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fturco
7y ago
DRM and watermarking of e-books should be banned. Copyright should be abolished.
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fturco
7y ago
On my desktop computer I use the Gentoo distribution and the i3 window manager.
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fturco
8y ago
I'm using Windows 10 inside a QEMU virtual machine on a Gentoo Linux host system. I need it in order to download e-books with DRM because Adobe Digital Editions only runs on Windows. My QEMU configuration works pretty well. Anyway I wo
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fturco
8y ago
If I had extra money left I would buy some other bitcoins. That's not the case unfortunately...
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fturco
8y ago
I try to use free software only, but unfortunately that's not always the case. For example the BIOS of my desktop computer is proprietary. I also don't use a FSF-approved GNU/Linux distribution on my desktop because I prefer
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fturco
8y ago
Unfortunately the author has not finished writing it yet. I will keep an eye on it.
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fturco
8y ago
The positive fact about GOG is that they sell games without DRM. The negative fact about GOG is that they sell proprietary games. This is why I won't support their initiative. Defective by Design by the FSF is a better way to get invol
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fturco
8y ago
No, I don't play with toys anymore. I still have some toys left, but I'll probably donate them sooner or later.
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fturco
8y ago
Don't use it. It's proprietary software.
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fturco
8y ago
I agree that DRM is bad. But proprietary software is also bad. And GOG sells a lot of proprietary software. So I won't join the FCK DRM initiative.
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fturco
8y ago
I'm addicted to computers and the Internet.
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fturco
8y ago
I agree that DRM is a bad thing. But proprietary software is also a bad thing. And GOG sells a lot of proprietary software.
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fturco
8y ago
Why do they say "Afrikan" instead of "African"? The former is not good English as far as I know...
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fturco
8y ago
If I were you I would certainly take the local job. I strongly hate commuting.
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fturco
8y ago
That's really sad. Animal testing is unethical and should be abolished.
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fturco
8y ago
I would pay 5 € per month (or even 10 €) for reading any e-book I want. But this service should come without DRM, otherwise I wouldn't subscribe.
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fturco
8y ago
Now it says: "Note: SITE RESTORATION IN PROGRESS"
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fturco
8y ago
Ad blocking is not a problem. It is the solution to the problem of advertisements.
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fturco
8y ago
I would introduce a heavy tax on greenhouse gas emissions, and I would redistribute all the revenues as universal basic income.
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fturco
8y ago
On top of my head: Apple, Microsoft, Facebook.
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fturco
8y ago
I track calories for everything I eat. Moreover I do 25-30 minutes of jogging daily. When it rains I do 5 kilometers with my stationary bike instead.
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fturco
8y ago
I use Org Mode so I have a plain text file called todo-bookmarks.org with a list of links to the articles I want to read.
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fturco
8y ago
Probably around 100,000 €.