Tom4hawk

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by Tom4hawk 2y ago
It is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xandr
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by Tom4hawk 2y ago
You can also ensure that not many things change over time. My parents have been using Linux for over 15 years and they love it. Mate looks basically the same, as do most of the applications they use (file manager, image viewer, Firefox, Thu
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by Tom4hawk 3y ago
This how it works or most people in the world. They get a phone and they change it only when they are forced to (hardware failure, some app they absolutely need stops working etc.). The group of people changing phones because they are no lo
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by Tom4hawk 3y ago
I'm not claiming that there is no use for Jack. I just think that this is a niche and doesn't require a separate connector in every smartphone. Having a universal connector that can be used for various niche scenarios is IMO enoug
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by Tom4hawk 3y ago
I personally know absolutely no one with a dongle. I know many people who still use phones with jack that are not using it (or have earbuds). I was using wireless headphones before anyone heard of "earbuds" - they are much more co
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by Tom4hawk 4y ago
Integer division
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
> And 18.04 will be EOL next year, right? Yes, but you can subscribe (for free) to something called ESM and extend support until 2028. https://ubuntu.com/security/esm https://ubuntu.com/about/re
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
If I put something not encrypted on internet I expect it to be scanned/leaked etc. I don't want my device (with my battery...) to spy on me. Signed ~(Mostly)Happy google-less LineageOS user
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
It was always like that. If your threat model is three letter agency/Mossad/etc than you have very limited options. Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
Just look at China and their access to WORLD wide web. If crypto gains any traction it will also be treated that way.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
In Poland you can do a lot of things digitally by authenticating on governments sites with your Bank (Imagine "Continue with your bank" instead of "Continue with Google" or "Continue with Facebook"). It's
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
Problem is that "free" is our only option. I would love to pay for search engine that has more configuration options and no ads, I would love to pay for a modern browser (engine) without any tracking and no ads. Reality is that I
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
There are other problems. I personally encountered this issue with Netflix: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/community-netflix-and-hulu-remo...
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
I have this thing called salary that I get for contributing code (it's even better - I also get it for doing other things!).
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
And yet, they are probably responsible for 50% of users. My parents, my sister and some of my friends are using Firefox not because they did research but because I recommended/installed it and told them that if they use something else,
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
List of things I have to do on new Firefox install is getting ridiculous. It's probably time to look into forks or one of the WebKit browsers...
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
To incentivize work on side products that I'm actually not interested in any way or form? This doesn't make any sense.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
If you regularly have to wake up to pee at night you might have some other issues (like diabetes). You should visit a doctor.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
Titanfall: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2014/03/27/t...
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
I did a few hundred cs overwatch (it's a system where people with 150+ won matches can review suspicious behaviours reported by system/other users - https://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/overwatch/ )
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-contai...
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
The worst part about donating to Mozilla is that donation is not used for Firefox development.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
> Keep in mind that tons of website just outright won't work with Firefox mobile I know this anecdotal but I'm using FF on Android (Lineage OS without google apps/micro g etc. - only F-Droid) and the only site that causes
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
> you petition the wild gods for an effect, and you probably get it, but you take on an open-ended obligation to do something for them at a later point) and demonic magic So.. technical debt and "hacks" ?:D
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
It works like that in many countries...
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
No. Sounds like broken distribution.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
It's definitely not an informed decision. That's why I mentioned that you can inform your users about this issue. I just think that this decision should not belong to webmasters/site-owners.
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
FLoC is basically something implemented in a browser. Why website owner should be bothered by it? If client decided to use browser with FLoC than it's their decision. The only interesting thing might be to inform user that they are usi
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by Tom4hawk 5y ago
I think there are two types of content. - content that you seek - content that seeks you If I want to watch someone knowledgeable working on my favorite language I will look for this content (or I will find that they are doing this via some
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by Tom4hawk 6y ago
I dislike uPlay and Origin and that's why I'm avoiding them (I still have some games on them but something has to be veeery interesting for me to buy it there - I'm even willing to pay more to get same thing on Steam). Why ar

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