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by holri 14y ago
What is really underestimated and forgotten are the calories of the daily casually snacks and drinks.
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by holri 14y ago
emacs can do this too and gives you complete control over everything. You can even go to the lisp source of the editor commands very easyly.
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by holri 14y ago
no he does not. He makes money from free software himself for about 20 years now. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling
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by holri 14y ago
In the logic of target based ads this is an exact differentation of consumers. Those that do not want ads do not get them. They may not click on them anyway so why waste money on displaying them?
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by holri 14y ago
The main reason is that Ubuntu is Free Software. That means the users are in total control of their machine and data, because they have the freedoms to use, understand, enhance and distribute the software.
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by holri 14y ago
GNU/Linux is Free Software, OSX is not.
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by holri 14y ago
Probably easier and more secure to just boot in a tails live system (usb, cdrom). This system uses tor and has everything installed and configured to protect your privacy. https://tails.boum.org/
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by holri 14y ago
The quality of service in Munich is excellent. The goal is not vague but a very clear strategic one. Be not dependent on a foreign monopoly. Support and adjucate your own people. That is the constitutional duty of any government. And Munich
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by holri 14y ago
"The IT department of the city of Munich has exactly one mission and that is to enable the employees of the city to service the citizens of Munich in the most efficient manner" Exactly. It is more efficient for Munich as a City to support l
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by holri 14y ago
Business economics vs. national economics a purely business economic point of view does not make sense in public spendind. No highway is econimical for itself. One must consider the national economic benefits. With free software, it is clea
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by holri 14y ago
Security through obscurity never worked. Baffling that an CIA man does not know this.
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by holri 14y ago
Firefox OS brings real freedom. Android is completely dependent on Google.
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by holri 14y ago
You forget the new electric motor assist bikes.
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by holri 14y ago
We are facing 2 problems: 1.) To much fossil energy consumption 2.) disease and overweight because of lack of exercise well, there is a very old and simple invention solving both problems: >>> the bicycle <<<
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by holri 14y ago
„The ingeniousness of a construction is based on its simplicity - Everybody can construct complicated." Sergej P. Koroljow (1907-1966)
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by holri 14y ago
That is doctoring on the symptom, not the cause. Go outside. You do not only need Vitamin D, you also need fresh air, green and exercise. You can not get this with pills. In the long run you save time, because of longer life (and hacking) a
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by holri 14y ago
Software can not replace skilled crafts. Adjusting a CNC machine is very complicated and requires a lot of experience and skill. One lesson learned is, that craftmans that learned on shitty old russian manuel lathes did a lot better on mode
558.
by holri 14y ago
So executing the Nuremberg Laws was encourageable?
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by holri 14y ago
So you think executing and leveraging wrong laws is excuseable? There are lot of examples in mans history where this was not the case. This is another one.
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by holri 14y ago
I also know nothing about the Windows laptop market. But in Linux land Thinkpad is just working perfect.
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by holri 14y ago
No RJ45, No VGA? There is a lot of old hardware / circumstances requiring this in a professional setting. An adapter is not an option because I am going to loose it all the time.
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by holri 14y ago
I do not use Apple products for this reason.
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by holri 14y ago
I do not use Google products for this reason.
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by holri 14y ago
I am not going to let anyone know the software that I have installed, nor will I trust or depend on a white list issued by a big private corporation with business interests.
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by holri 14y ago
Nokia Internet Tablet failed for the masses, because they did not invest in it. Instead they had an internal fight Symbian vs. Linux. Nobody won, instead Apple and Samsung did. BTW: Did you know that Maemo has an automatic Package Manager t
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by holri 14y ago
You will find this kind of ethic also in old Greek philosophy: http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/discourses.1.one.html
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by holri 14y ago
Nice read. Nothing new, just read the old Greek philosopher Epictetus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus .
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by holri 14y ago
Where I live the typical usage of a car is one person with small or no luggage from office to home and back. Buying a van for best performance for a very untypical and rare usage sacrifing the performance of the typical usage is not smar
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by holri 14y ago
There are no easy lessons to learn. The world is very complex. The search for easy lessons and universal formulas to success is silly. You have to learn that you don't now. Nobody knows.
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by holri 14y ago
It is a European courts ruling not a German one.

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