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guug

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    Comment #23674014

    Hasn't this already been addressed by US's new deal with the UN?

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    Comment #23647551

    and I'm sure there are many who couldn't care less about the malware running on their windows machine as long as they can browse facebook. What's your point?

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    Comment #23635605

    People were saying the Google Maps also does it.

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    Comment #23635570

    So google also sends the contents of my clipboard to their servers when I use their app? Wonderful.

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    Comment #23609111

    I do. If you moderate your site, you endorse its content and should be held responsible for it (i.e be treated like other publishers). If your laws permit speech you don't like, ei…

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    Comment #23580550

    umatrix can block third-party images as easily as it blocks cookies.

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    Comment #23523322

    Yep! Kids learn by observing.

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    Comment #23511310

    > The Rust community really needs to take care not to become an echo chamber. This is a natural consequence of the restrictive rules imposed on the rust community.

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    Comment #23495782

    You're not considering foreign operations. If included, I bet the US would be at the forefront.

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    Comment #23484114

    Sure, but you need a handful of units to evaluate them properly. Availability of units is a huge concern and (imo) the largest barrier to boader adoption of non-x86 servers; ie, no…

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    Comment #23483951

    > great performance Not for me. old.reddit.com flies while the new ui is a stuttery broken mess that requires more clicks for the same actions.

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    Comment #23443946

    I recently switched all my systems to another desktop environment because an app I needed to run was buggy under gnome and gnome developers in their infinite wisdom decided to remo…

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    Comment #23443886

    If you're using desktop ubuntu, you're using snaps. Run `mount` to see which snaps ubunutu has mounted on your system.

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    Comment #23435982

    Most people are not rejecting snaps as a concept but the way ubuntu decided to implement it (e.g. forced updates, closed back-end, stealth snapd/snap reinstalls, etc).

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    Comment #23435927

    As a short term solution, you can use netguard and always have it run in lockdown mode. It works on most phones and doesn't require root. You can use it to whitelist app access to …

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    Comment #23418949

    So you're saying that china would be completely within its rights to extradite, prosecute, and punish a US citizen who made fun of their leader on US soil if that citizen ever sets…

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    Comment #23418717

    The way I read their proposal is them saying: "we're doing this new thing in our network gear. we can either standardize on it or you're going to have to deal with integrating with…

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    Comment #23306484

    I look for one more thing: 3. What steps the corporation took to prevent this issue from occurring in the future. While a believe that the CEO is sorry, I can't consider the issue …

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    Comment #23288138

    > Trademarks require intent to mislead Is this a legal requirement?

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    Comment #23267619

    > If you want to use pre-release builds, I think it's fair to expect that you need to enable telemetry. I wouldn't.

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    Comment #23135086

    What about normal torrents?

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    Comment #23134933

    What about people who bought a low-to-mid range laptop last year? While 8G isn't .5G, it's still low enough that you'd quickly hit swap (a bloated modern browser + multimedia autho…

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    Comment #23134891

    A good user interface is one you don't realize you're using. KDE is flexible enough to fit many workflows and doesn't (try to) constantly get in your way.

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    Comment #23110291

    Usually, but they do get into unfortunate accidents from time to time.