Aldo_MX

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   by Aldo_MX 10y ago

   There's BugVM[1], a maintained fork of the FOSS RoboVM [1] http://bugvm.com/
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   by Aldo_MX 10y ago

   I honestly disagree with your stance against patents, disregarding dull patents and the issues they bring like patent trolls, I really believe that the industry needs patents to prevent unfair competition. The issue is the length of patents
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   by Aldo_MX 10y ago

   You are failing to read the "thoroughly discussion", the hack was just the tip of the iceberg. Also, kernel.org was hacked because a rootkit gained access to their servers, not because they used a weak password like `upMint`, so y
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   by Aldo_MX 10y ago

   This has been thoroughly discussed when the website was compromised. https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11149839 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
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   by Aldo_MX 10y ago

   > but definitely not preferred over a real Linux distribution TBH, If I had to choose between "any real Linux distribution" with WINE and Windows with "a real UNIX terminal", I would prefer the latter.
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   by Aldo_MX 11y ago

   one instance per file, no tabs, no toolbars and a simplified menu (all of that configurable)
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   by Aldo_MX 11y ago

   Thank you and every person involved for e10s! :)
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   by Aldo_MX 11y ago

   TBH, I used to hate Firefox's performance, because even loading Facebook froze the entire browser for several msecs (enough to be perceptible), but recently I turned e10s[1] on and the browser feels almost as responsive as Chrome now.
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   by Aldo_MX 11y ago

   I prefer to use Franz[1] It's an electron-based app which allows you to load the web versions of Messenger, Whatsapp, Slack and many more. [1] http://meetfranz.com/
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    I prefer to install Notepad2, it uses the same engine as Notepad++ (Scintilla), but I have turned off most options to resemble the stock Notepad: http://imgur.com/vFu51NV
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Why? emacs has had an "evil mode" (vi keybindings) for a while
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    It should also be illegal to collect information from users without their explicit consent. So what are they trying to achieve?
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    The thumbs down exists, but is quite obscure, you have to select "Hide", and after the post gets hidden you get a set of options such as: See less from __________ Unfollow __________ Report _________
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    I personally like idea of bidding for the visa, as a foreigner I would even go as far as paying to increase the bid to acquire the visa.
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    Patricia Becomes Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded(weather.com)

    4 points by Aldo_MX 11y ago|0 comments
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    But WhatsApp is the Internet Explorer of messaging apps, only by supporting the alternatives like Telegram we will have better messaging apps in the future. Remember when IE had around 90% of market share 10 years ago? Well, the history rep
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Sounds like MITM to me
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    That's absolutely easy: <Random Unexpected Person> did <random unexpected action>, you wouldn't believe it!
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    > It's interesting to see how much positive personal acclaim Nadella is getting for the hardware strategy that was initiated in the Ballmer/Sinofsky era. Wasn't this the intention of switching CEOs?
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    I wouldn't recommend it, the Desktop Environments lack decent HDPI support, and Touch feels cumbersome.
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Do you understand the concept of "national security"? If you were to invent, for example, teleporting, and you rejected selling your invention to the government, the most likely outcome would be that the government would confiscat
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Godwin's Law warning I find more ridiculous the statement "we will never forgive Microsoft" than saying "we will never forgive Germany". They're a company, not a charity, they're in the business of makin
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Exactly, the status of FOSS Windows is 404 ;)
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    > I've missed the part whre Windows was announced open source. Can you give me a link? Sure: http://blogs.msdn.com/windows/announcing-windows-10-open-sou...
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    good luck soldering the ram and the SSD
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    I have a Surface Pro 1, and installed Ubuntu and Linux Mint pretty easy... but I wouldn't use any Linux in a Surface honestly, the Desktop Environments are far from having decent HDPI support, and the touch experience is still far from
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Nothing that a dual license GPL/APL wouldn't solve.
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    > even Stallman would've advocated something like the MIT or BSD license for something like this Almost, Stallman (well, the FSF) advocates Apache 2: Some libraries implement free standards that are competing against restricted
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    Not just an image format, everything you want to become widely adopted and standardized should refrain from using the GPL, even the FSF[1] recommends using the Apache License in this specific case. Some libraries implement free standard
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    by Aldo_MX 11y ago

    I'll be honest here, the 43 students is a tragedy that got, unfortunately, badly politicized and should not be taken seriously anymore. The official demand by the people behind that political movement is "we want them back alive&q