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Perfect timing. Yesterday, I urgently needed to run a piece of software on one of my systems. I had two versions of that software on hand: One for linux and one for windows. The li…

> The difference is that this is private companies doing it of their own volition and not by government demand. Is this really a meaningful difference if the end result is the same…

I think that's his point.

Many years back, I bought an expensive android phone to discover that it did not support my native language. I have the necessary technical skills to add support for it, but becaus…

I also have difficulty believing anything bloomberg puts out after what had happened. With all the independent investigations and the lack evidence found, I'm baffled that they sti…

Projecting political views onto browser users by default is a big one (new tab). Another is the limiting of user control by not allowing them to install third-party extensions. The…

I'd be glad to forget Mozilla's past if they'd show that they have learned from them. The problem is that they haven't. In some cases, they've doubled down on them. I say this as s…

> I am getting increasingly annoyed by the fact that buying anything is becoming a minefield Not only that, but they keep repopulating the minefield with new mines after you've spe…

If that's really the reason, then I and (likely) the majority of other Linux users are completely fine with that.

Except no one is going to jail.

Unless the developer has enough foresight to account for, and sufficiently handle, every single instance where that brick wall would stop a legitimate false positive, I stand vehem…

> I wouldn't have expected Lenovo to mess with the ThinkPad brand like that. My image of ThinkPad has always been no-nonsense, get-stuff-done, power-user-favored. I used to think t…

I though the issue was with getting your mails accepted. Even gmail has no problem sending email to a server that isn't properly set up as long as it is willing to accept. Can you …

> De-centralized hosting of the packages (news to come soon!) Is the index also going to be changeable? Will I be able to completely avoid your servers if I wanted to?

> although AppImage doesn't have a concept of automatic upgrades like Snap And that's a good thing. If I wanted my system to force software updates on me, I'd use windows. Users sh…

This is literally also how cert signing works for tls. Unsurprisingly miss-issued certs have been far from common. This model can work. It's just that microsoft is being sloppy.

While your at it Mozilla, stop spamming the new tab page with your podcasts.

It's all about decreasing the odds. US -> China -> CPU is longer than just US -> CPU.

I agree. I hope this ML meme becomes more popular if only for their entertainment factor.

And only in the EU... Hey Google, how about supporting choice and competition in the rest of the world?

This is really good news. Hopefully a more well-developed and thorough reference will allow for a GCC rust frontend to be developed.

It can also be implemented purely on the client side: store the counter in the browser, increment on each visit, and prompt the user after N visits. This way, no information about …

I'm not being aggressive on behalf of a chinese company, I'm being aggressive against unsupported accusations spouted by morons because it happens to fit with their preferred polit…

Perhaps, but then following the same line of logic would make all hardware vendors equally suspect. All hardware vendors will eventually comply if "asked" by their government (incl…

Provide evidence that huawei is spying or keep your mouth shut. It's that simple.