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True privacy is such a rare commodity these days. It’s a breath of fresh forest air to enter an OS unwatched, allowing your mind to be free. Not to get too deep, but contemporary p…

That’s fair! My comment applies to a few pedantics I know personally, who stubbornly double space after periods when typing in regular situations.

Out of curiosity, what were the 4 behaviours and alternatives? Using the post’s framework, I wonder whether his “assholery” had any positive flipsides— maybe something like speakin…

Yes, this always grinds my gears too. There is already a slightly larger space after periods in contemporary typefaces. The old typewriter typefaces were monospaced, ie. every char…

I’m really glad to see this side discussion on dust mite allergy happening here. I’ve had dust mite allergy since childhood, and I even had adenoid removal surgery at age ~7 to add…

I agree with this approach: write with a healthy dose of humility, but don’t hold back!

This site, Gwern, is really fascinating but I found it initially rather difficult to navigate and understand. I do wish the author had provided a clear, layperson conclusion/result…

Can you give some examples of decentralized/open and non-commercial networks? I would be very interested to use such platforms but I don’t know of them (nor do the people in my lif…

Brainstorming: some subreddits are still going strong despite the overall (ipo/shareholder-driven) downturn. Some extremely niche hobby forums are still alive and well, eg. Fountai…

I suppose this post itself may have been ai-automated ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As far as I’m concerned, Search is the most egregious and worrisome case of enshittification of them all. Because Search is our starting point for everything on the internet. How d…

Seems more and more preferable…

Any thoughts on this? I’d be interested to try, but I’m reticent to sign up if I’m likely to just get people from my own industry rather than potential clients.

Hey! This sounds interesting. Does the tool work for service-based industries? For example, let’s say I’m a hairdresser looking for customers. How would the tool differentiate betw…

Agreed. Beautiful typography on some of these!

Deltron 3030 (the song) is a work of art. I can recite it in full. Lol.

Re: 1, When I found this out I couldn’t decide whether I felt disappointment or admiration. Currently leaning towards the latter!

And these open-concept office spaces are terrible for work that requires deep focus.

I will always have a soft spot for that iconic bottle design. I only wish they had the little dip in their smaller 15ml bottles too.

Fountain pen enthusiasts know how easy it is to suddenly find yourself owning far too many ink bottles, like in the first picture.

I think the type of person who gravitates towards open source software is the type to not spend too much time on socials online. If you value net privacy, your time, your attention…

This is good advice, though a lot of work. I’m still looking for a straightforward (and time-efficient) way to make use of my good old iPad 2. It would be so nice to use it as a si…

When I get a new phone, I plan to keep my old one for all the “garbage.” And have a clean phone for everyday use, with only the essentials. Also, I have been training myself to do …

True! That character was puzzling. As was the whole novel, though I appreciated it in its surrealism. It is pretty funny to elevate American fast food mascots to the level of spiri…