ColonelBlimp

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by ColonelBlimp 4mo ago
My intention is not to dismiss the blog's argument about using Linux but my experience running an Ubuntu LTS in my main computer has been straightforward, easy and as problem-free as one could expect. I'm sure other Linux distros
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by ColonelBlimp 4mo ago
While I agree with your suggestion (that's what I've doing for years), I'm not sure the "almost not effort" point is helpful or realistic when it comes to a huge majority of users. Apart from people who are knowledg
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by ColonelBlimp 4mo ago
You may want to read the Hacker News Guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by ColonelBlimp 5mo ago
I'm not surprised that the article has that vibe and that you noticed it. Works in Progress, the magazine that published the article, is notorious for having a preference for market-oriented solutions, "laissez faire" policie
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by ColonelBlimp 11mo ago
As far as I know, this is the blog post that led to the backlash https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
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by ColonelBlimp 1y ago
Norway is member of the European Economic Area, not of the European Union, together with Iceland and Liechtenstein. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area
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by ColonelBlimp 2y ago
I thought that having your website/article on the frontpage of Hacker News was good news. I guess I was wrong.
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by ColonelBlimp 2y ago
The best book I've ever read isn't the best book I've read but one that connects me with a particular moment: The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov. It was the start of summer school holidays back in the late 1980s, i
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by ColonelBlimp 2y ago
The fact that, as you say, "it's just a military base" is the consequence of the forced eviction of the local population (around 1,500 people) in 1968 by the US and the UK.
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by ColonelBlimp 2y ago
“Lately”.
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by ColonelBlimp 2y ago
Lucky you. Search for Travis Kelce unless you prefer to keep your exposure to useless information under control.
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
I’m a happy Gnome user.
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
With providers like Addy and SimpleLogin it is possible to use your own domain. > https://addy.io/ > https://simplelogin.io/
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
Flatpaks are a perfectly functional option https://flathub.org/apps/org.mozilla.firefox
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
You didn’t have to wait for this new Firefox package to stop using snaps, did you?
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Artificial Intelligence – Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(plato.stanford.edu)
2 points by ColonelBlimp 3y ago|0 comments
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
Not necessarily. I'm in my early fifties and I typically run 30 miles/50 km per week. I've been doing this for a couple of years and I reckon I consume less calories and eat less in general than during my sedentary phase. I s
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
> and goes through Hounslow which is where the Indian population is in London. According to the 2021 Census, 656,272 Indian British live in London. Hounslow total population is 288,200, 21% of them Indian or around 60,000. British Indian
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
Ubuntu uses Snaps by default. Flatpaks are an option in Ubuntu only if you install the application.
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
>These guys just seem to want to talk. I find this beyond useless. I'm not sure this is how George Monbiot defines himself, but for me he's an intelectual. There's a place and a value in what intelectuals do. They think, t
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
I hope the note I added to my original message is enough to explain that my comment wasn’t about the location of the company but about what I think is very limited information about the company. I copied the quote from the website to illust
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
I explained that better adding a note to my original message. Nothing to do with Florida or any other location in the US or any other country. What I meant was that before I make the decision to move email providers I would like to see more
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
Nice website and interesting option of email provider. However, I haven’t been able to find much information about the company providing the service beyond “Mango Mail is an American company based in the state of Florida”. That (i.e, the li
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
Fair enough. However, being able to "get paid by a few customers around the world every month and pay out contractors also around the world" is what Wise claim they offer to their customers. From their website: "Our dream is
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by ColonelBlimp 3y ago
What should 'Firefox fans on HN' do?
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Ask HN: How long does it take to investigate a cyber-attack?
3 points by ColonelBlimp 3y ago|2 comments
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by ColonelBlimp 4y ago
The calculator is still in the new home page. You just need to scroll down a bit. Perhaps it was at the top of the home page before. I don't remember.
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It’s better to be born rich than gifted (2018)(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by ColonelBlimp 4y ago|3 comments
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by ColonelBlimp 4y ago
The Washington Post article referenced this working paper “Genes, Education, and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study” https://www.nber.org/papers/w25114 And a recent tweet https:/
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by ColonelBlimp 4y ago
I'd be interested to know more about the direct correlation between increased cost of housing due to enforcing building codes and homelesness. Can you share links to studies or articles about that? Thanks.

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