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by bopbop 8y ago
This is true, but they do completely remove the google spyware from your android device where they work, even with the proprietary blobs. It's also possible to get an AOSP device de-googled, or to de-google one.
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by bopbop 8y ago
There's an open source version of the Half Life engine called Xash3d which is feature complete: https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d It's also got an excellent Android port: https://www.moddb.com/ga
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by bopbop 8y ago
> Government, democracy or not, generally means I am being governed according to some, but not all of my wishes. The fact that Government is being governed according to some of your wishes is coincidental. It's only in a democracy (
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by bopbop 8y ago
No, this from next series and has a happy ending /s
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by bopbop 8y ago
A rational need for democracy for you would be so that I don't govern you according to my wishes. A rational need for democracy for me would be that you don't govern me according to your wishes. A rational need for democracy for t
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by bopbop 8y ago
That's what I was missing. Cheers.
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by bopbop 8y ago
Isn't wordpress more the technology? Or do you mean otherwise? Who would you see as pushing it? Or do you mean it's monetizable? It's definitely an excellent piece of software.
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Microsoft prepares to kill the Windows 8 store: No new apps from November(arstechnica.com)
2 points by bopbop 8y ago|0 comments
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by bopbop 8y ago
This walled garden isn't working! Quick, let's get back to the last one! Seriously though, blogs and RSS - communication on the internet has been solved. It just doesn't seem to be easily monetizable, so a big commercial enti
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A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots(techcrunch.com)
1 points by bopbop 8y ago|0 comments
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by bopbop 8y ago
I agree the tone of the parent comment could use a little work, but think it's a valid point - I'm not sure it can count as denigration if it's something they've actually done. In terms of "put up or shut up" I
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by bopbop 8y ago
I didn't appreciate that difference in them, thanks.
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by bopbop 8y ago
It's the As-A-Service model - the idea that software not only shouldn't be free, but also shouldn't even by run by the client. It's a pretty fundamental renegotiation of the terms of ownership. On better days I see it as
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by bopbop 8y ago
Not sure why the downvotes - I think it's pretty relevant to view statements in terms of previous positions taken. I'm a big supporter of Mozilla and Firefox is the only browser I use, but another point would be the promotion of t
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by bopbop 8y ago
Android is a lot closer to being open source then the Apple IP system. Also, Google just lost that one with the European Union.
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by bopbop 8y ago
Author is calling it now, for bragging rights in 2027. edit - judging by the downvotes this comment is accruing it would appear Hackernews believes my cynicism is unfounded, which is quite nice.
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by bopbop 8y ago
The task of FLOSS authors creating clients for walled gardens like Spotify always seems like a bit of own goal to me, tbh. I think we all love our phones - it's this amazing silent revolution that's happened where ubiquitous compu
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by bopbop 8y ago
Well, anecdotally, I'm from the UK, and hadn't heard of the Nissan Leaf until you mentioned it. Tesla, on the other hand... Although yes, actually that's very impressive. With regards to Hybrids, my (limited) understanding is
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by bopbop 8y ago
According to a study reported in this article in Motherboard, children are easily peer pressured by robots. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3qqep/children-a... When you add in the idea of their co
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by bopbop 8y ago
I think there's still quite a significant difference between "popularizing something that may save the planet from extinction from global warming which could have been pursued for quite a while by other large companies automotive
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by bopbop 8y ago
It doesn't, but it makes the intent of the submarine construction a lot clearer - it takes it quite far away from a useless PR stunt to, at the very least generous interpretation, a requested PR stunt.
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by bopbop 8y ago
Interesting to think of in the context of Alexa, Cortana, etc - a literal won't-someone-think-of-the-children story.
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Children Are Easily Peer Pressured by Robots, Study Finds(motherboard.vice.com)
2 points by bopbop 8y ago|1 comments
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by bopbop 8y ago
The answer to stopping ubiquitous pervasive surveillance probably isn't installing more ubiquitous pervasive surveillance. It's clear many people feel there are benefits to owning one of these devices, but it does seem all of the
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by bopbop 8y ago
I rather delicately confirmed with a few co-workers and they are aware of the usage, so it could be regional? They're rather reserved PHD kind of people (I'm not), but seemed to find it hysterical. With regards to Twit, that'
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by bopbop 8y ago
Apologies for the vulgarity, but I am presuming someone has informed the initial design team that toot is slang for a fart (at least in England) - which leads to the phrase "a mastadon toot" being quite a double entendre. How well