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by pawadu 9y ago
There are just too many and not compatible with my brain. Emacs has a graphical interface with menus, icons and help text. You can use it without knowing any keyboard shortcuts which I feel makes it easier for newcomers. vim on the other ha
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by pawadu 9y ago
I tried this when it was first created. After 30 minutes of fighting with foreign key bindings I realized I can't stand vim even in the context of a game. So yes, this game is the reason I will always be an emacs person...
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by pawadu 9y ago
> I am yet to see Android 7 devices at prices I am willing to pay, Well, that only proves that people don't want to pay for security ;) > one year after its release, with 9% market worldwide. Android N was not released a year a
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by pawadu 9y ago
Good to know I am not the only one thinking this way...
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by pawadu 9y ago
Volvo does this for living. It's their main product. For Amazon and Alphabet this is just about reaching a new market before the other guy. Things will be rushed, and they will move fast and break more things. I don't want to ride
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by pawadu 9y ago
Trello causes some issues for OEMs as it will affect their carrier deals. But once we are past that I think Android updated will come faster.
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by pawadu 9y ago
I feel this will be much safer than anything Uber or Amazon or Alphabet can put together...
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by pawadu 9y ago
Nope, its the hipster webdev dilemma ("everyone I know only use Safari on ipad pro").
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by pawadu 9y ago
Same version, different checksums. As new299 mentioned, this could be due to watermarking.
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by pawadu 9y ago
> Yes, there's plenty of "diagnostic" information sent to Microsoft. You might be willing to trust Microsoft with it, but I sure don't. I have not seen any actual analysis of the sent data. I would prefer it didn&#x27
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by pawadu 9y ago
Pretty much every high-end processor since P4 use Transmeta technology in some way. I think they were more influential to computer architecture than the original RISC and CISC ideas.
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by pawadu 9y ago
Slightly off-topic: I downloaded the same file both directly from IEEE and sci-hub and the checksum did not match. I am a bit worried that sci-hub is/will be used to spread malware.
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by pawadu 9y ago
I found the reddit thread much more interesting than the NH discussion...
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by pawadu 9y ago
Are you claiming Windows 10 diagnostics is actually spyware and sends every keystroke and other data to Microsoft?
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by pawadu 9y ago
> Those cheap android phones and lower-end Windows laptops are so cheap because they are subsidized from the revenue they bring in via data collection and selling. Not true. Lets see what those "cheap" devices provide in term
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by pawadu 9y ago
You go from X to Y. Then you go back. How can that be ambiguous?
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by pawadu 9y ago
I am so sad this project is dead. At the same time, I can't be too sad since I've found Termux: https://termux.com/ Now I can finally ditch the mail app and read all my emails in Mutt ;)
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by pawadu 9y ago
I am not sure about that... First of all, you don't know my requirements yet you declare ARM winner. What if for my particular use case Tensilica is the best choice? Furthermore, you generally cannot define what IoT means for other peo
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by pawadu 9y ago
Please read my comment again.
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by pawadu 9y ago
> Nobody wants an x86 IoT device. No, you can't define other peoples use cases. For myself, as long as the device meets my requirements (peripherals, power, tools, size, price) it can use power8 or PDP/11 for all I care.
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by pawadu 9y ago
> Imagine deleting 87% of all the code that you have to maintain! What if those 87% make your code easier to maintain and update?
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by pawadu 9y ago
> Automated systems are the only way it can function at all. Not in its current form. Google with all its might hasn't even managed to remove those "work from home for $$$" youtube comments. Google doesn't have a good
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by pawadu 9y ago
> not truly "IBM PC-compatible" It's an embedded system, not a as low-power desktop. If you are using it like an ordinary PC then you are probably using it wrong.
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by pawadu 9y ago
The back button on Android takes you back [1]. How can that confuse you? --- [1] unless the developer has intentionally broken this convention, in which case I suggest you uninstall the app immediately.
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by pawadu 9y ago
How about employing real people this time, google? Your previous efforts to police crafty humanss using AI has utterly failed. Just look at adsense and play store.
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by pawadu 9y ago
Is this really stupid or a just really really clever way to teach you about git commit hooks? xD
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by pawadu 9y ago
> how do you read mail on your phone Some people use this to turn their smartphones into a laptop. I guess you can use it to read email too: https://www.marcbilodeau.com/termux/ edit: this makes me want to buy a sma
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by pawadu 9y ago
> France is notorious for never-ending paperwork and administration Having visited the Paris startup scene recently, I got the feeling that the bureaucracy is much less taxing these days.
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by pawadu 9y ago
Here is my problem with this statement: SHA-1 can be used in different configurations for different applications. Some are secure, some are not. People making these blanket statement very clearly demonstrate that they don't understan
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by pawadu 9y ago
So basically log in as admin and hope you don't press Yes on a UAC dialog by accident? Sounds dangerous to me.

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