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by actf 16y ago
"it's just defrag, install, show 'em how to use Synaptic, and they're out." I think it would be really interesting to see some statistics from this, for example the % of computers on which the default install works without additional config
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by actf 16y ago
"My point is that you don't need to fiddle with Linux. You can, but you don't have to. You don't need to spend hours configuring anything." What are you basing that claim on, just your own personal experience? It's a pretty extraordinarily
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by actf 16y ago
To those suggesting Vim/Emacs require less mouse usage than an IDE: I see little more than anecdotal evidence to support this. I personally use Visual Studio extensively in combination with the ViEmu pluggin, and I'd like to think that doin
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by actf 17y ago
> For example you entirely discount people like me, who grew up in a family that doesn't play sports and who has a mild coordination problem on top of that, would have no chance at such an "interview". However my actual on the job perfo
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by actf 17y ago
Based on what? It sure didn't work out for Sun, what makes you think it'll work for Microsoft? It's no secret that part of the reason Microsoft makes so much money is because of vendor lockin. Embracing open source would make it easier for
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by actf 17y ago
> Often this ends up as a big mess Care to give us a concrete example? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point here, but my experience has been somewhat the opposite. The tight integration of the Microsoft development tools (for example V
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by actf 17y ago
Very well said - I really can't understand why so many people on HN think turnkey == closed. Sure there is a correlation, but is it just me or does it seem like everyone has forgotten that correlation != causation.
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by actf 17y ago
>it being about my Mum being able to use it without having to phone me saying that it's all gone wrong again You're confusing correlation with causation. The fact that your Mum has been unable to use devices in the past is not _caused_
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by actf 17y ago
> Up until fairly recently you had to hack around with text files in shell in order to set up simple things like multiple monitors I still have that problem in 9.10 - same goes for getting wireless to work > That sort of stuff got a
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by actf 17y ago
>Are tightly closed environments like this where we want personal computing to go next? I think all signs to point to yes (assuming you use "we" to mean the population at large and not HN). Outside the mobile world, look at the example
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by actf 17y ago
I think the reason people feel this way is because of the competitive capitalistic nature of the society we live in. If I know X% of the population has acquired something for free, how am I supposed to feel when I'm expected to pay for it.
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by actf 17y ago
You're building a straw man here. Large-scale piracy is very different than ensuring "the practical security of digital IP always and everywhere". Putting a _practical_ stop to services such as the Pirate Bay would be incredibly simple if i
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by actf 17y ago
I don't I buy that argument without data to back it up. I'd hypothesize that the amount of piracy a title gets is directly proportional to its popularity. Sure with an indie title you have fans that are more sympathetic to the producer, but
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by actf 17y ago
> No, producers will move to platforms where it is difficult to impossible. Short of increased enforcement I completely agree with you - this is the only viable long-term solution. Ad supported software is always suggested as a another
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by actf 17y ago
Like you say, even the most basic markets require external factors like laws to function. The real estate market for example would, I believe, break down if it weren't for laws prohibiting people from trespassing, squatting, etc. The retail
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by actf 17y ago
Can you provide a link to your games or more info? I'd be curious to see. I'm still not entirely convinced. In both of your examples it's not clear that it's possible to make a sustainable income, 10k is not imo a sustainable income, admitt
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by actf 17y ago
Directly from the article: "Programmers should give away their software and make money from consulting." I read that as meaning open source, what do you take that to mean? Maybe my requirement that it be open-source is too restrictive - I'd
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by actf 17y ago
This tool looks really interesting - and I love the idea that it can be programmed using python. I've used a number of GUI automation tools in the past like autohotkeys (which I can also highly recommend) - this one looks like it would make
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by actf 17y ago
If that's the case then why haven't smart people figured out a way for game developers to make money while releasing their software as open source? Point me to an example that illustrates how this is possible and I will concede that you're
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by actf 17y ago
I think this article presents an interesting argument, even though much of it is anecdotal. Some of the author's points are very interesting: > He says he’s an empiricist and that data have convinced him he was dead wrong. He now says t
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by actf 17y ago
I'm not sure I understand the point of the article. Security through obscurity does work in the sense that it decreases crimes of opportunity (I'm sure this is true even in the world of IT). Obviously it doesn't prevent someone who is motiv
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by actf 17y ago
I actually really like the look of the site, the bookshelf works well imho. I can see where it might get unwieldy as the site expands, but as a main page I think it works really well. Of course this is just my personal opinion and I think t
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by actf 17y ago
I couldn't agree more. The last time I ran Ubuntu as my primary OS its desktop experience was a long ways from Windows or OSX. Compviz was full of bugs that in my opinion significantly detracted from the the overall desktop experience. I'd
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by actf 17y ago
This was true back in the days of cmd.exe, but with powershell the state of the windows command line is a different story. Powershell is a huge step forward for Microsoft. I've been using it for about a year now and so far I'm very impresse
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by actf 17y ago
Sure, I'll provide some examples The companies copying Microsoft products: C# -> Novell Visual Studio -> Just about every other IDE out there rips off features that appear in Visual Studio first.Intellisense is the obvious example h
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by actf 18y ago
Wow I honestly can't believe that pg is so short sighted. Let's compare work that's being directly copied by competitors: Microsoft: C#, actually for that matter the entire .NET Framework, Singularity, Gazelle, Visual Studio, Powershell, Of
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by actf 18y ago
I disagree. There's a large number of microsoft products that I would gladly use over the alternatives. C#? I'd much rather use C# over java. Office? What's the alternative there? Open Office? Come on Open Office is far buggier, less user