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Abstracting from the company she was definitely not fit to lead, the more I researched her, the more she came through as an interesting personality. I binge read most of her Tumblr blog [1]. Guess I am platonically attracted to weirdos and misfits. And her takes on various stuff (SJ, relationships, society) really resonate with me.

But now that she's disappeared, whom in the same vein should I follow?

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20200419212155/https://worldoptimization.tumblr.com/

So I bought a rather sensitive item outside of FB on a retailers' webpage. Thought using private browsing was enough (I always do even for trivial stuff).

Now, somehow FB tracked me, found a similar item in FB Marketplace and shows me it in the main app menu as a suggestion next to Marketplace option. Like in this image, but the white Marketplace panel also has a thumbnail: https://brayve.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/echo/fb_menu_revamp2.png [1]

I deleted all the stuff from ad preferences, "activity outside FB", turned it off completely. I long-pressed the thumbnail and asked FB not to show it anymore, but it persists.

Does the HN crowd know how to disable this crap if asking FB not to show it doesn't cut it? Now I can't open FB in the public... :/

[1] Won't post my own screenshot, because image censorship is easy to screw up, I couldn't find a screenshot with such thumbnail on the web.

What are your favorite smartphone apps from today that subscribe to the "wow, now we have a computer in our pockets" idea that was prevalent a decade ago?

Back then smartphones were fresh and in the app space there was not as much tracking, rent-seeking, ads, attention economy and cut-throat competition.

Mine pick would be PlantNet [1]. Myself not being an expert in botany it allows me to explore all the plants around me, in the nature reserves and city gardens alike. Works surprisingly well. Obviously the deep learning tech was not as advanced a decade ago, hence I put like the 2010s in the title ;)

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet