eddiedunn

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by eddiedunn 9y ago
I agree with you, but there is a flip side. More people might start asking themselves what the point of Windows is, since everything they need is available on Linux. "Why bother paying the Windows tax? Everything I need runs on Linux n
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by eddiedunn 10y ago
Threats of job security might not be the only threat they see. In a society with a lot of automation where you need a high level of education just to get a job, taking in a lot of unskilled immigrants means very few of them will be able to
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by eddiedunn 10y ago
I would recommend that you just use the US layout when coding. It's not like you need åäö when writing source code. The only time I use the Swedish layout is when writing emails or chatting, and a keyboard shortcut to change layouts qu
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by eddiedunn 11y ago
Kickstarter campaigns often charge people extra money for getting access to Alpha and Beta builds. People are impatient, many want stuff sooner rather than later, so they pay for it. You could offer a modified version of this; allow premium
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by eddiedunn 11y ago
Fair enough, I'm surely being overly sensitive here. It's just that, here in Sweden at least, being 'lactose intolerant' suggests there is something wrong with you, when the truth in fact is just that your lactase persis
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by eddiedunn 11y ago
From my own experience, I'd say that the right amount of salt is highly dependent on your diet. For example, when I restrict my carb intake I notice I need to add more salt to my food or I will get cramps and feel generally dehydrated.
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by eddiedunn 11y ago
I don't like the term "lactose intolerant". It implies that having difficulty digesting lactose is differentiating you from some loosely defined norm. In fact, the opposite is true[1]. As the article states, being able to dig
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Just put Linux on it. Seriously. My sister and I have the same Zenbook, and while my trackpad runs like a dream in Elementary OS, her trackpad is among the worst I've ever had the displeasure of using on a laptop -- and this is solely
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Seriously. Copyright infringement _is not stealing_. It has even been decided in court: http://falkvinge.net/2013/12/23/reminder-1-copyright-monopol... Stop abusing the word.
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Fair enough. But I would also wager that a vast, vast amount of piracy is of big studio content, and not the small startup-like businesses you are arguing for.
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Calling it stealing is wrong. The producer of an item doesn't lose the original item when someone _copies_ it, compared to e.g. stealing somebody's car. At most, you could argue that the producer loses an opportunity for a sale, b
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
I'm surprized nobody has provided a link to Dell's XPS 13 "Developer edition" laptop. http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-lapt... I bought one after using an
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
> What prevents me from considering Linux as a desktop or laptop OS includes: horrible battery life times (worse than half for a friend's thinkpad when compared to it running Windows), how difficult it is to get Bluetooth and Wifi w
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
This can be fixed by editing your pulseaudio settings: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#Automaticall... I do agree, though, that it is weird that this is not enabled by default.
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
This, so much this. People say I'm weird when I say I don't follow, nor care to follow the mainstream news. It seems hard for them to understand that I gain nothing from "keeping up to date with current events". It'
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
1. When I set up Git on my Linux server only the user that initiated the repo had access to it. It was too locked down, seeing as external users didn't even have read/cloning permission. (A minimal amount of googling solved all my
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
> We decided to leave it when we realized any individual coder could wipe out our local repository with a wrong command. What? 1) You can configure your repo so only select users may use destructive commands on certain branches. 2) It&#x
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
No, I would say showing screenshots from all "supported" platforms is a good idea. The cost is very low, and preventing people from feeling marginalized is a win for you and your software. Anecdotally, I can say that I am going to
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Yeah, sorry, but that's you. I can bring my own anecdotal evidence to the table and say that for me, compilation, linking and algorithms were very secondary to the thrill of typing in "commands" to the computer and have it do
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
I never understood why people usually rush to board the plane, only to end up sitting in a cramped airplane chair and breathing stuffy air. I usually opt to sit and wait outside the gate until I can assume that most people have gotten to th
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Wheeler might not be the problem. But the Obama White house isn't the root of the problem, either. The American two party duocracy is. Sadly, it seems that the only viable option is to vote for either of two equally corrupt parties.
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by eddiedunn 12y ago
Actually, the world is getting to the height of how humans were pre-agriculture, at around 6 feet. As Asia and ancient Rome has proven, high carb low protein diets do not make for great height. There is also reason to believe that a height
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
Finally! While I like GOG, other distributors like Steam, humble bundle and desura have Linux support, so I've bought games from them instead. I'm glad GOG decided they want my business again.
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
All my computers run UEFI if possible, and all of them run Linux. I have no problems with UEFI whatsoever; in fact, I think it's a nice improvement to the dated BIOS technology. The Microsoft thing called "Secure Boot" might
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
You inadvertently proved his point: "This item is not available in your country".
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
The doctors were uneducated, he was not at all becoming pre-diabetic.
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
Misrepresenting much? We don't count carbs in lettuce. We generally don't count carbs at all. We just stick to eating lots of above ground vegetables, lots of fat, and only slightly increased levels of protein compared to a regula
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
So your reference is a guy posting stuff on a blog? Well, here's a counter for you: I've lost 7 kgs on a ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet. I eat as much as I want until I feel full. And according to body measurement scans, I lo
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
There is already a patch out for Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1274349
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by eddiedunn 13y ago
Both. Squatting makes your bowels more relaxed which helps emptying them: http://wellnessmama.com/wp-content/uploads/InfluenceofBodyPo...

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