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by abrowne 9y ago
(1) is a "feature": https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208086
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by abrowne 9y ago
I just run the installer pointed at an external hard drive partition. You can boot from that and run the OS installers for the same or later versions but you also have the full OS if needed, including extra apps like Carbon Copy Cloner or w
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by abrowne 9y ago
In the post author's defense, in the context of the Mir category of that site, it makes sense.
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by abrowne 9y ago
The new Ubuntu GNOME desktop doesn't use Mir, but Mir is still being developed for other uses, like embedded devices. It's also one potential way Ubuntu MATE may get Wayland support.
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by abrowne 9y ago
Yes, I should have summarized, but it's not my blog, just one I read. So I was just being lazy, posting as I went out through door to work, not trying to get clicks on my site or something.
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by abrowne 9y ago
The whole article has some issues: https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/getting-names-right-...
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by abrowne 9y ago
Not trying to blame the user, just trying to understand: why would someone ever run a web browser as root? A text editor to edit system files, ok, but a browser?
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by abrowne 9y ago
- Sweden: Volvo is Chinese-owned now and Saab is gone, I think, at least for now. - Spain: Is there anything other than SEAT, which is part of VW? - Brazil: I think they assemble a lot of cars, but I don't think I've heard of a lo
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by abrowne 9y ago
When I was in Belgium last year, with my American chip-but-no-pin credit card, the terminal would just spit out an extra long receipt and the slightly confused cashier would say, "oh, you have to sign ... somewhere" since there wa
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by abrowne 9y ago
But Antarctica is dry, while Iceland is wet.
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by abrowne 9y ago
I could also be Thunderbolt, the like the LG 27-inch that Apple sells.
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by abrowne 9y ago
It's a long enough article for me. I feel satisfied reading it without now needing to read the book.
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by abrowne 9y ago
Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421112
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by abrowne 9y ago
Here they're in white commercial vans, but otherwise the same. My duplex entrance is around the side, but they always are left on the front steps. At least my Amazon for Business account at work seems to only use USPS or UPS. The Amazo
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by abrowne 9y ago
I do this too, but Firefox will ignore a full-width fix bar when doing space bar/page down scrolling, so it's less necessary. I wish Chromium would pick that up.
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by abrowne 9y ago
My brother, who lives in Japan, has mentioned that snack sizes, like chip bags, are much smaller there compared with US sizes.
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by abrowne 9y ago
No! They're just about the only source for a small but not low-end Android phone these days.
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by abrowne 9y ago
All Macs have NVRAM for settings like default boot disk, volume and display brightness.
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by abrowne 9y ago
You expressed yourself very well in English in your comment!
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by abrowne 9y ago
"30 January 2009: DHL ends domestic pick up and delivery service in the United States, effectively leaving UPS and FedEx as the two major express parcel delivery companies in the United States" https://en.wikipedia.org&
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by abrowne 9y ago
The "Web runtime" is under the header "Backwards compatibility".
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by abrowne 9y ago
More on tea / cha / chay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_tea
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by abrowne 9y ago
> Premium mediocre is Starbucks’ [...] original pumpkin spice lattes featuring a staggering absence of pumpkin That's like complaining that your grapefruit juice doesn't have any grape.
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by abrowne 9y ago
The Azores?
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by abrowne 9y ago
It loaded for me without issue.
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by abrowne 9y ago
Fair enough, but just to be clear, I wasn't suggesting using the words 'reuse' or 'recycle', only to be inspired by them to use the 're-' prefix. The current logo certainly seems inspired by common recycli
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by abrowne 9y ago
What about ReOS, as in reuse and recycle, which fits the mission (and logo)?
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by abrowne 9y ago
Interesting/weird/scary
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by abrowne 9y ago
Won't that just bring up a system (polkit?) password dialog (so no sudo, but you still need an admin password)?
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by abrowne 9y ago
You can listen to the whole thing — and buy it in lossless format — on Bandcamp: https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-d...

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