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bookmarkable··on 'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
Exactly. Life is bad for you and leads to death. New car smell is just another minute of pleasure that someone felt compelled to discredit by research and documentation.
bookmarkable··on Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)
Sickening? Really? Don't you find it interesting that currency free of nation-state regulators would be attacked as anti-environmental?

These same regulators would love to steer policy and public opinion by calling something that reduces their influence bad for the climate, even if such a thing is run on clean energy, solar, etc. That seems suspicious.

Beware of what -isms you are repeating and supporting - they are very likely aligned with other -isms you would not support, or are a root cause of the issue you care about in the first place. Environmentalism is no exception.

Overall, blockchain currency has the ability to help humanity. If that requires more power, well, so does everything. I'd focus on how to generate that power renewably, not to argue against a technology that millions in the unbanked world could use to better their situation. I'd suggest you learn more about the problems that present cryptocurrency as a potential solution before just listing new problems.

bookmarkable··on Shitbowl: The algorithmically powered in-home physical caching platform
This kind of sarcastic social critique well designed site reminds of better times for the Internet... before the dark times... before Facebook.
bookmarkable··on Colorless green ideas sleep furiously
I have that on vinyl.
bookmarkable··on Show HN: White-Label TikTok
Not sure I get the tech guts of this offering from the teaser site, but as a marketer, this is really interesting. I have zero interest in running a business account on TikTok, but this format is appealing.
bookmarkable··on Product Manager vs. Product Marketing Manager vs. Product Owner
I served in all three roles, under many job titles. Every company uses these titles and roles differently, often based on the politics of the organization and whatever blog the hiring managers read this month. I won't miss it.
bookmarkable··on Can't uninstall Adobe apps without an account (2018)
Bad form by Adobe, certainly, but all the anti-subscription hate is unreasonable. For professional creative work, CC is well worth the money.
bookmarkable··on Elon Musk becomes world’s richest person as wealth tops $185B
I really wish they would stop this reporting of who is the richest. It is lazy reporting and just recalculates by the minute based on stock values.

I'd rather see who has the highest liquidity. Who is holding on to cash they could, right this minute, spend, or stocks they could freely sell without tanking their own companies? Not Musk, not Zuck, not Jeff... at least, not likely.

bookmarkable··on Facebook criticizes Apple’s iOS privacy changes with full-page newspaper ads
Facebook ordering a newspaper ad is rich irony, privacy matters aside.
bookmarkable··on Google Stories
Holding out for Google to reintroduce Flash Player next.
bookmarkable··on I made 24 high-quality Covid illustrations. Free for commercial and personal use
Excellent work, thank you.
bookmarkable··on Gender and Race Preferences in Hiring at Silicon Valley Tech Firms [pdf]
Are we still going to call it Silicon Valley when everyone is remote?
bookmarkable··on The rise of platonic co-parenting
This is a scene from Logan's Run.
bookmarkable··on Social Cooling (2017)
I disconnected Facebook, but have no choice now. You cannot be a SMB marketer without Facebook and its properties in 2020.
bookmarkable··on Social Cooling (2017)
Am I the only one that thought this was an Apple ad? Apple execs are looking at the same problem and betting big that privacy must be deeply integrated into the brand. I think this will pay off enormously as these problems get more public discussion.
bookmarkable··on 'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions
I would love to see this type of study on Florida.
bookmarkable··on Spotify censored Joe Rogan episodes
It is not a podcast, it’s a Spotify show. They can do what they want. A podcast is openly distributed.
bookmarkable··on Is macOS Becoming Unmaintainable?
I feel for developers on macOS bugs, bloat and unreliability, but for many users, it still works every day for 5 to 7 years without issue, and updates just mean some new emoji are available.
bookmarkable··on The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the entire fleet
I wonder why they aren’t paid in vesting stock. $50k in Tesla stock in 2017 would be a nice pay day.

It would also align hackers interest with the businesses they are helping secure.

bookmarkable··on Show HN: Muse – Tool for Thought on iPad
My feedback... 1. Trial is way too short for a $99 purchase. 2. Adding a photo, deleting, and re-adding uses up "trial cards" - so the trial is really just tutorial-level playing with the software. 3. Not clear why I can add elements to the top layer... why would I have an Empty Board and a photo next to each other? Why can't I drag the photo into the Empty Board? Instead, the photo covers the board. Confusing. 4. I know you aren't alone, but why do you need my email address before I know anything about this app? Just let me tap open and experiment before you ask. 5. If you must have an email, why aren't you supporting Sign in with Apple so I can use a relay email? 6. I'm not clear when I would open this app. I would've prefer a full page of example boards to see how power users would/will use this tool. I can always delete example boards, but instead I have a blank page and 4 second videos. That screams time investment and learning curve ahead.
bookmarkable··on What happens when you load a URL? (2015)
Interesting, but couldn't you ask this of any existing technology with years of development and realize you don't know how we arrived at a function we take for granted?

What happens when you press the accelerator on your car?

bookmarkable··on Apple says game streaming services violate App Store policies
Tired of all the whining of people upset that Apple enforces its own rules of its own store on its own platform.

If you install a cloud gaming product, it effectively acts as a wrapper for any and all games added. Yes, Apple wants and requires games to be installed to use their latest hardware. Not just stream from Microsoft, Google, or anyone else. Duh. They sell hardware and related services. Why would they allow a product that is antithetical to their core businesses?

An iPhone is not just a dumb terminal for any company to sell anything for any price. If you don't agree and want a free for all, other companies make other products. Don't buy an iPhone.

As for this immature notion that Apple is "greedy" - it is a BUSINESS. Tim Cook and every other exec have a legal responsibility to increase revenues, profits and ultimately shareholder value.

They don't get to sit in a drum circle and smoke out until someone suggests "hey, let's just let Microsoft take over the AppStore Games category and hope whatever they stream to our users will leverage our newest innovations and drive new device purchases every once in a while."

It doesn't work that way. It never will.

bookmarkable··on Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
They should change the name of the app. The kids would figure it out in 10 minutes and reinstall. Trump would take a couple years to sort that one out.
bookmarkable··on Quora Bans Me for Saying the Earth Isn’t Flat
Quora, like any social media, has an inverse scale problem. It works better before “everyone” is a user. With a few thousand intellectuals, it was a fine site. Flooded with the crazy and willfully ignorant, it loses value.
bookmarkable··on Resignation Letter
Alarming, but not surprising.
bookmarkable··on The Future of Online Identity Is Decentralized
Correctly identified problem.

Far too technical and obscure a solution for 99% of the world.

I think Apple, while not a complete solution, shows a path forward with Sign In with Apple allowing you to generate a relay email.

As always, whoever nails the user experience will win.

bookmarkable··on How to Periodize History: 2020 and the Decade Dilemma
Your first birthday is also the day you were born, so your 21st birthday is really the day you turn 20.
bookmarkable··on A startup is testing a subscription model for search engines
What does this solve that DuckDuckGo hasn’t?
bookmarkable··on Palm – The best small phone for minimalists, athletes, and kids
Is this paid placement? How did this get on the front page?
bookmarkable··on A $35 keyboard for children transformed me into a novelist
Tired of links to paid content, pay walls, Admiral anti-ad blocks.
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