johnea

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by johnea 2y ago
I'm a far lefty, and I'm also so sick of seeing every article/issue wrapped around the cheato. I've already deployed a little CSS that blocks images of him based on alt-text. Do website publishers really think there are
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by johnea 2y ago
All of the logic in this entire sub-thread is based on the idea that thet s/w has to be ssold by a vendor. Large orginazations, representing classes of users (architects, engineers, people who type documents and calculate numbers) coul
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by johnea 2y ago
You're correct that I was refering to GPL s/w being able to run on "consumer devices". But to your first point: I'm not a lawyer (thankfully), but my interpretation of GPL: that the s/w source must be publishe
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by johnea 2y ago
Your statements all seem correct, but its important to point out (and I think this is what you're trying to do) that the logic is based on meeting the needs of vendors/businesses, not the needs of users. What percentage of people
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by johnea 2y ago
Not sure what you mean by this. GPL s/w runs on all desktop OSs, and at least on Android (see many examples on F-DROID). Maybe you're refering to iOS? I'm not sure about the collsion between GPL and Apple's terms.
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by johnea 2y ago
On to IBM/RedHat huh? Doesn't seem like you really learned your lesson. Try voidlinux...
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by johnea 2y ago
Is it even a "release" when it's on youboob? Will they allow downoad? Will they enforce ads and popups in order to view these movies? It's more like they gave the licensess to goggle than actually "releasing" t
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by johnea 2y ago
"Open Source" itself is already a re-definition. The creation and deployment of the GPL license was touted as "free software". While "Open Source" uses the same licenses, the motivation is completely different.
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by johnea 2y ago
Your comments that MS is a completely differnt company are absolutely correct. MS owns github, linkedin, and it's cloud services in azure, etc, are outside the initial desktop OS business model. Not to mention it being one of the bigge
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Maybe some good will come from this tech afterall...
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Another explanation is that there is some kind of giant back room payola between MS and h/w manufacturers...
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> the crisis of capitalism This is so blatant at this point, given the increasingly small percentage of the US population that is beneficially served by the system, that it seems like extremist efforts by the tiny percentage reaping the
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Careful with that ax Eugene...
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Will it accept a self signed server certificate?
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I wonder if one could get some member of the current congress to introduce a bill that proposes jailtime for the entire presidential cabinet? It wouldn't be any more stupid than this, and would probably solve a lot more of the US'
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> These acquisitions are akin to Pablo Escobar buying the Betty Ford Center. This line cracked me up 8-) Of course, many acquisitions conform to this analogy.
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I've known one couple, in Southern California, who entered a family arranged marriage. They were still happily married last time I saw them... Whereas many many couples that married for "love" (another one of those addiction
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by johnea 2y ago
So, we're back to the space elevator as the only means to prevent burning a bunch of shit for every launch? Personally, I'd abandone 99% of all launches anyway. We just don't really need 12 different competing 15,000 satelite
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by johnea 2y ago
Thinkpad running voidlinux Very well supported h/w, for decades. True user controlled distribution...
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I would say true purism only comes from loading individual bits into memory with toggle switches...
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The idea that anything "digital" is also "reality" is the main pillar of internet brain damage.
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That didn't take too long. Expect the current administration to spend more time in court than any other. Of course, this won't be anything new for Donald...
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Hit Me! Kick Me! Make me feel cheap! Have your S bot call my M bot... People really think ChatGPT gets "mad"? This is just a joke right? Or, more internet brain damage...
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I agree with this. It's a client UI and server configuration issue. Email clients and servers could be configured to support instantaneous transmission, with a client UI that is presented in a thread like format (no, I'm not talki
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We'd be way better off banning the asocial media corporate platforms. Or maybe, just ban bull shit blag posts like this one? Another advantage of email that the author doesn't mention is the ability to host one's own email. F
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I notice a lot of topics being flagged recently. I would ask flaggers to simply skip those posts and let people who are interested in discussing those topics have their discussion. Shutting down other peoples conversations is a disturbing t
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The story certainly pulls at the heart strings, and it's amazing it was completed without casualty, but it also serves as a reminder of just what a cluster fuck of waste and danger a war actually is...
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by johnea 2y ago
It's interesting that every entry in your bullet list is a tech that I find to have had an overall negative impact on society. Every one of those examples is a genereal tech that could be used for better or worse, but that have almost
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Given that HN is fundamentally a venture capital organization, I think it's typical that it emphasizes the latest hype cycle. That's were VC is active (for better or worse). But HN has also evolved into a more general tech news ag
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I think that's correct. Maybe even just a different title, indicating it's a youth project, would have set more accurate expectations. There are a LOT of half baked linux phone projects. And many people here, I'm sure, have b

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