patruelis

In don't trust big corporations at all. Greedy mammoths with deep pockets buying politicians.

Partially to blame are the parents as well who shove tech in front of the kids to shut them up.

Its a fked up timeline.

This is pretty wild indeed.

As an editor, I tried to not use archive.today and so far I've succeeded.

I'm tempted to chip in, so far I was an observer.

I know that feeling. You'll never get it back because you grew up.

That feeling you have now is because that era reminds you of simpler times, less worries, less cluttered world. Embrace what you do now, it will be the same feeling in 15 years.

I don't think you know what private is.

Let me put it this way, maybe you'll get it: being naked in your home with the blinds down and no one else knowing about it, is privacy. Even is everyone else doing it. Being in your home fully dressed with blinds down and no one else knowing about it is still privacy but you can't claim you have more privacy than the rest because you have clothes on.

I have it on by bucket list to learn Mandarin and I've had 2 attempts at it.

I have not checked your app yet but this is my free 2c worth of experience,

1. Speaking, reading and writing are really 3 different skillsets that require 3 different approaches. If you mesh them together in your head to try and do them, you will soon give up, it's easy to hard. More so for hard languages such as Mandarin.
2. You learn by doing it, whatever the goal is. You need to do it constantly.
3. Having to do it with someone is the key to success. Abstract work works but it is discouraging and 100% harder.

Bring it on! Oh not me, not using it and by the way this is going very few will.

And so it begins

Not necessarily. I've got a very good idea on a niche market with no players. Can't find a person willing to help.

I don't think they have any shame or fear of repercussions. At this stage, the law doesn't apply to them.

Did they release the files yet?

A sad day 😢