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by mfukar 10y ago
If FOSS is not about being better in a practical sense, it can't possibly be better socially. Not in our capitalist societies, anyway.
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by mfukar 10y ago
It is an exclusive proposition for non-FOSS. As a customer, I can't contribute to MSOffice. However, I can contribute _and_ be a customer to FOSS. That's not what we're talking about, though.
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by mfukar 10y ago
The 'argument' is an infinite regression. At the end of it, if we can convince everyone that FOSS is better for our society, we can make it better for our society. But how do we convince everyone? By demonstrating it is better?
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by mfukar 10y ago
So, if a consumer has the reasonable expectation to pay for something which fulfils an immediate need, they do not "really want to support free software"? Surely you must understand how that is a meaningless phrase? Software servi
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by mfukar 10y ago
If that's not a self-defeating argument, I don't know what is.
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by mfukar 10y ago
No, that's not the way it works. Consumers pay for services rendered, not for R&D.
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by mfukar 10y ago
So ISPs can now be coerced, by law, to allow for MITM in TLS connections. Another reasonable expectation from buyers of DPI products. Like I said, nothing technically absurd about this law. It is its profound disregard for privacy that we s
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by mfukar 10y ago
You possibly misread mine: invasion of privacy is a threat, in that it is likely to cause damage.
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by mfukar 10y ago
True. We tend to forget the lessons of history very fast.
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by mfukar 10y ago
Hypothetical? Ad agencies are already using everything known about you. Maybe you don't care about that, but it's very real.
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by mfukar 10y ago
Disclaimer: I won't claim to have read the law or even caring about what happens in the UK. From reading related articles, I get the idea its requirements can be implemented in terms of a browsing history, which could point to a date i
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by mfukar 10y ago
> The privacy concerns nonwithstanding, I'm puzzled how ISPs are supposed to actually implement that load of bollocks. DPI products have been doing that for years. No biggie. The law is still stupid, but not for technical reasons, i
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by mfukar 10y ago
> In an otherwise healthy adult, what puts your immune system through it's paces - what gives your immune system a workout - like having the flu ? Getting a vaccine is training for the big game. Getting the virus is the big game. Sh
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by mfukar 10y ago
As a former owner of a 1981 and a 1999 Squier, I would say Squier has definitely improved.
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by mfukar 10y ago
And, contrary to when they started being produced, they're of comparable quality to regular Fenders now.
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by mfukar 10y ago
Yup. While the steel strings will leave you sore for a while, the lower action largely compensates for that. The classical, in comparison, requires must more finger strength, more exercise, and generally more soreness.
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by mfukar 10y ago
I don't think it's just the Guitar Hero generation, nor just kids, nor just musical instruments. There's a profound lack of discipline which hits often and early when somebody attempts to learn a craft. Most people rely on wa
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by mfukar 10y ago
Guitar Pro is fantastic. Well worth the money, too. I've bought copies for my students, and I use it for transcribing.
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by mfukar 10y ago
TIL. Thanks very much.
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by mfukar 10y ago
> Security without open-sourcing is impossible is just as documented an assertion as > opensource is insecure by design The two are completely orthogonal.
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by mfukar 10y ago
You can care about security and still make totally wrong decisions.
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by mfukar 10y ago
On both Windows & macOS, I've created & managed services, and never had to restart them after they were deployed. I don't use a Linux desktop (I often retry) because that is unattainable.
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by mfukar 10y ago
Presenting the need to rewrite service scripts as an inevitability is not convincing anybody - and I hate shell scripts more than most.
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by mfukar 10y ago
You heard right.
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by mfukar 10y ago
Precisely. No desktop user ever interacts with the init system. On the other hand, Linux has a history of _forcing_ desktop users to mess with device management for the simplest of tasks, e.g. making their audio devices work.
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by mfukar 10y ago
I made a comment about the actions people take against what they perceive as oppressive, corrupt, and unjust, and you think I'm doing a witch hunt. Not a very solid attempt at trolling, plus too long text, 2/10.
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by mfukar 10y ago
There's script & executable invocations inside systemd service files as well. They're simply handled differently. Some setups use dedicated units to just do `modprobe X`, and have "easy" dependency management. Some a
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by mfukar 10y ago
There is value in only some of the pieces working together, too. I'm sure having all the pieces together makes sense for some setups, but not all.
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by mfukar 10y ago
> There are several dozen binaries in a systemd package. That's not what modular means. Can you use only parts of systemd if you wanted to? Can I e.g. use the very useful dependency-based service initialisation but keeping my log fa
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by mfukar 10y ago
Changing the syntax of scripts managing devices and services is hardly an improvement by itself. Yes there are some ideas which have resulted in more useful tools for administrators (systemd-analyze and friends), along with more predictable

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