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by usr1106 3y ago
I use a 7 year old 2 GB / 32 GB Intel Atom for random surfing and travelling. Running Linux of course. Probably ARM would be even better. It's not fully as snappy as a big machine and you would not be able to run a couple of conta
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by usr1106 3y ago
A publishing house owning a newspaper famous for not sticking to the facts. Software not knowing what are facts. Sounds like a good match, what could possibly go wrong...
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by usr1106 3y ago
Who demanded money? Using AGPL is demanding code. (The modifications users of your code made.) This does typically not affect small companies. They don't have the resources to make significant changes to the code, so there is nothing t
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by usr1106 3y ago
As a German living abroad I use to say: Jammern auf hohem Niveau (complaining from high level) Often the things they are complaining about are still better than in many other places, take healthcare as an example.
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by usr1106 3y ago
When you don't want Amazon, Google etc to earn big money on your work. Actually not even that, they could if they played fair and contributed back all changes they make. But they don't want to play fair.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Sorry, nothing personal. But as a 100% Firefox user I would very likely avoid to visit any global ecommerce site. It's the same world I want to avoid by not using Google products. I know I am a small minority, but you don't even s
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by usr1106 3y ago
Which is a good thing. Running ads is triple pollution. On the servers, on the browser, and by the manipulated comsumers buying crap they don't need in the first place. (Yes, I do pay for content I care about.)
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by usr1106 3y ago
Aka called clickbait. Although the bug and the workaround are useful to know for everyone working with that machine.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Some discussion is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36839800 Sorry, I don't remember all the details.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Article recommends ldd without a word of warning that you must not run that on untrusted code. It could execute malign code. Not understanding that might lead users who try to find out whether they should trust some binary to inspect it wit
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by usr1106 3y ago
No, the 2G network is still running at least for T-Mobile. I happened to check earlier today.
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by usr1106 3y ago
I know what it costs to start a process. My point is just if that script is done in 0.5 seconds that's good enough for me as an occasional human caller. I don't care that it could be much faster. Of course if the script were to ha
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by usr1106 3y ago
Ah thanks. The rule of thumb "you don't earn" applies to "ordinary" negative energy prices caused by favorable weather. Obviously here the price was so extreme that old wisdoms no longer apply. Myself I enjoy the co
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by usr1106 3y ago
Much faster in theory, unnoticeable in practice. I assume nobody does number crunching using shell scripts.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Oh, I had no idea that GNU utilities allow this. As a Unix graybeard I always place options first. Options last feels like Windows command prompt, so nothing I want to see... I always tell younger colleagues who place options in the end, it
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by usr1106 3y ago
Not true. As a Linux user I have many times been forced to give them money for software I delete as my first step on a new PC.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Depends on how you view it: Only a felt 50% of my train journeys in Germany are on time these days, for those with tight connections proably even less. But basically all of the delayed/rerouted ones are still faster / more conveni
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by usr1106 3y ago
No, you still have to pay for transfer.
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by usr1106 3y ago
We should just learn to ignore people still posting on Twitter (which is called something else now).
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by usr1106 3y ago
Haven't followed prices for years, but now that you mention it I checked. Common price for the Pixel 7a is 549 EUR ($599) here, Black Friday 449 EUR. Considering 24% sales tax, which is included in my quotes but probably not in yours t
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by usr1106 3y ago
Yes, when my current phone running Sailfish OS dies that will probably one of the choices. Although buying the hardware from the devil doesn't feel like the most comfortable thing...
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by usr1106 3y ago
A few dollars? Don't remember what they charged here, but I found it completely overpriced. There are many months a year I manage not to waste any time on Youtube. While I generally prefer paying for service over surveillance capitalis
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by usr1106 3y ago
ChatGPT is like gambling, even though with slightly better odds. It can suggest complete nonsense with seemingly great confidence. If you have true experience in some field try to ask ChatGPT some questions and you will be shocked what nons
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by usr1106 3y ago
Coding, at least quality coding, is for slow people that are patient enough to study in depth and to get it right eventually. And getting it right can still be incredibly hard. ADHD is certainly not a good starting point. P.S There are cer
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by usr1106 3y ago
I am probably close to an engineer like you describe them. But managers you describe are, to repeat your words, so tiresomely dumb, that they think they could have a sustainable business without such engineers. I have left seemingly success
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by usr1106 3y ago
The question feels irrelevant even for me as a full-blood engineer. Why would being a tech company be a thing? Without doubt Google has created a lot of impressive tech and it's still using a lot of tech. I used them for search between
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by usr1106 3y ago
> shitty European electric cars Incidentally the biggest organization for mandatory vehicle safety inspections in Germany, TÜV, released their annual statistics report yesterday: Tesla 3 was covered the first time after having reached en
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by usr1106 3y ago
A fix, no. But a warning to customers would have been a matter of days even with lawyers involved.
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by usr1106 3y ago
Intel is nearly as criminal as Volkswagen was (and many car manufacturers that did the same, but were caught less visibly). The latter cheated with anti-pollution regulations, Intel with computer security. Maybe a slight difference is that
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by usr1106 3y ago
Sure WhatsApp is not Google and it is very strong. That's why Google supports interoperability in this case.

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