whateveruser

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by whateveruser 8y ago
Every time this point comes up, ultimate conclusion isn't the CLI is bad or can't be improved, but the VT220 and similar emulation that's holding things back. Any person who has developed a terminal emulator can attest to tha
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by whateveruser 8y ago
Rest of your suggestions are quite thoughtful, but > They can license feeds to specific clients only this is a bad idea.
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by whateveruser 8y ago
> That would imply people will go back to installing things, hunting for feeds, copypasting urls... Nope. We could have a simple list of feeds, with a simple 'add' button next to the site name, even embedded in the app itself,
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by whateveruser 8y ago
A cursory google search couldn't find what you mention. Can you cite the source please? I know another example that goes in opposite direction, of Humble Bundles, where Linux had consistently higher average payment than Windows, but th
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by whateveruser 8y ago
It doesn't matter how much value Word delivers when Libreoffice Writer delivers more, for less (zero) cost. For most people, Writer is enough, and so they won't buy Word. Its just free market and competition working the way it sho
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by whateveruser 8y ago
Its not about upselling. It is about Google leveraging their effective monopoly as a search engine (in EU, >60%) to unfair advantage in other industries (retail). MS got into same trouble over IE in US as well.
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by whateveruser 8y ago
I believe what you meant to say is the owner is in full control of the device, on PCs.
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by whateveruser 8y ago
Slide for reddit is another reddit client. Fully open source under GPLv3, nice looks and hi designed very well such that you never have to reach for keys at the bottom. Wholeheartedly recommended.
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by whateveruser 9y ago
Hey man, just a nitpick. The input fields fudge up when using dark GTK themes, as in text isn't legible unless I select it. Might wanna look into it.
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by whateveruser 9y ago
I've been kinda waiting for something like what Ubuntu is/was to Debian. Approachable. Last time I tried nix, learning curve was too steep. This update looks like they've started to work towards approachability a bit, so I mi
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by whateveruser 9y ago
Perhaps try Skype lite? It has almost zero bloat, and has been working flawlessly for all my needs.
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by whateveruser 9y ago
Fortunately for me, it didn't go that far. But I know that feeling, because I've been there. I cut off facebook after a pretty low point in my life, and to this day, it has been the best decision I ever made.
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by whateveruser 9y ago
As someone who went through prolonged depression and still barely keeping it at bay, I sometimes get worried sick what I would do if my own (future) kids go through the same. Looking back, my parents were just too busy and struggling on the
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by whateveruser 9y ago
> If you think it’s about freedom of information or something, check out Facebook’s stance on net neutrality in India. I'm sorry, but I'm really not getting your vibe here. If I remember correctly, Facebook tried to make sure I
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by whateveruser 9y ago
If we've learned anything about advertisers in the past, is they WILL get greedy, and start exploiting human brain in more and more ways. Eventually it reaches uncanny valley, and more and more people start noticing how messed up and o
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by whateveruser 9y ago
I'm looking to get started on Ansible since my new install is coming up in few weeks. Can you point me to a decent tutorial?
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by whateveruser 9y ago
Hence the question mark. What did Debian have for v1 then?
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by whateveruser 9y ago
Could also be that Red Hat has a lot of devs on Gnome. That means more contributions, which means greater control over project's direction, the only way that can happen in OSS. And with corporate backing comes faith from many people. A