ncol

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by ncol 8y ago
In my opinion most of the distributions are starting from the wrong end. They start with kernel, add package management, decide which services to run, which toolkit to use and then make some utility applications. Sometimes over a few differ
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by ncol 8y ago
Of course my experience is different. If you want browse the web, do some development and stay within those confines it can work. But that has been true for probably at least a decade and is true for any other mainstream operating system as
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by ncol 8y ago
I can't agree. I work in enterprise Linux. We essentially make distributions, build systems, customized kernels etc. Linux, desktop Linux especially, is the worst of the big operating systems. It certainly has qualities, but if you mak
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by ncol 8y ago
> Does a user "own" security footage in a store that they enter? Definitely not. Why not? Data is everywhere these days. You won't be able just quit e.g. social media in the future to avoid being tracked. One of your frien
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by ncol 8y ago
Consoles were banned in China from 2000 to 2015.
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by ncol 8y ago
Sure. I would put that sort of more in the high level engineering than "real-world testing" though. I mean if you are Waymo you can drive around for a year and see what happens. If you are Audi you can still repair some fault afte
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by ncol 8y ago
Haven't worked in this field, but here are some episodes discussing the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLOZDPTp3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJwChUtdDQ https://theamphour.com&