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by salgernon 14y ago
My kids grandparents are more appreciative of a photo in a frame or a drawing on the fridge than an image on a screen. Of course they can pick and choose if I chose to post those photos on Facebook, but I also take pleasure in curating and
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by salgernon 14y ago
Most likely a philosopher.
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by salgernon 15y ago
I thought that at first too, but then I started reading blogs that were scraped and fed to my kindle. Now I find that it is much easier to read and take the time to comprehend content when the cost of following links (through the kindles er
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by salgernon 15y ago
I deleted my facebook account because I determined that what it cost me to host my data there (and to consume their services) was more than I was willing to spend - and that this cost was creeping up over time without giving me the opportun
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by salgernon 15y ago
Back in 1989, some similarly "idealistic" folk released portions of Apple source code. At the time everyone wondered if this would be the end of Apples strategic advantage. The froup called itself Nu Prometheus and while they never released
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by salgernon 15y ago
And if you've got your emacs (gnu) open: M-x doctor > rms probably doesn't use Siri or any other Apple product < Does it bother you that Stallman is vivid? Not quite sure what it means by that... ( M-x psychoanalyze-pinhead used to
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by salgernon 15y ago
gdb /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes (gdb) fb ptrace (gdb) run [ breaks at ptrace ] (gdb) return [ type 'y' to return to the parent, skipping the call ] pirate your music or whatever you wanted to do. I'm not sure who this was
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by salgernon 16y ago
It is probably worth noting that even though iBooks is distributed via the AppStore it is a free download. This may put it in the same category of system apps as Safari and Mail. That is to say an optional install of an OS component.