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I agree. As a veteran myself, I often wondered about the decisions to move from the proven 7.62 to the not-so-effective 5.56. Back in WWII, if a German soldier took at .30-06 in th…

Cannot say I don't welcome Uber getting curtailed in all these places. Like many people have said, I doubt the drivers have the insurance to cover their passengers should something…

I really miss the "old days" of programming. Things were simpler then. I fondly remember the early 80s programming on a Commodore 64, then moving to the early IBM machines and DOS.…

Depends. If you install Ubuntu, for example, and do nothing but be an end user, no. If you install Debian or Slackware or Fedora, or CentOS and actually learn how the internals wor…

No. Go away. Nerd culture needs to be cultivated and rewarded. Full stop. We, at least in the US and in Western Europe are no longer making anything. We are no longer makers. Sure,…

Yes. I hate receiving documents in .docx or any other proprietary format, especially if I have not agreed to that format prior to receiving them. I like plain text if at all possib…

Yes, I know about this, and thank you for reminding me, but in the end, I just don't trust software. I really do like old school and I stick with it. I write most of my docs as tex…

This is a very good reason to never use software in the so-called "cloud". I also remember years ago when someone showed me "Track Changes" in MS Word and other programs and how yo…

I don't use the software in question. I only use AdBlock Plus and some creative OS-side tweaks under Linux to accomplish what I need. I don't need to use the software to go after a…

It's a big deal because it's disingenuous.

I wonder what the viability of setting up a subscription service proxy that mobile users (and others) could point their mobile phones to that strips out all the dreck? I know there…

Sites love to view user history. It helps them build up a profile to sell to marketers. You want to deny sites access to this info if you can, In FF, you can do this by toggling to…

The sites don't always know the ad servers have been compromised. A person visits a site, allows ads/3rd-party cookies, is surfing with admin rights, the ad servers gladly push the…

No one is advocating anything except not tracking users. I already block ads like most people here. They are a vector for malware, they track users, they sell that data. Make money…

Desktop generally. Also iPhone users frequently are quoted higher prices than Android users. I've seen this with my own eyes.

I actually have a subscription in my AdBlock Plus that also kills these "requests". It's called Adblock Warning Removal List.

I glady pay for Internet access, cable TV, the cinema, magazines, other content I view. The problem I have is with tracking. Ads should never do anything save show an ad. There sho…

Not even close with the analogy. Unless the content is behind a paywall, it's "free". Want to make money? Charge access. If your content is THAT compelling, people will line up and…

There is something also mean-spirited about tracking users. Yeah, yeah, I've heard it's all anonymous, but I've been in the IT industry for a very long time, and I know for a fact …

I realize this won't be popular, but I really have no feelings for ad networks. - They allow shoddy security on their servers - They track users against their will - Info on me is …

This. God transcends His creations as well as time (also a creation).

Mandrake made Linux exciting immediately w/o having to do Slackware-like config file nightmares.