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   by abrowne 8y ago

   The original source is https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-...
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   They're not just different chrome over Safari. At least networking can be different, and Chrome at least does use it's own networking code.
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   Replying since I can't edit: it should read "didn't affect Qt apps".
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   I was just trying Xubuntu. There's a setting to switch to 2x scale. Didn't seem to affect It apps. The window decorations stayed small, but there's a theme with larger ones. The cursor stayed small but can be adjusted.
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   Wiktionary says > 1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness. > 2. (figuratively) Without progress or change; stale; inactive. A stagnant pond isn't empty, the water just isn't moving or changing. Same
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   It looks like the new Air has a 7 W chip, more like an active-cooled MacBook, while the non-TB Pro has a 15 W chip like the old Air. Only the TB MacBook Pro 13-inch has a 28 W chip. But I know how to and what to look up. For most people: su
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/ibm-acquire-r... "- IBM to maintain Red Hat’s open source innovation legacy, scaling its vast technology portfolio and empowering its widespread developer c
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   > Any thoughts on an alternate OS Ubuntu, Debian, Arch? (Or Endless if you want something OSTree/Flatpak-based like Fedora Silverblue.) > with a lesser memory footprint than Fedora? Anything not GNOME? Not being (too) snarky — GN
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   by abrowne 8y ago

   What version of Ubuntu? Libinput, the new touchpad driver, has had major improvements recently, but you only get the new version if you upgrade the system version.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    In Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, they study areology.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I heavily use both Firefox and RSS — with FeedHQ — but I've never used any of Firefox's RSS features (except the feed preview, but only incidentally, and it's nothing I'll miss.)
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Same here. Whrn I can't (e.g. a foot of fresh snow), I feel really lethargic.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Similarly, I found a telnet: link would open Terminal, where open -a would open any app ;-)
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I wish more housing in cold-winter North America (like here in Minneapolis) had something like that.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    But the heat sink is just (1) remove bottom case, (2) unplug battery, (3a) remove heat sink (if Retina model) or (3b) remove motherboard, then heat sink from the other side. The keyboard is part of the top case, which is the part everythin
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I don't love the new keyboard, but keycaps are still replaceable as long as the scissor mechanism is OK. (Previously the scissor could be replaced, too.)
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Google's started to use Product Sans in Google Maps on Android too, and it's just as bad there.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I use FastMail at home, but we have G Suite at work. The worst is when opening a new message from a mailto: href, I used to be able to start typing as soon the text box appeared. Now I often end up sending a (nearly?) blank message, which I
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I agree. I thought I'd miss column view when I switched from Mac to Linux, but I'm ok with the breadcrumbs.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I have no numbers, but it's not my experience in Minneapolis, where I see more people riding, at least some of the time. (And most don't ride all year here, although winter bike commuting is also more popular in my experience.) Th
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    I'd tried DDG a while back and Google seemed massively better, but I've been more impressed lately. The "bangs" feature never appealed to me much because I already have ~25 custom search engines in Firefox that I have ke
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Which FastMail does if you have them host your DNS!
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Falkon is a Qt-based browser using QtWebEngine (Chromium). https://www.falkon.org/
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    Introducing the Librem Key(puri.sm)

    227 points by abrowne 8y ago|61 comments
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    Even here in Minneapolis many people ride their bikes all year round, with fewer riding when it is extremely cold or snowy, but coming back out when it warms up just a little.
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    Punkt MP02 4G mobile phone(punkt.ch)

    3 points by abrowne 8y ago|0 comments
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    The 2015 was the last of that body style, so it has the latest "guts" (CPU etc) with the previous keyboard and ports (USB-A, HDMI, Magsafe). Plus, with the non-mechanical touchpad, there's room for a slightly larger battery¹.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    This is for Mozilla's own builds. If you add a .desktop file¹, they work great, and they include a built-in updater (like the updater on Mac or Win). 1: https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2018/01/22/335&#x2
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    This is how I want to fly! Take off and landing safety would be hard, though.
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    by abrowne 8y ago

    > I still can’t get Firefox smooth scrolling to work right I'm not sure if it's the same on FreeBSD, but as a longtime former Mac user who now uses Linux, I've found you need to 1. set MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=true to get per-pixel