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by commoner 4y ago
"Picasso had a saying. He said, 'Good artists copy; great artists steal', and we have, you know, always been shameless about stealing great ideas." -- Steve Jobs, in Triumph of the Nerds (1996 documentary) https:/&
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by commoner 4y ago
Android launchers are like Linux desktop environments. There are plenty of options, and everyone can pick the one that works best for them. It's easy to install another launcher and set it as the default. /e/'s Bliss Lau
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by commoner 4y ago
/e/ has partnerships with Fairphone and Teraphone to sell versions of their phones with /e/ preloaded. /e/'s sister company Murena produced its own phone (the Murena One) and they also sell refurbished Gal
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by commoner 4y ago
Yes, Organic Maps is a fork of Maps.me. The original Maps.me was acquired by Daegu Limited, a subsidiary of the financial services company Parity.com, and they stopped publishing source code afterward. - Press release: https://ww
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by commoner 4y ago
/e/ sells smartphones preloaded with /e/ OS through its sister company Murena: https://murena.com/products/smartphones/ It would make sense for /e/ to rebrand to Murena OS, if they&#x
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by commoner 4y ago
WayDroid is more usable than a lot of people would expect. Here's a demo from 10 months ago: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dyOgI8PRt9w
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by commoner 4y ago
Organic Maps has a simple user interface that makes it a more similar FOSS replacement for Magic Earth. - Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app OsmAnd is a heavyweight with more features, including an advanced OSM editor, trip r
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by commoner 4y ago
That second link isn't working anymore. Here's another picture of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon keyboard, with three mouse buttons: https://images.anandtech.com/doci/9264/Keyboard2.jpg
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by commoner 4y ago
While this case involved a search warrant, Facebook also gives information to police departments without a warrant for any case that they determine to be an "emergency". Here is the portal where the information is requested and pr
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by commoner 4y ago
Are you talking about Twitter or Mastodon? Many company and product names are awkward before they become mainstream.
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by commoner 4y ago
The problem with many of HP's laptops that have pointing sticks, including the HP Dev One, is that they lack a middle mouse button for scrolling and middle-clicking. All Lenovo TrackPoints have that middle mouse button, which lets you
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Tuxemon: Open-source monster-fighting RPG(tuxemon.org)
2 points by commoner 4y ago|2 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
> Pinecil from the open-source TS100 iron The Pinecil is Pine64’s most polished product, and I congratulate them for getting such a high-quality soldering iron down to such a low price point ($26). https://www.pine64.org/
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North Korea-backed hackers have a clever way to read your Gmail(arstechnica.com)
9 points by commoner 4y ago|2 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
An AppImage or Flatpak package would make a great starting point that works across distributions. Making Livebook more accessible to Linux developers would improve its adoption, as well as the adoption of Elixir, Phoenix, and Fly.io.
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Former Owner of T-Mobile Store Guilty of $25M Scheme to Unlock Cellphones(justice.gov)
49 points by commoner 4y ago|56 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
Public domain code is not automatically considered open source, but for a different reason: > Public Domain software may come with the rights delivered by those “four freedoms”, but you can’t be sure. It will depend where the software wa
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by commoner 4y ago
Asus also participated in XDA's device seeding program with a few of their previous models. - Zenfone 6: https://www.xda-developers.com/asus-zenfone-6-custom-rom-twr... - ROG Phone II: https://www.xda-develo
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by commoner 4y ago
As of May 2022, SafetyNet basic attestation works on CalyxOS by default for the Pixel 3a and later: https://calyxos.org/news/2022/05/07/location-safetynet-fix/
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by commoner 4y ago
> It is a crazy strategy of Apple to put the “brains” of its most expensive phone, the iPhone 13 Pro Max (+USD 1.099), in its entry model, low cost (USD 429). No other company does this. The $449 Pixel 6a, which was released today, has t
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July Update: A Pinecil Evolved(pine64.org)
1 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
This is similar to the open access citation advantage (FUTON bias): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_citation_advantage Articles on Wikipedia and in open access journals are more accessible than paywalled sour
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by commoner 4y ago
> Listerine is the only branded OTC antiseptic mouthwash in the United States approved by the American Dental Association. The full list of ADA-approved products for plaque/gingivitis control is here: https://www.ada.org&
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Ring, Google and the Police: Emergency Requests for Video Footage(cnet.com)
1 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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Continued cyber activity in Eastern Europe observed by TAG(blog.google)
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Apple Sued over Apple Pay, Accused of Antitrust Violations(bloomberg.com)
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by commoner 4y ago
Yes, Firefox supports multiple profiles in parallel. For a Chrome-like user interface, try the Profile Switcher for Firefox add-on: - Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/profile-switc... -
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Lawmakers push FTC to clean up the VPN industry(theverge.com)
6 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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OnePlus Android 12 firmware – relocking no longer works(calyxos.org)
3 points by commoner 4y ago|0 comments
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by commoner 4y ago
Apple's Tracker Detect app for Android was designed to be inferior to the AirTag detection in Find My for iOS because Tracker Detect does not scan for AirTags automatically. Instead, Android users must manually open the Tracker Detect

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