throwaway023421

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by throwaway023421 6y ago
> On every distro uninstalling packages never really reverts the system to its previous state, always leaves some junk behind. Not at all. Apt has been able to remove everything for the last 20 years.
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by throwaway023421 6y ago
Over the years I've seen "hacker" news become more of an echo chamber and instantly downvote anything against doctrine... I'll be downvoted for saying this.
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
Not so simple. If the clone gains significant market share it can enforce compatibility.
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
"some sort of virtue thing" sounds like cynical way to describe ethical values. Yes, most people I know don't want to waste electricity on driers even when it's cheap.
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
You are comparing CO2 emission and use of metal and completely ignore the catastrophic systemic risk of nuclear power. There has been many events where nuclear waste has been dumped in the ocean, misplaced, lost, improperly buried, leaked i
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
The statistics on the amount of cocaine show an appalling pattern of lying and false evidence from the police. It's even more appalling that people hardly acknowledge such bias.
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
Lesson (not?) learnt: choose your audience. Choose what crowd you want to hang out with.
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by throwaway023421 7y ago
I studied engineering in a country with a non-idiotic university program. Books (in b/w), pencil and paper. Lessons using a whiteboard or blackboard with chalk. Desks and chairs. Some of the rooms where exactly the same used a century