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   by ijkl 18y ago

   > It is hugely inefficient compared to rail. Good point. Compare moving a shipping container worth of stuff by tractor-trailer on rubber wheels on pavement (including dealing with traffic) to moving it on steel rails. Not even in the sa
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   by ijkl 18y ago

   Ajax often gets used when a page is so complex (possibly due to lots of ads) that reloading the whole thing would be too much work. In those cases, I wonder if maybe the problem could be solved instead by just making the page simpler...
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   by ijkl 18y ago

   Why does Ubuntu provide a server edition in addition to their desktop edition? It would seem a natural fit to leave servers to Debian and focus their own efforts on delivering the best desktop experience possible.
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   by ijkl 18y ago

   I'm guessing you did a full-upgrade. Have you tried a fresh install from scratch?
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   by ijkl 18y ago

   Is OS X font rendering that much nicer? I use Ubuntu with hinting turned off and no subpixel rendering (just gray) and it looks beautiful. Could anyone who has access to both OS X and GNU/Linux post side-by-side screenshots to compare the