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Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
> we need something better than IMAP/POP to have a fighting chance in challenging google

How's that? I don't see how messing with IMAP/POP/JMAP will make a difference there. Mail delivery, over SMTP, is what the Gmails and Outlooks of this world are so nasty about. They claim to protect their users from spam, but small mail servers get killed in the crossfire. Mail clients downloading mail over whatever protocol is a trivial problem by comparison, and they have zilch to do with SMTP abuse.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
The real positive thing that needs to happen to email, is putting an end to near-monopoly of gmail. Email is great. It's decentralized. You can simply roll your own. You can use whatever client you like. Apparently even using HTTP/JSON.

But you can't send mail to anyone using gmail, which is nearly everyone, unless you play by Google's rules. And even then they'll still put you in their spam folder, or just randomly blackhole you without any explanation or recourse.

JMAP vs IMAP vs POP is moot as far as I'm concerned. As long as my mail client continues to work, I'm good. If this gains any traction, I'm sure dovecot and the likes will add support for it (if they haven't already). But no amount of protocol fiddling can fix the fundamental issues of email centralization.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
> every programming language in existence has easy to use HTTP and JSON parsing libraries

That argument doesn't hold much water. Every programming language in existence also has easy to use socket libraries. Are you implying that HTTP and JSON are less error-prone than whatever-over-TCP? There's nothing magical about either HTTP or JSON that makes them the right tool for every job. But I guess when all you have is a hammer ...
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
I can't speak for meditation apps in general, but Headspace managed to introduce millions to meditation. They have a bunch of guided meditations for beginners, but as you progress the amount of guidance is gradually reduced.

Headspace certainly helped me pick up meditation again after a decade long hiatus, in part because of their excellent & gentle progression.

Granted, it's a bit silly to keep paying for a daily 30 minutes of silence.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
Do you usually sit in seiza posture, or do you prefer agura for such lengthy sessions? I can put up with an hour in seiza, but four hours must require a fortitude of mind that I can't even begin to fathom.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
> You can twist virtually with good precision. But, what is much harder is the feel..

This is especially true in environments where gloves are worn.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
For me it's not a matter of bandwidth, just the cost of the number of SIMs needed. I have hundreds of devices in the field, many in locations with no wifi or wired internet available. They all have sim slots, but the cost (in Belgium) makes it an impossible venture.
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
This is the usual marketing nonsense. But unless mobile carriers start offering very cheap plans for IOT devices (which is in itself unlikely), I don't see this happening any time soon. WiFi is pretty much here to stay, and is much more reliable indoors than 4/5/6/7/..G
Tharkun
·7 năm trước·discuss
The books I've bought through Kobo are DRM-encumbered. They work on my PocketBook, but only after I set up some Adobe DRM thingamabob. Not sure whether it's easy to break.
Tharkun
·9 năm trước·discuss
That would a Trump joke. He doesn't seem to be offended by penis size jokes, but seems oddly sensitive about jokes regarding the size of his (tiny) hands.
Tharkun
·11 năm trước·discuss
Surely what is or isn't amazing syntax depends entirely on your preferences and personal experiences. I can't stand the Python syntax. Significant whitespace is an instant turnoff for me. For me, figuring out Rust is a lot easier than figuring out Nim, because that's what I'm used to.