myTakes: Technology & Internet

I want to start rejecting the world of complex technology entirely. That means no laptop, no Internet, no phone, no washing machine, no tapped water, no gas, no fridge, no television or electronic music; no anything...

Hello and welcome everyone! It’s your boy Hal and it’s been a while since you’ve been stalking that hot guy/girl in your class and of course you don’t have enough balls to ask him/her out so you’ve decided to break the...

Apple is one of the biggest smartphone companies in the world and they having been dominating the smartphone market for over 25 years. But in 2018, Apples sales have been falling drastically, which to me is quiet a...

'Tis the season to make merry, unless, that is, you're a smelly awkward middle aged basement dweller, who hasn't spoken to a woman outside his family on a social level since, well, since Methuselah were a lad... Plus -...

Drones are somewhat sore subject since going mainstream through companies like Yuneec and DJI. Further right leaning conservatives hate them citing possible privacy concerns. Centrists tend to dislike them since...

Hello and welcome everyone! It's your boy Hal and this is gonna be interesting (atleast I hope so lol). So if you're on here reading this, I already assume that you use social media. So let's start without wasting time-...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/why-people-still-use-fax-machines/576070/ The Fax Is Not Yet Obsolete Now they are three reasons why this pisses me off: Issue 1: We are in the 21st Century. We...

You may be in the market for a shop oriented vacuum cleaner, a table saw, or even a blender. These tools of ours all plug into the wall, magic happens, and the stuff we need to get done gets done. However, the...

https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/the-new-american-songbook-the-oldies-of-the-future.html So this link gives you the new songbook which defines the generation. The Top 30 songs. T 30. Idina Menzel – “Let It Go” 29....

I ran into this a couple of days ago and just thought it was awesome! It is a realistic Universal/Galactic simulator. So awesome and it is completely free. But don't be a jerk if you download it. Please contribute a few...

Hello And yes you read it right , today i will be writing about my old mobile phone, seems insignificant , but i have to write this . Suggested reading track: https://www.youtube.com/embed/fWNaR-rxAic Phone model : Sony...

I take full responsibility for making YouTube look like it's a cesspool of misinformation and idiocy, when it's not, and the actions of a few should not define it. __________________________________________ While YouTube...

I'm going to sound like an old man so bare with me while I explain what influencers online will do to your children. Intentions I am not talking about any parent that has a kid above the age of 16, and I am mostly aiming...

This shouldn't take long. The scope, breadth, depth, and potential beauty of the English language cannot be overstated. We are capable of using it convey intense sadness or pain, immense joy, or extreme excitement and/or...

Playing games on the phone has become as common as playing a game on a computer. Especially when we are in work, school and outside, we play more games on the phone. In google play and App store, there are many different...

I wanted to post this MyTake to share my thoughts on what I think about the direction the internet is heading. Let me start by presenting you with a timeline of the World Wide Web. In 1989 Tim Berners Lee "invented" the...

Nowadays people say that the things on this list are outdated, but some people (including myself) still use all of them. 1. CDs In an age, when everything is digital there's just something oddly satisfying about using a...

I was going to do this earlier but I got side tracked. Then someone posted a question about time travel. I just wanted to write about the real research being done in this area. Of course, it is "possible". Nothing in...

A Brief Preface: chart above showing the development in bitcoin prices from October 1th 2017 and untilJanuary 9th 2018. Words like cryptocurrency, e-wallets, blockchain and especially Bitcoin(1) are becoming more and...

Quora is a question/answer website that has many users from all over the world with various views. I created an account on there but I’ve noticed that quora has both pros and cons. First up are the cons 1.) Bias That...