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by eosrei 11y ago
Dell XPS Developer Edition has i7, 16GB, 1TB and comes with Ubuntu. Probably the most straightforward option right now.
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by eosrei 11y ago
HP 4200N. It's not light, but you can get them cheap and they run forever. You turn it on and Linux, OS X and Windows automatically detect it on the network and can print. No hassles and no nonsense. I've had the same cartridge fo
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by eosrei 11y ago
The simpler option is to buy a high quality laser printer. I'm on the same cartridge in my HP4200N for almost 10 years since it's good for 12,000+ pages.
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by eosrei 11y ago
Yes, but FaceTime/iMessage is not free/open source nor available for non-Apple products. EFF gives both 5/7, pretty good considering the other options: https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
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by eosrei 11y ago
You seem to have only looked at the older PCs. Have you looked at the Dell XPS 13 or Microsoft Surface Book? They may dispel your complaints. You can even buy the XPS with Ubuntu.
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by eosrei 11y ago
> cornucopia of crap that is the PC laptop market Haha! High-end Dell and ASUS machines are good, but the lack of Apple competition is why Microsoft made the Surface Book. "We gave you nearly twenty years to make something good! Fin
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by eosrei 11y ago
60? Isn't that already your weekends?
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by eosrei 11y ago
You'll be able to reverse engineer. Interpreting JS is a massive waste of CPU/battery for the majority of users. The savings is worth a slight increase in complexity for developers.
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by eosrei 11y ago
"App Thinning" is a useful solution now that Apple has to support a range of devices. The Play Store has supported multiple device/screen/resolution specific Android APKs for years, but build process is not automatic: h
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by eosrei 11y ago
It's even worse when the digital version is more expensive than the physical book. $4 delivered for a real older book or $8 for the digital version? Why? The physical book is far more valuable; rather than simply recommending it, I can
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by eosrei 11y ago
I've seen it, but it only runs 6hrs (vs 10-14hr) on the battery, weighs 2X and costs 2X my current machine. Plus 15" is too large. I'm really happy to see the progress on freedom-respecting hardware, I'm just not willing
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by eosrei 11y ago
I'm running Mint 17.2 which switched to following Ubuntu LTS releases only. So, I haven't tried a newer Ubuntu, but the wifi is terrible in Win8 too. The "Panda Ultra 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter" http://www
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by eosrei 11y ago
I have a Sony Vaio Pro 13.3", 1080P, i7, 256GB SSD, 8GB, 2.3lbs, touchscreen; dual booting, but primarily running in Linux. It will cover me through this entire tech cycle. The above mentioned "premium fatal flaw" in this cas
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by eosrei 11y ago
TeMPOraL updated his original post with a link to exactly what he was describing: A thorough understandable explanation of the TPP https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3nl4sz/e...
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by eosrei 11y ago
I didn't notice any drastic difference between the two operating systems in that regard. I had to test educational software written in Flash on a range of computer systems years ago. Adobe has always supported Apple/Windows evenly
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by eosrei 11y ago
Oh yes, the security was a huge problem. I absolutely do not want to go back to the land of Flash for many reasons. Haha! The dictator reference is specifically in regards to intrusive CPU/battery-wasting Javascript ads. Which, I expec
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by eosrei 11y ago
Amazon is switching to JavaScript animated ads to support all devices. This isn't anything against Flash, this is a business decision to reach more eyeballs. Flash is fast. JavaScript/HTML5/WebGL/etc are just recently ge
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by eosrei 11y ago
I find the argument "I like food" against Soylent confusing. Most people who eat Soylent like food IMO. I eat Soylent and LOVE food. I don't like having to spend so much of every day sourcing, cooking, eating, and cleaning up
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by eosrei 11y ago
As much as I didn't like installing Adobe's plugin, I have to defend Flash. JavaScript is just recently getting to the speed Flash had years ago. Flash probably still does vector animations better [citation unavailable]. > and
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by eosrei 11y ago
I used this in Brazil this last March to read menus. It works extremely well. The mistranslations make it even more fun. Much faster than learning Portuguese! I took a few screen shots. Aligning the phone, focus, light, shadows on the small
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by eosrei 11y ago
Install Ghostery to block these and other trackers. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdf...
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by eosrei 11y ago
It wouldn't be surprising if RMS said that and you got me to look it up. The source for "MS-DOG" seems to be Morten Welinder ( http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/msdog.html )
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by eosrei 11y ago
I'll be surprised if it is anything other than ASPL. ASPL isn't GPL compatible. Any GPL compatible license would be great.
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by eosrei 11y ago
Reminds me a lot of the Tox project, a peer-to-peer encrypted skype/IRC/IM replacement: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore Tox optionally supports Tor: https://wiki.tox.im/Tox_over_Tor_%28T
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by eosrei 11y ago
Recreational driving will continue, but become more expensive. Car insurance companies aren't going away. Less drivers = higher premiums.
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by eosrei 11y ago
Douglas argues against the aphrodisiac myth: > There is a widespread myth about what people want rhino horns for - in fact two myths. The first myth is that ground rhino horn is an aphrodisiac. This, I think it's safe to say, is jus
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by eosrei 11y ago
The impending extinction of the Northern White Rhinos is discussed in chapter three "Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat" of the book Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams. Yes, that Douglas Adams. It's his only non-fiction. According to
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by eosrei 11y ago
The ideal air fuel ratio for gasoline engines is 14.64:1. It hasn't changed. Running an engine too rich wastes fuel and reduces power, too lean causes detonation and can destroy it. Electronic fuel injection more precisely meters the f
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by eosrei 11y ago
I ended up reading the article in Print Preview. No way for them to screw that up.
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by eosrei 11y ago
Most mechanical keyboards have N-Key Rollover or Anti-Ghosting to handle the situation of multiple simultaneous key-presses. USB supports up to ten keys, while only PS/2 has full N-Key Rollover support. Here's a good explanation o

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