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by kiloaper 14y ago
Amazing! (and works great in Firefox on Win7 as well)
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by kiloaper 14y ago
Not 50 years from now. We're already there: CIA wants to spy on you through your appliances [1] [1] https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cia-wants-spy-yo...
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by kiloaper 14y ago
It's not "Ubuntu for phones", i.e. a replacement OS. It's "Ubuntu for Android", an addition to Android.[1] Canonical enables Android phone users to have the benefit of a full desktop, but also keep Android and its apps. If you ask me it's a
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by kiloaper 14y ago
"Why is he so threatening?" I used to think Stallman was an abrasive fanatic but now I think otherwise. The reason he makes me uncomfortable is because he highlights the compromises I have made. I think this is part of the reason why some p
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by kiloaper 14y ago
I wonder how many Google Glasses wearers will become Life Loggers? I meet them at conferences occasionally. Some people actively avoid them. There's something about standing face to face with someone taking a photo of you every X seconds th
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by kiloaper 14y ago
Wasn't there some legal ruling about that? I found some discussions [1] about it. The section about CPU vendor string manipulation is very interesting. [1] http://www.agner.org/optimize/blog/read.php?i=49
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by kiloaper 14y ago
This mirrors my experience. I was really surprised with my parents reaction to Ubuntu. They found Unity easier to understand than Windows. It has opened up a whole new world to them. Before they barely touched the PC, now they email relativ
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by kiloaper 14y ago
Speaking just as a normal user with no expertise in data privacy etc, the things which negatively affect my trust in a service are: - lack of a visible monetisation plan. If I can't see how you'll make money I will assume that'll it be thro
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by kiloaper 14y ago
YaCy is a fanatic idea. I encourage people to watch the FSCONS video. Unfortunately YaCy will need a lot more momentum, developer interest and people using it to become useful imho.
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by kiloaper 14y ago
I always use the FF site so I was completely unaware they have an extension for Opera and IE as well as FF and Chrome.
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by kiloaper 14y ago
Same thing with Viber and other apps. Some of friends use their services and now they have my contact information and can build up a shadow profile on me. I consented to none of that. While they may deny that's their intent it doesn't chang
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by kiloaper 14y ago
This seems similar to Ghostery [1] for Firefox. It currently blocks 852 3rd part elements (371 advertising and 207 analytics) and 434 specific cookies. It also allows you to delete flash and silverlight cookies on exit. [1] https://addons.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
That's a bit of a false dichotomy isn't it? Just because he criticises this particular view doesn't mean he condones or defends the other side or their apparent 'truth stretching'. It's also derailing. 'We can't criticise this article unles
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>What you could do if you were Google and had their databases? Try to predict election results and then try to influence them. Not exactly "Do no evil" I'll admit. Imagine what Google PR could do for politicians with access to what peop
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>According to this article, only 32.2% of Irish citizens are college educated, compared with over 40% That's not surprising given Ireland's demographics and history but a lot has changed over the years. If you look at 25-34yr olds, for
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>the weather is truly depressing. It's not that bad in my opinion. We have a mild climate. Looking on the bright side we don't get heavy snowfall or droughts or heat waves. Personally I like the lack of extremes.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
At least more and more students are studying relevant subjects so the available pool of potential talent is increasing. [1] (For those not familiar with Ireland, the CAO is the Central Applications Office and handles undergraduate applicati
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by kiloaper 15y ago
How would this be done and is it practical? Deep packet inspection and a database of copyrighted material to compare against? Watermarks in copyrighted files?
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>As further outlined in a Wall Street Journal story on the subject on Thursday, a search for “Lake Tahoe” will produce “key attributes” that Google knows about the lake, including its altitude, location, salt content and average tempera
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by kiloaper 15y ago
It's the community that really makes Arch a great distro in my opinion. Because of them we have an excellent well-moderated forum with technically competent and helpful members, an outstanding wiki and a huge amount of software available in
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by kiloaper 15y ago
A lot depends on how you define 'control' in that context. People still have choices. No one is forced to use their services. I find Google's ambitions and scope amazing as well as a little frightening I'll admit. They now have a significan
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by kiloaper 15y ago
It's funny you point to GitHub considering git is GPLv2 licensed itself. I imagine many of the tools which make those projects possible are also GPL licensed.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
At least in Europe it appears 868MHz is gaining ground and now 169MHz is being considered.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
2.4GHz doesn't sound like a great frequency for smart grids if the nodes are spaced far apart.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Does any package manager do something like this? I can't think of any linux package managers that allows simultaneous installs or updates.
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Win8 is frustrating and I personally don't like its interface but I disagree with calling it a "failure". I did literally drag and randomly click until things happened when I couldn't figure out what to do. However knowledge has to be conve
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by kiloaper 15y ago
People have been putting together 'cheat sheets' like this one to overcome that problem: http://docs.com/IOLP [.docx] Having some optional hint or tip mechanism built in for new users would be nice. Maybe not in the style of Clippy from O
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by kiloaper 15y ago
>And it's frustrating. Absolutely, on any system. I'll admit I swear every now and again when I get caught trying to run apt-get with synaptic open on another workspace. >You will notice I said "it has to be better than 'better than
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by kiloaper 15y ago
I don't think any of your responses justify or explain the lack of documentation. MS is inviting developers to their new OS and Win8 now has a customer preview, with the developer one being out for a while. Pointing to a potential situation
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by kiloaper 15y ago
Switchable graphics do indeed suck. I returned a laptop because of it, despite being told specifically the model I ordered did not have Optimus hybrid graphics. But it's not unsolvable. It's problem with companies not supporting Linux. Nvid

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