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Social networks downranking links has been so destructive to the web (members post)
Why I think years and years of social networks downranking posts with links in them has done real damage to the open web.
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Yup, I’m a full-on eSIM fan now
Jeremy Burge: Why eSIM Is My New Best Friend
Alternative title: How and why to install an eSIM to save money on data roaming fees when overseas. Especially useful if you have an iPhone 14 with no SIM Tray.
I was skeptical about eSIM when it was debuted, but I started to come around on
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Warner Bros. Discovery definitely knows what they’re doing…
Warner Bros. Discovery is changing a few more upcoming shows from “Max Originals” to “HBO Originals”:
It is part of a strategy to rebrand its highest profile titles into HBO Originals, giving them a linear airing on the premium cable network as well as a streaming bow. When the move was originally unveiled in June,
The pit it's so easy to fall into
One of the hard parts about sharing one's opinions online like I do is that it's very easy to fall into the trap of mostly complaining about things. Do you like tech? Careful, lest you post mostly about what tech you hate. Do you like movies and TV? It will be
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Where my support lies
Niléane on MacStories: LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads
I do have some sincere expectations for you all who are reading this. I expect tech journalists to more systematically report on everything that fits into this pattern. I expect tech podcasters to acknowledge that Threads is only a great alternative to Twitter
The Vision Pro needs more promoters
There's a practice very common in software companies of collecting your "net promoter score." This practice is pretty simple, you ask your users how likely they would be to recommend your product to someone else. They give you a score from zero to ten where zero is no way you would
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That just doesn't square with reality
I've been sitting on writing something about this video from Louis Rossmann where he lays into Marques Brownlee for his admittedly pretty softball interview with Apple about repairability. I found Louis's video pretty absurd, and was really annoyed by it. He spends upwards of 10 minutes ripping Marques for not bringing
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VR is hovering (and what does a “big” product mean anymore?)
Benedict Evans: The VR Winter Continues
it’s obvious that the devices will get better, lighter and cheaper, but much less obvious whether that’s enough. How many people will care? We should be careful of saying ‘no-one will do that’ - we all do things every day that ‘no-one would ever do.’ But
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My objectively* accurate iPod tier list (members post)
Taking a page from the ATP crew, I did a tier list for fun! We'll see how this one goes, but I think it's a lot of fun and will make people go "yes!" and "this guy is nuts!" in equal measure.
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An appreciation for jugaad engineering
Julian Chokkattu writing for Wired: Nothing’s CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean Boring
What's most remarkable about these devices is the price. I have tested cheap and flagship smartphones for nearly a decade, and after setting up the CMF Phone 1, I was pretty surprised to
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Another delightful site switches to Ghost
Mike Haynes has moved his crashthearcade blog to Ghost: Ghosting WordPress
The Ghost editor is really an example for WordPress' Gutenberg editor to follow. It functions largely in the same way but doesn't have any of the jank that makes Gutenberg so frustrating to use.
It’s actually amazing that the Gutenberg
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Artistic expression and financial return
Louie Mantia: Qualifying Art
We are all too different from each other and it is not sustainable for every piece of artwork or every product to reach 100% market saturation . Appealing to a global palate is a surefire way to make the blandest art.
Yes, yes, yes! Add this to my general annoyance in people
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The Acolyte is good
Alyssa Mercante for Kotaku: Star Wars: The Acolyte Is Doing a Different Kind of Fan-Service, and It Rocks
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The blight on our nation should drop out
The Editorial Board of The Philadelphia Inquirer: To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race
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Don’t sleep on accessibility requirements
I came across this video today where a developer reviews a John Carmack tweet and ultimately comes to the conclusion that it’s obviously better to perform click actions on website with the “mouse down” event rather than the “mouse up” event, like most things do today. The argument is that it feels more snappy
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Threads turns 1, as federation continues to Mark forward
Casey Newton interviewed Adam Mosseri on the First Year of Threads. He talks about a lot in here, but Adam
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Training bots not welcome
Cloudflare: Declare Your AIndependence: Block AI Bots, Scrapers and Crawlers With a Single Click
We hear clearly that customers don’t want AI bots visiting their websites, and especially those that do so dishonestly. To help, we’ve added a brand new one-click to block all AI bots. It’s available for all customers,
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Mastodon is actively courting journalists
Eugen Rochko on the official Mastodon blog: Highlighting journalism on Mastodon
You will notice that underneath some links shared on Mastodon, the author byline can be clicked to open the author’s associated fediverse account, right in the app. This highlights writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse, and makes it easier than