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by minimalist 6y ago
I'm referring to the second point about memory that OP made. You know, having to allocate 700MB of memory in order to run an electron chat application.
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by minimalist 6y ago
A note for anyone who is thinking of switching from ranger, to customize key bindings you need to recompile the application [0]. The developer is not interested in maintaining custom keybinding support. For more insight into the reasoning b
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by minimalist 6y ago
Perhaps this will encourage programmers to write true native applications again instead of wrapping web scripting languages in a browser and calling it a day.
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by minimalist 6y ago
Please do not support Onyx or buy any Boox tablets! I'm reproducing an earlier comment[0] below: They're a lousy company that does not respect the GPL and ships intentionally insecure software (ancient linux kernel with SELinux di
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by minimalist 6y ago
Try it out, I don't think there's any way now. And it's really easy to get completely locked out of your account if you connect from a low-reputation/datacenter IP, like through VPNs or Tor.
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by minimalist 6y ago
One thing I don't see mentioned is marketing. All of that investment allowed discord to purchase an obscene amount of advertisement. Heavy advertisement of a 'free' product targeted toward children seems like a prerequisite f
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by minimalist 6y ago
That makes sense. I forgot about the SoftBank investment. Still, looking at the thread, I wish people would be less sarcastic and vitriolic when pushing for the spirit of open software to be upheld. Ideally, it should be presented as a win-
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by minimalist 6y ago
Re-linked for those who disable JS: https://nitter.net/richardf/status/1314481244344852480?s=20 Not that I agree with the changes, but what would be a nuanced reasoning for Mapbox closing their SDK and Mapbox GL J
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by minimalist 6y ago
I've always thought the F in FOSS was for "Free as in Freedom" not "Free as in Gratis" but yes, FLOSS was the intention here, thank you for the reminder.
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by minimalist 6y ago
This is good! Hopefully Purism can build on their recognition to funnel resources toward FOSS-mobile applications because this will help us all. This reminds me of something else. What would be the best model for a FOSS "app store&quot
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by minimalist 6y ago
I have a Boox Note and its has tragically lousy software. Its stuck on Android Lollipop with an ancient, vulnerable kernel, SELinux disabled by the manufacturer and the device phones home to Chinese servers for just about everything. Handwr
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by minimalist 6y ago
Thank you very much
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by minimalist 6y ago
I always try to jump into these threads when I hear Onyx Boox mentioned. They're a lousy company that does not respect the GPL and ships intentionally insecure software (ancient linux kernel with SELinux disabled for starters) that pho
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by minimalist 6y ago
FWIW, I have been doing all of my non-multimedia browsing over Tor for about a decade now. It provides cover traffic for people who actually need the anonymity and I feel like it is a step in the right direction to frustrate state and corpo
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by minimalist 6y ago
Honest question: Why is a web-based front end preferable for a desktop application? Thinking about it, the only advantage would be if one anticipates a multi-head scenario—like drawing to a common canvas from a mobile OS and a desktop OS. W
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by minimalist 6y ago
The three most impressive things that I've seen on pmOS in the past year: 1. It's amazing the sheer number of devices to which pmOS is now bootable[0]. Also previously supported devices keep getting better. For example, g--gle-gla
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by minimalist 7y ago
Does their point have any substance? As other people have mentioned downthread, org files are plain text and the functionality of org mode does not rely on information stored in any other database. Looking at the comment that raises the obj
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by minimalist 7y ago
It's an attempt to hide from the scripts that notify people or teams when some company is being mentioned. It's helpful in some environments.
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by minimalist 7y ago
I see. That's interesting, you may want to send those comments to your regional forecast office. They have several citizen-science programs like SKYWARN and their ham radio observers, that help them improve their regional forecasts.
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by minimalist 7y ago
I used to think the same thing, but what about the situations where people don't sell out and just see their features copied by the corporate behemoth, wholesale? That scenario seems to play out often as well (g---le+ and diaspora alwa
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by minimalist 7y ago
I'm not sure, NWS does a good job of interpolating for regions without a weather station, even taking into account coastal effects and elevation. In my experience (in a rural, montane environment) it works pretty well if you specify yo
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by minimalist 7y ago
Restating a comment from about a year ago[0]: If you are in the United States, nothing beats getting the forecast straight from the horses mouth (NWS that is). Some companies are notorious for producing 30+ day forecasts, which can't h
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by minimalist 7y ago
I own an onyx boox and I can't emphasize enough how much I don't recommend it for anyone. If I had known the company was a serial GPL violator, I would have never purchased it in the first place. My recommendation would be to wai
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by minimalist 7y ago
For people who are looking for a similar setup, jmp.chat is an alternative service built on free software and a voip provider like twilio. They forward SMS over XMPP and you can make calls with any old SIP client. Its literally a bunch of r
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by minimalist 7y ago
I wouldn't recommend any of the Onyx Boox products. Sure they may run android, but: * They run an ancient version of android (Android 6 or Android 5, I don't remember) * This ancient version of android runs a kernel that is suscep
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by minimalist 7y ago
It's possible to install GNU/Linux on Explorer units thanks to Google following the GPL and releasing kernel sources[0]. It's also possible to get AOSP running on an Explorer unit, and it works well enough on Android Lollipop
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by minimalist 7y ago
If you are in the United States, you may be interested in the scientific forecaster discussions produced by your local NWS office. They provide more insight into forecast confidence and general regional dynamics. Theyre produced several tim
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by minimalist 8y ago
Last.fm does this and has existed since the early 2000s. It had such a nice, active community in the audioscrobbler days. The community is a ghost of its former self after the sell-out to CBS, departure of the founders, redesigns that were
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OsmAnd 3.3 released with beta navigation for public transport(osmand.net)
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by minimalist 8y ago
> * Barely half of US fighter planes are combat ready at any given moment. The trillion dollar F-35 had to be flown with VFR the first time it crossed the IDL. Who knows what else is lurking in that software? I was not able to find any s

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