Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: How old are democracies across the world?
Why do you conflate socialism and a lack of democracy? Am I wrong in thinking there can be a democratically elected socialist government?
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Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
I may not celebrate Thanksgiving (not American) but I would still like to say thanks to hacker news. I don't remember how long ago I discovered it, but it's been an amazing journey. Let it never end. Thank you to this amazing community.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Data trading for ad revenue must be regulated
I try to start from the bottom up. I'm "fortunate" to live in a country where we have a saying - The country doesn't have a mafia, rather the mafia has a country. So I'm pretty used to hearing "we need systemic change, individual action is meaningless". But I just keep telling myself to be the change I want to see and - honestly - I see results. I'm not saying I have changed anything, but the situation feels a bit better. And when it comes to democracy the elected officials are a direct representation of the peoples of the country.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Data trading for ad revenue must be regulated
Ironically the whole GDPR mess made it easier for me to use ddg first. I just don't have cookies, so every time I use google I'm greeted with that amazing consent form, so I just stick to ddg unless it's really necessary.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Data trading for ad revenue must be regulated
To quote a meme... "por que no los dos?" I have been using DuckDuckGo since I don't even remember how long now - pretty much immediately after I heard of it - what made the "switch" easy was the ability to search google (and a slew of other search engines and websites) from the ddg interface using the bang notation. So I have been mainly using ddg the past few years, but when I'm "sure" I would get more relevant results from Google I just add !g to the query and go look there.
I agree it's not ideal - and this is pretty much just a ddg "ad" - but it's a start. The beauty of free software (free as in beer) is that you can just use it all. Yes - again - not ideal, but it's a start.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices
Why though? Why is that requirement there? Okay, it's nice for me to sync everything and have a seamlessly integrated ecosystem. But what if I have one device and just want to use Word on it and that's it?
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Oculess – Removes account requirements and telemetry from Oculus Quest devices
It would just outlaw the easiest way to insure an IoT device is easily controlled and authenticated.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Rumble, an open source, offline, censorship resistant microblog (2017)
In what ways? I would be inclined to agree on some level, seeing what the state of most social media is, but some examples are always useful.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: How to circumvent Sci-Hub ISP block
What are some of the fields where this is changing?
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: New Firefox
You can set some flags in about:config to make the UI more compact:
browser.proton.enabled to false browser.uidensity to 1
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Firefox Release 89.0
Thank you for this. While searching I also found `browser.uidensity`. Setting it to 1 makes the whole UI more compact, which gives some more vertical pixels for the website window.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Safari tries to fill username
Looks more and more like Safari is the "modern" IE
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Unsettling capital letters
I recently decided to get a Note again for the S-Pen experience, but I keep seeing the ReMarkable mentioned and I'm considering it, but I can't really justify it since I don't actually write that much, I just like the idea of having "electronic paper". What would you say about the device?
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: I bought Voltaren at the chemist, now Google shows me ads for it. Why?
Recently I started ordering groceries online. I found the site "organically" but searching for products in the space. I found one which satisfied me and stuck with it. Some time later I start getting Ads in Facebook Messenger for the website. Yes, not totally irrelevant, but it's like seeing a billboard for the supermarket you're on your way to.
Tokelin | 4 years ago | on: 7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are they?
But those two services are not the internet as a whole. The internet is just the medium, unfortunately it has been taken over by a handful of private organisations.
Tokelin | 5 years ago | on: AstraZeneca vaccine – was it really worth it?
We have created a plethora of different functional vaccines, however as you said due to logistics there isn't a plethora of choice for "end users". I could've taken the AZ vaccine, but decided to wait for an available mRNA and it looks like that wont be soon.
Tokelin | 5 years ago | on: Social media addiction linked to cyberbullying
The reasons for the difference as pointed out by the parent comment are valid and are what is making the interactions different, but I think it might not be "fundamentally". I can also choose which comments I respond to, which conversations to interject in, although it is a markedly different and easier experience to do so - online it's as easy as closing the tab or scrolling to another comment. Offline I need to not only ignore a comment/person, but also keep in mind a variety of other factors which don't exist online. Something that will always be lacking offline though is the infinity of possibilities.
Tokelin | 5 years ago | on: Naked shorting: The curious incident of the shares that didn't exist (2005)
What would be a better model for how the stock market works?
Tokelin | 5 years ago | on: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Robinhood
Intentional would be the key word. Would it be easy to prove it was intentional?
Tokelin | 5 years ago | on: Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Robinhood
How is halting trades the same as only halting buys? By halting trades it is implied selling is also halted.
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