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The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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Is firefox 20 really that old that this should not work? (ah, well according to you yes, they are now on 28). But is there a reason it shouldn't work? I mean, I understand not supporting I.E6 but it wasn't that long ago I installed this. Or else time is running together on me. Just a tip from a user perspective. If you can avoid forced browser upgrades it's a good idea. I generally don't go any further unless I reall…

https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firef...

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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post #38

I'd really like to listen to that talk. But first it didn't work on firefox 29, it does though on Chromium 34, for me. But the audio quality is HORRIBLE , my ears are bleeding, I had to give up at 1:21. I tried to search youtube, but no luck so far. If anyone has a better recording, please share. Edit: Since it seems there are no slides anyway and others are having problems with the site, if it doesn't work in your b…

I was actually surprised by how bad the recording quality was. I had flashbacks to listening to crappy mp3s of HOPE/Defcon presentations in the late 90s and early 00s. I wish there was a nice VLC plugin to clean up audio like this. I imagine an hour with Audacity and one could clean it up, but I have never done anything in Audacity that ended up being as simple as I thought it would be.

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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post #41
post #39

Is firefox 20 really that old that this should not work? (ah, well according to you yes, they are now on 28). But is there a reason it shouldn't work? I mean, I understand not supporting I.E6 but it wasn't that long ago I installed this. Or else time is running together on me. Just a tip from a user perspective. If you can avoid forced browser upgrades it's a good idea. I generally don't go any further unless I reall…

https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firef...

Ok, I looked the list of updates. Some of them don't apply to me, many I don't care about, a few I do. So I appreciate the reminder (thanks guys who did the site) and will upgrade ASAP.

Still, I didn't identify any change would prevent the site from working so I'm just curious. Anyone care to shed some light on this?

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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post #43
post #41

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https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firef...

Ok, I looked the list of updates. Some of them don't apply to me, many I don't care about, a few I do. So I appreciate the reminder (thanks guys who did the site) and will upgrade ASAP. Still, I didn't identify any change would prevent the site from working so I'm just curious. Anyone care to shed some light on this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7757894

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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post #8

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I think most people would expect for an audio player to have volume control. I can't think of another web audio player that doesn't offer it.

CTO of voicerepublic.com here. Thank you for the feedback. We just launched VR last week and are actively improving it. I will put a volume control in the Backlog(;

I believe that should have the highest priority. It's highly unorthodox not to have it, especially for desktop users with a mouse.

I was so annoyed I didn't even listen to the audio and immediately shut down the page.

Re: The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it

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post #8

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I think most people would expect for an audio player to have volume control. I can't think of another web audio player that doesn't offer it.

But they're completely redundant. What would you use it for?

I would use the volume control to control the volume.
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