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f1refly

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    Comment #48711713

    Way better situation than what we currently have in Germany where all major providers block whatever the content lobby feels like that day

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    Comment #46247182

    It's only a real "App-Store" if it has arbitrary restrictions and you must pay fees to a company, obviously.

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    Comment #46043897

    "Not needing binary blobs" would be a start, wouldn't it?

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    Comment #45953490

    Right? I hope it never goes away, we should make the web more fun instead of sad and clean!

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    Comment #44966951

    I bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do

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    Comment #43749153

    "Why don't people just stop taking heroin"

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    Comment #42885981

    Usually, it's the distributions problem to package software. You as a software developer publish documentation on how to build your application and then simply wait for other peopl…

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    Comment #42694595

    That book exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Being_Right

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    Comment #42631511

    Vineyards are ripped up because they have become unprofitable due to decreased alcohol consumption in general. I'm not sure that has much to do with Americanization.

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    Comment #42582943

    Laws are just made up by people, we can make up new ones if we want.

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    Comment #42228213

    Why? Microsoft is a proven bad actor while the startup might have good people of you're lucky.

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    Comment #42197999

    What's not to like?

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    Comment #42197395

    It's also a legal taboo, fyi

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    Comment #42173295

    Maybe because PHEV are a really dumb idea? You're lugging around two complete powertrains the whole time, a massive waste of energy!

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    Comment #41911503

    A that point you might as well flip off whoever it is you're grading, and I get that this is the point of the test, but it's hardly the questions fault. The question has one clear …

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    Comment #41577951

    it's like when we "found out" leaded gasoline is bad for every living being on the planet. the whole automotive industry and its associates really didn't want to change, but at the…

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    Comment #41577225

    > - Browsers would come with the no tracking signal enabled by default (why wouldn't they?) so that tracking would become opt-in. > - Nobody chooses to be tracked. > - The whole in…

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    Comment #41577152

    Fischertechnik is a great engineering gateway drug for kids

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    Comment #41222392

    We have -L though, isn't that kind of what you're looking for?

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    Comment #40939178

    That's all stuff the systems package manager handles for you, no need to touch any package versions manually ever.

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    Comment #40793698

    I think for some reason some people still buy cisco products, so this reasoning doesn't seem to be applicable to the real world.

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    Comment #40656729

    Most dishwashers can be programmed to operate on half loads, making them viable even for single house holds

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    Comment #40564619

    Chromeos under the hood is just Linux

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    Comment #40532259

    Mercedes takes liability for it. That's their marketing pitch for the feature.

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    Comment #40529865

    I think you can just ask your doctor for them? Why would someone deny you your own medical records?