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by aclsid 5y ago
If every single utility and app start charging $3 or $5 per month then it becomes a problem. Software as a service is a good concept for something that is truly changing all the time, but I find it absurd that a Photoshop subscription or a
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by aclsid 5y ago
In my case I go for simplenote, but yeah same deal. If somebody creates the same experience in a less resource intensive framework I'm a in.
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by aclsid 5y ago
I'm with you on this one. During the end of the 90s there was a similar phenomenon for the exact same reasons, which was Java desktop apps, with their write once run anywhere motto. With the added insult that they had this awful non-st
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by aclsid 6y ago
That doesn't seem to match reality, where you have some men living past 100+ years. But I'm not a doctor so...
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by aclsid 6y ago
They certainly don't go on counting pennies
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by aclsid 6y ago
By that argument we should block all non-national apps or services and create national networks instead, since you are assuming everybody is fine with the US as a country imposing their views and values to every country. I can see Middle Ea
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by aclsid 6y ago
Well, think about it. A mosquito bite seems harmless, while getting torn to pieces by a shark, in a medium where you cannot even run it is scary as hell.
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by aclsid 6y ago
Just get a proper antivirus and it will probably disable the built-in security suite for you
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by aclsid 6y ago
I agree with the main sentiment, but I have made my peace with it. Mainly Java and Electron based apps because they do provide us with a nice thing that was impossible years before unless you wanted to become a digital hermit: Linux on the
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by aclsid 6y ago
This, the only way to prevent stuff like this from happening is to actually decouple the system from business interests. These kind of incidents repeat themselves over and over because it is based on a flawed logic where if you help busines
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by aclsid 6y ago
I saw that video and it proves my point. Taiwan is not recognized as an independent country, and the reporter, which is from a Hong Kong network, knows perfectly well that situation and wanted to ask a pointy question, so don't be surp
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by aclsid 6y ago
There are areas of Colombia that are a sovereign country because they are controlled by guerrillas. The same goes for Russian controlled areas of the Ukraine and Georgia. What makes them sovereign countries with a right to be in the UN is t
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by aclsid 6y ago
This is a tough question because on one side freedom of speech is something that ought to be protected and it is somebody's opinion of what means misinformation or not. But on the other hand, if you allow people that spread extreme ide
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by aclsid 7y ago
Doctors are the one driving people away from hospitals in China, since they act like a normal bureaucracy where they don't earn much. I have experienced it first hand and I can tell you that on all honesty, healthcare in general is the
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by aclsid 7y ago
Some people eat crocodiles, horse meat, etc. Eating cows or pigs themselves is pretty weird on itself, especially if you see how they kill and process the animal. The fact that we are used to se things is all that counts. That being said, v
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by aclsid 7y ago
It was reported in the BBC today that while SARS originated in bats, the vector for humans were a species of cats that got the disease from the bats. For coronavirus what we know so far is that it originated in a seafood market, but as to w
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by aclsid 7y ago
I think more of an issue with who they hire it should be more about the minimum amount they are allowed to pay. That will tilt the scale in favor of home players since they already know the language, local customs, work culture, etc.
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by aclsid 7y ago
Germany is the poster child for controlled rent working well for everybody, to the point where it is more of hassle to buy.
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by aclsid 7y ago
Plus in all honesty, lots of Adobe software behaves like a virus by installing these always running updaters. I haven't had Flash in my laptop for sometime and the web has evolved to a point that it was never an issue, but the CC updat
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by aclsid 7y ago
That Cold War mentality is getting old already. The world has a lot more to gain if we drop the "my approach is superior" in the process. Russia and China is not filled with demons, and much of the same things they are being acuse
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by aclsid 7y ago
Just give thanks that you did not have to work with the likes of CVS and such.
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by aclsid 7y ago
I started playing around with Linux since Redhat 5.1, and it is amazing that after all these years, some people still don't get it when it comes to good UI/UX design. The fonts look all out of place even on window titles. I though
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by aclsid 7y ago
The problem is that after growing up with cars, I went and lived several years in China. I lived car free and the public transit system was actually top notch, but again, having to withstand cold days, extreme heat, carrying groceries aroun
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by aclsid 7y ago
I live in a place where that is actually a thing, and let me tell you what happens then is that a new coffee shop opens and suddenly a two-lane road becomes a one-lane road. So too much freedom in that sense also hurts. Also the decentraliz
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by aclsid 7y ago
Call me the evil polluter, but I'm sorry I still find cars one of the best inventions humankind has come up with, and it could be a horse and a carriage for all I care. But the freedom of having your own horse/car won't be re
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by aclsid 7y ago
Oh nobody denies that you have more political freedoms, I'm talking about why for instance, would your society focus so much about China being bad, highlighting the differences, whereas countries like Vietnam, still a communist state,
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by aclsid 7y ago
that seemed to worked well for Saudi Arabia, a country which has far more human right abuses and you never see the kind of propaganda we are seeing against the Chinese.
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by aclsid 7y ago
Didn't you see the news they are making a 1000Kph train?
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by aclsid 7y ago
Kind of similar to North America in a way. And just like the Chinese, you guys don't realize it because as the saying goes, everybody thinks their crap doesn't stink. Sure in the case of China it is a more crude form of propaganda
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by aclsid 7y ago
As a non-US nor Chinese national, I find it interesting how the US keeps creating these artificial enemies. Of course the Chinese are not pro-America but they are very much self-contained and just interested in making money. Aside from inte

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