binomialxenon

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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Nextcloud is a fork of Owncloud that's led by the original Owncloud developer, and it seems to be more popular with the free software and Linux community. It looks like both are still active.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I don't have any problem with just searching strings such as "coffee shop [city name]", etc.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Sure, centralized services are popular, but there's nothing unrealistic about decentralized/federated ones, it's not a pipe dream like the blockchain craze. The main difference in end-user convenience is the difference betwee
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
No admission of responsibility of course, just scapegoating. I find it highly likely that Pai and his like-minded cronies were in on this the whole time.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
It's good that they revised that ridiculous restriction, but I think they should go further still. It was disingenuous to advertise the iPad as a "computer replacement" when having an environment for Python coding (widely use
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Why not Popsicle? It doesn't have to be strictly candy.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
> Shutting mic, camera and sensor data off for idle/background apps is neat, though I'm shocked that wasn't an option before. I wonder if they'll ever get around to letting the user limit or deny internet access to ap
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I see your point that most people don't want to dig into the nitty-gritty details, but I don't think it'd hurt to be able to mark applications as High, Normal, or Low priority for memory and CPU use.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Filling out some forms with whom?
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Ugh, I can't see any advantage that would justify my terminal emulator running on Electron.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I understand the case for interoperability between different media sources, but what looks like a glaring omission is that nowhere on this page does it mention whether it is a pro-DRM concept or not. If it does support artificial restrictio
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I'm not sure exactly what your needs are, but Bleachbit seems be pretty similar in features.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Bleachbit can do the same things, and is free software with no spying.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Or, take a third option and use a non-spying browser??
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
The repository system on Debian, Arch, Fedora is clearly not a walled garden like Apple or Microsoft's app stores. Any site can host a repository that you can add to your package manager's sources, and you're free to install
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I don't think people expect old clients to be maintained, but I generally don't like auto-updating. I don't want my computer to use CPU, disk I/O, or network bandwidth for updates except when it's convenient for me.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
> ...and more processor architectures than most other kernels could dream of touching. I don't think it comes close to BSD, Linux, or even QNX in that regard.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Hey, whatever it takes for us to get to RISC on the desktop.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I use both the F-keys and Home, End, Insert, Delete, PgUp, and PgDown on my laptop. The two use cases can co-exist, but it seems Apple doesn't want to bother appealing to those who want both.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Ubiquitous surveillance is the last thing we need, just the next step in turning the US into an authoritarian nightmare. I don't know who would want to live in a world where robo-cars would call the cops on you for jaywalking or minor
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
In the US, you can already easily get a state Photo ID that's the same shape and size as a driver's license. Not exactly a new concept, many people already have them but not a license.
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
While this is applicable to a lot of things such as appliances and cheap furniture, I wouldn't apply it so broadly as a rule. Plus, many new things just haven't been around long enough to tell. 5 years is absurdly short for a car,
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Apple is probably still the least bad of the four, but their dealing with China doesn't exactly inspire confidence from me. If they are willing to include code to censor the word "Taiwan" in iOS, who knows what else they are
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
Yeah, I agree, it's amusing how the author considers this to be going paranoid or something. And the link from the word "privacy" to Apple's website seems a little bit product-placementesque. I'm moderately cautious
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
While I agree with your concern about Google's enormous market share, Google isn't the sole owner of web search, and you're free to use another search engine instead. I've been using DDG exclusively for about two years a
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
If I visit a "small personal website" such as a blog, they're not going to know much more about me than my IP address, which pages I viewed, and possibly an inbound link ID. One of the big things I find scary about Google is
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by binomialxenon 8y ago
I'd wager a guess that the majority of Windows users use a Microsoft online login. Also, Office 365 and OneDrive are both widely used, and there's Skype, Xbox, and Hotmail/Live Mail/Outlook/whatever.