welly

Joined 15 years ago

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Member since
Jul 5
Web developer living and working in the UK.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/welly; my proof: https://keybase.io/welly/sigs/MWJFW_vtWVPv8GoSdW0_gM8xQd4xVLtbVr0q_-vDq8U ]

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Comment · 1 year ago
"Most of your friends will be AI"

No they won't.

Comment · 3 years ago
How is it freeloading when they have literally offered it for free?
Comment · 3 years ago
Also signed up. They can have my phone number. What are they going to do with it? Target advertising at me?

To be honest, I'm a bit past caring about companies selling my data. They've built up enough of a profile of me in my 30+ years of being online, I'm not getting away from that. There's a multitude of my namesakes online who are much more interesting and successful than me and I'm pretty well hidden generally.

This sounds interesting enough to me that they can have my phone number. In 10 years time I'll be living in a forest in a cabin, living off the land and staying well offline.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Nice try, Cloudthread.

Yes, the design is fairly generic but if you can't see that someone ripped off someone here then you must be trying a bit too hard to not see it.

Comment · 5 years ago
Why do you think this? I'd be interested as to why you came to this conclusion.
Comment · 5 years ago
If we ban cars, we'll see less deaths on the road too.
Comment · 5 years ago
I've been using protonmail as my mail email service for probably close to 6 years. Earlier iterations of the UI were obviously basic but it's perfectly functional now and works very well and certainly not for "occasional use". The web client UI is great and has come on leaps and bounds particularly of late.

The mobile app has some way to go but more than adequate for daily use because I'm using it daily.

Comment · 5 years ago
Monstrous? It couldn't be any more simple, if you even have to go through the process of setting up PHP. Hosting options that support PHP are two a penny, probably literally.
Comment · 5 years ago
If the OP open sources his QR code reader app then the "free" model is absolutely sustainable.
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't know if it differs from various vendor releases of android but certainly on my Samsung S20, QR codes can be read without an additional app just by pointing the camera app at one. I seem to recall my Pixel XL did the same.
Comment · 5 years ago
Love the concept of that but you'd have to have children's hands to play it. I can only see frustration and the thing being thrown across the room if I had one.
Comment · 6 years ago
Is it? Why is that?

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