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by illys 10y ago
"macOS ... privacy is usually given more consideration" Definitely not my feeling last time I upgraded macOs: I had to give my full name, address, * phone number * and * * bank details * * while the upgrade is free of cost. I don&
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by illys 10y ago
I agree with ysavir: I do not mind being exposed to ads related to my current search - I understand it is the price to pay for a free service... I mind my searches being stored and attached to my (not event anonymous) profile in a database.
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by illys 10y ago
I have the same feeling but I cannot find arguments: they make money by selling very similar materials. I think Google only better markets its intrusions than Facebook... Something to do with the public sentence "don't be evil&quo
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by illys 10y ago
Actually, I still have a problem when all my "actual searches" becomes someone else's "most valuable property". Of course there are some other less intrusive search engines (DuckDuckGo, maybe Qwant), but unfortunate
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by illys 10y ago
"Their security seems fairly top-notch" That sounds optimistic: a mass-leak would be a major company issue touching its credibility, with a possible black-out if the hackers do not make it public. Think of Yahoo: how many years to
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by illys 10y ago
My daughter also spent months using one when she was 7-8, not so long ago!
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by illys 10y ago
I am actually more worried about security with modern Intel processors than with old ones. Intel Management Engine makes me very uncomfortable in trusting my machine.
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by illys 10y ago
About Human vs Compiler, I see a very different issue: most developers (especially at Big Corps) only know objects and do not have a clue about how a processor is processing. As a result, most high level programming has very poor performanc
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by illys 10y ago
Future will always be fear and uncertainty. I can only testimony for my experience, positive!
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by illys 10y ago
The first question is "What is a server nowadays?"... An OS install? Or a physical machine?
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by illys 10y ago
Forget about command line and just try this: Install Linux Mint (the one I find fit - but other distribs could do), with a web browser and WPS Office, explain your basic Windows user how to reply to system update popups (very similar to Win
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by illys 10y ago
It starts slow, but an ever-upper trend shows something: To me, it means people succeeding with it are incentive to others. Of course there is no marketing or TV ads to kick-off a large public (explaining a slow take-off). In my family, the
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by illys 10y ago
It could be that 4 dots delimit 3 months, if data are sampled on one specific day (let's say 15th) and are not full month value (average). June-July 15ths + July-August 15ths + August-September 15ths = 3 months
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by illys 10y ago
Independently of style, taste, BigCo, edge cases, assumptions and other considerations, I still find a major regression in your version: Instead of one variable allocation and one test in the loop, your version has one allocation and TWO te