webwanderings

Makes sense.

I'm not sure why I would use "your service" to do this (blog on my Google, only to have the document show up somewhere else). I see value in a service if such connector is available within Google for me to keep it within Google. Nothing wrong with your service, and it is a fantastic idea, but just saying. I think this idea is more feasible if it is available as an independent entity. I find it strange that neither Microsoft, nor Google cared to think about it, given that a word processor is a natural fit.

Wordpress also recently came up with the add-on to have your Google Docs saved up as blog posts. I see parallel here.

Interesting idea.

> Running 30-person video conferences

Zoom provides 50-person.

How is this different from Profiles?

I tried that (I googled to see what am I missing) didn't help.

I recently downloaded TB to move some offline mbox emails of large quantity. TB became increasingly slow processing few thousand. I downloaded Opera Mail to do the same exact work. I was done within few hours.

I have a need for more people to repeat the same process. There's zero chance I'll be asking them to download TB.

Are you doing selective import from the browser? I'd like to split out and upload some of my bookmarks, to see if I can stick around. I generally use browser's native bookmarks manager (which does have this problem of folder/tag hierarchy you talk about) and I sometime use Slack to bookmark non-serious stuff (the stuff I don't much care about, but still would like to bookmark).

I don't know how any of these could compete with Zoom, in terms of their offerings. Perhaps Zoom just doesn't have enough of a big name branding push, otherwise, it is hands down a product one should use over any other. I am a free-user of Zoom and I have explored many others out there; there's just no one who come close to Zoom's offerings.

I feel sad when I see Disqus enabled on some of the honest and serious platforms, where conversation can be civil (and is generally civil) and manageable (you get a sense of authentic participation and dialog). I most often do not bother to login to participate because of these creepy issues with privacy (tracking) and Ads. I understand they have to provide value and make money, but ...

CNN now uses words like "freak out" for their headlines? Amazing.

Things have evolved based on time and change in people's habits due to technological advancement. You noticed that the TV industry is thriving, particularly the studios which are positioned to deliver slow-paced but epic shows like Games of Thrones (which stands as a barometer for the others to compete). People are just better suited to keep up with their entertainment needs, in different settings and environment. The movie industry would need to adjust itself.

I've been saying this for a while, and I get downvoted for it (I don't care). Firefox has not been able to keep up with the speed of Chrome. As that joke goes, '6 minutes Abs' business is better than '7 minutes Abs'. I use a relatively old machine and I have specific needs to run multiple profiles. I don't run a whole lot of tabs on any given time, but I have consistently noticed a difference in the speed between Firefox and Chrome. Chrome just runs better and faster than Firefox. There's also a wide spread issue of fonts, look and feel of Firefox. Things just look better on Chrome.

Can you please share that param?

Cycled through many, came back to keeping the old fashioned Google Docs (Word) file. Just have a bookmarked link in the Chrome's toolbar. I envy those who've been using Word file to collect information for many years, well, since the beginning.

Nice quote!

I qualified my comment by adding this . :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAyQAkXajg

So, there was no objection.

I second this. One can also get prescription reading glasses, which in my opinion, is a better choice.

This appears to be an Ad for free code camp (not that there's anything wrong with that). Just ten years younger in a similar boat, I'm neither taking a boot camp, nor writing about my "CIS". To each their own. Learning is a life long activity. It shouldn't matter what one learns at any age.

> interpret it more as "I'm not feeling it tonight"

I agree somewhat but above is generally not how it goes. It usually is the case of "I never feel" which then becomes a loop from which you never come out. So, there's actually nothing wrong with having a framework/label, binary or otherwise.

I think the opposite is true. You'd feel better if you stop watching news of far away consequences (national/world) and stop sharing what you think you want to share. You'll feel better eventually.

The OP is absolutely correct on all the observations.

I have been doing the same for a while: only monitor local news; don't bother sharing. And since most people on social media do not follow the same, I have stopped following social media.

The difficult part initially is when you stop sharing (because you're fighting your ego) but eventually you'll see how it makes you even more productive than you are.

Well, I'd argue that Internet browsing with 2GB is only suitable for reading news and email. This then is a common denominator for layman user, who then wouldn't be using Linux or Pi to begin with. However, this thread is not about Chromebook (and I agree with you there about Chromebook - my wife uses it for email/youtube browsing, and it works perfectly fine).

There's a big difference between Chromebook and Linux/Pi/etc world of hardware/software experience for any person. You can throw a Chromebook to anyone and you wouldn't have to care about it. But try imagining the idea of giving Linux type OS to anyone...we know what happens next.

This is one reason why tablets (particularly starting with iPad) became popular among average crowd.

With 512 MB, there's hardly an Internet browsing experience here. The biggest reason why old hardware have gone out of use (relatively quickly) is mostly due to Internet browsers and their need for more memory. So even if you have a computer with 2-4 GB laying around, and you attempt to revive it seeing the news here, it will be soon before you give up the idea altogether.

I was thinking something along the same lines using Google Drawings. Just the local to cloud clipboard, and smart image/text alignments makes local image editing software (Paint etc) go extinct.

Twitter has become what comment section at Yahoo News once was, which ultimately what YouTube became. The crowd has just shifted over to Twitter now. Nothing anywhere is any different, when it comes to unmonitored platforms.

Thank you. I am not deep into Racket yet, but it requires concentration which I lack at the moment. Based on your suggestion, I'm going to stay focused and attempt to complete, instead of distracting myself.

I started reading HtDP2e before finding the Edx. The MOOC helped reinforce what I was reading. I realized that through Racket, learning to program is a superior experience. This, compared to any other (popular) languages, people are teaching (or coding on the screen). I spent too much time watching people code. People attempt to teach online, but most of them lack the traditional pedagogy. They know how to code, but they don't necessarily know how to teach.

The only exception I would make to above (as far as what I know right now), is Harvard's CS50.

Is there a good quality MOOC on Pyret? I am not in high school but am not a programmer either. I started using DrRacket MOOC fairly recently on Edx and had no idea about Pyret until today. My interest in finding good quality teaching, led me to Racket, all the way from the hype of Python/Ruby, and anyone else in between. I am trying to follow Racket but now I am confused between Racket and Pyret.

Last time I glanced over local news channel on TV, I was surprised to see some anchors look old, and some as same as I used to see them 10 plus years ago.

Sometimes when I'm in McDonald's or such places and I glance over their TV to see CNN running, I really wonder why in the world people spend their time watching these things.

Well, I have on multiple occasions gone as far as to not read the news for many days through my RSS (where I have all the sources of the world). That would make you feel even a lot better.

Aside from all the advantages listed there (all true) I'd say that the only disadvantage of not "watching" the news is, that you may miss out on the moving video scenes of some of the most iconic events in history, because TV repeats these things. But even that is not really a disadvantage.

Is Anki useful in learning to program? Does anyone know of any examples?

Reminds me of Riz Ahmed of Jason Bourne. Guess they recruited him after all.

Public space? How are these social media platforms, run by corporations, a public space? What is your definition of a public space?

I was never arguing against the rules, and following the rules.

So I am not really a regular Reddit user, nor do I even participate there (I subscribe my selected content there via RSS).

When I joined Imzy, the very first thing I was told, was to use this reward system. But you are saying that it is just a tinniest part of the whole. To me, it seems contradictory because otherwise a tinniest part wouldn't stand out up front.

I am not necessarily against this system (tiny or otherwise), but Imzy clearly seems to have an issue establishing its narrative properly. I recently read or heard somewhere, that it is psychologically proven, that if you tell someone what to do, they won't like it (or they'd do the opposite). You give people unconditional choice, and they won't go home regretting, even if they'd do what you want them to do anyway.