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thx··on Exploiting the iPhone 4
ok linux n00bie here (w an iPhone 4)

can i jailbreak it w/out knowing how to program (like how difficult ,|,

thx··on Every aspiring writer should read terrible books (2022) [video]
fav ones (?) beyond Watchmen
thx··on My Kushy New Job (2010)
Kashmir :3
thx··on Robbie Robertson has died
my fav era with him was with Bob Dylan, 1966 -

here’s a pretty niche video with both of them playing a Dylan song that never made an official album release

On A Rainy Afternoon

https://youtu.be/qE3owtjQmSc

awesome guitarist / RIP

thx··on My 24 year old HP Jornada can do things an iPhone still can't do
ok / respekt

but my iPhone 13 pro max is literally my fav ting me own

(rok linux on z pc but the iPhone be

thx··on Cormac McCarthy has died
No Country is one of the best books i’ve ever read
thx··on Web 3 is Flawed
what isn’t “flawed?”

in the least it’d be inaccurate to say that web3 has not provided something of a paradigm-shifting mechanism for artists to get paid

web3 is also kinda new & if not web3 then what evolve / direction / next level for the www ?

thx··on Ask HN: What is your favorite “A Page a Day”/daily format book?
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Stoic-Meditations-Wisdom-Persev...

One of his better works imo

thx··on Bones hoarded by hyenas over thousands of years
logged in just to upvote this comment
thx··on Bezos and Branson not yet astronauts, US says
maybe Space Cowboy & Knighted Ryder ?
thx··on Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?
Updated profile also / look forward to connecting
thx··on Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?
really wish there was a “Literature Extension,” actually specifically for HN

love this website & audience but am doing work in the “building copyleft storytelling” space - a community of which does not yet seem to exist

but wait a sec - what “building copyleft storytelling” even mean except for sounding like some make believe fantasy thing?

by vision rn it’s something like coding but with respect to allowing a new community of creators to grow / develop via effectively “using” (fan-fiction-ing”) a copyleft creators work for new & original creation of

- story

- character

- plot

available for anyone to create w & sell commercial on the basis that they likewise license their work as copyleft Creative Commons CC BY-SA & link-to/credit original source work

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

i.e

this week am actually releasing signature characters from 3 vol of my free 2 read copyright short story series as copyleft / Creative Commons (CCBYSA) “copyleft character personas” anyone can create w/ (w license & link to credit source)

- NFT art (imagine a cryptopunk with a backstory)

- new orginal story ft copyleft character

- develop copyleft world build

will this be a use-case for crypto ecosystem? i.e ETH for Art/Character/Copyleft world-building?

if no, then what about when considering the “attention-economy”?

if curious about, short story series can be found here - https://blondyn.com

& almost daily superstrings here: http://superstrings.substack.com

for the record, if one vote can count, i do not mean this reply to come off as a shameless “post-selfie” but a legitimate “idea-pitch” from a HN regular of about 5 yrs who is “a writer” that is having difficulty finding an audience which == real bad kinda (sweat-drop + smile emoji goes here;)

also real bad is having zero folk / friends to talk about such an idea with

if this post still makes peeps mad just know just saw this link & the Cheshire post reply on “Art & Music” & imagined “Storytelling” could maybe fit in there as a neat 3rd thus thought to make like Wonderland /share something that ought at a minimum count as curious while simultaneously in quest to be mindful

also if such a copyleft storytelling community does exist pls share thx

thx··on Kerouac and Ginsberg Letters
Went through a big Kerouac / Beat Gen. Phase & thought to say that if you liked this blogpost, Kerouac’s Windblown World [1] is a book composed of his journals / letters he wrote late 40s - 50s

It’s one of my fav Kerouac Books & imo is highly underrated / not so well known & worth checking out if you enjoy thisv kind of read

[1]

https://www.amazon.com/Windblown-World-Journals-Kerouac-1947...

thx··on BitTorrent Turns 20: The File-Sharing Revolution Revisited
About to sign up for Nord VPN in quest of obtaining some ultra rare bob dylan bootlegs not even sold in most record stores

Does anyone have a fav go-to source for torrenting these days? My last longterm success torrenting was with Demonoid but haven’t used it in the past 5 years or so.

Any feedback super appreciated

thx··on Ask HN: 2021 PinePhone Review?
> I have been writing and doing a number of videos about the PinePhone on https://linmob.net.

Thanks for posting - have had a hard time finding quality reviews & will definitely check out at length

Also the “Purism Phosh” pro-tip on the interface is much appreciated. Had no idea you could actually do multiple interfaces (like with a Linux Box) but I guess that makes sense.

My impression is they’re really spearheading the open-source functionality all at once in these smartphone devices & at the moment, it’s too new / may be a lot rn to tie together all the loose-ends of its potential .. am hopeful with each iteration, the Pinephone will be a more solid / reliable phone.

Looking forward to giving it a go

thx··on Ask HN: 2021 PinePhone Review?
An unpredictable OS is somewhat disconcerting but thank you for the review

Think I will still give it a shot but from the sounds of it, may be best to wait for a next gen model

thx··on Ask HN: Smartphone As Exclusive Word-Processor Device? (& Pinephone)
That is Awesome & looks Ultra-Portable

Have a feeling with fashions repeating & all something like the Nexus 7 + BT Keyboard (full-functionality lite-tech) may someday make a comeback

Really like the idea of a low-cost pc / tablet that’s always in the backpack

And thanks!

thx··on Ask HN: Smartphone As Exclusive Word-Processor Device? (& Pinephone)
Wow I need to get with it / jump on it. Even if everyone else had laptops I really like not having to interface with a screen “staring” back at me.

(It’s my experience that typing on a smartphone / tablet allows one to put it down a moment & “have a thought” without feeling the “default need” to be always looking back at a monitor, which I’ve come to find occasionally distracting)

In essence, imo you guys are onto something. Will probably give Pinephone a go sometime this Summer to test out as a longform electronic writing device

thx··on Ask HN: Smartphone As Exclusive Word-Processor Device? (& Pinephone)
That’s pretty cool & now curious about what section of B&N you did that in
thx··on Ask HN: Smartphone As Exclusive Word-Processor Device? (& Pinephone)
yeah some tablets have bad ai spellcheck tho apple’s isn’t great either

have you ever used a Pinephone?

thx··on Ask HN: How do you stay on top of everything you find interesting on the Web?
If I find any article online that I want to read, but don’t have time to right away, I click the “Add to Home Screen” button on iPhone.

The icon is saved there for quick & easy access to read & delete later

thx··on Ask HN: Words of encouragement for someone lost in life?
34 & living at home = not d best :P but I liked this comment a lot & really like Zen Buddhism (& mediration, for me, a must.)

https://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/Zen-Mind.pdf

You’re still suuper young & have much life yet to enjoy. Get through this funk / these strange times & do what you can to keep your head up :)

thx··on Johnny Knoxville’s Last Rodeo
thanks for this comment - puts genuine creative collab. into perspective (authenticity rocks;)
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