Flimm

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571.
by Flimm 11y ago
Malicious crackers aren't going to wait.
572.
by Flimm 11y ago
I only recently discovered that Unicode characters can now have colour in them, and frankly, I'm disappointed that we're adding complexity to an already hugely complex topic.
573.
by Flimm 11y ago
Don't they use slashes MM/DD/YYYY rather than dashes in the US?
574.
The Apple Watch is simultaneously awesome and pointless(troyhunt.com)
1 points by Flimm 11y ago|0 comments
575.
by Flimm 11y ago
You seem to be talking exclusively about the survival of the American economy, rather than then the survival of humankind.
576.
by Flimm 11y ago
Are you disagreeing with something toyg said?
577.
by Flimm 11y ago
Bear in mind that the #1 on HN isn't necessarily the most upvoted, look at the number of points in the submission.
578.
by Flimm 11y ago
Actually, I don't hold that (FSF) position. I just don't accept the idea that copyright rights are a freedom worth prioritising, and users' rights are a freedom worth ignoring. Also, I don't accept the idea that copyrigh
579.
by Flimm 11y ago
Good point. That's more precise summary of their credo and it's narrower than the "community".
580.
by Flimm 11y ago
> Don't like it? Don't get a license. Or, if you don't like it, you can complain like the FSF does, in addition to not getting a license. (To be clear, by legally acquired, I meant paying a developer for a copy of software
581.
by Flimm 11y ago
You yourself said "your freedom ends where my freedom begins", and if one defines "my freedom" as "my right to modify and distribute the software I have legally acquired", you can see how laws that ban that are
582.
by Flimm 11y ago
I think the credo of free software is the developers owe their users free software, not the community at large. It's a subtle distinction.
583.
by Flimm 11y ago
In that case, you just unexpectedly told a third party about your request, whereas with HTTPS, you only tell the intended party about your request. How does it improve your anonymity to unexpectedly have third parties intercept your request
584.
by Flimm 11y ago
I agree. I think tools like Valgrind and GCC debugger should really be introduced to the beginner from the get-go.
585.
by Flimm 11y ago
Why does the idea of Facebook as keyserver worry you? How is it worse than using another keyserver?
586.
by Flimm 11y ago
What would you say the impact of the prohibition and the war on drugs have had on the number of people who are negatively affected by drugs? That must be considered too.
587.
by Flimm 11y ago
Is my relationship with Facebook an abusive relationship? Only tongue-in-cheek.
588.
by Flimm 11y ago
Then people can still use your code under GPLv2.
589.
by Flimm 11y ago
You mean, in addition to regulations and taxes, right?
590.
by Flimm 11y ago
The truth is, we'll never know the whole truth about why they did what they did. I find it hard to believe that social pressure played no part in their decisions.
591.
by Flimm 11y ago
Self-promotion may be annoying, but that doesn't mean that it's unsuccessful, it may still change others' perception of one's skill and accomplishments. It's like commercial advertising, we all hate it most of the t
592.
by Flimm 11y ago
You still need a debit/credit card for that country.
593.
by Flimm 11y ago
Interestingly, Hacker News doesn't support this standard, and the link on the front page shows the unfriendly version.
594.
by Flimm 11y ago
In Ubuntu Unity, you can just click on the sound icon in the top right corner of the screen and click pause. Or you can use the pause button on your keyboard, if you have one.
595.
by Flimm 11y ago
It supposed to identify one item, so the fact that it got "tree" seems to be a correct response to me.
596.
by Flimm 11y ago
Pretty much everything under the sun is already being pirated, and yet content produces are producing content without any guarantees or safeguards.
597.
If I'm not under investigation(sendto.mozilla.org)
2 points by Flimm 11y ago|1 comments
598.
by Flimm 11y ago
I love it when a conversation moves beyond the typical argument and counter-argument. Thank you!
599.
by Flimm 12y ago
Why the downvotes?
600.
by Flimm 12y ago
It's not just they're the gatekeeper, it's that as gatekeeper they're acting against users' interest in this case.

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