There's a difference between inconveniencing the people causing the problem and inconveniencing people who have nothing to do with the problem. One is an expected reaction to a bad situation, the other makes you look like a complete asshole to anyone who wasn't already on your side. And even some of them will probably think you're an asshole.
Yeah, we all know pissing off everyone around you including those who are undecided and those on your side is a great way to win support. While we're at it, why not think of other ways to inconvenience people and drive them away from your side? How about a sit-in at the local free clinic? Or perhaps you'd like to show your support for net neutrality by smearing cow manure over your local post office?
It's pretty ironic you're accusing GP of virtue signalling when that's about all this stunt accomplished outside of, as he said, making people who were unaware of or undecided on the issue think our side is full of assholes. This was so short-sighted and had such terrible optics that I suspect it's entirely possible this guy was getting paid by opponents of NN on the DL.
My experience with T-Mobile has been that their coverage is spotty at best. They're a great company with great service and good business ethics, which is why I chose and continue to choose them over their competitors. But if you're judging based on coverage, they're not the greatest.
What? That doesn't make any sense. All they're doing is forcing drivers to be signed before installing them. How is allowing fewer drivers to get installed somehow going to increase the amount or severity of DRM?
Every sufficiently large movement has its extremists and moderates, from ones that I personally support to those standing in direct opposition to the ones I support. Suggesting that everyone who disagrees with you is an extremist based on a few cherry-picked comments is not a constructive thing to do in any debate.
While I'm relatively certain you won't care because you are either (a) a troll or (b) biased to the point where any message coming from someone you or your hivemind disagree with in general is "not worthwhile," this page is a relatively extensive FAQ about the MRA movement and what it is about.
I vote both ways, but at least the Ds didn't claim to be pro-small government and then turn around and support this shit. Hypocrisy has a nasty stink about it.
Then offer a solution where I can donate $5 to permanently disable ads. Unless your web service is something where I'm going to be downloading or uploading a whole lot of data, I'll never be using more than $5 of your resources and $5 is a hell of a lot more than you'd ever make off ads from one person over the course of a lifetime anyway. Some sites already offer this kind of thing and I commonly take advantage of it on sites I like. Other sites just get hit by Adblock. And no, I'm not going to pay a monthly subscription fee to disable ads on your site, either.
I didn't see it mentioned in the article or summary which ones are affected. All I saw is "including OpenSSL." How about an actual list of affected software? Or maybe I'm just blind and missed it, but I don't think so.
Running OS X in a VM is easy if you do it right, at least it was for me. In my experience, trying to get it to run on VirtualBox was pure hell, but getting it to run in a VMware product is pretty easy if you use this (this is the newest version for the latest versions of VMware products; there's an older one by the same guy if you're running an older VMware product).
I suggested on the poll the idea of either removing the major version entirely or changing it into the year for readability. There's no point to the major version anymore, the only reason it's ever updated on the kernel is to make things more readable. If that's the case, either do away with it entirely, or if that's going to result in huge numbers, switch it to the year. Having the year as the leading number doesn't imply major feature changes when you increment it, plus it solves the problem of huge minor version numbers.
I can see blocking harassment, but there are people (like me) who identify with #gamergate and have genuine concerns. I have never harassed anyone on Twitter or in re #gamergate.
Anyone know of any major (or minor, for that matter) distributions that have chosen not to use systemd? Bonus points for distros that have a philosophy that necessarily excludes software like systemd.
That reminds me of this post by Brian Krebs. How hard would these things be to set up with some nefarious device that installs a Trojan on any phone that connects? I imagine a well-crafted overlay panel wouldn't be too hard to put on one of these things, or they could come by at night and just install it internally. Sounds too dangerous to me, I think they're going to find this is more trouble than it's worth.
Uplay integrates into their games, and it's their DRM/game platform thing. They don't use Steamworks, which is Steam's DRM system, they just make a release on Steam because a lot of people prefer that platform. But it just uses Steam for distribution, their DRM system is still Uplay, which is why you need to log into it.
Well, I am a pirate. And I bought the game, and even all the DLC shit for it: roughly about a $95 purchase after tax. So they're not far off. I just generally use piracy as a means of figuring out which games are or are not worth my money. But with Watch_Dogs, I'd been following it since it was revealed and I've been planning to buy it since about as long.
Also Uplay used to be buggy, but I haven't had any problems with it lately, and I do like their "micro-DLC" system as someone I know called it. You do stuff in the games (mostly just play them to completion, though there are usually one or two challenges you need to complete) and you can unlock stuff. Usually nothing major, I think AC2 had a wallpaper, some costumes, and an interesting DLC mission (that was probably the best reward I've seen from it), Watch_Dogs has an avatar, I think a wallpaper, and some unlockable items/a vehicle. I think Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon had a skin for your profile and some music, but I don't remember. It's a neat system that rewards you for actually playing your games more than just having achievements (which also exist), and I like it enough that I buy Uplay-native games on the Uplay platform instead of Steam because I like to support it and Ubisoft/Uplay haven't sufficiently pissed me off to avoid them.
There was some weirdness with my payment (their system double-charges you before revoking the second charge for whatever reason), but the guy on the phone was friendly enough (hour and a half queue though).
Just a reminder that calls within the US are free through Gmail's voice and video plugin thing (which doesn't work with 64-bit browsers because reasons). I don't even bother with a cell, since I'm already at a computer most of the day anyway.
That's the exact same for me with my face but the exact opposite with my hair. If I wash my face with soap or shampoo, I get acne problems. If I DON'T wash my hair with shampoo, I get all sorts of scalp problems, presumably from the excess of oil. It's worse when it's longer, slightly better when it's shorter.
I think most of us here agree with the EFF's mission, but we don't really know what to do aside from donate to the EFF to help. What would be the most important thing that we can do to help change things for the better?
No, fuck that. Forking is awesome. When the people managing a project, he mentions GNOME, that's a good example, when those people get their heads too far up their asses and no longer serve the interests of the people who actually USE their software, forking lets us take back control by making an entirely new project without their shitty management. Is he really arguing that projects like MATE and Cinnamon are somehow bad things? Because a substantial number of users would disagree, and many developers, too.
Likewise, OpenSSL is a huge mess. The folks at OpenBSD have a track record of doing shit right and making it very secure (some would say to a fault, but this is supposed to be core software used to secure nearly every web server on the internet, I don't think there's such a thing as "too secure"). Their philosophy is perfect for a project like this, and I think their OpenSSL fork, if it ever branches out from being OpenBSD-specific, will probably be a lot better than the original.
Obviously, forking has other uses, as well. Sometimes someone just wants to take the software in a different direction that's outside of the scope of the original project. That's perfectly fine. I don't know if he's implying that's a bad thing, but if he is, fuck that. He's wrong.
I agree with his overall philosophy that GNU/Linux has some good and some bad shit about it. That's to be expected, it's not perfect, and we absolutely do need to acknowledge the suckage. But forking is a good thing, not part of that suckage, and it pisses me off that he would even insinuate that it's a bad thing. Now, the fact that things so often get to the point where forking is necessary, that is most definitely suckage.
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There's a difference between inconveniencing the people causing the problem and inconveniencing people who have nothing to do with the problem. One is an expected reaction to a bad situation, the other makes you look like a complete asshole to anyone who wasn't already on your side. And even some of them will probably think you're an asshole.
Yeah, we all know pissing off everyone around you including those who are undecided and those on your side is a great way to win support. While we're at it, why not think of other ways to inconvenience people and drive them away from your side? How about a sit-in at the local free clinic? Or perhaps you'd like to show your support for net neutrality by smearing cow manure over your local post office?
It's pretty ironic you're accusing GP of virtue signalling when that's about all this stunt accomplished outside of, as he said, making people who were unaware of or undecided on the issue think our side is full of assholes. This was so short-sighted and had such terrible optics that I suspect it's entirely possible this guy was getting paid by opponents of NN on the DL.
I should mention that they are getting better, though, which is another reason I like them.
My experience with T-Mobile has been that their coverage is spotty at best. They're a great company with great service and good business ethics, which is why I chose and continue to choose them over their competitors. But if you're judging based on coverage, they're not the greatest.
There's also a "defer upgrade" option you can tick
What? That doesn't make any sense. All they're doing is forcing drivers to be signed before installing them. How is allowing fewer drivers to get installed somehow going to increase the amount or severity of DRM?
I don't know if I'd call it news so much as a reminder of the obvious.
You might want to look into Pale Moon.
Every sufficiently large movement has its extremists and moderates, from ones that I personally support to those standing in direct opposition to the ones I support. Suggesting that everyone who disagrees with you is an extremist based on a few cherry-picked comments is not a constructive thing to do in any debate.
While I'm relatively certain you won't care because you are either (a) a troll or (b) biased to the point where any message coming from someone you or your hivemind disagree with in general is "not worthwhile," this page is a relatively extensive FAQ about the MRA movement and what it is about.
I vote both ways, but at least the Ds didn't claim to be pro-small government and then turn around and support this shit. Hypocrisy has a nasty stink about it.
Then offer a solution where I can donate $5 to permanently disable ads. Unless your web service is something where I'm going to be downloading or uploading a whole lot of data, I'll never be using more than $5 of your resources and $5 is a hell of a lot more than you'd ever make off ads from one person over the course of a lifetime anyway. Some sites already offer this kind of thing and I commonly take advantage of it on sites I like. Other sites just get hit by Adblock. And no, I'm not going to pay a monthly subscription fee to disable ads on your site, either.
Yes.
I didn't see it mentioned in the article or summary which ones are affected. All I saw is "including OpenSSL." How about an actual list of affected software? Or maybe I'm just blind and missed it, but I don't think so.
Running OS X in a VM is easy if you do it right, at least it was for me. In my experience, trying to get it to run on VirtualBox was pure hell, but getting it to run in a VMware product is pretty easy if you use this (this is the newest version for the latest versions of VMware products; there's an older one by the same guy if you're running an older VMware product).
I suggested on the poll the idea of either removing the major version entirely or changing it into the year for readability. There's no point to the major version anymore, the only reason it's ever updated on the kernel is to make things more readable. If that's the case, either do away with it entirely, or if that's going to result in huge numbers, switch it to the year. Having the year as the leading number doesn't imply major feature changes when you increment it, plus it solves the problem of huge minor version numbers.
I can see blocking harassment, but there are people (like me) who identify with #gamergate and have genuine concerns. I have never harassed anyone on Twitter or in re #gamergate.
Anyone know of any major (or minor, for that matter) distributions that have chosen not to use systemd? Bonus points for distros that have a philosophy that necessarily excludes software like systemd.
That reminds me of this post by Brian Krebs. How hard would these things be to set up with some nefarious device that installs a Trojan on any phone that connects? I imagine a well-crafted overlay panel wouldn't be too hard to put on one of these things, or they could come by at night and just install it internally. Sounds too dangerous to me, I think they're going to find this is more trouble than it's worth.
Uplay integrates into their games, and it's their DRM/game platform thing. They don't use Steamworks, which is Steam's DRM system, they just make a release on Steam because a lot of people prefer that platform. But it just uses Steam for distribution, their DRM system is still Uplay, which is why you need to log into it.
Well, I am a pirate. And I bought the game, and even all the DLC shit for it: roughly about a $95 purchase after tax. So they're not far off. I just generally use piracy as a means of figuring out which games are or are not worth my money. But with Watch_Dogs, I'd been following it since it was revealed and I've been planning to buy it since about as long.
Also Uplay used to be buggy, but I haven't had any problems with it lately, and I do like their "micro-DLC" system as someone I know called it. You do stuff in the games (mostly just play them to completion, though there are usually one or two challenges you need to complete) and you can unlock stuff. Usually nothing major, I think AC2 had a wallpaper, some costumes, and an interesting DLC mission (that was probably the best reward I've seen from it), Watch_Dogs has an avatar, I think a wallpaper, and some unlockable items/a vehicle. I think Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon had a skin for your profile and some music, but I don't remember. It's a neat system that rewards you for actually playing your games more than just having achievements (which also exist), and I like it enough that I buy Uplay-native games on the Uplay platform instead of Steam because I like to support it and Ubisoft/Uplay haven't sufficiently pissed me off to avoid them.
There was some weirdness with my payment (their system double-charges you before revoking the second charge for whatever reason), but the guy on the phone was friendly enough (hour and a half queue though).
Just a reminder that calls within the US are free through Gmail's voice and video plugin thing (which doesn't work with 64-bit browsers because reasons). I don't even bother with a cell, since I'm already at a computer most of the day anyway.
That's the exact same for me with my face but the exact opposite with my hair. If I wash my face with soap or shampoo, I get acne problems. If I DON'T wash my hair with shampoo, I get all sorts of scalp problems, presumably from the excess of oil. It's worse when it's longer, slightly better when it's shorter.
I think most of us here agree with the EFF's mission, but we don't really know what to do aside from donate to the EFF to help. What would be the most important thing that we can do to help change things for the better?
No, fuck that. Forking is awesome. When the people managing a project, he mentions GNOME, that's a good example, when those people get their heads too far up their asses and no longer serve the interests of the people who actually USE their software, forking lets us take back control by making an entirely new project without their shitty management. Is he really arguing that projects like MATE and Cinnamon are somehow bad things? Because a substantial number of users would disagree, and many developers, too.
Likewise, OpenSSL is a huge mess. The folks at OpenBSD have a track record of doing shit right and making it very secure (some would say to a fault, but this is supposed to be core software used to secure nearly every web server on the internet, I don't think there's such a thing as "too secure"). Their philosophy is perfect for a project like this, and I think their OpenSSL fork, if it ever branches out from being OpenBSD-specific, will probably be a lot better than the original.
Obviously, forking has other uses, as well. Sometimes someone just wants to take the software in a different direction that's outside of the scope of the original project. That's perfectly fine. I don't know if he's implying that's a bad thing, but if he is, fuck that. He's wrong.
I agree with his overall philosophy that GNU/Linux has some good and some bad shit about it. That's to be expected, it's not perfect, and we absolutely do need to acknowledge the suckage. But forking is a good thing, not part of that suckage, and it pisses me off that he would even insinuate that it's a bad thing. Now, the fact that things so often get to the point where forking is necessary, that is most definitely suckage.