webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
Question for the knowledgeable, what "makes" Ubuntu touch and can those components be ported to arch?
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webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Google to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years
They will make Microsoft look saintly
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: RedHat urges US Supreme Court to support unrestricted use of software interfaces
Oh my god. Only my stance is current otherwise it's instant doomsday
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Google vs. Oracle: The Supreme Court will decide software development’s future?
Why shouldn't it? If I spent 10 months coming up with non trivial interface and 10 years marketing and popularizing it, you cant come in one day and steal the thunder
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
It's a play on faang. Which excludes Microsoft because cool people like Paul graham think (wrongly of course, as usual) I that Microsoft is dead
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
Mars colonization would fit well, just like their recent products shiny and beautiful and utterly useless
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Welcome to Apple: A one-party state
His son is also a UX guru and created the ultimate power tool, enso- a launcher.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Google vs. Oracle: The Supreme Court will decide software development’s future?
For once rooting for Oracle. They may be slimy but Google needs to be dethroned for the tech world to progress.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Telegram tries to appease the SEC – no Gram tokens in Messenger
No if you believe vague handwaving.
Yes if you see they have an open bounty
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
ITT: people feeling bad for jussie but can't say it outright because then theyd be revealed as hypocrites
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Amazon has long ruled the cloud – now it must fend off rivals
A brave Microsoft guy who calls out bullshit like it should be. Respect and good luck
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Microsoft’s Ready to Contribute to OpenJDK
Sorry I didn't clarify. You're right about the states reason and legal reason but in reality the problem was j++ bring better
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Microsoft’s Ready to Contribute to OpenJDK
Behave? J++ was Mike's ahead of sun, hence the lawsuit. Their jitter beat sun's
webboynews | 6 years ago
What's the point of bringing Russia here at all? Yes Russia interfered. So did Israel and China. What's your point?
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Krita Receives Epic MegaGrant
Going by their donation this month, this is roughly equiv to 12 months'
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Who Was the Buddha?
Hes using the word "place" in the sense Americans use it.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)
I didn't have a computer in 1983. I wasn't born even. But Windows 98 felt faster than Macintosh and even Linux.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]
I appreciate your trying to figure out a solution to my problem. A sincere thanks.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: A programming language in ancient Chinese text
Now you need to bootstrap it.
webboynews | 6 years ago | on: The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]
Anybody got a Chinese to English dictionary where more frequent meaning comes first? Cdict has this problem that lots of times some random obscure meanings are mentioned before popular meanings.
(For example ，下去- go down is an irrelevant meaning and the first relevant meaning- continue is 3rd in the list)
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