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by calcifer 7y ago
For most universities just being on the network grants access to journals, so no credentials are needed, stolen or otherwise.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> "Users of Sci-Hub do so at their own risk. This study is not an endorsement of using Sci-Hub.", I don't think it can be called pristine. People being forced to cover their asses due to a broken copyright system does abso
453.
by calcifer 7y ago
That would be extremely counterintuitive given how pristine Scihub's image is among academia. It is much more likely people are "donating" access from within university networks.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> They are. The rest of your comment refutes this. They might pay it sometime in the future, but they are not paying it by parking it abroad.
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by calcifer 7y ago
As I said, I've never doubted your technical arguments. I'm just urging you to keep the petty stuff in check.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Expect supporting wayland properly Doing what everyone else does != doing it properly > I wouldn't call this excellent at all So far Wayland support is most further in Gnome and even there a lot of features are still missing&#x
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by calcifer 7y ago
Funnily enough, this is exactly what I was talking about. Nvidia supported multiple monitors on Linux for decades using TwinView, they simply didn't add support for the open source xrandr for 4-5 years, but even that has been suppor
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Their alternative has genuine technical problems that would render large parts of wlroots broken. If this is indeed true (and I have no reason to doubt you) then I wish you and the rest of the Sway folks would focus on those issues, in
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by calcifer 7y ago
Nvidia has excellent support, I think you are conflating Linux with open source. For decades, Nvidia had (and arguably still has) excellent support for the former, without really caring for the latter.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> wlroots is suitable for basically any use-case Except the single largest GPU vendor, yes.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> I wrote a blog post about it but it was used against me by an interviewer at riot games. Honestly? That sounds like the system is working as intended. I'm not from the US, never been there, and I wouldn't want the author of s
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by calcifer 7y ago
He was quite abusive actually, not "abusive".
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by calcifer 7y ago
Reporting their own content doesn't matter, because the rules don't apply to them. Ergo, selective enforcement.
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by calcifer 7y ago
I'm not sure the distinction is relevant. The fact is, Amazon can and will remove your books at any time and there is nothing you can do about it.
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by calcifer 7y ago
Assuming Amazon doesn't just decide to delete it [1], sure. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18am...
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by calcifer 7y ago
Removing DRM from KFX works since March [1]. [1] https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2019/03/30/dedrm-tools-6...
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by calcifer 7y ago
> just calling a spade a spade is all Why though, what does it add to the discussion? Why does it matter if a tiny indie developer gets a bit of exposure to his tiny little game? "It's just an ad" sounds needlessly cynical
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by calcifer 7y ago
> Finish up the Viking labelled release experiments on mars first, then go take a look in the mid Venusian atmosphere. Then take a gander at europa This is exactly why I like HN. Here, you have the true experts contributing valuable scie
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by calcifer 7y ago
> I personally am strongly for stopping nuclear proliferation around the world > I want to see India and Pakistan give up their weapons Since you are so strongly against nuclear weapons, wouldn't you agree the US should lead by e
470.
by calcifer 7y ago
Because building, deploying and maintaining your own (of anything) comes at a significant cost and a tailor made contract for preserving privacy seems like a great alternative.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> then change www.reddit.com to old.reddit.com You can opt-out of the redesign in your settings so www.reddit.com and old.reddit.com both show the old reddit, and you can use new.reddit.com to view new-only pages.
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by calcifer 7y ago
Red Hat is an anomaly, not the norm. https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/please-dont-tell-me-you-wa...
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by calcifer 7y ago
Because we already know what happens when you can't insert the rods and stop the reaction.
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by calcifer 7y ago
Guardian's annual contribution starts at €0.96 per week [1]. Greedy? If anything, that's too cheap. [1] https://support.theguardian.com/eu/contribute
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by calcifer 7y ago
Politicians and greedy monopolistic companies are the number one culprit for aerial fiber in the first place, so...
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by calcifer 7y ago
The whole thing was a mistaken configuration made by a European company. If anything, the Chinese company is a victim who got a ton of unwanted traffic routed through them.
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by calcifer 7y ago
"Buying into" isn't only about money. A lot of people put time and effort into Inbox, Reader etc. and they were badly burned when Google decided they weren't making enough millions of dollars.
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by calcifer 7y ago
> I don't think it's as hard as you'd imagine. I think it's very hard. The best article ever written on this subject is "So You Want to Compete with Steam" [1] and it applies as equally well to Playstation
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by calcifer 7y ago
I don't see anything in there about a choice to be an employee. Which makes sense, you can't employ people in a country without being an employer.
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by calcifer 7y ago
That becomes the contractor's problem unless you live in the few places where Gitlab has a legal presence.

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