gldsmth

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by gldsmth 12y ago
> I disagree. I can always pay the monthly subscription equivalent of the old standalone license and then just torrent the DRM- and cloud-free version of Photoshop. The developer still technically gets paid, but I'm under no illusio
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by gldsmth 12y ago
> Just because I need to edit a photo using a Spot Healing Brush and I don't like cloud-based subscription doesn't mean I get to pirate Photoshop. The comparison is disingenuous, I buy all the games I play at their full price,
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by gldsmth 12y ago
> There's a third choice - don't buy the games that violate your privacy and don't play them. You've pointed out great ways to support developers that don't violate privacy (GOG.com, Kickstarter) - why not stick
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by gldsmth 12y ago
I buy games because I support the developers. I've spent full price money online on games that could've been bought for cheaper in physical form (amazon.fr is almost always cheaper than steam prices actually unless Steam is going
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by gldsmth 12y ago
I play pirated copies of games I bought and own on steam because I don't want steam to know how many hours I play my games, when I play them, from what place etc. I consider that is not anyone's business. Adobe's spyware isn&
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by gldsmth 12y ago
And yum has always been much slower than apt-get.
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by gldsmth 12y ago
Swing is NOT platform native, that's why SWT was developed in the first place. Swing can use native look-a-like theming but it's not the same thing as SWT's actual, truly native widgets (with native keyboard shortcuts, system
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by gldsmth 12y ago
> Code can speak for itself. The constant open source mantra of "code speaks for itself" strikes again.. except that none of the competent eyeballs have looked at truecrypt up until very recently (phase 1 audit ended in April 2
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by gldsmth 12y ago
Because developers who refuse to show any responsibility for the code they've written (by staying anonymous and thus not risking their career/credibility in software) are much more trustworthy than "big corporations" rig
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by gldsmth 12y ago
I don't see why so many are jumping onto conspiracy theories. Truecrypt, like the page states, has become redundant with built-in OS offerings. While it could be used for other things, the main reason/drive behind its development
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by gldsmth 12y ago
> Having to work with 2 bytes languages (CJK typically) without proper Unicode support is much more of a hassle. Proper unicode support is not even close to being a priority when it comes to dealing with Japanese text. No one would store