I wonder if one of the reasons golf is nice is the etiquette of not being on your phone.
4 hours just walking around on a beautiful course with no social media, no dopamine hits or rage bait posts.
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Now that we're back to a chronological timeline gotta remember to space out my posts so to not flood the feeds.
Kid started getting homework this year.
Which means I now once again have homework this year.
And I gotta say this is working on a whole new layer of patience I didn't think I had.
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The Twitter Block fiasco is interesting.
Technically the change doesn't do much since you could always with a bit of effort circumvent being blocked by public accounts (alt accounts, incognito window, etc.)
But since the sole motivation is to hide block behind a paywall is a pretty grimey.
They been at war, longer than I've been alive.
“I’m living in the future so the present is my past” - Kanye West, Monster.
I want to say Platforms ruined the internet, but that would be a pretty bold lie. Yet, it’s definitely how I feel sometimes.
They defintiely changed how we interact with the internet though. Made things more convenient and more accessible. Made it so Grandma could easily navigate and view pictures of her adorable snotty nosed grandkids. Read and share posts on the latest in propagandic folklore and comment on the most rage baiting posts without needing to learn how to setup an RSS aggregator.
Reducing the friction for creators to get their content in front of an audience. Changing virality from being something that was just happenstance to something that could be formulated to boost average watch time, shares and interactions.
Platforms all but removed the need to understand egress bandwidth or worry about available hard disk space when posting media online.
Removed the need for businesses to pay for someone to design, host, and maintain a WordPress instance that would eventually fall prey to a 0-day exploit in some nitwits SEO plugin.
Platforms did a lot of great in helping people spend more time connecting. Allowing people to share the latest in gossip, rumors and their own malformed opinions and less time worrying about the security of their FTP accounts.
If it wasn’t for platforms - legacy media and journalist’s wouldn’t have to compete with Larry the cable guy for breaking news, and advertisers would be forced to target quality content and not just write a blank cheque to Google or Facebook.
Platforms made it possible for, RealMan251202 , to educate us on the perils of feminism, or DonkeyDix10201, to debate immigration policy with experts.
We no longer need to belong to 30 different phpBB forums, to constantly tell people that they’re dumb and to use the search feature before posting.
Yet besides all of that, I still miss the chaos of the old internet. The randomness of coming across a site filled with gems. For all it’s flaws, all of it’s technical gatekeeping, I miss it, and sometimes wish we could just go back.
Many Connected Islands | shindasingh
Many Connected Islands | shindasingh
Just writing things down so I don't forget.
Is He The Best Indian Rapper?
Hanumankind - Big Dawgs
My Live reaction and first time checking this massive hit.
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https://youtube.com/live/IltwcQsF3oQ?feature=share
The Third Place.
I may finally have found my third place.
The Third Place | shindasingh
The Third Place | shindasingh
Exploring the concept of "The Third Place" - spaces outside home and work. They reflect on how the pandemic blurred these boundaries and discuss th...
One video a week.
One blog a week.
@naval only lasted a few days on here eh.
Really thought he was ready to decentralize.
Man I just wanna go golf today.
Can't sleep. 😭
Last few months I've been making an effort to really re-priotize sleep and gotta say it kinda sucks.
Every cycle needs it's rinsed bag holders.
Y'all remember when Cambridge Analytica harvested user social media data for targeted political advertising, and how effective it was at pushing in governments.
That was 15 years ago. Imagine how much better everyone's become at that.
Deadpool made me laugh and was filled with nerdy and dorky easter eggs, not much more I could have wanted from it tbh.
Everyone's convinced that they're part of the counter culture.
This image is insane.
The difference 5ms makes.
