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There was (is?) a website that charges you a couple of cents per article. They offer content from many different magazines. I got some free credit during the early phase. Even thou…

I like conversations. The app is straight forward and it uses xmpp with omemo encryption. Therefore, there is no "lock in" ( https://conversations.im/ ). I guess Signal would be th…

i don't know how to do it but my parents and a good friend switched to conversations[0] because this is what I prefer. I guess people are willing to switch if they care about you a…

I can only second this. It was surprisingly easy to follow along even though I know very little about electronics (I do program synths, though). The interactive illustrations are a…

Windows 10 is basically what's wrong with business software these days. Gone are the days were we at least tried to make these types of applications predictable and consistent. I h…

> Anyone who has had to help elderly relatives should know the value of computers that works like an appliance and can't easily be screwed up. The problem is they are still having …

I assume that Apple's next chapter started coincidently with the leaving of Steve Jobs. Of course, I do not know if Jobs would be cool with today's Apple. But he certainly worked h…

> The fact that I can go about my life without procastination and anxiety is a testament to the correct diagnosis and accurate dosing that my Psychiatrist prescribed. So whenever y…

While reading the news you do not have to deal with yourself. Quite a relieve for most people I reckon. On top of that, bad "news" sources are designed in such a way that you do ge…

While most here see some merit in such research - or at least in debating it, to me it seems utterly meaningless. These papers seem like mere artefacts of the researcher's mind. At…

pretty microsoft-ish in my opinion.

Learned about midnight lizard thanks to this post. like it a lot. some websites take a while till they are rendered in midnight mode. However, my laptop is not very powerful.

actually no. in the past it used to be exciting to set up a new laptop and find out the subtle differences to the previous model. Now I am already content if everything stays the s…

Discovering unknown paths of the web seems almost impossible with google et al.. Are there any earch engines which exclude or at least penalize results from, say, top 500 websites?…

I use LinageOS myself but I would never use a smartphone for anything related to personal finance. Without an extensive research project there is no telling what's going on under t…

same here. I am gladly donating every year. Today I find hand picked music more valuable than ever.

i think it could actually work. a couple of messengers (slightly different product but still...) have tried offering good alternatives to whatsapp at a sensible price. It turns out…

What they achieve in the real world is good. But I can't see the scientific merit. Doesn't the actual work lie in making organisations accept change?

After just reading the linked articles / chapter I was thinking: This is an interesting approach to look at the situation. After reading a couple of posts on this blog I can't shak…

More like (Konrad) Zuse ;)

Because it's beyond the jaded world of "why?".

If you allow me to put on my red hat (when was the last time you heard someone say that ?) then I have to say that this feels like typical PR speak where the opposite is closer to …

Maybe it's just me who after years at uni is sick of viewing everything from this impoverished academic point of view but I think these statements are not helpful at all. People wo…