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I looked at grammable.me to see what it is. Looks like instapainting.com arbitrage, I wonder how long that will be viable.
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It's the Nintendo Cartridge Effect.
Aaactually I suspect that's to do with capacitors. You allow them time to discharge. Still a great name for this though!
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I think it's from Raymond Chen's blog, The Old New Thing
Indeed, here's the link (though the details of the anecdote are slightly different): https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040303-00/?p=... > Here's the trick: Don't ask "Are you sure it's plugged in correctly?" > If you do this, they will get all insulted and say indignantly, "Of course it is! Do I look like an idiot?" without actually checking. > Instead, say "Okay, sometimes the connection gets a little d…
I looked at grammable.me to see what it is. Looks like instapainting.com arbitrage, I wonder how long that will be viable.
Domain Name: GRAMMABLE.ME
Registry Domain ID: D425500000001103903-AGRS
Registrar WHOIS Server:
Registrar URL: www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2016-11-25T10:04:27Z
Creation Date: 2016-11-25T10:04:19Z
grammable.me was registered a few weeks after the [indiehacker article on instapainting](https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/instapainting) buzzed on HN about a month ago : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12798767 .
Don't know what to think about it, looks like a bit unfair to me to copy cat someone who decided to share so much of his experience.
I would love to know what Chris Chen (instapainting founder) and Courtland Allen (indie hacker founder) think about it. Personally I really enjoy reading indie hacker stories, I find it very inspiring. It would be a shame people stop sharing their success because some guys copy cat them...
I can't believe that some people here think that it is better to move your relatives, who are scared/prone to malware but don't think to restart their computer first, to Linux. What a joke really. Linux is good and all, but come on people, among iOS, MacOS, Windows, Chrome and Linux, it's the least usable and least user friendly.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modif…
This is an excellent example of a bad place and time for this kind of evangelism.
I can't believe that some people here think that it is better to move your relatives, who are scared/prone to malware but don't think to restart their computer first, to Linux. What a joke really. Linux is good and all, but come on people, among iOS, MacOS, Windows, Chrome and Linux, it's the least usable and least user friendly.
Linux runs better as a remotely administered machine than macos or windows, and can run photoshop cs2, unlike ios and chrome.
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Indeed, here's the link (though the details of the anecdote are slightly different): https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040303-00/?p=... > Here's the trick: Don't ask "Are you sure it's plugged in correctly?" > If you do this, they will get all insulted and say indignantly, "Of course it is! Do I look like an idiot?" without actually checking. > Instead, say "Okay, sometimes the connection gets a little d…
"How does dust get into the outlet if it's more or less sealed" yeah it's a good tip
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The best thing I ever found to reduce the risk of malware is to move them to a Linux distro. The risk is not zero but from a user perspective I install the software they need from package repositories remotely, and that more or less settles it. Of course this is not for everyone, but for folks who for the most only need a browser a Linux distro is a good choice.
If your solution to malware problems with an unsophisticated user is to just cripple their ability to install anything, why not let instead let them keep Windows/Mac and give them an account with minimal privileges?