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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Then tell me how PCs have survived for 40 years, given that you can always install another OS.
32.
by roundabout-host 3mo ago
I want a UEFI phone.
33.
by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Or maybe banks would have provided WWW-based alternatives.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
From the user's perspective, it is not Unix-like, even though it contains Linux. FreeBSD is more similar to GNU/Linux than Android is.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Also, I do not see any confirmation of the N9 running standard GNU/Linux apps like the N900. But if the N900 continued, it would have been entirely different.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
I would love to see a UEFI phone (for standardised hardware support, without Device Tree) with a keyboard.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Or the "status" stream (you can still redirect it and it is useful sometimes).
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
You are comparing CLIs to GUIs. Anyways, there are GNU/Linux GUIs with the help manual (often still F1), but I would attribute the lack of manuals in some newer GUIs to a general trend against manuals, which can be seen well in Android
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Indeed, and the jq example invocation is way too trivial. It is better not to put it there.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Display output on success, but keep it brief. Traditionally, when nothing is wrong, UNIX commands display no output to the user. This makes sense when they’re being used in scripts, but can make commands appear to be hanging or broke
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
It is, but then why does the "guide" contradict it tens of times?
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
If you use the 14 standard colours (the plain old colours minus black and white), shouldn't they be set to something readable in the terminal emulator configuration? Of course, the 256-colour mode should not be used. And how do you che
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Do they really not use the following patterns, which I find quite common? cat > file cat >> file But really, if you feel that you're waiting too long, can't you just ^C? Isn't it better to teach people r
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
It also annoys me very much, especially horizontally. Wrapped lines are much easier to copy, for example if you want to do a Web search.
45.
by roundabout-host 3mo ago
You are wrong. Maybe 2% aren't OK with it, but 98% of the 2% will still give in to avoid losing their "normality".
46.
by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Even with the "independent European" list, you would still be unable to use a custom OS not in it.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Even if they did that, it would not be OK. Free software is no longer free if it has to be on a list.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Indeed, it is just as unfair no matter if 1%, 55% or 99.99% of the affected population has one. Your operating system should be a choice. 1. By doing this, the EU is killing any alternative operating systems for phones: no one will switch t
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
No, I don't think that it's about buttons and scrolling. It is simply about what the algorithm promotes. If you look at one thing, even if you decide that you don't like it, they show you more to provoke you. The algorithm sh
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
The problem is not the ability to communicate, but rather the addiction generated by those algorithms. They should absolutely be regulated, for all ages.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
So force parents to give them devices running an even more nonfree, even more crippled OS. At least on a smartphone you can run GNU/Linux.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Also, you cannot block one harmful one without blocking a thousand legitimate ones.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
The harm mainly comes from the addictive, manipulative algorithm designed to provoke the user, and not from the ability to communicate.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
The browser itself is not the problem, but the way the platforms design themselves to be very addictive.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Not unconditionally, but some truly benefit from them, if the parents teach them not to use social media in a harmful way.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Or WhatsApp? Or Matrix? Or SMS? Or the telephone network? Or email? Or Google Docs?
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
A concrete example is the annulation of the 2024 Romanian elections. It probably happened because a certain candidate was able to manipulate the TikTok algorithm using (undeclared) paid influencers and spam.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Because now the digital version will require Android or iOS, which are proprietary, locked-down, crippled, American platforms.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Because it requires Android or iOS.
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by roundabout-host 3mo ago
Google started to lobby by using a dramatisation: "if it is easy to reject advertising cookies, the whole Web advertising industry will go extinct!"

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