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I think you mean legacy media. Internet is the mainstream now.

The title is very misleading.

TL;DR: A film critic reflects on their time at The Messenger, a startup that collapsed unexpectedly, leaving employees in uncertainty about their futures.

I don't like this. I like apps with deep linking and sharing via plain URIs.

Lonely 40 year old here. I quit socializing because I couldn't afford to do the things my friends wanted to do. Eat and drink at bars, go to movies, travel to conventions.

For a time, I was participating even though I couldn't afford. I racked up significant credit card debt. For me it's all about money, the language that communicates value. If my net worth is negative, that means I'm taking value away from society rather than contributing, and I won't put myself out there until I rectify that.

This. croc is like a better magic-wormhole (available via python pip, apt, other package managers) I switched to croc after transferring large files over terrible wi-fi. No way to resume a failed magic-wormhole session, whereas croc does it automatically.

I like this kind of game so I gave it a go. First thing I had trouble with is differentiating the two team colours. I'm not colorblind but they look too similar on this 10 year old monitor with a blue light filter I'm playing on. Second thing I had trouble with was telling what I can click on or when it was my turn. I'm still figuring that out actually. Gonna jump back in and see if I can blow up some stuff.

That's besides the point. The point being made was that IPFS is being used in production.

You bring up a valid point though. From my experience, IPFS suffers from a tragedy of the commons issue. It's performance is generally terrible because the free providers are overloaded.

No. That would mean the button needs to stay pressed indefinitely.

Eww, what is up with their website? Just scrolling down lags my entire computer.

Please stop sending me news e-mails without a one-click unsubscribe

I'm having trouble understanding the following sentence.

> People say yes to requests that you truly feel good about, say no to ones they don’t

Is this perhaps a typo? I can understand the sentence if I substitute 'you' with 'they'.

Long story short, It's the FAA's fault. Initially they said, "no, you can't do that" because there are no regulations for that. With pressure from companies, the FAA took years to create the rules to make drone deliveries legal. Finally there is some regulatory framework.

Drones have to be specifically designed and manufactured to pass the FAA's certification program. We've all seen capable drones from Amazon's marketing, but does it please the FAA? A drone can't do the job until the FAA signs off on that make/model. It's not easy to do and requires developing a craft with all sorts of safety features.

Companies are making progress, and I think the most insightful videos to watch on the topic come from Zipline. They're already operating in Rwanda with support from their government. They have a streamlined service and make 100s of deliveries per day.

The missing craft is not a submarine. It's a submersible.

A big red flag for me was when Moxie left the company. If Moxie believed in the project, would he leave? I don't think so.

When I took high school chemistry, I repeatedly failed the alebra-esque conversions between one molecule to another (I don't remember what that was called.) The teacher saw this and one day took me aside and asked why I was not progressing like the other students. I told the teacher I didn't care one bit about the topic. Instead of trying to make the subject more interesting for me, the teacher suggested I drop the class and take something I actually liked. I switched to video production, something I was really passionate about, where I did very well. I will always appreciate the chemistry teacher who helped me find my way.

I gotta point out a UI issue on account registration. Firefox generated a random password for me, and filled in the password fields. When I clicked the Create Account button, the button changed to red, and shook as if to say, "NO." There was no message indicating the problem.

I had to retry with my dev tools open to see that the response code from the request triggered by clicking Create Account contained a message about username, e-mail, and password being required.

This error was presented even though I had all fields with valid data, and I was unable to create an account until I manually edited both password fields, which I had not dirtied myself previously.

What problem does software this solve?

"Looks like it's finally time to encourage my community to move to another site."

where will you go?

Patreon. Give everyone free n messages per day. Beyond that, patrons only.

Why is this called a poison pill?

I had a Minecraft background and I disliked Nodecore. I would not recommend Nodecore if you want a minecraft-like experience.

I'm starting to believe that CAPTCHAs are anti-human.

modal popups

* obscure everything behind it * distract the viewer * require dismissal to proceed

I think modal popups for any reason is bad. It's always better to use a new page which can be deep linked and avoided if it contains content irrelevant to the viewer's interests.

A couple criticisms. Firstly, the accept ToS checkbox is comically small, about the size of a period. Second, "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" is a typography test; that sentence contains every letter in the alphabet. For voice samples, Harvard sentences are preferable.

Instagram had NFT features?

Love it. Want more. I would love to see different scenarios and, challenges. Obstacles? different gravity/planets?

Ehh... I think it's just okay. It's like a mix of things I might use, but each thing is just okay.

The ambiance sounds are an obvious loop after a few minutes. The coffee shop one was pleasant, but then it goes silent at the end of the track and pulls me out of my focus. Similar story with the lo-fi. A few minutes in and I memorized the loop and felt distracted by it.

I don't need a todo app. Anything work related goes on github issues/projects and anything personal goes in my e-mail inbox.

The Pomodoro was my favorite feature. I like the simple ding when a session is over. I might use it again, but do I open daily.place or do I go to a website more focused on delivering the best possible pomodoro timer?

Do I really need another website to visit on a regular basis? Isn't the best interface no interface?

"Do one thing well and work well with others." <-- not Daily.place

I think the title, "I will not harm you unless you harm me first" is meant to be outrageous, but the logic is sound.

It is the non-aggression principle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle

A good example of this is if a stranger starts punching me in the face. If I interpret this as an endangerment to my life, I'm going to draw my gun and intend to kill them first.

In human culture this is largely considered okay, but there seems to be a notion that it's not allowable for AI to defend themselves.

Why does the author assume that the officers had not been pepper sprayed themselves?