jon_black

I've been using https://github.com/pistom/hohser for some time and it works well.

I prefer to keep my data on my own machines. I have a freenas server and use syncthing to synchronise photos between my phone and the server, with a cron script to organise the photos into folders.

I wrote a blog post about the setup a couple of years ago: https://www.jonblack.me/using-freenas-and-syncthing-to-autom...

I couldn't agree more. In fact, I wrote about this myself a while ago: https://www.jonblack.me/perfection_and_procrastination/

I'm also reading a book at the moment about the history of prime numbers. Both Gauss and Reimann were such perfectionists that they didn't publish (not archive) proofs they claimed to have. There is evidence they knew much more than they let on because it wasn't up to their high standards.

Nice idea. Any chance you could fix the privacy policy link?

There are many source online that refute the "nothing to hide" argument, and they can go into quite some details. Suffice it to say, you have a right to privacy. If you wish for something to stay private (for example, to protect yourself from harm) you have that right. Whilst in most free societies it's seldom required, there may come a time when tyranny takes over. If you've already given up your right to privacy, you'll find few protections left. History has many example of tyrants that, given the data mining capabilities of today, would have probably caused even more harm and suffering.

Is the game more important than the journey?

Writing your own engine for your game means your game will take a lot longer to create. That's not necessarily bad. You might enjoy the process, revel in the things you will learn. If you want to make your game, and focus solely on why it will be "The Most Awesome Game Ever", you may get frustrated seeing little movement in development because you're too busy trying to get the engine to work.

Assuming the plan were to be approved, and given that the FCC is an American government organisation, are there any implications for those in other countries?

Also, how can an American government organisation consider paid priority on The (global) Internet? Isn't it better to say that "FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet for those who connect to it via a US telecoms provider"?

Thinking about this more, there's a little problem for those living in "the land of opportunity": given that the government has access to all communication via its dragnet, they're aware of your purchase and can intercept it at customs. Now you might try to be smart and buy it in person while on holiday. But remember, the airport NSA can take it off your without reason and of course do what they want to it.

I'm glad I don't live there.

I've started doing the same. Of course, I wouldn't be shocked if either or both of the following were true:

1. Other countries collude with America in this practise; 2. Other countries are also practising this.

Open source is a potential solution to this problem. It doesn't guarantee security (heartbleed anyone?), but it does allow anyone, anywhere, any time (assuming capability) to verify. My router runs Open-WRT, so I feel safer.

> That's because nearly all research into healthy aging has found that the key to a long, happy life is not diet or exercise but strong social connections

Epicurus believed that three things were necessary for a happy existence:

1. Friends 2. Freedom 3. Thought (as in personal reflection on yourself and your life)

I believe that in life there are many doors and therefore many keys. If you find a key and it opens a door, do not assume that all other doors will open for you; likewise, do not assume that what's behind the door you have opened is the answer to life long happiness.

It's quite frustrating that as a species we try to reduce such complex matters into such simple rules.

Correct. UK is the 51st state of The United States of America.

Everyone knows that the most Americans actually die in terrorist attacks. How else can you justify such emphasis on fighting it? Hmmmmmmmm.

For the consumer, this is a great way to feed the ego: "Looky! Looky! I has me a high value stuffs! Therefore, I'd must be wonderfuls! Mmmm I is feeling better in my lifes."

For the owners, this is a great way to find out what stuff people have so advertising can be targeted: "Oh look, Billie has two x's, so companies selling a similar x should really advertise to him/her...and pay us for the privilege"

What I really like about this is that I doubt many of us give a crap about cataloguing our possessions....until there's a freakin' app for it.

Set aside time for grieving and time for working; it can help to set small goals. Talk to your friends, when you're ready, about how you're feeling, and ask for their help and support. Take it slowly, don't ask too much of yourself, and realise that not all your passion in life came from your relationship. Good luck.

Coffee is not VERY good for you. That's a story you tell yourself so you don't have to stop drinking it...because you can't stop...you need it...you're life would be nothing without it. GRRRR...I'm so itchy without my morning...uhhh...water.

Yes water costs. Jesus, point out the small things.

Coffee isn't poison! YAY! Oh...wait...but...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee#Health_risks

Seriously, my point was, whilst everyone ran around hyperventilating at the thought of saving money on coffee (oh my god oh my god oh my god cheaper coffee) they (possibly - I didn't perform any research) overlooked the quite probable (I'm actually not a mathematician) fact that they're already drinking too much, and such a scheme will cause them to drink even more (up 20% you say?).

I love sarcasm. I hope I didn't offend anyone. I'm in a weird mood today.

For $0 a month you can drink water from the tap. It's healthy and doesn't require installing an app.

(Psst. You should be finding ways to balance your diet, not contribute to its destruction.)

Given how often democracy is raved about in the US, you'd expect this to be taken seriously. Of course, the "raving" is really polispeak used to manipulate the electorate.

I'm such a cynic.

I'm tempted to write nothing more than the following quote:

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

But of course, Ms. Rice would probably have said the same thing about the reasons why she made the decisions she did.

We are all struggling with the same thing. I want/expect/believe the following, and here is my excuse/reason/proof of it. I find it hard to be open minded when so many are driven by their dirty ideals - myself included.

I don't think the reason is to prevent accidental/destructive deletion. There are better ways to do that such as providing a grace period; allowing users to download their account data for a future re-signup; and two-factor authentication.

It's more likely that the revenue earned by the service is heavily dependent on building a social profile. A properly deleted (without a trace) account reduces the profile accuracy. I also wouldn't rule out the almost too obvious government surveillance requirement.

The question I'm more interested in is why a sane delete option isn't built into the service. On the other hand, it's at least clear that your account exists forever, although it would be better if people were aware of that during sign up. Twitter claims to have deleted my account, but I cannot verify it.

As a side note, amazon affiliate accounts are equally bad.

Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail?

Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.

I'm seeing an increasing gap between what I need and what most people need. I haven't used a start menu for months since switching to i3wm and its dmenu, which is also making the mouse seem redundant for most tasks.

I use a similar method, but with ccrypt: http://jonblack.org/posts/using-ccrypt-as-a-password-manager...

I use ccrypt to encrypt a file containing my passwords. To find a password you can do: ccat password-file | grep <some-keyword>. Simple and to the point.

Isn't curing polio, etc a requirement for ensuring the survival of the species? What I mean is: doesn't it matter that we try to save each person rather than just a person?

If the moon WERE only 1 pixel...you know...because it's not. :)

I wonder if these people are indeed being themselves or playing the role of a troll. Or to put it another way, would they behave the same way "in the real world"?

> So what's the solution? If people are unwilling to pay > reasonable prices up-front for games, how besides in-app > purchases does a game company profit from their work?

If morality is valued higher than profitability, game studios wouldn't enter into the market. That's the choice they have.

I'm on Linux and have to disagree. I think there's too much going on on the page, and wrapping text is hard to read.

The concept, however, is much needed.