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lovethevoid··on Notion's mid-life crisis
For basic notes, the ones that come with most devices imo are very good. Apple notes, Samsung notes, Onenote, all very good. So good I find it difficult to recommend anything else to people, like Notion still doesn’t even have proper pen/stylus support. Obsidian to me fits a good niche of being extensible with plugins but I get why some people can’t get into it.

Notion shines with database use, and was how I used to write my blogs and connecting the API directly to my site to auto update. I’m surprised you’re a paying customer and barely use the database stuff!

lovethevoid··on Notion's mid-life crisis
We’re all glorified relational DB when you think about it lol

Notion was one of THE new tastemakers. Every startup copying their designs, now there’s AI generators to make “notion style art”. To see their new pages and additions have such clunky copyrighting is disappointing and I hope just temporary, not a sign the tastemakers have left the company.

lovethevoid··on AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
You just replied to a comment in which they did not reply to you. Thus, you were not heard.

Why? Why did you do this instead of talking to a friend on the phone or in a video call or text where your qualifier actually holds true?

Did you lose your mind? Or is this just an alternative form of validation for when you cannot get proper human validation from your friends?

I hope this causes some reflection. I don’t believe the absolutist views espoused in this chain are all that helpful. In both the sense of relying on AI to combat loneliness entirely, and also equating using it as a tool in your toolbox as suicide worthy.

lovethevoid··on Snowden: The arrest of Durov is an assault on the basic human rights
It's a good thing France didn't arrest Telegram then ;)
lovethevoid··on Snowden: The arrest of Durov is an assault on the basic human rights
There is no logical inconsistency here. Durov, a citizen of France, failed to comply with their own country's process. This isn't a "random country" applied "for anyone".
lovethevoid··on Intel Layoffs: Is Future U.S. Chip Independence in Trouble
Since the mid 2010s at least. It was common then that Intel would expect far greater for less pay than others. They're also known for paying half than the market rate for contract work too.
lovethevoid··on Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/telegram-gibt-nutzerdat...

> Translated: Contrary to what has been publicly stated so far, the operators of the messenger app Telegram have released user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in several cases.

https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-discloses-user-details-of-...

> Telegram has complied with an order from the High Court in Delhi by sharing user details of copyright-infringing users with rightsholders.

Anyways just some examples in which their structure doesn't matter. In the end, user data is still given away. It's also why e2ee should be the sole focus. Everything else is "trust me bro it's safe" levels of security.

lovethevoid··on Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn
Telegram still collects and stores private user data, and as per their own privacy policy. This isn't in stark contrast to western companies at all.

Additionally, they fulfilled requests made in Brazil, India, and Germany to name some I remember. Again, using the private user data they collect.

So what you fell for was just basic marketing (a CEO going on a TV program, as Tucker Carlson isn't even news) to market his app.

lovethevoid··on Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (2021)
Most people really never left the calling people part. Tech just made it easier for them.

I've known people who have gone from on the phone all the time people to using skype to those in discord voice chats. Largely because of the costs of calling internationally as well, can't leave that out!

Although I will say, some of these platforms could learn a thing or two from the voicemail system!

lovethevoid··on The art of programming and why I won't use LLM
They aren't saying they're the same, I'm not sure how you got that interpretation. It's very clear they're highlighting the hypocrisy that arises from claiming to be against automating away aspects of programming while relying on tools that do exactly that for you - only being Ok with it as long as they aren't called "AI".
lovethevoid··on Outsourcing Cost Boeing Billions (2019)
They are only but a symptom.
lovethevoid··on Valve New Employee Handbook (2012) [pdf]
Both of these can be true, and it’s far more likely to be self reinforcing. Because it’s such an unimpeachable monopoly, the competition that doesn’t put forth billions are doomed to fail.

People talk about feature parity, but that’s irrelevant when slashing Valves cut by 1% is enough to get the vast majority of publishers and developers to stay on board.

They are such an unimpeachable monopoly that Microsoft, makers of the OS that Steam predominantly relies on for consumer spend, also bows to them. After all they’re large enough to get a new cut from the normal distribution terms.

lovethevoid··on GLP-1 therapy increases visceral adipose tissue metabolic activity
For the reasons the FDA and EMA approved it, for diabetes, yes.
lovethevoid··on Zed AI
The local compute problem is a cost problem, and most people do not have the hardware necessary and judging by trends this will continue for another ~decade.
lovethevoid··on Zed AI
Sublime Text is likely closer to what you're looking for.
lovethevoid··on The anatomy of a 2AM mental breakdown
>Unless you are the manufacturer for your own goods, then you are competing on often-thin margins within a crowded industry with lots of competition where everyone more-or-less offers the same price.

That's not true. You don't have to manufacture your own goods to not compete with others at a commodity level. It's quite literally why branding is so important.

But I do find it funny you wound up doing exactly what the above commenter stated, and are acting like this is a world ending event for a small-medium sized ecommerce site to be down for a while.

lovethevoid··on ISPs worry that killing FCC net neutrality rules will come back to haunt them
Netflix doesn’t have the leverage anymore. If people start having problems with it, even when caused by ISPs, people will just subscribe to Disney or Max or whatever. Long gone are the days where they can perform such grandstanding.
lovethevoid··on X's new AI image generator will make anything
Huh? This isn’t free as in freedom. This is a server they control and can alter at any point.

You can use alternative services to manage your own servers if you want for “free-as-in-freedom”.

lovethevoid··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
Should have specified, isn't allowed in the US App Store.
lovethevoid··on Cancer rates are rising in young people
Unlike the general trend which is that obesity is the primary cause, for your case it might be a combination of elevated stress and your triathlon work. If you were not working with a professional on your recovery and prevention, it might be possible the elevated intensity for longer periods could have affected your health.

Note there aren't any studies specifically about triathletes, only that with proper training, diet, and prevention as most higher level athletes get (uni, olympian, etc), there's no serious risk of DNA damage. Also short course triathletes face more risks generally speaking, at least for cardiac and gastrointestinal issues (not all being chronic, so there's no direct link to cancer here either).

Sleep issues are another area usually ignored since people believe they can't do anything about their sleep issues. I doubt most people are even getting good sleep, in the current ecosystem of always being available.

Additionally, due to the general availability of office work, more people are suffering from gastrointestinal issues than before. This causes us to be sedentary for long periods of time, but we believe ourselves to be "active" because we go for a run on the treadmill. I wouldn't say this really applies to you as a lifelong athlete, only that these extremes (sitting for hours, then rapid exercise, then back to sitting for hours) likely has unintended consequences.

Just some ideas.

lovethevoid··on Cancer rates are rising in young people
A tax is a disincentive, not a restriction of freedom. As in, if you want that sugar, you will pay extra for it due to the increased strain on the healthcare system you likely will add to down the line. You can still consume as much as you want at the end of the day.
lovethevoid··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
This isn’t allowed in the US, not sure about the new EU rules regarding this specifically. Best they can do is show a “deduction” only on web/other platforms that shows they’re getting it cheaper than iOS iirc.
lovethevoid··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
In Apples case they changed that several years ago so you can definitely charge your Apple users more.

However you will get the app rejected if you show any sign of showing users that you can buy it cheaper elsewhere than the Apple system. You can potentially get away with it by keeping things vague, but even then you might get rejected for “discouraging the in-app purchase system”. This doesnt apply to the EU in which these specific rules were changed very recently.

lovethevoid··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
The developers part relates to having to deal with Apple and Google’s review process, hence the dislike.
lovethevoid··on Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon
Whether Apple believes it can strongarm the related companies.
lovethevoid··on Proton announces release of a new VPN protocol, "Stealth"
PrivacyGuides (not affiliated with them, just find it a useful resource), highlights Proton, Mullvad, and iVPN as reputable depending on your use. They state Proton does not support ipv6 yet, Mullvad removed remote port forwarding, and iVPN the same.

The recommendation the person you're responding to (PIA and Cryptostorm), is very untrustworthy and doesn't even match the minimum criteria from PrivacyGuides.

lovethevoid··on Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on phones
Not all browser marketshare statistics are sourced the same way, but often those native redirects aren't included, likewise for things like electron and CEF use.

Also Edge use being far lower in Desktop use indicates that there's little difference between defaults and lock ins functionally.

lovethevoid··on The U.S. economy is not crashing
Both, most of the latter is happening on X and specific reddit subs that encourage that sort of nonsensical thinking regarding the stock market.

Everywhere else (on social media) the response is quite tepid, mostly focused on Japan.

lovethevoid··on Google loses antitrust suit over search deals on phones
Defaults are incredibly powerful, Safari and Edge are the second and third most popular browsers next to Chrome. Chrome itself is a default on a lot of android devices. Speaking of android devices, Samsung Internet is 4th/5th most popular as it comes default on Samsung devices.

To say defaults don't matter because Chrome is used on Windows is a bit absurd. Chrome in 2012-2014 was still trading blows with IE even after the tremendous shortcomings during the Windows 8 and 8.1 era. This was a time when everyone was telling people to not use IE, and yet it retained ~20% use. Nothing like now where Chrome dominates ~70%.

lovethevoid··on Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's Dream Job Takes a Nightmarish Turn
Have you been spending too much time on wallstreetbets? This doesn't make any logical sense, a sharp increase in numbers doesn't justify taking on 24bn net debt.
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