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The science behind an iPhone dumb phone.
A breakdown of recent research supporting tactics for dumbing down your iPhone (as I've discussed previously). Dumbing down your iPhone can lead to a wide range of benefits, including improved attention, reduced stress and depression, improved wellbeing and reduced anxiety.
By the way, what’s a AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and creative trends shaping the video game industry.
Spacing Over Cards | SMAGIN
Internal ≤ external.
Should this be a map or 500 maps?
500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale
Once you notice it, it is present in almost every conversation, at every aperture and zoom level: modularity is inversely correlated to expressiveness.
How archives can make – or break – a philosopher’s reputation | Aeon Essays
Husserl’s well-tended archive has given him a rich afterlife, while Nietzsche’s was distorted by his axe-grinding sister
The Hidden Economy of Spam - Karan Lala — Integrity Institute
Social Spam is backed by a microcosm of the modern economy. In order to understand this world, I infiltrated one of the largest communities for spammers with my real Facebook account. Here’s what I learned.
Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way
There is more than one way to dice an onion…
She Made $10,000 a Month Defrauding Apps like Uber and Instacart. Meet the Queen of the Rideshare Mafia
Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem.
Use A Work Journal To Recover Focus Faster And Clarify Your Thoughts
You’re working on the most complex problem in computer science: fixing permissions on a deployment pipeline. It’s been 4 days you started on that simple task...
Let's properly analyze an AI article for once
Recently the CEO of Github wrote a blog post called Developers reinvented . It was reposted with various clickbait headings like GitHub CEO...
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Chum King Express
One man has left a trail of chaos and affiliate links all across the media.
Uncomfortable truth: How close is “positivity culture” to delusion and denial?
“Positivity culture” is tricky to define but easy to feel, especially for someone like me, whose fatal cancer diagnosis elicits many responses rooted in the desire to evade the discomfort of immine…
André 3000 Is At Peace (For Now) — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
One of the greatest rappers of our time in conversation with one of the most lauded culture writers alive. This is André 3000 and Hanif Abdurraqib on freedom, fame, flutes, and the burning question: ‘You gonna put some beats on that shit?’
Has Facebook Stopped Trying?
Facebook has been overrun with AI spam and scams. Experts say Facebook has stopped asking them for help.
Pluralistic: Boeing’s deliberately defective fleet of flying sky-wreckage (01 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Apple iPhone Recycling Program Has Secrets - Bloomberg
Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. A lengthy court battle and a Businessweek investigation have cast some light on the recycling industry’s dirty secrets.
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living | Spain | The Guardian
The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back
Why One Man Spent 12 Years Fighting Robocalls - IEEE Spectrum
David Frankel’s quixotic quest to stop automated spam calls
SILO
Imprimerie typographique, label et maison d’édition, résidence artistique, collectif fluctuant, lieu autogéré.
Scams are on the rise — and so are the influencers who bait them : NPR
I was the poster girl for OCD. Then I began to question everything I’d been told about mental illness | Mental health | The Guardian
When I sought help for crippling invasive thoughts, I was told I had a disease like any other. But I wasn’t able to recover until I understood the fallacy at the heart of mental healthcare
Obituary for a Quiet Life — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
A man passes away without a word in the mountains of North Carolina, and his grandson sets out to write about the importance of a seemingly unimportant life.
Almost no one cares if your site is not on social media
In March 2024, I ran an experiment in my Portuguese-written blog: I stopped distributing its content on social media (Mastodon, mostly) and messaging apps (T...
What do I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60,000 lines of code?
Lead programmer talks Lua’s flexibility, challenges, and integration with Defold game engine after 60k lines of code in Craftomation 101.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
The Sky's the Limit
I’ve been sitting on this draft for a few days now, partly because I thought it would turn down the bitterness, and partly because I kept as...
You Can Choose Tools That Make You Happy
Stop falsifying your motivations.
So you wanna de-bog yourself - by Adam Mastroianni
What I found in the mire
The DDoS Attack Of Academic Bullshit - Ben Landau-Taylor
Not long ago, during a discussion with a Zoomer colleague about how to find research material, I realized that he had never experienced internet search back when it was good. I tried to explain how it used to be easier to find information from good-faith experts, but I don’t think I really got the point across. Let me try again.