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Posts on nomasters
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Posts on nomasters is a personal blog at nomasters.io about philosophy, culture and productivity. Since 2018, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Dumber phone”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link nomasters posts on making a phone "dumber" by stripping out its time-sinking features, and on a chat experiment called Handshake/Killcord. One commenter calls a post a great read.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
nomasters is an blog documenting the exploration of living life on your own terms.
Most-linked posts?
- Dumber phone5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2018-04-24
- Nonparticipation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-05-30
- Meditations on authority2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-26
- On avoiding boredom2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-09-23
- Meaning-less-ness2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-02-04
What Hacker News says?
Here it is: https://nomasters.io/index.xml
Comment linking /index.xml
on “Dumber phone”Submitted Dumber phone as a story · 895 points
HN discussionSome patterns I've found useful that most of my non-tech savvy friends can use (for Android) without going through hassle of setting up a VPN. 1. Use AdGuard DNS. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18788410 2. Do not install the app if there's a website equivalent you could use (Facebook, Banking Apps). 3a. Force Stop or Disable apps you use frequently despite web equivalents (Google Maps). 3b. Enable permissions…
Comment linking /posts/dumber-phone/
on “Tracking my phone's silent connections”Submitted Unquantified as a story · 120 points
HN discussionA discussion worth mentioning: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16912679 Of the blogpost on how to make a dumber phone https://nomasters.io/posts/dumber-phone/
Comment linking /posts/dumber-phone/
on “Ask HN: What is the best “dumb” phone?”Submitted Handshake: A Peculiar Chat Experiment as a story · 74 points
HN discussionI thought I had heard that term before. Found the following article in my bookmarks describing how to make your phone more boring and less usable on purpose. Not the same topic, still highly recommended. https://nomasters.io/posts/dumber-phone/ Also, I really like to use this minimalist launcher from time to time: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jkuester.unlauncher/
Comment linking /posts/dumber-phone/
on “Dumb Phone”Submitted Meaning-less-ness as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYes that was a great read, thanks! https://nomasters.io/posts/killcord-alpha/
Comment linking /posts/killcord-alpha/
on “Handshake: A Peculiar Chat Experiment”Submitted On avoiding boredom as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFew things I started to do, which I can't recommend enough. - Sleep well. If it's possible, you should never have to use alarm clock for waking up for school, or work, instead you should wake up naturally (because you went to sleep early enough). - Dumb down your phone [1]. I recently purged all time-sinking apps from my phone, including the "supposedly useful" ones, like Hacker News, or local newspapers. You will f…
Comment linking /posts/dumber-phone/
on “Ask HN: Any Tip ( without side effects ) for healthy life?”Submitted On avoiding boredom as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nonparticipation as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meaning-less-ness as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meditations on Authority as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meditations on authority as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nonparticipation as a story · 2 points
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