sudoman

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by sudoman 14y ago
Please, let's remember that the mentally ill aren't 'evil alien[s]', as the author describes her father. People considered mentally ill are those who generally have emotional and/or cognitive irregularities, be they subtle or strong. That s
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by sudoman 15y ago
This is one thing I love about free software: the ability to extend a set of code to other devices and purposes. Somebody has an itch to scratch, shares those changes, and other people benefit as well. :) I just wish that hardware manufactu
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by sudoman 15y ago
> He's only "required" [to do] so if he chooses to use iOS. And if he chooses to use iOS, it's because the platform attracted him, and one thing that attracts a lot of people to it it's the "it just works" and "you don't have to manage
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by sudoman 15y ago
Android is not a free operating system, but originally claimed to be one. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/19/1756241/RMS-Is-Androi...
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by sudoman 15y ago
Yes, there is the inconvenience of people having different ideas of what makes an optimal program. However, in the case of Gnome3, the Gnome team has been developing fallback mode, which will be used in some GNU/Linux distros in their next
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by sudoman 15y ago
This general problem is a symptom of a major issue regarding the use of software that does not respect the freedom of its users. Every non-apple developer and user is required to bend to the will of the programmers who develop the proprieta
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by sudoman 15y ago
Ok, but Sony is still trying to block class action lawsuits. There are now millions of PSN users who are signing away their right to participate in and benefit from such an action if Sony is abusive or careless again.
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by sudoman 15y ago
I wouldn't necessarily say that it's human nature, but Western culture. Yes, there are those who most value surpassing others at any cost, but that is their personal culture, and not the singularity of human nature. I think that people choo
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by sudoman 15y ago
If the brain only had a couple of neurons, then it might make sense to pump up the transmitters between them to get a more intense response because you don't need very refined control. However there are 100 billion neurons in the brain, and
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by sudoman 16y ago
The way I understand meditation is that it is a way of stepping out of "worlds of becoming" that the mind is constantly entering and wandering around in. (Until things go bad, and then it jumps to another world.) The way I try to deal with