madez

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841.
by madez 9y ago
Your experience is such a compelling argument for libre software and hardware, that I'd stop using Facebook and Google right away, if I still were using them.
842.
by madez 9y ago
It will make someone happy, if you put it on ebay.
843.
by madez 9y ago
To those who know german, I recommend watching the german video.
844.
by madez 9y ago
I think Ubuntu did a lot of good to the community. Debian was rougher before Ubuntu was a thing.
845.
by madez 9y ago
I didn't find the code. Did you have more luck?
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by madez 9y ago
You are wrong. Sometimes it is possible, sometimes it is not.
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by madez 9y ago
Product differentiation is an underestimated evil of our time.
848.
by madez 9y ago
You misunderstood. The article claimed 300$ dollers per machine ≈ 300 Bitcoins ≈ 510,000€
849.
by madez 9y ago
I agree as to that it sounds moronic. Maybe it even is. However, think about a levee about which you know that it will not hold when a storm comes, but people don't believe you and are not even willing to listen to you. Would you think
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by madez 9y ago
I've also become a cynic. I welcome national services to lose control of their systems and their data. I have had countless talks with people here in Germany about why computers and therefore open and libre software and hardware are
851.
by madez 9y ago
All in the name of DRM.
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by madez 10y ago
The performance is not the relevant part. If it's fast enough, it's enough. Then other things matter. For me, that "then" is already reached.
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by madez 10y ago
I agree. You mention two problems that I both agree with. First, LaTeX wants to be so much, that it can be difficult to get simple things done. Second, LaTeX's tooling is abhorrent. The quite useless error messages are just one example
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by madez 10y ago
I don't want enthusiasm either, I just don't want opinion. Given the facts, I can form my own, thank you. Journalists' job should be to provide all relevant facts and present it in a neutral way. The further any news goes fro
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by madez 10y ago
Yes, it was too strongly worded. I should have said "sometimes" instead of "often". For example the first paragraph in [1] really doesn't go down well with me. It seems so negative, which I call unwanted opinion. Al
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by madez 10y ago
Thanks for this information. I didn't think about checking replacement parts warrenty rules, silently assuming they were the same. That they are not smells fishy.
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by madez 10y ago
> True, there is a number of conditions that can warn us that the system is compromised, but there is no limit on the number of checks that a system must pass in order to be deemed “clean”. This is wrong. A computers behaviour, even if a
858.
by madez 10y ago
Why are you so negative about Rust and people who advertise it?
859.
by madez 10y ago
I didn't even know Phoronix 10 years ago, and not even 5 years ago, and I understand the critique voiced over it. They often basically just repeat source information and add unwanted opinion, like an overengineered RSS feed merged with
860.
by madez 10y ago
There is a difference between law on one side and ethical rules on the other side. Some people disagree with some law and consider it a result of unjust lobbying or outright corruption. Then, breaking that law is not something I would consi
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by madez 10y ago
I also have made bad experiences with evolution. I wonder why major distributions still use it as their default client. Is there some good reason for that, or is it just neglect?
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by madez 10y ago
I don't agree with that one. I think though the state should takes measure to ensure people can pick stuff without any DRM. Sure, banning imports of DRM might help in that, but there are other easier ways like subsidizing products that
863.
by madez 10y ago
Research can be counter-intelligence, and thus intelligence.
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by madez 10y ago
I'm gaming, and it works fine. I actually had a newer NVIDIA card, and replaced it with my older AMD card, because the AMD one worked better.
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by madez 10y ago
I'm using Steam with those drivers and nearly everything works fine. The only thing I can remember right now that doesn't is Divinity Original Sin. It is broken and the developer Larian Studios refuses to fix it.
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by madez 10y ago
AMD's card are much better supported by free drivers. If you plan to use a modern distribution as a desktop, I strongly recommend going with AMD.
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by madez 10y ago
Maybe the personnel issues are sometimes indeed minor and a waste of time. What are the symptoms your wife is observing?
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by madez 10y ago
> Maybe one day one could be arrested by making keyboards or phone screen. Who knows Only if the keyboards and screens don't send their data to the authorities.
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by madez 10y ago
No, they are not updated by their manufactures. I wouldn't want that either. I'm receiving daily updates for my system, though, from the sources I choose.
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by madez 10y ago
What would make you think that 4.5 years of service of an electronic device is unnecessary? I have multiple devices that old or older and I hope very much that they will last way longer.

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