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rjakobsson··on I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned
Interesting, will check out!
rjakobsson··on I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned
Really cool! Have you checked out Nostr as well? I prefer the mental model of Nostr, it seems to be more in line with POSSE than Mastodon and the AT protocol.
rjakobsson··on Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
Bitcoin. Swish (Sweden) sees quite a lot of downtime. Why not settle for something that doesn't have these inherent issues that closed, proprietary systems have?
rjakobsson··on Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help
Apple offers the most convenient computing experience available to mankind as of right now. That's why I care, at least. I love their products and services, but not so much when it fails (as in the authors case). That shit is scary.
rjakobsson··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
People are doing it, it's just early.
rjakobsson··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
Stranded energy is ideal for the bitcoin network.
rjakobsson··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
Bitcoin could be the solution here.
rjakobsson··on Serverless Horrors
Hahaha, this is awesome!
rjakobsson··on Show HN: Stretch My Time Off – An Algorithm to Optimize Your Vacation Days
Great tool and excellent design . I’ve always wanted something like this.
rjakobsson··on Could we build a computer designed to last at least fifty years? (2021)
I really vibe with the author’s vision: an offline-first computer, made to last.
rjakobsson··on The art of programming and why I won't use LLM
Amen!
rjakobsson··on Dr. Jonathan Haidt: How Smartphones and Social Media Impact Mental Health
” In this episode, my guest is Dr. Jonathan Haidt, PhD, professor of social psychology at New York University and bestselling author on how technology and culture impact the psychology and health of kids, teens, and adults. We discuss the dramatic rise of suicide, depression, and anxiety as a result of replacing a play-based childhood with smartphones, social media, and video games.

He explains how a screen-filled childhood leads to challenges in psychological development that negatively impact learning, resilience, identity, cooperation, and conflict resolution — all of which are crucial skills for future adult relationships and career success. We also discuss how phones and social media impact boys and girls differently and the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of how smartphones alter basic brain plasticity and function.

Dr. Haidt explains his four recommendations for healthier smartphone use in kids, and we discuss how to restore childhood independence and play in the current generation.

This is an important topic for everyone, young or old, parents and teachers, students and families, to be aware of in order to understand the potential mental health toll of smartphone use and to apply tools to foster skill-building and reestablish healthy norms for our kids.”

rjakobsson··on Desktop Linux is an Untapped Gold Mine
elementaryOS seems to fit the feature description. Can anyone share their experience with it?
rjakobsson··on Hume – voice AI with emotional intelligence
This should rank higher. Absolutely mind-blowing stuff
rjakobsson··on Burning money on paid ads for a dev tool – what we've learned
PostHog is my favourite startup as of lately. Their company culture seems to really be pushing things to the next level. Very inspiring!
rjakobsson··on Red Dead Redemption 2 fan with 6k hours on Stadia begs for character transfer
Google is terrible.
rjakobsson··on Ask HN: Share your personal site
Amazing project , this was really cool :) !
rjakobsson··on Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
This is a false comparison.
rjakobsson··on Cryptocurrency Is a Giant Ponzi Scheme
I’m sorry, but you are vey misinformed regarding the transaction cost of Bitcoin.
rjakobsson··on European alternatives for digital products
Great points, I agree but would like to add: 4. Common language
rjakobsson··on Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the Second Life boom?
XR is the unavoidable future, whether we want it or not. It is mind blowing to be able to dance with life-sized 3D models. Imagine when we cannot tell the difference between what’s in the headset and what isn’t. Not too far away.
rjakobsson··on Ask HN: Best way to host a website for 500 years?
Love this question! Books are obviously gret. The Bitcoin blockchain looks promising as well. This is a great problem, looking forward to reading the comments. There must be some projects which tries to solve this.
rjakobsson··on Apple’s Mistake
I believe the difference is that on device they can do it prior to encrypting the image. On the cloud it is encrypted.
rjakobsson··on Bitcoin has few attributes of money but all the attributes of a collectible
The reasons I buy Bitcoin is to have a SoV that is borderless, unconfiscatable, easy to carry with me and transfer, and which doesn't care about which group is currently running the national monetary policy. Time will tell if this is a good use for it, but so far it looks quite promising.
rjakobsson··on Hyperinflation is already here [video]
CPI has been stable, but maybe that measurement is wrong?
rjakobsson··on How much can a Clojure developer do alone?
Javascript became easier after learning Clojure
rjakobsson··on Ragya – Indian classical music played by time of the day
Thank you, this was it.
rjakobsson··on Is your programming language unreasonable? (2015)
Accessibility (as in execution environments) trumps language features in my book, and JS is the most accessible language there is. But of course, it all boils down to what you're trying to solve and where your program will live.
rjakobsson··on This Blog Is Now Running on Solar Power
I’m sorry, but you don’t seem to understand bitcoins intrinsic value proposition.

Loved the solar powered blog though ! Im looking at setting up my own now, thanks to your post.

rjakobsson··on Show HN: A searchable list of self-hosted software with screenshots
Perfect, this is really nice! Love the highres screenshots!
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