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> Well, my local directory is `~/local`. So that's not where I want it. You can just move it after. .local is different from local so there is no clash.

There's good reason you might not want that behavior, and no reason to enforce it. Booting an alternate OS doesn't interrupt Windows update operations.

> I think Windows even does this now. Why? What advantage is there for Windows to do this?

> I love Linux, but it would not exist without corporate sponsors. Of course it would, for it already did. It might not be as polished, and there would be more issues with hardware…

> Just to be clear, this is signing for validation Yup. I was just referencing wanting to obtain keys from the TPM to decrypt a partition. This is useful for me to have the followi…

Man that's cool. Not for me personally as I need a display and not glasses, but it's cool we have so much computer power in such portable formats now. I love that we have pretty po…

I think we probably agree with each other. Even with UBI, I do think it makes sense to have some degree of copyright. Just to allow creatives room to breath and tell stories they w…

Infiltrate, sure, but not control .

I agree that would be fantastic, but I would like something with protection against interference baked into the design, rather than having to rely on goodwill.

What am I missing? The social account of the mother of a teen that killed herself due to bulling was ordered to have her social media accounts shut down, even though she wasn't pos…

One comment made an unreasonable assumption/interpretation, and the commentators are talking about that . I would think most people reading it understand it just fine but don't hav…

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> Then, what were you suggesting? Honestly, I think it was clear. What's your next best guess after the other users'? > The Decentralized Internet already exists In a very alpha st…

I disagree. Something in the control of people would not inevitably end up in control of corporations. Linux is a pretty good example of that not happening. Just one particular ins…

> Let the big bucks make the big decisions. Not at all what I was suggesting. Not even close.

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> Why do you believe that what you wrote is true? Because I've seen this claim many times over more than a decade, and have seen evidence multiple times. I've also been able to sea…

I'm sure someone great at math could come up with a function. Although I'd think it's more to do with the popularity and amount of times a work is consumed, while accounting for pe…

> minimum wage. If you enjoy reading, but don't think they deserve even that amount, well... I think they shouldn't be attached to that old business model in a world where self-pub…

> Is this 'couldn't' a self imposed requirement or a technical one I can't think of ? Probably not technical. There is another element, obtaining a HDD encryption key from the TPM.…

I have a bootloader signed with my own keys to boot my kernel. Nothing else will be able to boot the machine. I couldn't have this setup without a bootloader.

Actually, pirates consistently spend the most on content. Go figure.