dandelion_lover

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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
I disagree. I am using openstreetmap for everything and did not have any problems whatsoever. Of course, it depends on the location. In Europe the coverage is almost perfect.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Email provider: https://posteo.de; online maps: https://openstreetmap.org . More on https://prism-break.org (no affilation with those).
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
>I did have a Facebook account for about 6 months in high school before I deleted it and I've never felt the urge to re-activate it (afaik accounts are never permanently deleted). Yes, you can permanently delete your Facebook accoun
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Are you aware of usable alternatives to Netflix? (I am not). This is the problem I guess...
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
http://stallman.org/netflix.html
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What will the world look like when 'free software' wins(opensource.com)
3 points by dandelion_lover 9y ago|0 comments
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
BTW, Qubes OS is considering to add ReactOS as an official template VM. https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2809
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
I truly cannot understand how such a non-profit website could implement Google analytics, which tracks the users. Any desire to sign the petitions disappears. They could utilize piwik analytics.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
> Is there any evidence of this type of telemetry? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#User_tracking > I can't imagine this threat model being too bothersome Your entire browsing history reveals too
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
> GNU+Linux on computer Why not Qubes OS?
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
About the "free choice" when you sign some Terms of Service: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12958035 Why backdoors are bad: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12751461
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
See also: Ask HN: How can I do social good through programming? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14375014
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/1667
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Telegram is far from perfect, according to this investigation: http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta... Why not use, say, Ricochet? Or any other secure messenger ( https://prism-br
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
See also: Ask HN: Is it possible to make $200K/year base salary? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13407214
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
The author is Richard Stallman [0]. Yes, he is against DRM itself. Consider this FAQ: https://defectivebydesign.org/faq [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Relevant discussion: Europe is living under Microsoft’s digital killswitch (thenextweb.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14314713
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NEW INVESTIGATION: Europe’s Dire Dependency on Microsoft(investigate-europe.eu)
2 points by dandelion_lover 9y ago|2 comments
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Hopefully, it's far from the end. The fight continues [unfortunately only in German]: https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Muenchner-IT-Leiter-... In short, there are no technical problems whatsoever. It&#
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Just like Libreboot laptops are 'double-priced' ThinkPad laptops [0]. If you can sell user-respecting devices cheaper, go ahead. There are buyers. [0] https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-x220/
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Still, there are successful migrations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux
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FreedomBox, Private Cloud Server(wiki.debian.org)
4 points by dandelion_lover 9y ago|0 comments
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Alternatively, there is also an FSF-certified [0] router: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/free-software-wireles... [0] https://www.fsf.org/ryf
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
We have even better social networks: free as in freedom, ad-free, non-tracking. See https://prism-break.org/en/all/#social-networks for a quite comprehensive list.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
So is the FSF's campaign "Play Ogg!" [0] slowly becoming obsolete? [0] https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/playogg/en/
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
But I guess it is easier to be happy when you are richer and have a smaller probability to die tomorrow.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
>"Libre software" and FLOSS immediately sound politicized to my ear. They are, because pursuing your rights is a political move. "Free software is a political movement; open source is a development model." — Richard S
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
A detailed study clearly shows that you are wrong: https://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
In contrast, for me "open source" literally means opened sources, i.e. one can read the source code. "Libre software" or FLOSS may be better alternatives for those who care.

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