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by forca 12y ago
Linux has become simply the invisible platform upon which so much runs. This is true by virtue of not only Android, but other stuff. Take notice, though, that more and more businesses are shunning Linux in favour of BSD. PS4, most routers,
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by forca 12y ago
Pulseaudio took way too long to get ironed out, IMHO. ALSA was bad in a lot of ways, but was workable. I agree moving forward is good, but the issue with alot of OSS software is it's used a replacement for working software when it&#x27
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by forca 12y ago
I agree somewhat with Lennart. The Libre/OSS community is full of egotistical asshats -- generally western and in their 30s and 40s. What's funny, though, is that not all camps in the community are that bad. The Linux camp has det
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by forca 12y ago
I long ago started blocking all ads because they are one of the largest vectors for malware. I don't like being tracked and my data sold without my permission. This is an old argument, but it's widely agreed upon that there is n
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by forca 12y ago
Tim, Thank you for replying. I suppose "yes" and "yes" is the best answer to your questions.
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by forca 12y ago
Like you, I discovered Linux in 1998 and have personally used it exclusively since. I get as many people off the MS and Apple treadmill and onto Libre/OSS as I can, especially in SOHO settings. I've yet to not be able to do someth
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Is a home tech company still a viable idea?
1 points by forca 12y ago|2 comments
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by forca 12y ago
Good on you, and I mean that nicely. My insurance monthly is 1/3 of my salary after taxes. Blue Cross through my employer. I tried to fall back on something from the ACA Web site, but because my employer offers insurance, I don't
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by forca 12y ago
Wow. Simple, yet profoundly true.
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by forca 12y ago
I voted you up. What you say is disturbing and true. American medicine treats the symptoms and intentionally strings people along rather than cure the underlying cause. There is no profit in curing cancer -- only in the treatments. I'm
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by forca 12y ago
Free as it ought to be -- payed for out of yours and everyone's taxes. Parking should have been free, to be honest. Nothing I hate more than seeing basic services turned into money-making opportunities for the shady.
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by forca 12y ago
Interesting, but I want, in my lifetime, to see a more or less tax-based system that means I see my GP and pay nothing save what I'm taxed in my pay packet every fortnight. There needs to be caps on costs. Costs determined by governmen
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by forca 12y ago
Great read. This just show how evil for-profit medicine really is. The fact that the pay is so high in the west is disturbing. I really pray we see a single-payer socialised system in our lifetime in the US. Growing up with socialised medic
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by forca 12y ago
I don't believe so. I once worked for a startup that offered not only coffee, but allowed beer as well. On the weekends at night, engineers would be having beers and smoking. Productivity was OK, and the owners meant well, but the cult
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by forca 12y ago
No. Full stop. Being tracked is never good. It's the thin edge of a wedge, which, if left unchecked in the name of "convenience", will lead to total tracking of everyone in the names of "safety" and "convenienc
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by forca 12y ago
I agree with this. Peronsally, I try and keep my own well from being poisoned by using well-written OSS/Libre software. My entire working world is based on open source software. I use almost nothing that is not open source anymore. At
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by forca 12y ago
Set your own agenda and use what works for you. The SV echo chamber is BS, pure and simple. Have the garage mentality that started so many great companies. Good luck!
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by forca 12y ago
Should that the US have such a great work culture as the Finns enjoy. Sadly, the right wing in the country hate anything that smacks of the evil of "socialism". I grew up in Europe, so what the Finns have is default for my way of
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by forca 12y ago
MS wants so desperately to be recognized as having great software and great experience. First step: - Stop allowing OEMs to bundle third-party crapware with Windows OS. This will go a long way to building a better view of Windows. Charge li
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by forca 12y ago
Cannot and will not ever trust Google with my data or that of any employer for which I am affiliated. Full stop. I dislike associating my data with a company whose sole job is making money from ads. I dislike their business model, their his
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by forca 12y ago
I don't think the average person really understands IT and what's involved. If I'm at a dinner party and I'm asked what I do, and mention what I do, peoples' eyes immediately glass over. They don't want to unde
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by forca 12y ago
You sound like a Nazi... I pray you never experience a major medical issue whereby you are "useless" to society.
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by forca 12y ago
Easy. Set limits on salaries. All medical schools become government owned and run. Doctors graduate with no debt and they agree to serve the system for 10 years. If you bail before 10, you pay the debt of schooling you. Salaries would be re
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by forca 12y ago
I don't see the big deal, to be honest. Spain has successfully pulled this off a number of times. Fact is, all governments should force, by law, open standards for all governmental communications: software, formats, you name it. MS is
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by forca 12y ago
The goal is zero profit in health care.
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by forca 12y ago
Medical debt rankles me like nothing else. The US, supposedly the most advanced nation on Earth has the worst notion of all: health care for profit. Simply evil. Health care is a basic human right. Full stop. Health care should never be bas
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by forca 12y ago
Sounds great, and I hope you succeed with your new venture. I'm with you on not wanting VC money. Nothing says "I don't have control" like a company in debt or beholden to those who control the purse strings.
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by forca 12y ago
Texas is... OK, but has no real culture to speak of. The tax relief in Texas is not as great as you might be led to believe. Great for businesses (sometimes), not for people. Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the country despi
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by forca 12y ago
London is the financial capital, not the cultural capital. London long ago lost its lustre as a place of fun and sanity. You get taxed driving into the city centre, not so NYC, the cost of living in NYC is far less than London. A year-long
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by forca 12y ago
Again, well said. I agree with you. I, too, have some good friends who live out there (cannot fathom why). I like the raw energy of NYC, something no place in CA has, not even LA, and I lived out there for almost 4 years. NYC trumps any lar

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