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Ads are one thing; it's the targeting that's unacceptable, because of the huge invasion of privacy.
And I've yet to see figures (that are not from google) that say targeted ads produce more revenue than non-targeted ads, so it may well be that all google and facebook are doing, by collecting all this personal data, is painting targets for hackers.
... And, of course, making shiploads of money for absolutely nothing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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In browser adblock. $Free
A pihole or equivalent $25-100 (depending on how nice you want it to look/what parts you've got in your junkbox/etc)
Not being tracked by every advertiscum on the planet. $Priceless
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Microsoft confirms that a USB software bug can cause delays to shutdowns for Windows 10's October 2018 Update. The delay is where the, "Are you sure you don't want to upgrade?" dialog is going to go
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Not another USB-S* problem!
* "S" being short for for "SPOF"
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“Hacking a company that has mountains of data that is always updating is the holy grail for an intelligence agency.” And productivity would soar!
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That's OK.
The rest of the world is responding by doing the same to the US.
If the US quits it, we will, too.
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I guess this is _not_ the Year of the Linux Desktop...for Steam anyways.
Steam is dropping support for Ubuntu, but not Linux entirely | PC Gamer[^]
From article: So why is Valve ditching the most popular Linux desktop OS? Canonical, the company that owns and develops Ubuntu, said last week that Ubuntu 19.10 will not include any 32-bit packages. That means applications that rely on any 32-bit libraries or drivers won't work, which includes a large amount of games on Steam. The actual Linux kernel still supports 32-bit software, but requires OS distributors like Ubuntu to develop and test the 32-bit components.
In response to the backlash, Canonical released a statement this morning that it would continue to update "selected 32-bit i386 packages for Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS," and that it would work with the gaming community on long-term solutions. In the meantime, Valve is still looking for another Linux desktop to call its home.
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Going on the earlier post about Canonical, it looks like they've had a reluctant change of heart on the decision to drop 32-bit support.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Despite the fact that it would be a simple matter to keep a 32-bit Linux VM around for when you need to install a game on Steam...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Running 32bit in a VM instead of natively doesn't address why Canonical wanted to drop support; that usage of the libs is low enough that they no longer have enough passive eyes on them to maintain confidence that nothing has broken with updated and that vulnerability checking is still going at full speed.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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No, I was talking about Canonicl caving to the open-mouth breathers worried about 32-buit installers for steam.They could simply fire up a 32-bit vm, install their crap on steam, and then run steam from the host os to play their silly (outdated) games.
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Yeah, that is interesting that they are going to still support 32-bit.
I also wonder about the push to 64-bit. what benefits do you (does the OS) get from that?
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Well, it is made by developers...
87.38% of developers have said: I don't [insert whatever it is that you want to do, but that no longer works], so you ain't gonna need it.
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I'm still firmly in the camp that thinks Valve should have released a 64 bit client years ago. It's annoying to have to install a few gigabytes of 32bit compatibility libraries just to install a bunch of 64bit games.
What's really awkward is that most games on Steam that support Linux only officially support Ubuntu.
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I'll second this sentiment; but they'd probably still want to keep 32bit support as a requirement for ports of retrogames.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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DropBox thinks it's a "OS", and it wants to compete with Microsoft and Google in that domain.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Link?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I heard it on the news (on the radio) while driving to work.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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"Heard on the radio" might not be the best for inclusion in the Insider News.
Did you mean Dropbox focuses on collaboration with major app redesign | Computerworld[^]? Doesn't look like they are building an Operating System though.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The absurdity was that they theionk they're an "OS" company. What I think they really meant to convey is that they're going to try competing in the cloud.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If you heard it on the radio you don't know that dropbox wants to become an OS; all you know is that some idiot who probably thinks "The Internet" is what the Big Blue E on his computer is called thought that dropbox wanted to be an OS. Which shouldn't so much be taken with a grain of salt as with all the rocksalt the northern half of the US stockpiles each winter because it's coming out of the mouth of someone who probably wouldn't know what an OS was if it deleted all his data (which he has storing in the trash can because he thought it looked a little bit like a filing cabinet).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: some idiot who probably thinks "The Internet" is what the Big Blue E on his computer is called
We, on the other hand, know exactly what the Internet is.
And Jen broke it.
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The problem of people crowding into my photos, whatever I happen to shoot, is a persistent one. “Everyone I know goes away in the end”
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Kent Sharkey wrote: “Everyone I know goes away in the end”
Is that the Nine Inch Nails version, or the proper version[^]? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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They're both great, but ... yeah. Johnny Cash stole that one. 
TTFN - Kent
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