jake_the_third

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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> Godaddy is distancing themselves because they don't want to be associated with those things. Would it also be reasonable for browsers also black list the website in question "because they don't want to be associated with
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Ignoring the offending content in question: What does a registrar have to do with the content of the website the domain points to? They are not hosting the content themselves, nor are they even pointing to it (assuming private nameservers a
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I short while ago, I was surprised to find my tech-illiterate family members and friends using DuckDuckGo without me having the privacy talk with them (many of them cited that they feel Google has finally crossed the line). The thing is tha
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> Perhaps because they market to business leaders who could stand to lose a lot if Oracle unleashed the legal hounds? I think so. But that doesn't seem like it's going to remain a viable business model for too long. Those who a
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
why?
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I wouldn't count degrading users' experience when using their previously-normal phones a decision for User UX.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> Apple shipping minimal security fixes to old OS versions has ripple effects that are really unfortunate and expecting every small app developer to support 5 major versions of the OS feature matrix isn't practical. I think this is
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
In the future, please disclose your affiliation with apple prior to engaging in a discussion that involves your employer, regardless of whether you believe your opinions are unaffected by your employment.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Then again, I'm not convinced that these companies needed to be as specific as they were when denying bloomberg's story if they must comply with some court order. That's not to mention the lack of evidence of an operation of
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
F-Droid is a good option because they put users before developers.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> it's probably best for businesses to lease devices from Apple than to deal with all the nonsense around repairs. Heh. Apple's stance on control and repair starts to make a lot of sense when you think of it as apple's tr
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I run my(?) browsers in their own separate virtual machines. You loose copy and past and you'll need to set up folder sharing, but shit like this is a non-issue. No major browser vendor (and I mean not a single one) puts users' pr
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I understand the point you're making, but I still stand by my opinion. Software that goes out of its way to subvert the wishes of the user is defective, malicious, or both.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
That's why it should be disabled by default but also be overridable. Those users would have to mess with browser flags to re-enable older versions. And if a user is willing to mess with advanced browser settings without understanding t
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> nothing should be executable in the home folder Says who? The purpose of a home directory to contain user-specific files including executables. Developers compile their software and write their scripts in their home directory. Even if
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
A very important aspect of snap that should have been noted in the article is the lack of user control over the a snap's updating process; Users are not allowed to control when updates are applied, leading to a windows 10-like user exp
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Assuming this is not an oversight and microsoft is purposefully withholding licensing their patents, why did Microsoft join the OIN? My naive guess is either PR or to obtain a hard-to-get license grant from a competitor but I expect I'
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Not wittingly.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I agree. Regardless of what GP's feelings on the matter are, Open Source is a proper and well-defined term that was originally used as a way to sell open software business models to high-level execs. I've never seen anyone advocat
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Not to mention that these back doors can be easily disabled, e.g intels high assurance mode, but normal "owners" are specifically not allowed to disable them. The whole thing is a fucking mess.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted, but what your saying is true. Firefox activates limited telemetry for folks who turn off the heavy stuff. While your firefox browser shows that no telemetry is taking place, the browser wil
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
>we will measure Telemetry Coverage, which is the percentage of all Firefox users who report telemetry. The Telemetry Coverage measurement will sample a portion of all Firefox clients and report whether telemetry is enabled. This measure
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
Well I'll be.. A parent-child relationship more odd than those found in os process hierarchies.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I've actually been hoping and waiting for this to happen. I've been keeping an eye on bitcoin long before the bitcoin faucet dried up, and am a big believer in bitcoin as a practical currency rather than something to gamble with.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I'll be that deluded person here: we completely switched to using Linux at my workplace and never touched windows 10. Granted we're a software dev shop, but from what I've seen, realistic workable alternatives do exist. Cheer
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I think it's a reasonable interpretation and I agree with GP. APIs used to be seen as fair use and a way to compete, in the similar way to how IBM-compatibles are seen. However, when it became clear to Oracle that there is money to be
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
I'd take predictable slow software on some platforms over unpredictable fast software any day.
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As long as it's not presented as secure to users, I think it's a good thing.
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
> Applying all of the changes at this list will harm users and increase the chances of threats compromising the browser. How so?
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by jake_the_third 8y ago
And this move was made under the guise of improving ux for normal users and not users who know how subdomains work. What's the point you're trying to make?

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