neilsimp1

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   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   Yeah, but you gotta admit, this is cool. It may not be the most practical or useful thing, but it is cool that someone made Git in AWK.
2. 62.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   I've never heard of Phrack before, but a plain text-based zine is a prime candidate for Gemini/Gopher if I ever saw one.
3. 63.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   I feel like choosing a browser is like choosing a political candidate (US) - I don't choose the one that I like, I choose the one that is least bad. FF is still the least bad.
4. 64.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   And with the Steam Deck coming, Valve is working hard on solving this problem. I think by next year, I will never be needing to boot my Windows VM.
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   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   I only had to scroll a few more lines down from your post here to find an example supporting your statement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28486717
6. 66.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   I disagree with you but I'm not sure why you were downvoted.
7. 67.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   Plenty of good options nowadays: https://shop.puri.sm/ https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en https://system76.com/ https://frame.work/ https://pine64.com/produ
8. 68.▲
   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   Maybe. But you're also financing the development of free software that is used not only by Purism but other companies and FOSS groups.
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   by neilsimp1 5y ago

   Off topic a bit but I was recently a bit bummed to learn (but not all that surprised) that `about:config` does nothing in FF for Android.
10. 70.▲
    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    But very good for the user, no?
11. 71.▲
    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    This is a nice looking and elegant solution to an artificially created problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. Why not use an OS that doesn't treat it's users like crap?
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    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    `mitigations=off` in your GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT to disable Spectre/Meltdown mitigations, in case anyone is wondering. This page has a pretty decent write-up on it: https://leochavez.org/index.php/2020/11&
13. 73.▲
    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    Well, we all know the every-other-version-of-Windows-rule: Windows 2000 - Good Windows ME - Bad Windows XP - Good Windows Vista - Bad Windows 7 - Good Windows 8 - Bad Windows 10 - Good Windows 11 - ????
14. 74.▲
    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    I haven't used it, but the Librem 14 is getting a good reception from what I've been seeing. https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/
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    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    If Brave would have just used a different engine under the hood than Chromium, I would be all over it. I am not anti-Chromium, just pro-browser diversity.
16. 76.▲
    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    Will Yahoo answers be coming back under the new ownership? (semi-serious question)
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    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    I was surprised by this on my first use too. I just decided to give up and store my ebooks in the format that it wants, rather than just the media/books folder I already had.
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    by neilsimp1 5y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Sphere As far as I know, it's the only Linux distro that requires Windows and VS in order to build it.
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    Which one is less polished, and are you implying Chrome is more so? Maybe it's "polished" but it's incredibly slow and FF/Brave both have better features from what I can see.
20. 80.▲
    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    There is a typo in the headerbar: "Programmes's Competency Matrix", should be Programmer's.
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    https://notepadqq.com/s/ on Linux is an excellent alternative, but it lacks the plugin system and some of the tools from N++, which is a bummer. I still keep N++ installed via Wine, but use NotepadQQ most of the time s
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    No "Edition" but Plasma Mobile is supported on PureOS/Librem 5 and it's possible to switch to use that in place of Phosh should you want: https://developer.puri.sm/Librem5/Development_Environment&#x2
23. 83.▲
    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    People using KDE Plasma and not using some sort of rolling release distro are missing out, I think. 5.18 LTS was a very very solid release, but 5.19 and 5.20 have so much new that it's a bummer for people whose distros won't be se
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    https://status.azure.com/en-us/status Looking at it now, Azure AD is the only service that isn't green.
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    Hahahaha. I have always thought this looked like a great product but never really had a need for it. I had a file slightly too large to email last night and thought I'd try FF Send for the first time ever, only to be greeted with `Serv
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    You can remove everything from the New Tab page to make it completely blank now, although I do agree I'd prefer if it was blank by default with no ads or anything.
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    Extinguish, I have no examples. But Embrace and Extend, here is a possible one. Not saying I think this is a case of the first two E's necessarily but I know other people have pointed it out. 1. Build WSL2 and incorporate Linux kernel
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    I work for my state government, so the Enterprise-y Microsoft environment rules over everything else. I would guess most of the developers in my area (50+) aren't even very familiar with Linux. Heck, we even run most things on Windows
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    I would guess most Windows PHP users would just install WAMP ( https://www.wampserver.com/en/ ).
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    by neilsimp1 6y ago

    Am I happy guns are off the streets? Hell yes. Would I be happier with sane drug laws so as to not necessitate a black market? Double hell yes.