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by ewzimm 12y ago
I think monopoly power is especially difficult with digital distribution because the company is using technology that everyone else has access to. If Amazon suddenly started overcharging, it would not be difficult for Barnes and Noble or so
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by ewzimm 12y ago
This is a good example of why it's bad to develop too much brand loyalty. Software changes quickly. In a few weeks, these problems might be solved in Chrome. But Safari might innovate in other ways. I have been impressed with every web
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by ewzimm 12y ago
I'm sorry you saw it that way. I think the DMCA is flawed to the point where crude requests are complied with. I would be happy to respond if you tell me what you disagree with.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Thanks for the advice. I would still consider at least trying them, as I've seen VPS providers change a lot over time. I did see the links posted here to other cheap VPS's, so I'd check those out too.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
This article has actually been a pretty good advertisement for me. If I need some quick, cheap servers for non-critical stuff, I will definitely consider using this.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
I could take a screenshot of their screenshot and issue a DMCA takedown request against Windows. Unfortunately, the DMCA is set up to encourage inmediate compliance with unsubstantiated claims for anyone witnout Microsoft-level legal. That
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by ewzimm 12y ago
I haven't bought anything from Sony sine they removed OtherOS from the PS3. That was a huge insult to all the developers who worked at no cost to Sony to make their console versatile and destroyed the business of some of their biggest
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Free drivers are the way to go, but pushing proprietary drivers was never really Ubuntu's fault. It has been a lack of development of free software drivers because of non-cooperation by hardware vendors. But the community has stepped u
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by ewzimm 12y ago
They often also cause a bad experience. 512MB Android devices are cheap and popular, but they run poorly when Google+, Google Play Books, Google Play Newsstand, etc. are always running in the background. Most people won't go to the tro
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by ewzimm 12y ago
In the article, it says he intended to renovate, but it turned out to cost millions and was more efficient to rebuild.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
You are not limited to the included app store. Just like with FireOS, you can install shops like 1mobile and f-droid. http://www.1mobile.com/ https://f-droid.org/
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Yes, Google requires making their search and services default and allows only superficial Android modifications for anyone who wants to distribute Google Play Services. Reference: http://www.androidbeat.com/2014/02&#x2F
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Last time I used Opera there was no way to change the default search engine. That was a deal-breaker for me.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Their quality is sometimes really bad. Check out the first result for their own portal to all their online services: http://www.bing.com/search?q=portal.microsoftonline.com edit: Interestingly, for me it went from an "
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by ewzimm 12y ago
3x more would definitely be interpreted as 4x the original value. If a product was advertised as three times faster when it was only three times as fast, there would be legal issues with false advertising.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Thanks. I'm using your Orion config with random widths. The smoother gradient transitions are especially nice.
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by ewzimm 12y ago
Mozilla is still against DRM, but it is secondary to their mission to provide access to web standards. The EFF's lack of effectiveness is not a defense. They do good work, but more is needed. In this case, it's not fair to point t
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by ewzimm 12y ago
This is the truth. There has been no effective movement against DRM. The EFF is more guilty than Mozilla in this case because fighting DRM is a core function of the EFF's, while adapting to established web standards is Mozilla's p
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by ewzimm 12y ago
I hope you can come back to this comment years later with another perspective. If you read the comments on this thread, you will see how many people learned about github and FLOSS just from 2048. Its transparency and apparent simplicity hav
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by ewzimm 13y ago
We would have to look at similar areas where creators are not paid. For example, most YouTube videos are created with unpaid labor. This does not seem to affect their quantity. Quality varies, but payment does not seem to be the defining fa
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by ewzimm 13y ago
Every time I see a prediction like this, it seems like people are forgetting how much we are diversifying, not unifying, our computers. Almost every home appliance can be bought with a computer in it. At the moment, most of these appliances
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by ewzimm 13y ago
They had already been doing this for IE since it became the default. I think it's time to implement browser "Do Not Track" as a built-in proxy server service along the lines of an anonymous version of Opera's Off-Road mo
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by ewzimm 13y ago
I think the article can be summarized by this sentence: "When students preferred screen reading, they learned less when required to read from paper, and vice versa." I'm pretty sure this is all just a matter of personal prefe
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by ewzimm 13y ago
There's even more to it. Business is good for the USPS as more people shop online. They carry a lot of packages for FedEx and UPS to places they won't go. Their pensions are overfunded by billions. This source estimates $82 billio
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by ewzimm 13y ago
Now you will also have to tell people that free software is free in the sense of freedom, and free in the sense of FREE BEER, and often but not necessarily in the sense of free beer.
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by ewzimm 13y ago
Current foreign illegal pornography and gambling sites provide content only if that use is impossible. However, due to the amendment of this Act 'and do not pass the hearing domestic content "is to get into regulated, the purchas
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by ewzimm 13y ago
So why would you prefer a SSD to RAM?
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by ewzimm 13y ago
For a 4-year-old post about the progress of Overgrowth, it doesn't really convince me to use OpenGL, considering that Overgrowth is still in alpha. It's a 4-person team and an ambitious game, so I'm sure it's not related
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by ewzimm 13y ago
From what I understand, GIMP has only 1 full-time and 1 part-time lead developer, and yet it competes with the flagship product of a company that makes $4.4 billion per year.
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by ewzimm 13y ago
A belt with integrated batteries throughout and a micro USB cable would be so useful, and the batteries could easily be integrated fashionably. I don't know why anyone doesn't make that. You could charge your phone in your pocket

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