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Even if that would be so, the person who approved it certainly is.

> There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. What metric did Microsof…

Librewolf: "This project is a custom and independent version of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom." "Tor Browser is based on Mozilla Firefox ESR…

Even if it is mandatory in some form, there is plenty of nuance in the actual meaning before we come to calling "forced", isn't it?

Of course one can and should read the script before running it, but the instructions promote just the opposite. Even if we skip a step ahead and consider that this script then inst…

From the Github page: "curl -sL https://plandex.ai/install.sh | bash" Enticing users to blindly run remote 3rd party code on their machines is IMHO not a proper thing to do. This a…

Did you mean to post a "subscriber link" that enables public access to articles at LWN? As it is now, it's members only until 20th of March...

Was the above post propaganda? Or was it just a user recommendation? Perhaps the reason it gets mentioned often is simply because it's a good piece of software. Then again, perhaps…

You mean, like unrestricted access to the kernel with full firewalling capabilities? ;) Yes, GNU/Linux distributions provide exactly that.

Every time one sees something "bizarre" such as this, one should assume its made so on purpose and ask oneself hat purpose does it serve. In this case, its painfully obvious. Then …

Afternoon becomes an evening when the sun starts to set. An evening becomes a night when the sun is fully set. "I was up at two this morning" has several implied meanings. One of t…

> a lot of people on set got cancer not much longer after shooting, likely from being around so much industrial waste Is there a credible source for this statement?

That got me wondering at a first glance too. But in this case, the word stands for "čuda" not CUDA. Čuda = miracles, wonders, in Serbian (and several other languages). And odd cong…

It's done afterwards, once you've safely reduced the speed of your vehicle, not during the initial emergency braking. It's basically a heads up for all the vehicles far behind you …

You don't actually need to give the changes back to the community, you only need to give the changed code to those you distribute the modified software to. In other words: - if you…

By merchadising their produc... er... users! :) That being said, according to their blog, browser users aren't tracked or profiled by Vivaldi. They claim to make money from search …

Can't answer you direct question. But if messages sent are end-to-end encrypted, it would make no difference. There is nothing anyone can do to decrypt the content, even if given a…

Just to note for those who don't know, FTPS and SFTP are completely different protocols. The similarity of the names often causes confusion, but SFTP has nothing to do with the ven…

> The snap is not running macOS on mac hardware. Even if you run it on a mac laptop, it's using virtualized qemu hardware. Right. "Virtualized hardware", as in, you know, software.…

reMarkable 2 has pogo pins for the second USB at the left side, and that one supports a keyboard just fine. Terminal and emacs aren't there out of the box, but can be added. A real…

Well, it really depends on when were these jokes introduced to someone... They can hardly be marginally entertaining to someone 30 years ago if the person in question wasn't even b…

These weren't deliberately engineered for a couple of hundred villagers. They are made from an available and suitable plant into a shape of a bridge, but not with a specific intent…

It's not really a new movement, just an improved version of the same old... ...but for a much higher price. I really don't appreciate how Seiko is upselling certain segments of the…

Was it that obvious?? ;) :) How very true, having such a fine GS and observe it do +9s or +10s per day would be disappointing. This is completely individual of course, but I'd real…

It's quite understandable, accurate and detailed on-line information about Molnijas is a bit scarce...