought a used treadmill for $100, and built a desk on top of it using spare parts and material I had lying around. It went pretty well, as I was writing code all day, but sometimes I would still need to stand still or sit when doing something like writing. For what you're doing, you should be fine.

Before spending a lot of money, try out something cheap like a used treadmill and building your desk. If you love it and want something even more convenient, then you may feel more confident about spending more money on it. If you don't like it, well, you found out and didn't have to spend a lot of money!

Edit:

All I did was take the top of an old desk I no longer used and taped it to the top of the desk where the handles are. It wasn't very professional looking, but I didn't care. If you're working in an office, it may be more challenging, as a normal treadmill probably makes more noise than an "official" walking treadmill built for an office. But if you can, still try it out the cheap way first!

Just read this: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

:)

I've been to Pittsburgh a lot. I agree with this 100%!

hahahahaha this is true

Exactly why I never trust a valet with my car. Some may be great at driving a manual, but you just never know.

Are you at a language school? I started learning Japanese recently, and would love to move there one day.

A good news site that I've been telling people about is Legible News- only text and links. No images, ads, etc.

https://legiblenews.com/

There is also Wiby, the search engine for 'classic websites'. You can only submit a website if it is simple and meets the criteria (not a lot js / css). Whatever you find, add it to Wiby!

https://wiby.me/