newoldhead
Re:X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his music account
on Saturday August 05, 2023 @03:25PM (#37015473)
Dude still claims X is his preferred social media platform. Talk about brainwashed....
Re:Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share anyways?
on Monday July 17, 2023 @12:11PM (#36759965)
for most, i would assume it's largely just that during the time of the naïve web, there was a period where google kind of was the company, so people started using it for everything (think shortly before and then during the early google+ era). 10 years later almost every normie who didn't start using apple products uses gmail and chrome simply because they legacied into it from when they were younger and less aware of the negative aspects of the practice.
Re:Let the Internet Be Grimy
on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:17AM (#36665253)
in practice "security" only comes from Monero and buying it anonymously via cash
Re:Let the Internet Be Grimy
on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:04AM (#36665145)
"eternal september" refers to when the internet became accessible to "normies," thus supplanting the old internet vibe (mainly hackers, engineers, etc) in favor of being useable by the general public.
Re:Let the Internet Be Grimy
on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:37AM (#36664943)
go to instances.social, pick a relatively small one and sign up for an account. now you're on mastodon and have a fediverse account. this account can interact with everything fediverse, from mastodon to pleroma to pixelfed to peertube. decentralized to the max. (don't join mastodon.social)
Re:Ask HN: Resources to learn vanilla web programming in 2023?
on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:39PM (#36656723)
HTML, CSS and at least the basics of JS can be learned for free from codeacademy. Once you have those, code a website for yourself so you get how they work. Shouldn't take more than a week to finish this if you're dedicated.
Re:Tell your story. In which medium? Just do it, already
on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:06PM (#36655676)
This article is absolutely pointless. It could be summed up in one sentence: "write stuff and post it online."
Re:I Miss the Internet
on Saturday July 08, 2023 @11:55AM (#36645569)
The author essentially states themselves that the feeling they have is nostalgia, and it should be noted that we as society should not let our longing for the past prevent our moving toward the future.
However, I do agree with them and believe everybody should make their own website in order to bring this feeling back. We don't need social networks - we can make our own networks via webrings and linking. Bring back "netizens."
Re:Brain Waves Synchronize When People Interact
on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:21AM (#36381070)
15,000 years of domestication
Not really "evolution" for humans but we wouldn't have things like Chihuahuas or Pugs without humans breeding dogs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93canine_bond
Re:Uber threatens drivers avoiding “disadvantaged” areas with firing
on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:31PM (#36376484)
this is totally paywalled, here's a mirror https://archive.vn/wTCM4
Re:Ask HN: Has Google search switched to infinite scrolling for you to...
on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:06PM (#36372732)
i use magic earth for maps, libre programs for word/excel etc (not cross-device though), searxng for searches (pick an instance and try it), tutanota for email (they focus on privacy - emails and your inbox are encrypted).
Re:Ask HN: Recommendations for a New Domain Registrar?
on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:37AM (#36356378)
https://njal.la
privacy-oriented domains for 15€ a year.
Re:Ask HN: Best search engine alternatives to Google?
on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:05PM (#36348928)
100%. Private, no tracking, can index all the major search engines. You can even host your own relatively easily. This is the way.
Re:Ask HN: What are the blogging habits of HN users?
on Thursday June 15, 2023 @07:53PM (#36348795)
i believe everyone who has social media should instead primarily create and post on their own website.
i kind of just add stuff to it whenever. my (somewhat small) website so far has some pages dedicated to my hobbies, a page for news i found interesting, a list of websites i like (bring back web rings!), and a "blog" for website updates and life updates i feel comfortable posting. the news feed and blog both have rss feeds as well. if i just have a train of thought i find interesting i'll make a page and title it and link to it somehow from some other page on my site. it's all connected, "digital garden" style. you should do it!
Re:Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts
on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:31PM (#36329389)
use a searx instance. can aggregate search from almost any relatively known search engine and bypasses tracking.