tcelfer

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by tcelfer 12y ago
> I think it's simplistic to say "there aren't enough people on board because of poverty". I think that is a part of it, for sure. But even in first world countries like America you see lots of kids with inadequate nu
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by tcelfer 12y ago
> Also, I'll mention that we should hope some version of your "GNU" future happens, at least where communications over the internet is concerned, as "proprietary" and "encryption" don't really work
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by tcelfer 12y ago
> Not sure I am understanding you, but are you implying that it'd be okay for Microsoft to upload all your keystrokes and all your data on your laptop(without letting you know about it) on their servers and show you ads based on the
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by tcelfer 12y ago
> Half the complexity in the world is because someone decided to re-write unix, "only different" (meaning, poorly). The "GNU" vision shares thoughts with the unix philosophy of do something, do it well. One shouldn&#
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by tcelfer 12y ago
It is Google's responsibility to be a positive actor in the Internet ecosystem on behalf of end-consumers. If not because it is the "right" thing to do and also essential to the long term vision and success of the company. Le
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by tcelfer 12y ago
It's pretty outrageous you'd accuse me of this given that I'm responding to literal, textbook FUD with derision (the preferred mechanism for said things). E.g., claiming that a google login is required is strictly false and h
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by tcelfer 12y ago
I'm not sure if I care about people's surprise as much as I care about the inoffensiveness of it. People are and will continue to be surprised by technology. It's an inevitable consequence of technological acceleration. Lots
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by tcelfer 12y ago
> A Google sign in is needed even to login and the only native apps are Google's own. How is this different or better than Palladium? In a technical sense, it's very different from Palladium. Given the machine is sold as a devi