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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Does anyone have a serious reason not to call it "GNU/Linux"? Curious.
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Yeah it's a weird default that is quickly disabled but the point is moot now that we have a full web client of Feedly.
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Noob question: is a language proprietary if its only compiler is proprietary or if the main one is? There are open source compilers for Objective-C.
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Weren't those bans lifted?
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Good example of why geometry education is flawed? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiprism
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   This is somewhat unrelated, but I was listening to "Leo Laporte The Tech Guy" on the local talk radio with my dad (who is a big fan, but less into tech than I) and he started describing GPG and PGP to non-tech enthusiasts. This wh
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Which is a Nightly as well as being a pain to update. (though I hear it's different on GNU/Linux)
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Steve, great post, but you know that Ghostery's function is a part of Adblock Plus? Just add EasyList and EasyPrivacy and disable Fanboy's. The company that makes Ghostery is cool but alas, it's nice to keep bloat away from t
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   by mehrzad 13y ago

   Have you seen this: https://arkos.io/
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    I take my point back as the AT&T of today is not the same as it was back then, but the fact that the company funded this research is what makes it admirable.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    and C
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    The only safe way to social network without eavesdropping is through encrypted private messages. A public post on Diaspora is still public.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    I keep hearing about these similarities, but most seem superficial/only visual. How menu/table UI systems work aren't necessarily similar. How does that help apps get on every system?
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    >we teach children Keyword being "children." Starting in middle school through high school, you hear much less biased info.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    With Xbox Live Gold, Microsoft probably made more money, I'd say.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    Can someone explain Twilio in relation with open federated protocols (something I care about)?
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    I'd like one too. Sorry for all this spam.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    >I wish they'd just shift to an Apple-style app store model If they lowered the minimum prices too, I wouldn't mind. But right now Steam has a lot of third-rate "side-project" games that are lower quality than free flash games online ch
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    1. He makes honest, (edit: if pretentious) user-focused software. 2. He's very successful. 3. He has strong opinions.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    Naveen is known for this. It's weird.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    Dropbox is great but not much better than more secure solutions like Spideroak. I only use Dropbox for its api and decent clients. Edit: if we had open protocols instead, we would not get this vendor lockin with all the Dropbox-only applica
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    Maybe now it'll be ported to other platforms, but they are generous with the platform-agnostic file downloads.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    >To my mind the fact that including pictures or video is less ad-hoc with Tumblr makes it more of a protocol, I see what you mean, it's like Twitter but customizable to the core - true to any good protocol. What made twitter really a pr
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    Since Tumblr has supported multimedia content for a while, I'd say no. Twitter was (and is still mostly) text only. Protocols don't have to be text-only, but that's what makes Twitter feel like one, I guess? Just my two cents.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    I don't like Apple's direction with OS X ML. Windows for gaming and GNU/Linux for dev work. I also personally think Windows is snappier than OS X.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    OS X planning to jump to Windows and Ubuntu.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    >Is there some part to teen usage that discourages blocking a friend's feed or unfriending someone? Possibly, but for me I guess that seemed like losing a valuable news source unless it got really bad, which had happened.. Looking back
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    As a teen who did cut the cord (edit: of Facebook) out of annoyance of rampant reposting and other irritating stuff, I've been fine. I don't want to say I'm popular because I'm not, but if you have a standing within your friend circle you m
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    >You don't need invites Right, today you don't. But for the first several months you did.
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    by mehrzad 13y ago

    I signed up for an invite around the time it was announced. It took a while before even an alpha was released. Diaspora has unfortunately stagnated. The future rests with Status.net, Tent.io, or App.net in this field.