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by reedlaw 13y ago
Go to https://www.google.com/settings/account and follow "Delete profile and remove related Google+ features." It will also delete your connected YouTube channel unless you disconnect it first and later re-en
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Generally, out-of-the-box Linux driver support is more complete that Windows. Printers, network cards, and other devices that require driver downloads to run on Windows just work on Linux.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Did you try mouse-hovering over paragraphs?
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I'm not really criticizing Unity here, just saying I prefer GNOME.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
GNOME is a lot more than a GUI. When I installed Arch Linux it was a pain configuring X startup, graphical login, wifi management, etc. As soon as I installed GNOME, all of that was working for me. Plus I like the latest GNOME desktop bette
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by reedlaw 13y ago
> Just accept the increased costs and enjoy your clean air. That's easy to say, but shouldn't we use existing costs as a base metric for measuring how much increased costs we can bear? Otherwise we would have to accept energy c
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I want a Chromebook for my next Linux laptop for another reason as well: coreboot. Now if they'd only open the firmware drivers...
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I was thinking if the WoT every becomes as easy/popular as social networks, it will be inherently untrustworthy. Has the author forgotten about how common impersonation is on Facebook? And how many people access social networks from pu
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Thinkpads have better build quality than most PC laptops, though I'm not sure whether on par with the unibody design in MacBooks. My own experience is that my T410 overheats when doing serious work like encoding video. The case is stur
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by reedlaw 13y ago
What exactly makes the hardware better? I would say running for 3 years without issue is pretty decent.
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You say it never crashed, but then you were certain to buy an Apple next. Why?
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I find the part about Facebook ominous: > There is an insanely huge difference between, “We’re making a site for connecting to your friends” and, “Privacy is a relic of the past, so we’re going to push people to open up their lives and s
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by reedlaw 13y ago
You mean overworked and underpaid I presume?
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by reedlaw 13y ago
While I wouldn't defend the wording of the original post, I don't believe it's too far from the truth. What do you mean by the _real_ interest rate? While Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke claims the Fed is simply "managing the
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Crackpot conspiracy theory? The Fed doesn't think so [1]. As that FAQ explains, the FOMC judges that maintaining a 2% inflation rate is optimal for price stability and maximal employment. The federal government operates at a deficit [2
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by reedlaw 13y ago
While I appreciate Dalton's insight into incentivizing good behavior by treating a social network as infrastructure rather than an advertising/media business, I can't help but feel he's simply asking people to trust App
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I doubt wireless power will catch up to the efficiency of battery power any time soon. Batteries have been around a long time and have the ability to time-offset local renewable energy resources such as solar power.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
At this point there is no talk of modification, but if Blender became a large part of Valve's modification ecosystem there would surely be some back-and-forth source modification going on.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I wouldn't say in this case that the problem lies with Blender's choice of the GPL, but rather with Autodesk's FBX license. The FBX license is much more restrictive and onerous than the GPL. Whether GPL is freer than BSD-styl
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Do you think those stories would disappear if newspapers were no longer printed? There are plenty of online news sites. The syndicates can keep selling their stories without printed newspapers.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
I wouldn't mind if newspapers went out of business. Hopefully most of the industry's jobs could move online. And it sure would save a lot of paper.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Although I'm happy to hear this news, it highlights the importance of Blender's choice of GPL as its license. If it weren't for the GPL, Valve would be free to modify Blender and then sell it without contributing anything bac
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by reedlaw 13y ago
So it sounds like there's little chance of a truly open source cellphone. What a shame. I wonder what the privacy implications are of having a remotely-updatable module inside every phone. Can carriers break encryption this way? Or oth
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Anyone know what the status on multi-threading is? It looks like there are two potential solutions to the problem: 1. Servo-- http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/04/mozillas-servo/ 2. or, Electrolysis-- http:/&
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Binary blobs embedded in hardware are acceptable from a free software standpoint. As long as they can't be remotely updated.
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These bottles refract light thus illuminating a larger area. A skylight primarily lights the area underneath. Also, these bottles are less likely to break in a storm.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
While I'm glad to see the effort to enable more cross-platform application development, I wonder why the open source community doesn't produce its own cross-platform toolkit to rival those made by Apple and Microsoft. It seems tha
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by reedlaw 13y ago
This is yet to be proven. Is the bitcoin network really more costly than existing payment systems? Can the security benefits, instantaneous transmission, and other features be replaced by less costly alternatives? As the mining reward rapid
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Does it require any binary blobs for the GSM module or other components? If not, this would be a pretty good choice for someone wanting complete control over his phone's software stack.
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by reedlaw 13y ago
Not exactly. It follows the same chord progression. And the article makes no reference to the technical aspects of Mario music.

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