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wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Bye, Bye, Google

Do you have examples of sites that do not work in Safari but do in Chrome, then?

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Google Is Handing the Future of the Internet to China

If I understand you correctly, this censorship only applies to Facebook. If that's correct, then I still do not agree with the statement 'there is no free speech' unless Facebook is your/the sole source of information. However, I do agree that it's problematic.

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Google Is Handing the Future of the Internet to China

Well, if the definition of free speech is 'it should be allowed on Facebook' then that's a horrible definition :)

It does point toward a bigger issue, where Facebook is used and trusted by so many users that they do not access alternative sources of information.

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: PowerShell and Markdown

That could be. I also have zero scientific backing for it but for me, I would probably not have commented and indeed thought "oh, neat!" had it not been for the negative comments already made. That is also because "oh, neat!" on its own is not a very useful comment to make on a site like this, imho.

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: PowerShell and Markdown

While I get that it's easy to hate on and make fun of Microsoft, why not applaud them for making stuff like this that apparently is 'a given' in the linux-world.

What's wrong with a good idea, even if, especially if, others are already doing it. It's not like stealing IP; it's about making tooling nicer.

I for one actually like this (granted, I use PowerShell regularly).

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Penti Chorded Keyboard

You can also use AutoHotkey[0] to create a script to emulate any keyboard layout. I use it (among other things) to provide me with arrow-key navigation on IJKL keys by pressing the left Alt + <key>.

After the initial 'how does this work' it's almost trivially easy to create all kinds of new "shortcuts"!

[0] https://autohotkey.com/

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

That's the whole point: you cannot use the car the same way as during the tests, even if you exactly match speed, acceleration, distance, friction, temperature and any other variable. The software that limits emissions is disabled during "normal" operation, ie. driving.

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: Nissan Admits Internal Emissions-Test Results were Falsified

How is embedding software that changes the way the engine behaves during tests versus during actual usage not fraud?

The numbers may have been accurate _for an engine with the 'limit emissions' mode enabled_ but it's still fraudulent if you do not make that explicitly clear.

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: All EFF’d Up

I don't think the point of the article was that EFF should _not_ fight government on privacy, but that it _isn't_ also fighting the same fight, for the same privacy, against corporations. At least, that's how I read it. It then goes on about how current copyright laws are broken and that SEPA was an attempt to fix that, which should have been heralded. Personally I do not fully agree with this, but the main point of the article (again, for me) was the "hypocrisy".

wildebaard | 7 years ago | on: All EFF’d Up

I agree. I've always held the EFF in a "they battle for good" light, without really researching their history or motives properly. So, it seems their marketing is at least effective.

wildebaard | 8 years ago | on: The software engineering notebook

This. The ability to quickly capture and annotate screenshots and the setup of multiple notebooks makes this my most-used (and most loved) Office application.
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