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Comment · 2 years ago
I like the idea, but I wonder how this works in practice. If I grant ACME Inc. access to my “profile picture,” for example, won't they just copy the file and store it on their own servers (be it for performance reasons, tracking, ease of development, whatever)? How does this keep me in control?
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
> ethically sourced: opt-in only data collection

Good on them but how does this work? If my neighbour scans my WiFi network and uploads it to BeaconDB I didn’t exactly opt-in, did I? The privacy policy mentions you can add ‘_optout’ to the WiFi name, so it’s more opt-out instead of opt-in?

Comment · 2 years ago
How should one take a turn in a swimming pool with this?
Comment · 2 years ago
This year, I discovered "The Invincible" by Stanisław Lem (after seeing a video of the game based on the novel).
Comment · 3 years ago
I got myself a https://paperd.ink: a 4.2″ screen with battery in a printed case for $90. I wrote a small calendar application for it to replace the paper calendar at home: https://suffix.be/blog/eink-calendar
Comment · 4 years ago
On iOS there is Morse Machine, similar idea for single characters. There is also morse.camp, a PWA that focuses on recognizing English words.
Comment · 4 years ago
I recently got into Morse and was so proud I could send a message via your tool. Thanks!
Comment · 4 years ago
I still don't understand how one can retract access once given. If I share my purchase history with some financial web app and later decide to retract access the web app will no longer get new data, but how can I be sure they don't keep a copy of my old data around? Same with GDPR. I often ask companies to remove my data, and legally they should, but I highly doubt many of them do indeed scrap all my data. I still need to trust the other party to honor my wishes (and follow the law) which makes me wonder if Solid or Schluss can help removing my data.
Comment · 5 years ago
I always wondered if this is US specific. In Europe, as far as I know, the package would simply be delivered by the neighbor, they return the next day, or you have to get it from the local convenience store or some centralized lock-box.
Comment · 5 years ago
I found this months ago, lost my pinned tabs and spent _hours_ looking for this. This will teach me to not bookmark interesting stuff. Thank you!
Comment · 5 years ago
I have been using Prowl (https://prowlapp.com) for years now as the generic push notifications app. You pay a $3 one time fee and send notifications via a webhook.
Comment · 7 years ago
I tried Acrobits Softphone today and it works! Thanks for the help!
Comment · 7 years ago
Thanks. Linephone does support push notifications, problem is I don't have a way to tell Twilio to send push notifications since it's not "their" mobile client. Any idea if you can send push notification to an iOS app that isn't yours? As in: Twilio receives a call, how does it (or my server) send a push notification to to, say, Groundwire?

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