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whizzkid

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    Comment #25391852

    + Really good idea to make use of the electricity in other ways than just driving. (generators, lamps, etc.) + 10 hours covers up a good day in field. - a lot of farms are away fro…

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    Comment #25352025

    I just checked the link on their website where this screenshot was taken, and it made me smile. They replaced the honest description of the features with politically correct versio…

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    Comment #24759339

    Really interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing. You might be right about new generation’s focus shift. If that is true, an interesting future is waiting for us when it comes to…

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    Comment #24758335

    I think they will hold on as long as they can to release it for Linux. You are right that they are a commercial software company but they are trying to keep the Windows as "the pla…

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    Comment #24758102

    One of the few things that are left for end-users to not to switch to Linux is the Office product. I am almost sure that Microsoft is not releasing it on purpose because they are a…

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    Comment #21901561

    This whole setup doesnt make sense for me. Flying as a whole is not that comfy even if you are flying first class. Pack + taxi + controls + wait in lounge + wait boarding and etc. …

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    Comment #20725696

    As soon as you hit some kind of limit it will abort the process and output the error. So you will be notified about it and it wont go unnoticed. And if you only use it during compi…

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    Comment #20723118

    You can save back your 5$/month by increasing your machine’s swap space. I did the same when more memory was only required for compiling. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tut…

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    Comment #20562861

    Interesting article but title is pretty bad. Amount of users have risen for these kind of phones not because they are the new iPhones, but because pay-gap between countries have st…

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    Comment #20461127

    I would not disagree :) and i think they came up with unlimited data plans just to label bytes in the future. And they are already doing that. You can already buy a plan with 10gb …

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    Comment #20461008

    There is only one justified reason for phone companies to check if you are using your phone as a router, and that is when they provide unlimited data to your contract. Unlimited da…

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    Comment #20201132

    Touch screen is almost essential for navigation functionality. It makes life easier in car while not driving as well. I think what manufacturers should focus on is to implement tou…

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    Comment #20099090

    Most of them probably will work on other browsers with user-agent switching. But i do not want to hack it and risk having a problem in middle of my work. They can easily inject som…

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    Comment #20098741

    It is funny how my browser preferences has changed over last 5 years. 2014 me as a developer had Chrome as number 1 browser for both development and all rest. Firefox once a month …

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    Comment #19811133

    Google should know that they have very little credit left on my side. When I read the this article, I immediately think about the ways on how they can still keep tracking me. - Che…

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    Comment #19632138

    "Notarization is not App Review. The Apple notary service is an automated system that scans your software for malicious content, checks for code-signing issues, and returns the res…

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    Comment #19409013

    Yes, consent must be given, and it should be a positive action. Inaction, pre-checked boxes does not qualify.

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    Comment #19408885

    GDPR is good for you. It is for your benefit to be able choose what is stored on the website about you. It is the websites that are making the banner look so annoying just to make …

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    Comment #19376519

    Really good point about use case specifications. I sure will be researching my options. Thanks!

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    Comment #19376508

    Idea was to prevent licence violation. It is hard to do anything as an individual against companies that violates OSS licences. But since then I learned much more about licensing, …

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    Comment #19376485

    Thanks a lot for going into details. Since then I learned a lot about copyleft, GNU GPLv3, and much more. Maybe mentioning a company name in a licence is not really what I need aft…

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    Comment #19367041

    Things are not always black and white as you are stating it to be. I just want to know if there is anything like this done before or is it possible/right to do it. I am also open t…