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Re:Decentralized Web Primer on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:03AM (#15891393)
The biggest advantage of centralization is the ability to delete something from the normie web and have it deleted.

Granted, nowadays you have things like the internet archive, but I don't see normal people going along with IPFS for dynamic content like social media as long as you cannot delete things.

Same thing happened to me last year. I got very hyped up on the switch. But then it turned into hot garbage.

Tried to get support on the firefox subreddit and they told me I shouldn't be using Firefox Beta if I'm not "technically inclined". Okay, so I switched to the normal release and it was too slow for me to even bother. Back to Google...

I'm wondering if their new quantum engine fixes issues. Are you on that newest version?

Re:Mastodon 2.0 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:31AM (#15521779)
For this reason, I'd like to see the secure-scuttlebutt protocol catch on.

Right now, the patchwork app[1] is really fun to play with, but still a toy, in my mind.

[1] https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork

Re:My Journey to a Better Language Learning System on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:20AM (#15515162)
I think it's actually better than Michel Thomas, but you're right that it's the same system.

Fun fact, this system was first pioneered not by Michel Thomas, but rather by Margarita Madrigal. She has a book called the Magic Key to Spanish. You can also find her Magic Key to French and German online since those are out of print.

Re:My Journey to a Better Language Learning System on Friday October 20, 2017 @08:18AM (#15515151)
I've been supporting Language Transfer for years. I believe that the program suffers a bit when it branches out into languages with grammatical case more complex than English.

But the courses are all free of charge. Please recommend them to friends or family to spread the word! I can especially endorse the Spanish course.