bluecatswim

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by bluecatswim 5y ago
How serious is MS about requiring TPM? I haven't read too much into it but every time I hear people talking about it they say there will be workarounds or MS will eventually budge. The same with requiring online accounts.
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
I think at this point most of the issues (not all) that the average gamer experiences are caused by incompatible libraries and the like, it will be interesting to see how good linux gaming gets when the Steam Deck/SteamOS 3 release on
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
>(since the parent post was primarily about money) I don't think so, it was about making money through selling it as proprietary software.
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
Tell me about it. The newer Android Firefox UX is so bad I'm forced to stay on version 68. I can't use other browsers since extensions are core to my web browsing experience (especially userscript managers). Maybe once a year I&#x
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
Dang, that sucks. Thanks for the response.
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
Isn't that just the app being banned? The website works for me.
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by bluecatswim 5y ago
"Largest factor" implies there are others as well.
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
>Sometimes avoiding those connotations are exceptionally hard, verging on impossible. Is it? Two years ago if someone told me they think of certain races every time they hear about whitelists or black holes I'd find them a bit silly
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
Maybe I'm reading too much into it but that blogpost doesn't sound like it's about anarchism or illegal content to me, it's sounds more like them justifying shutting down "problematic" content (like what happen
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
What does the respectful way of flirting look like? I want to educate myself.
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
Or this. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/330/806/8fc...
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
>and in occasionally playful approaches to tutorials and reference materials Delete this before they find out!
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
I don't see how that contradicts the original statement. Software can be useful while not respecting user freedom.
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
>means I can't use banking apps, or government apps (eg. Track&Trace or recently the EU Settled Status app) Can't you use a web browser for those things?
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
Userscripts?
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
I've never used Arch but I think it should be considered as the "default" GNU/Linux distro at this point, Canonical have made plenty of bad decisions in the past year (forcing snaps for certain packages, advertisements i
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
I'm assuming you hadn't heard about this. https://www.projectveritas.com/news/insider-blows-whistle-ex...
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by bluecatswim 6y ago
The usual reasons monopolies are bad. Jio in particular is known for being highhanded in blocking websites. A couple weeks ago duckduckgo was unavailable on their network across India. [0] Last week, the government of India proposed some ch