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dexwell

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About dexwell

Working on a new model for society. Interested in open source, humane/mindful tech, privacy, decentralization, and user-friendly alternatives to Big Tech services and hardware.

Feel free to get in touch! https://doneydenouden.com/

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    Awesome dude, I love projects like these.

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    Yes, Dutchman here. It seems to intuitively understand when you want local results vs. international. When it doesn't, you can easily toggle above the search results. I'm never loo…

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    I wonder if they're ever going to decide that enough emoji is enough, or will continue adding more until every word in the dictionary is an emoji. There have been some ridiculous i…

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    Dang is a person; the main moderator on HN, but thanks for the laugh :D

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    Comment #29701419

    "The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology" — E. O. Wilson, 2009

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    This is the best description of how I experience my mind's eye that I've read so far. I never have trouble imagining things as they do clearly 'render'—I can picture scenes, shapes…

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    Good to know! If we go by jurisdiction, it seems that surprisingly NordVPN (Panama) is better than these two.

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    I've seen people here mention IVPN in the same breath as Mullvad; do you have any insight on how they compare? AFAIK Mullvad is based in Sweden, which is a Fourteen Eyes country, w…

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    Of the three new features mentioned, the CSAM scanning one is not yet coming to Monterey. > new technology in iOS and iPadOS* will allow Apple to detect known CSAM images stored in…

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    I've been saying this for a while now. We should abolish this weird cultural tradition/expectation/normalization of continuous "news" consumption and replace it with periodical con…

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    My gods, this broke me.

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    Comment #27275222

    In the Netherlands, boys also get the HPV vaccine since this year. It's now part of our (free) National Immunisation Programme.

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    Element looks and feels more like a replacement for Discord or Slack than WhatsApp or Messenger. My intention is to build an alternative to the latter two in terms of UI/UX. Someth…

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    I’ve actually had a pleasant chat with the developer of Nio regarding working together, but we ended up deciding it’s better to work on separate projects. Nio is still in very earl…

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    Matrix has such incredible potential, but is still missing a mainstream-focused IM client with a beautiful UI and appealing UX. If there are any Swift devs looking for a passion/si…

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    Thanks for recommending!