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by Crontab 9y ago
I haven't purchased anything from them yet but if you select an O'Reilly book it says: "Read online, or download in DRM-free EPUB or DRM-free PDF format." Also, on this page[1], it says: "Most of the ebooks availabl
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by Crontab 9y ago
Ebooks.com has the O'Reilly books DRM free: https://www.ebooks.com/searchapp/searchresults.net?page=1&te...
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by Crontab 9y ago
Oh, without a doubt, it has morphed over time. It probably should be called something else now. But to say it was never about identity is false.
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by Crontab 9y ago
> It does not simply mean "this person is who they say they are" and never has. I was under the same impression that OP was, so I looked up the verified account announcement from the Twitter in 2009[1]: "To prevent identit
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by Crontab 9y ago
Yeah, I leapt right in, and had to revert to Firefox ESR when I realized that RequestPolicy Continued doesn't yet work. (BTW - thanks to @fghtr for letting me know about it this extension.)
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by Crontab 9y ago
I don't agree with that but they shouldn't be allowed to stop signing the old versions. People should be able to downgrade if they have a need or desire to do so.
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by Crontab 9y ago
I have to say that I haven't noticed any issues so far - Firefox, VMWare Fusion, VLC, and Homebrew all work fine. That said, I strongly disagree with forced version upgrades.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Because of the plain english meaning of the word verified. They should have chosen a different word or phrase if they were seeking for it to mean something else.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Twitter either needs to use verified status for its intended purpose, or get rid of it. I am not aware of anyone who thought that verified status was an endorsement from Twitter.
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by Crontab 9y ago
I liked version 7 but I believe Windows has taken a downturn since then.
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by Crontab 9y ago
And in my case, it can be read. Important, as my hand writing is atrocious!
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by Crontab 9y ago
Most people, myself included, wouldn't survive if directly targeted by the government - so I exclude them from my threat model. But I do hope that being wary of commercial surveillance will at least reduce the footprint I leave behind.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Corporate surveillance is, in my life, a bigger deal than government surveillance. I think Zeynep Tufekci described the situation really well with the title of her recent Ted Talk: "We're building a dystopia just to make people cl
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by Crontab 9y ago
I used to hear good things about Ken Silverman's PNGOUT but not recently.
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by Crontab 9y ago
I don't understand why people put stuff out under the Berkley License and then complain about a lack of credit or a lack of reimbursement (in support or money) for the use of their code. Isn't that the actual point of the license?
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by Crontab 9y ago
Reminds me of all the Twitter API issues that clients face.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Agreed. I don't have a problem with telemetry and updates being turned on as by default. What I have a problem with is Microsoft not even giving us the option to turn these features off.
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by Crontab 9y ago
That is a surprise. How is the Windows version less secure?
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by Crontab 9y ago
I used to have a favorable opinion of AgileBits but I can't recommend them after they started their push to subscription-ware. And if you look at this URL: https://1password.com/sign-up/ it appears that they are s
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by Crontab 9y ago
Macbook Air for me.
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by Crontab 9y ago
> Exactly why we need universal healthcare in the US I agree but the political will to do it is just not there. Not yet, anyway.
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by Crontab 9y ago
That is why the US government itself likes contractors - it allows them to avoid dealing with the Civil Service.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Agreed. I personally use it everywhere I can because it makes it easy to sort anything that is date/time based.
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by Crontab 9y ago
I hadn't heard of that. Thanks.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Running NoScript is a real eye-opener, even if you don't stick with it, because the about of bullshit that is pulled down from visiting a common website is incredible.
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by Crontab 9y ago
Don’t mistake their generosity for generosity.
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by Crontab 9y ago
OMG that drives me crazy at work. I believe it is the only application I use that doesn't honor it as a search function.
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by Crontab 9y ago
So how would someone back up their email using this system?
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by Crontab 9y ago
I have to agree with your concerns. All they have to do is make a good web browser and they have the funds to do that. It concerns me that they are wasting time, energy, and money chasing rabbits.
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by Crontab 9y ago
That'll probably be around the time they announce a management engine that is built into every ARM CPU.

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