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by md8z 5y ago
That comment is somewhat problematic and I went into detail about it last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28856907
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by md8z 5y ago
I don't think they are at a point of diminishing returns. There are still advancements in hardware and drivers, and that's where the investment really pays off. Microsoft has historically been really good at designing APIs for thi
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by md8z 5y ago
As someone who has been using and hacking on Linux for pretty long time and doesn't even use Windows, none of what you said is particularly alarming, and I don't think there are any significant changes that happened in the last fe
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by md8z 5y ago
"Ahh, yes, Ubuntu and KDE = Linux." In this case, yes. Ubuntu and KDE are two major players in desktop Linux. There really is not anything stopping Linux vendors from using telemetry, and in fact I'd expect them to use more o
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by md8z 5y ago
There's no FUD. Ubuntu actually does have telemetry. KDE does too. It may not be quite the same in implementation as Microsoft's telemetry, but it is there. There is also nothing to be afraid of here either, the effects of it and
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by md8z 5y ago
That cost reduction doesn't just come out of thin air. If you want to build software that is competitive with Windows in other aspects, then you will have to charge similar amounts. Otherwise you're just leaving money on the table
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by md8z 5y ago
IMO "year of the linux desktop" is a meme left over from the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s, when everyone was starting Linux companies and everyone thought theirs would be the dominant one. We know now that it's not a gro
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by md8z 5y ago
"Devices like this, Chromebooks, and many others will make Linux a more consumer facing OS in the decades to come." Can you see how that's the point I'm making? "Linux" is still decades off from being a viable
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by md8z 5y ago
You assume customers don't want to be tied to Windows which is not the case. Maybe you and I got sick of Windows 20-30 years ago but Microsoft's customers (the vast majority of desktop computer users) don't care. They see ads
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by md8z 5y ago
All of that stuff is fine and good but it's the same incremental progress as always. I don't see anything particularly special about using this device with a dock, that seems like a really niche use case. These type of devices are
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by md8z 5y ago
Yeah I get that, but you still probably are not going to want to run desktop apps on that thing. It doesn't have a keyboard or mouse. It looks more suited to running tablet apps. And regardless of that, my point is that the status of g
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by md8z 5y ago
I'm not sure what that has to do with the desktop. AFAIK the steam deck is a handheld gaming device similar to a Nintendo Switch, not a desktop PC. It seems about as related to desktop Linux as google stadia, i.e. not much. When I say
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by md8z 5y ago
As someone who has done a lot of hacking with Linux as a desktop platform, one would be absolutely right to dismiss it. The desktop platforms on Linux are still heavily fragmented and in some ways are still decades behind Windows/Mac.
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by md8z 5y ago
Please don't be so cynical. I don't work for Microsoft, I've been using Linux for about 20 years and I haven't used Windows seriously in about that long, and I agree entirely with her comment. Once you go adding all the
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by md8z 5y ago
This effect is well known at scifi/comic/cosplay conventions where it's colloquially called "con flu" or "con plague". I think people would have benefited from masking up at any type of those events. But I
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by md8z 5y ago
You can do that, but I don't know if I'd recommend it. You'd have to think about what your requirements for the application are. GTK3 is currently stable but will not gain any new features, and all progress is happening in GT
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by md8z 5y ago
I agree that would be bad, I've tried to use apps with giant menus in the hamburger and it doesn't work well. However I think that highlights a underlying problem that is much worse: Giant menus cause problems in general, and GIMP
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by md8z 5y ago
I didn't change anything. I clarified my definition several times, then I asked you for a clarification of your definition and you didn't give any. Coercion usually means when someone is pressured to do something via threats, and
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by md8z 5y ago
Actually, there are no false claims. I have sourced my claims using sources that you previously quoted to me as being true, and I also asked you to clarify your claims with several questions that you didn't answer. I can provide more s
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by md8z 5y ago
Actually I have explained multiple times why it's not coercion and why your description is incorrect. Some companies simply are unable to safely employ people who are unvaccinated. If you feel you are opposed to me then I would ask tha
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by md8z 5y ago
We are not in opposition, please stop. I really don't want to get into a heated argument with you, you and I both know that's not the way to convince anyone. Also I am not on any "team" and I don't represent anyone,
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by md8z 5y ago
If you believe so then it would help to demonstrate why. Otherwise let me know if you want some clarification on what I said, thanks.
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by md8z 5y ago
I would not say anything you've said is facts, they're just incorrect statements. (Sorry to be blunt.) You're saying it's coercive when they're part of a job requirement? No, I explained this farther down. Please ch
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by md8z 5y ago
Please see my explanations in the follow up responses where I give a stronger interpretation, thanks. Best of luck.
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by md8z 5y ago
Please read my follow up responses where I explain it further. Also your comment doesn't really have anything substantial in it that I can respond to, you may want to note these parts of the HN guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be
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by md8z 5y ago
When I close the program my dialogs get restored so I'm not sure what's happening with yours. You may at least want to update to 2.10, there should be a Flatpak/Snap for it. As of GIMP 2.99.8 the brushes window is still the s
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by md8z 5y ago
It actually has very little to do with me and everything to do with Gab losing the fight against misinformation/disinformation. This doesn't benefit their users at all and doesn't work well for them as a startup, it prevents
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by md8z 5y ago
Not sure where you heard that. Maybe that's a secondary goal that some would like to reach if they're trying to convince someone else to get the vaccine, but for a business the primary goal is to prevent unvaccinated people from e
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by md8z 5y ago
The selling point of the mandates is to reduce spread of the virus.
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by md8z 5y ago
I'm not sure if you're saying this is your opinion, but just to be clear: Vaccine mandates are not coercive, the vaccine is not experimental, and vaccines in general are not gene therapy. To elaborate: You can consider work vaccin

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