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Just boycott Facebook already. 'but everyone uses it', yes but you have a choice. If you don't like the Facebook, then gtfo and make the effort to build something to replace it. But I guess that is too much work. People whine about Facebook, yet they do nothing to change the situation. You change the situation by making a choice. If your choice is to have Facebook account, then you are part of the problem, not the solution.

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há 9 anosdiscuss

What an uneducated answer from what I assume is a techy. Facebook is a treat to democracies. There are more articles on this than the other way around.

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há 9 anosdiscuss

And at the same time, he is the most inorganic ️

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há 9 anosdiscuss

I would basically avoid this simply by reading his idea of what makes good educational content: tests, repetition, memorization and boring predetermined projects. If you know anything about educational theory, you will quickly discover that constructivist education, or constructionism as Seymour Papert coined, is a way more effective and motivational way to learn computer science and coding. There are basic understandings of computering which is beyond specific language, eg loops or logic. You are not doing yourself any favors by memorizing the entire syntax of a language. This happens while you do personal and engaging coding projects.

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há 9 anosdiscuss

Yo Microsoft, have you looked at the work done by e.g. EFF?

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há 9 anosdiscuss

I often experience that ddg gives me results from really old websites. In cases this is OK, but when used for tracking down bugs or software errors it can be frustrating.

Still love you though!

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há 10 anosdiscuss

Yes I like that you can choose whatever name you want, but ask your family members or old friends from school how they use Facebook. Being enable to find old friends and connect with far relatives is a huge reason for why Facebook is so popular. I am having a hard time time figuring out how to solve this problem if there aren't any constraints, culture or expectations for using real names. Maybe it's just a matter if time. Online aliases is more second nature to the coming generations. And still, the group and chat thing is very important imho. That's why I asked about XMPP. Would love if we could get a modern chat system as widely and universally used as email.

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há 10 anosdiscuss

Indeed. Feedly does a nice job of presenting rss items. I actually feel lucky that websites are still using rss.

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há 10 anosdiscuss

Having played around with diaspora* (awful name), I don't think it can replace Facebook, unfortunately. Like Twitter it doesn't rely on people's real names nor are there good options for chat or making private or public groups or events. However, it could potentially be a good replacement for twitter. We need a good decentralized social network that has good design all around, code, gui, ux etc. which is hard to find atm. Ello is also quite nice, but not free, open and decentralized as diaspora which is a deal breaker for me when discussing new social media services.

Btw, could anyone enlighten me on why jabber (xmmp?) never took off in any major way? It seems nice?

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há 10 anosdiscuss

Except you cannot detach the screen for the main computer. So not exactly like the iPad pro. (not trying to defend Apple).

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há 10 anosdiscuss

Indeed. Coreaudio is much than whatever it is on Windows. Easier to sync software and lower latency overall.

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há 10 anosdiscuss

How on earth does this constitutes as open source? So if I write out my research results to the public, it is considered open source? What is the source? The text is not a compiled version of some previous text. And if it where (LaTeX) the underlying idea is still present in the "compiled" version. No saying I don't like his ideas, but there's beside the point.

When open source becomes a layman term for productivity and do "like all the cool guys in the bay", rather than one of ethics and critical reflection on contemporary ideologies underlying technological developments and their affects on society and the world as a whole.

BTW: this comment is open source...

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