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by dschuetz 7y ago
Dude, fields are a tool physicists use to describe phenomena. It's okay to say EM fields exist because they interact with everything everywhere and we can actually observe that.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
"there is gravity in the absence of EM fields" That just cannot be true. EM fields are just about everywhere. They permeate space almost as universally as gravity, but in form of photons (to name higher energy EM fields here) or o
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by dschuetz 7y ago
This is really interesting. Perhaps there is also a chance that electromagnetic fields are indeed entirely responsible for gravity, in some complicated yet unknown manner.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I did both, wrote and typed, and wrote on my iPad pro with the stylus. The best results I got when taking notes and studying on real paper. I believe the cognition/perception bias comes from the unnaturally glowing panels and the lack
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by dschuetz 7y ago
That is not really surprising, is it? 20 years ago the Internet was populated with different people, because the subscriptions were expensive. And besides that, there was no mobile Internet, the user demographic was completely different. No
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by dschuetz 7y ago
This is a new low for Apple. A lot of memes were dedicated to exploding Samsung Galaxy Note devices and that has been laughing stock for years now. Bursting batteries in a "Pro" line of Apple devices is unacceptable. If you don&#x
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EA: Loot boxes “surprise mechanics” that are “ethical and fun”(arstechnica.com)
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I knew a guy who worked on his paper about smart TVs and their potential exploitation vectors. That was back in 2015. His supervisor wrote that paper off bluntly as "scientifically not relevant". Oh well.
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Lyrics Site Genius.com Accuses Google of Stealing Its Content(morningstar.com)
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Firefox Premium Coming This Fall(i-programmer.info)
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by dschuetz 7y ago
It takes one rouge/unpatched VM to run and scan threads randomly, undetected over a longer period of time, if not patched. With HT disabled potential hits become less likely, but still possible given time. Is virtualization on Intel de
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by dschuetz 7y ago
here is the primary source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19911715
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Why is that even possible? It's horrifying that simple voice calls via an app allow that kind of attack.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Because configuration was all part of the desktop environment (why exactly do you call it "breaking" though?) back then. Now I have to break stuff to make other stuff work. Doesn't make any sense, does it? It should be just m
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by dschuetz 7y ago
When I first started using Linux, it was Suse I had the pleasure with. So, yeah, you are not that far off with your assessment. And Yast was a regular pain. It messed settings up just by opening it! And Yast was tooted as "the way we d
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Well, yes, "Linux Questions" makes polls about Linux desktops. I was talking about any kind of desktop UX, hence "big fat".
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I don't hate it, but I also explained why I don't like it. Also, I used ratpoison a lot, but it doesn't mean I like it. It's useful for very specific use cases. I liked KDE a lot up until they started dumbing it down.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I agree that GNOME in particular has spooked away power users, yet in terms of usability it also has attracted more naïve users (also thanks to Steam). It was successful attracting less experienced user at the cost of expert users. Exactly
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by dschuetz 7y ago
It's an excellent read. The same thing that Apple does is also happening in the Linux desktop "department". Just compare GNOME2 and GNOME3. Back in the days I spent hours on configuring GNOME, and that was a lot of fun. Now I
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Just tested: uMatrix detects the site being a threat, preventing to load the homepage in the first place.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I switched to Vivaldi today.
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Vivaldi Web Browser Features(vivaldi.com)
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I'm willing/trying to pull the fix manually, but that doesn't work either.
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I don't know. Ironically, I had Normandy enabled (without my knowledge) and that "hotfix" they supposedly rolled out didn't reach my own client. So, what ever that feature is for - it doesn't even work. Apparently y
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Oh, I get it now. "Look how fast we could fix an issue with our Normandy preference rollout feature!" Best keep Normandy activated at all time, eh?
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Are you on nightly build?
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by dschuetz 7y ago
I gave up trying to invent something unique (because trying too hard tells you that you are failing), but I constantly contemplate on ideas to make something that already exists better. There are many things that are already great, but some
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by dschuetz 7y ago
Why is "we will never ask for your passwords at any time" not a thing anymore? What Facebook did was phishing, basically. With the password Facebook could be doing a lot more rather than just "upload contacts". Imagine t
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by dschuetz 8y ago
No, it's an issue of trust. I wasn't implying that Microsoft does such things. Such things could happen without them even knowing about it. With security in mind I just can't take the risk myself or expose my clients to such
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by dschuetz 8y ago
Wait a minute, there is tracking involved in a code editor? No, it's not in anyone's best interest. It can't be. Any info collected with tracking could also be used for other, malign purposes, covertly and illegally. I unders

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