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by commoner 4y ago
Not too surprising to see that these changes were the result of coercion from Canonical. I don't know why any FOSS distro maintainer would voluntarily stop including Flatpak (which supports multiple repos and has FOSS server and client
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China regulators rein in AI chatbots over fears of uncensored replies(theverge.com)
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Schenker is a German company. Like with all branded versions of ODM laptops (such as models from Tongfang and Clevo), customer support for Schenker laptops is handled by Schenker and not the ODM.
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I've tried that, and it was so uncomfortable to hold down both mouse buttons with one thumb that I did not find this workaround worthwhile. It was awkward using both thumbs to do the same.
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See also the bioactive glass compounds BioMin (fluoro calcium phosphosilicate) and NovaMin (calcium sodium phosphosilicate), which come in toothpastes that also include fluoride to cover all the bases. https://ceramics.org/c
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by commoner 4y ago
The HP Dev One follows the HP EliteBook's poor design of pairing the pointing stick with 2 mouse buttons instead of 3. Without the middle mouse button, you can't scroll with the pointing stick and you'll need to use the track
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by commoner 4y ago
Unbranded laptops are something I'd also prefer, even though the corporate environment you're describing is very employee-hostile when it comes to technology choice. (Sorry about your situation.) I know that Schenker sells some of
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The StarFighter has soldered memory, making it significantly less upgradeable than the Framework Laptop. (Star Labs also sells the mid-range StarBook with upgradeable memory.) The Framework Laptop also has the advantage of swappable port&#x
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ThinkPads are still popular, so I don't see this as a joke. A pointing stick (TrackPoint) is excellent for people who want to use both the keyboard and the mouse while moving their hands as little as possible. Unfortunately, the StarFi
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by commoner 4y ago
When you look at the entire history of how Mozilla handled the Firefox for Android "Daylight" (version 79) refresh, these excuses were not good reasons. Versions of Firefox for Android before 79 had the same access to extensions a
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> Now a similar thing is happening with Firefox Android and their extensions. Firefox can easily run most extensions but it's hidden behind a config in a canary release of the browser. No doubt there are some good reasons for it but
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The comparison is between Safari + Safari-compatible content blocking extensions and other browsers + fully-featured content blocking extensions (such as Firefox + uBlock Origin). You have been spreading FUD about fully-featured content blo
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Controlled experiments show MDs dismissing evidence due to ideology(arstechnica.com)
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You're changing the topic. You originally accused developers other than Apple of maliciously intercepting web traffic. I responded that your FUD is actually a greater concern with the closed source Safari than the free and open source
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> So you think there is sone great conspiracy and that Apple is secretly tracking your web browsing history. What are you talking about? You are the one who accused other developers of that. Let me quote you again: > But on the other
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WebKit may be open source, but Safari is not. The interface to access Safari's content blocking settings and the platform on which Safari content blocking extensions are built are both closed source, so your FUD about "interceptin
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> But on the other hand, if you care about your privacy, why would you trust a third party to intercept all of your web traffic? uBlock Origin is free and open source, and its code is thoroughly reviewed by many contributors every releas
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by commoner 4y ago
Have you tried making a different desktop entry/shortcut for each Firefox profile and then setting a browser picker as your default browser? - Junction (Linux browser picker): https://github.com/sonnyp/Junction -
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The article explains that although the median household income of Asian Americans is higher than the national median, the variance of the salary distribution is also higher. When considered with the first myth in the article ("Myth: As
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> (A few years ago all extensions were enabled on Firefox on Android, but a few didn't work so they decided to limit it to a very short list of allowed ones. And then they let that list stagnate for years. Kind of a dick move IMO.)
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Try Profile Switcher for Firefox, which provides a Chrome-like interface for managing and switching between profiles in Firefox. Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc... Source:
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by commoner 4y ago
The Department of Labor's increase of the standard salary level to $47,476 was blocked by the courts. > The Department increased the standard salary level from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $913 per week ($47,476 per year) in
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by commoner 4y ago
Millions of auto company employees across the world have designed and built thousands of vehicle models. Many of these models overlap in terms of form factors, use cases, and target markets. Consolidation might allow some of those auto comp
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> Unless you are reviewing the software yourself (like not) If you're assuming this about me, then you're wrong. I frequently review source code for FOSS I use, especially the parts that I submit issues and pull requests for. I
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There's nothing negative about describing a celebrity as relatable. Relatability is something most celebrities these days strive for in order to portray themselves as more authentic to their audience. For celebrities that heavily rely
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Did you read the original Washington Post article that TFA is referencing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/01/26/marie-kondo-k... Marie Kondo released a new book last November (Kurashi at Home)
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In the automotive industry, replacement auto parts are often sold with a deposit called a core charge that is refunded when the old part is returned to the seller. https://www.bar.ca.gov/arsc/newsletters/newsletter
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> A zero-telemetry browser, especially one blocking ads and trackers by default like Orion, does not. With or without telemetry, any web browser interacts with the numerous servers that host the content on the pages users load. A malicio
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A piece of software will always be more trustworthy when it is free and open source than when it is closed source. A web browser interacts with so many servers that it would be very difficult to screen for all of the possible ways it could
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The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today(theverge.com)
6 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments

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