mavhc

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   by mavhc 13y ago

   Upgrades break Mint though, it's like you're living in 1980, backup and reinstall? What's the point of using Debian variants if you have to do that?
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   I got rid of my smartphone, that cost me $5/year to run, now I just carry a radio, mp3 player, book of maps, gps receiver, flashlight, barometer, alarm clock, diary, address book, newspaper, tv remote, and camera. Much less distracting
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   As moot point original meant the opposite of what people use it for today, it would be better to use "mute point" and return "moot point" to its original meaning
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   You went full RMS, man. Never go full RMS.
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   At workschool "proxy" is blocked, however you can just google for prxy and it auto corrects
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   I feel like this game is a metaphor for buying SD cards. Finally beat it, 20588.
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   It's interesting that in a software world the difference between good and bad systems can be a single bit, leave debug=true and accidentally record all your keystrokes, or your wifi packets, or store info permanently instead of tempora
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   by mavhc 13y ago

   Lego, not Legos. That is all.
9. 2289.▲
   by mavhc 13y ago

   Why is there a menu bar at all? Just use the menu button anywhere in the window to open the menu, ultimate Fitts law.
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    But why does that matter, if it's not actually affecting anything? It's not like they printed 10 metre high adverts with their face on and put them up around town. All that happens is people you know on facebook see your photo nex
11. 2291.▲
    by mavhc 13y ago

    Why do you care? So what if your face is on an ad? Only idiots would believe you had anything to do with that happening, and why would you care what idiots think?
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Plus that ignores ad revenue, more Android apps are ad supported
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Everything is a political statement to someone
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    That's why you watch it on netflix, the episodes are only 42 minutes long without adverts
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Is there any difference between a 3d printer for prototyping and one for making things you can use? Is it just aiming for different markets?
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    You'd think a higher level domain should be able to specify whether a subdomain can set cookies for it or not.
17. 2297.▲
    by mavhc 13y ago

    Now you can friend every single Windows Phone 8 user
18. 2298.▲
    by mavhc 13y ago

    They just need the second 80% of work doing to them
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Android/iOS basically didn't bother with cross application files, so that's one way to solve it. However the whole "3rd party app saves to google drive, attach file to email straight from drive, never have to download an
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Almost by definition you can't have competition for large networks, road, data, water, electricity, gas, anything that needs lots of effort to set up to serve everyone. All the competing networks are more specific, rail, air, or much m
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    A man picks the side of violence, and is destroyed by it. Works better if you assume the final episode was a dream
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    By season 6 of 24 they nuked a city in USA just to get Bauer to go back to work.
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    If my parents are average, most people buying Android phones aren't downloading any apps, free or not. Plus android apps tend to be free and have ads, which, I assume, aren't being counted in revenue listings.
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Which is why Wikipedia is better and more reliable than newspapers. In order of hiding reality: Conspiracy videos that take 50 minutes to get to any vague kind of point at all, Infographics, Newspapers, Wikipedia.
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    As long as you're fine abandoning the past a Chromebook is a good idea. However the concept of online documents to a normal person used to desktop software can be tricky, "how do I save?", "how do I attach this document
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    If only more people created more efficient weapons the world would be a better place
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    There's less housework to be done, with better tools, so it takes less time, no need to iron with modern clothes, no need to file papers with computers, less dirt roads, less need to clean. Dishwashers, washing machines are cheaper and
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    Can't you sell shares in the company to achieve the same thing? I'd split the thing into Kickstarter for art, and Kickstarter for products for a start
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    That's not going to happen, once you put an SSD in your old laptop the only advantage on a new one is the battery lasts a bit longer.
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    by mavhc 13y ago

    How does this affect un-upgradable computers like ultrabooks? Can't even add more RAM to them