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New comment by anneessens in "Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws"

anneessens — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:05:34 +0000

That's true, I didn't think about this. It's a shame people here also have the 'new = bad' mindset.

New comment by anneessens in "Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws"

anneessens — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:13:21 +0000

> In particular, for marginalized teens, social media represents a unique avenue to connect with teens in similar situations, which provides a significant support network.

Thank you for bringing this up. I was one of those 'marginalised' kids who didn't relate to my real life surroundings so much. The internet was like an escape for me, where I was able to meet many close friends with similar interests on social medias like Twitter and Discord. Not to mention, free internet access in general taught so much about the world, developed my passions and helped determine what I'm now studying and planning to pursue as a career.

If social media was banned when I was younger, it would have made me worse off for sure. And if there were internet/device restrictions more broadly, like I'm often seeing suggested, it would have been absolutely devastating for me. My life would have turned out completely different, in a bad way.

On a site like HN, I would have expected there to be much more people who also had the same experience as younger me with the internet and social media. But for some reason, most of the dominant sentiment here seems to consider social media as a cancer, with no nuance. I'm not sure why they do, but I wish that these people would consider the experiences of people like me.

I Miss Balloon Help

anneessens — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:36:08 +0000

Article URL: https://bsago.me/posts/i-miss-balloon-help

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40064387

Points: 2

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New comment by anneessens in "[dead]"

anneessens — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:04:03 +0000

> ...especially now as we see these technologies being aggressively utilized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Is this the opinion of the author or does this represent the view of the Tor organisation?

New comment by anneessens in "What makes housing so expensive?"

anneessens — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:46:54 +0000

Interesting. I'm curious, do you know if there is another asset Japanese people have that is very valuable if not their home? Or some sort of investment?

New comment by anneessens in "What makes housing so expensive?"

anneessens — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:56:25 +0000

Yeah, it's a very difficult situation. Either few people from younger generation will have access to affordable housing and even fewer will own a home, or we cause a lot of misery and hardship like during the 2008 crash, but for even longer. Hard to tell which is the lesser evil.

New comment by anneessens in "What makes housing so expensive?"

anneessens — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:19:29 +0000

The short sightedness is the problem. As far as I know, NIMBY is endemic in the USA, precisely because home owners are so worried about lowering the value of their home.

New comment by anneessens in "What makes housing so expensive?"

anneessens — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 06:55:35 +0000

This exactly. It's in the best financial interest of a homeowner to stop as much new construction of homes as possible. Until we move away from the idea that owning a home = wealth, then I don't see how this problem can be significantly fixed.

New comment by anneessens in "New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip"

anneessens — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:41:24 +0000

'Just don't be exploited' by people who are literally paid to figure out how to exploit your psychological weaknesses?

New comment by anneessens in "Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative"

anneessens — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 16:27:03 +0000

I'll check out this, thanks!

New comment by anneessens in "Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative"

anneessens — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:59:29 +0000

Is it possible to use this import tool for my own local files without an Ente subscription? Because I have that metadata issue with Google Photos, but unfortunately I don't have the programming skills to write a script.

New comment by anneessens in "Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative"

anneessens — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 15:46:16 +0000

I have the exact same metadata issue after exporting from Google Photos. Would you mind to share which tools you used to fix it?

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:45:41 +0000

No one here said that GNOME shouldn't be appreciated. Just because I said GNOME is unusable for me personally doesn't mean I can't appreciate it.

I have tried GNOME before, thanks for your assumption, so I know for a fact it's less customisable than Plasma. But less customisation doesn't equal less value anyways, so I don't even know what your point is.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 20:05:14 +0000

You're the only one who takes this 'war' seriously. The rest of us here are adults who can appreciate all desktop environments, even if we don't personally like to use them.

Go annoy someone else.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:25:49 +0000

It's unusable enough for me that I would rather switch back to Windows than keep using GNOME. And I really don't like Windows.

What does this discussion gain from you being pedantic? Everyone with common sense knew what I meant.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:55:18 +0000

Oh, I didn't know that shortcut for minimizing. Is there a reason the button is hidden by default?

I never really understood how to efficiently use virtual desktops or what their benefits are compared to one desktop. Would you mind to explain?

Well, I would imagine that is because you generally only need extensions on KDE for niche things, while GNOME needs extensions for more 'basic' things. Obviously you don't need an extension for a system tray if one already exists by default.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:49:52 +0000

Well, that's why Plasma has that box I mentioned, so you can select without using the keyboard. But selecting multiple files requires you to press CTRL anyways, so I'm not sure why it why you think it would be weird to use CTRL for just one file.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:31:34 +0000

I understand that GNOME has a clear way how it wants you to use the desktop, but I don't like that way for the reasons I described. And it's not just a 'different' way, I feel like I lose functionality and flexibility in a lot of regards. Although, I guess it's hard to say for sure since I never used GNOME for an extended period of time.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:02:48 +0000

I don't really understand where you would put your hand instead. In your lap? Why not have it on the keyboard?

Ok, I see what you mean by Miller columns now. I guess I wouldn't consider that image preview on ths side 'opened' though. 'Opened' to me would mean launching a dedicated image viewer with that file.

New comment by anneessens in "The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6"

anneessens — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:40:04 +0000

Yes, 'just'. Do you not always have at least one hand on the keyboard?

I'm not familar with Miller columns, but if you're changing the behaviour of your file browser, then I'm not sure why you're suprised single click might not work as intended.