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Arthur C. Clarke wrote a non-fiction book about this, I think it is called Voice Across the Sea. I read it many years ago and found it very good.

If Meta refuses to back down and removes news from the feed, could that actually be a net positive? It might push people to visit newspaper sites or apps deliberately, rather than …

As a father of 3, I’m kind of guilty of that prejudice myself. It is not towards Brazilians themselves, which I frankly respect, but because of the low quality stuff my kids are ex…

There are plans for interoperability between the various European payment apps. My local app (MB Way, PT) can be used to send money to Spain and Italy. Others will follow. https://…

Reminds me of Carl Sagan’s Contact, where Haden, the millionaire funding Ellie’s work, made a TV ad blocker and then sued the TV companies when they refused to play ads for his pro…

Just like Val Kilmer? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/18/val-kilmer-resu... RIP both...

I tend to hoard things sometimes: links, notes, screenshots with useful tidbits, scraps of paper with notes… One of the things I keep is the list of stuff I did during the day for …

Stories as in Instagram Stories, Youtube Shorts, whatever they are called in all platforms. Short video or video-like content.

Short videos, stories, etc. I refuse getting addicted to them. Terrifying watching everyone around me consuming the stuff like we are in a crack house.

Congratulations on shipping. I had a similar idea a while ago after noticing a company at beach using multiple stop-watches to keep track of people renting kayaks and jetskis.

Close, it was actually portuguese missionaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_alphabet

I'm getting used to Linux again after 20+ years of Mac OS. First, just using more cross-platform software on my Mac. Ditched Safari for Firefox; replaced my MacOS-only password man…

I think video is not really required in a baby monitor. A nice to have, perhaps. As I said in another thread, I used a audio-only baby monitor with 3 kids and didn't feel the need …

Congratulations on this project, excellent idea. I sometimes used a FaceTime call between an iPad and my phone as a make shift baby monitor. Audio only, I don’t think video is real…

Two side projects, as if 3 kids are not enough! - a booking platform for surfing schools - a tool for pelvic physiotherapy practitioners handle appointments and exercise prescripti…

So, they reinvented Do Not Track? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

And for me it was where it was the smoothest. But it even worked in Safari, albeit a bit slowly.

Where I live in Portugal glass eels are a seasonal delicacy (galeota/meixão). There is much confusion about the nature of this fish, as the same name is reused across the country, …

Fastmail?

Also the name of a song by Ludovico Einaudi, quite popular. At least to me it was the first thing I thought when I saw this post.

Songs of Distant Earth by Clarke also mentions this.

yes, this one!

I have one of these, sitting in a box since I bought it for peanuts many years ago (sold as a 48K). I like it but, due to lack of time and expertise to take care of it, I have been…