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jhpot

@jhpot@mastodon.social

I am a freelance journalist and a person. I believe that tech is a tool, not a way of life, and that we should use it to connect with each other. I currently write for Lifehacker, WIRED, The Atlantic, PopSci, PCMag, and The Wall Street Journal.

I also enjoy brewing beer and being outside.

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Forget Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: the best social network is email. https://lifehacker.com/tech/email-is-the-best-social-network-now?ref=jhpMastodon

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My understanding is that some people use the internet to watch porn. How excited are those people for Windows to constantly take screenshots of everything they do on their computer, 24/7?

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Google post just hit 50k.

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@ernie the impressive thing here is that you got people to click a link on twitter

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In case you missed it Slack is analyzing your conversations—including DMs—for AI features including emoji recommendations. https://lifehacker.com/tech/slacks-ai-features-analyze-private-conversations?ref=jhpMastodon

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Tip: If you want a suck-free Google experience, set this parameter as your default search engine.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14

jhpot,
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@ernie I’m going to steal this and pitch it

jhpot,
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@ernie Of course I’d shout you out! And I’d never steal it if you weren’t cool with that

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@ernie FYI https://lifehacker.com/tech/this-hack-forces-google-to-give-you-web-results

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When you post something Bad On The Internet, I will call on you to reconsider your life choices.

My reply: You are a small man who does not appreciate creativity. Reading this post is like having the blood sucked from my soul. Consider the choices you’ve made in your life to get to such a low place where you would write something so soulless.

jhpot,
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@ernie This tension is why I had to leave a much more stable and better paying and more stable content marketing. I could not handle the results oriented thinking. It is toxic to me.

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nothing has made me more interested in bluesky than Jack Dorsey saying he doesn’t like it

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I don’t want to do things today.

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Your iPhone can listen for particular sounds and trigger a shortcut when it hears them. https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-get-your-iphone-to-hear-important-soundsh?ref=jhpMastodon

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Here's what e-ink tablets, like the Remarkable or the Kindle Scribe, are and are not useful for: https://lifehacker.com/tech/what-an-e-ink-tablet-is-and-isnt-useful-for?ref=jhpMastodon

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FileShadow can combine files from all of your cloud storage services in one place but it's kinda buggy and extremely expensive. My full review: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/fileshadow?ref=jhpMastodon

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I write about tech for a living and didn’t realize there was an Apple infomercial today. I’m honestly proud of that.

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The Services menu on the Mac is perfect for automating small things and criminally under-utilized. Here are some great apps that can help you do math, reformat text, and look up URLs. https://lifehacker.com/tech/best-services-mini-apps-to-add-macos?ref=jhpMastodon

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I really love writing about great single-purpose indie or open source applications, especially for the desktop, over at Lifehacker. If you have any recommendations, or built such an app yourself, please let me know about—if it’s cool I’ll write it up. Hit me up here on the fedi or at https://justinpot.com/contact-me/

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@NeadReport I am not!

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Sometimes James Clear has insightful things to say, but other times it's so misguided.

Take for example this post about focusing on one goal at a time. https://jamesclear.com/buffett-focus

The premise is "Warren Buffet is successful because he gained more than $50 billion by ruthlessly pursuing his goal of getting money."

To accept that premise blindly shows a total loss of critical thinking.

"If a man pursues money above all else and then gets it, he's successful"

Wow

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@jilleduffy if everyone pursued money everyone would be rich and there would be no problems

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No, I hope this email finds YOU well

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@jilleduffy Not sure if you’ve seen this brilliant bot yet: @thisemailfindsyou

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The Three Body Problem on Netflix is very bad. I was going to write more but I think that’s most of what I have to say.

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Fascinated if folks here on Mastodon know about the unrest at US universities

jhpot,
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@matthewcassinelli it’s like half my timeline

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@matthewcassinelli Yeah, it’s fascinating what does and doesn’t get to people

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Don't throw out those DVDs. Streaming may be convenient but stuff tends to disappear—a disc lasts. https://www.popsci.com/diy/save-dvd-blu-ray-discs/?ref=jhpMastodon

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Here's how to install Windows 11 without any of the bullshit. No Edge, no Copilot, no need for a Microsoft account, and no upsells—just an operating system. https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-install-windows-11-without-extra-junk?ref=jhpMastodon

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We finally have a protest song that lives up to the moment.

Reminds me of “Eve of Destruction.”

https://youtu.be/8E9l_i6HPYM?si=hflOxc9m_-c8K9kY

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@ernie hot damn

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