SeppoErviala

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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Why the picture? The post is still up. https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/comp.os.mi...
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Why use proprietary adware when there are FOSS alternatives available?
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I vote for: - Lack of OEM support - Uncertainty of driver support whenever you buy anything - Unavailability of some types of software If usability was the limiting factor why would anyone be using Windows anymore? The hassle wit
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
The problem for Linux games by Id has been the distribution. How do I buy this Quake 4/Wars that Id has ported to linux? Certainly not from Ubuntu software center. Do they have distribution system or do I have to download some binary and ho
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
ThinkPads regularly obsolete before they get broken beyond reasonable repair.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Languages where indents have semantic meaning tend to prefer spaces. Python style guide [1] explicitly specifies spaces and while Ruby community doesn't have official style guide all their popular unofficial style guides prefer spaces over
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Then there is no point in it. What the hell Samsung?
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Samsung clearly wants to interoperate with iPhone/Pod/Pad enabled docking devices by using the same usb/docking port. Accusing them for using it is like accusing laptop manufacturers for using mini-displayport.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I think he means a space elevator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Stallman is being consistent with his previous statements yet surprises me by being quite pragmatic about the issue. He has a valid point. You have more freedom if you run proprietary software on free OS than when you run proprietary softwa
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
If you want to serve static files cheaply and are moving less than 10TB/mo you will find that CloudFront is a magnitude more expensive than bunch of VPSes with lots of monthly bandwidth. Viability of this depends heavily on the use but if y
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Microsoft provides virtual images of various windowses just for testing websites in various Internet Explorer versions.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies.h... Relevant
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I know nothing about non-Thinkpad Lenovos and but with a quick googling I wouldn't put my money in one. As far as I'm concerned they might as well be Acer laptops. When people say that Lenovo laptops work well with linux they mostly mean Th
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Google provides services in exchange for personal information. I see this as a fair trade considering the great quality of their services and the value of my input to their systems. I would struggle to replace their services with products f
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Accessing web application features with Alt + <key> is one of the things this Ubuntu feature is about.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I have x220i and I needed to fix mic mute button [1] and add a power management script [2] for saving power while on battery. I still get some graphics corruption with gpu accelerated chrome but it's not too common and I can live with it. I
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I think it's still better than betting it all on a yet-to-be-released in-house operating system (like RIM is doing).
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I'm gonna ignore this law until some big dogs fight it out in court or implement compliance.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
I live in a country that has closed captioning on all tv-content and on most content on national video streaming services. I don't see why this should be of any problem for company like Netflix.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
Claims to be Mustache on steroids but misses one of Mustache's most important feature - support for most server side languages.
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by SeppoErviala 14y ago
The Way that can be told is not the eternal Way.