Relatedly, here's an easy bookmarklet to help you dodge paywalls:
javascript:location.href='https ://web.archive.org/web/*/'+location.href;
Create a new bookmark on your browser toolbar, and paste that as the url. remove space after https.
https://www.wired.com/story/billionaires-use-vr-avoid-social-change/
" If you want a picture of the future, imagine a Facebook-branded set of VR goggles strapped to an emaciated human face—forever."
Well wired has definitely changed its tone from the metallic inked techno utopian onanism it once had hasn't it
"...When Buckminster Fuller came to Canada, he kept asking the same question: 'Have you ever really considered how much your [files] weigh?'
The Canadians took this very seriously."
https://code.rosaelefanten.org/fileweight/tree?type=flat
$ ./fileweight CatTV.mp4
The file CatTV.mp4 weighs about 1.208159e-04 grams.
Gilligan's favorite show is getting fat!
Wow! They've re-invented open non-profit unix-based BBSes running picospan from 35 years ago. :eyeroll:
When I was still only using it on the desktop, I preferred liferea. tt-rss works for everything except the very smallest screen (i.e. phone - works great on my tablet still)
This post has gotten some attention, and there are other discussions about what you use to aggregate. I've been using tt-rss.org for awhile on one of my own servers, and it's quite solid, despite the developer being kind of rude and combative. It has nice filtering, seems zippy, and was a pretty good drop-in replacement for Google REader.
Indeed... RSS is still great.
I am uncomfortably fascinated by https://collapseos.org/. I'm so happy FORTH is starting to make a resurgence...
linux /slackware
/retrocomputing/cats/knitting/biking/xmas decor/I am a horny old nerd and speak in an adult manner, beware
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