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by ho_schi 5y ago
Yes. Regarding technology, the US is not the only country in the world. Answer machines and wireless phones where introduced worldwide be many companies around that time. Technology evolved at that time quickly, transistor usage in consumer
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by ho_schi 5y ago
As Wu and others have rightly pointed out, the straightforward Chicago School standard overlooks, among other things, the stifling effect monopolies can have on innovation. As a case in point: when AT&T was broken up in 1984, a torrent
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Yep. Becoming better and maybe doing better. Sadly often not honored. But I try to keep with this approach :)
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Exceptional examples. But what I miss here is instructions how to do it actually well? Instructions how to * upgrade server-applications quickly without user interruption * to create autonomic applications on client-side * how to change dat
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Please tell me that this Code of Conducts are all jokes? I've developed a fragile and basic rule which I try to follow: Don't be an asshole. I fail sometimes following that rule and I don't deny it. I struggle to become bette
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by ho_schi 5y ago
The GNU implementation of 'yes' looks like a meme, true. And FSF behaves sluggish, true. The rants about the bash and glibc lack actual foundation. Same for the comparsion with C++. And there is nothing wrong with long options or
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by ho_schi 5y ago
git --local-is-everything The job of the server is syncing clients and not keeping the data way from the clients. Good examples are Git or any reasonable mail-client like Evolution or K-9. Bad examples? The GMAIL-Website and especially th
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by ho_schi 5y ago
The UX and reliability sucks? I doubt that. Using Signal for years on a old iPhone SE (1st Gen) and a new Pixel 4a. Signal works perfectly and for many other people. It is just funny when the local radio reports that WhatsApp has another
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Linux -> Suspend -> S3 You just need ensure that the laptop successfully suspended and it never made a problem with mit ThinkPads. Like others pointed out, the problem for Dell seems caused by the awkward additional standbys introdu
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by ho_schi 5y ago
This is sadly all true. Password policies like "you must/must not use this characters" are bad and the worst are "you must change this password every six weeks". The first is a restriction which prevents well memora
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Society is looking only one immediate issues: Is it comfortable. Only later the notice the long term consequences. That is the reason why Microsoft was able to dominate the desktop market. Now wonder, the number of professionals on the desk
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Providing firmware-updates and spare-parts (especially batteries) should be a requirement for all-purpose-computers i.e. laptops and desktops. And also for smartphones with user replaceable operating-system. For devices which are only appli
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by ho_schi 5y ago
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/signatu... Didn't worked well? The UI on Windows is problematic since Windows XP. Microsoft doesn't maintain actually the libraries for the
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Why this packages doesn't provide pkg-config after so many years? On Linux literally every library comes with pkg-config readily available and the same is possible on Windows (MSYS2) and MacOS (that beer thing).
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by ho_schi 5y ago
In Ulm, um Ulm und um Ulm herum. // edit This is a famous tongue twister: https://www.ulm.de/tourismus/besucherinfos/in-ulm,-um-ulm-un... I assumed people get the joke. And the article mentions folding
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by ho_schi 5y ago
JavaScript has it benefits, live updates and interaction! I'm programming myself with it because I have to do so. But the current usage of JavaScript is driven by cost savings and manipulating users and not actual technical needs. I bl
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by ho_schi 5y ago
I love TUIs. They are clear, quick and easy to use. Probably because they require straightforward design. I just read the following links to build up foundation of knowledge first - low-level: http://%CA%9E.cc/irl/term.
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by ho_schi 5y ago
XML? Which is often not human readable, overly complex and therefore requires enormous amounts of processing power to be parsed. JSON - and also CSV - are ubiquitous because they are actually human readable and usually quick to process. JSO
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Desktop/Laptop: Already using Archlinux for many years Phone: Pixel 4a (only regular sized smartphone available not from Apple) Carplay? Never used. Apply Pay? Never used. Maps: Garmin, which works autonomous minus the GPS. Or OSMAND o
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Good news. We need more native apps, which work autonomous and locally and optionally sync with servers. Examples are Git (yeah! --everything-is-local) or any decent Mail-Client. Especially what the industry usually does is not the best, bu
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by ho_schi 5y ago
I want to cry if is see such dangerous things. Most European parties send unknown politicians to Strasbourg and let them vote on important topics with low media coverage. Later the local politicians - which act mostly in Bruessels - claim
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by ho_schi 5y ago
I've someone has gone so far like Apple already did, I doubt that a open letter will change their thinking. Maybe they step a little back and bring the next similar thing which looks less invasive some time later? Thinks like this must
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Dark pattern would probably a better naming. Infinite scroll works, you're right. For example every file-browser or mail-program, which show you the visible portion on screen and at same time scrolling through all items. On the web inf
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by ho_schi 5y ago
For this edge case I suggest handling JavaScript like Webcam-Access, if a website wants to use it they can and need to convince the users. So we have an agreement between both sides :) I foster myself some weird JavaSript to allow hardware-
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by ho_schi 5y ago
I dare it - turn off JavaScript!? Websites doesn't require JavaScript, what really needs JavaScript are Singe-Page-Web-Apps-Somethings with anti-patterns like infinite scrolling. You get two things in return, a "super duper"
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Take a look at Meson[1]. A lot of GNU, Gtk, GNOME and Freedesktops related projects have migrated or are migrating. The C, C++ and also Rust people use it. I've started reading the Autotools manual and turned away, to much bloat and ha
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by ho_schi 5y ago
I'm using Meson for a project using C++ with Gtkmm, Libmicrohttpd, catch2 and other libraries. My experience is good neglecting some minor issues. Meson is fast, well readable if written well, uses system libraries by default and allow
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Nautilus, the file-browser of GNOME on Linux, provides a template system for this: https://fedoramagazine.org/creating-using-nautilus-templates... It is a good approach but lacks presentation to users. Most users require &q
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by ho_schi 5y ago
File-systems work very well for people who understand how a computer works. And I'm afraid your right about the "apps paradigm", it looks easy within the app but the extended usage is difficult. Looking at Signal (the messeng
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by ho_schi 5y ago
Electron is Flash for the Desktop. History is repeating. Instead of investing into hard work and portability with programmers, the management decides to take the short part which looks cheap. The result are bloated, memory hungry applicatio

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