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1·8 months agoLol, open source isn’t even the start of it. Paying thousands of dollars to wear 1kg goggles around your head all day so you can clumsily tap at virtual buttons while getting a headache isn’t an easy sell for the average person.
They can’t eliminate busywork, otherwise 90% of the company would be fired.
I’ve tried to plug my cords into the Communist outlet types but none of them fit. That’s how I know the American outlets are the best.
71·8 months agoDo you happen to have any My Little Pony figurines to put in the jar?
11·8 months agoMy python scripts won’t compile… I’m using GCC it keeps giving me errors :(
3·9 months agoPaywalled article
Pick up the habit of using a glass bottle. No plastic leech and it pays for itself in a couple months.
Probably depends on the major.
16·9 months agoIf you use it for work, now you can count your commute as part of the work day.
724·9 months agoIt’s a good thing this isn’t reality.
Rhino horn: the most expensive aphrodisiac
./self_destruct.sh
Assuming you have a script that triggers explosives to destroy your computer.
The LUKS headers. If those are corrupted you can’t decrypt the drive. The good news is that you can back up the headers to prevent that from happening.
Nah, reboot the computer and everything should be in working order again.
Your fears about the smartphone are not unfounded. If you take a regular smartphone with you as you go about your day, it will collect a ridiculous amount of data against you. Even without Internet it will cache the data and transmit it once it has signal. Only way to stop it is to install a custom ROM.
Keep in mind that even a dumb phone can track you. If it’s connected to the cell tower then the telecom companies know your location and may share that with others. Also, calls and texts are not encrypted on a dumb phone and are probably being intercepted.
See if you can trade in your new cell phone for a Google Pixel and install GrapheneOS. That is currently the best privacy ROM. You can use this like a dumb phone and it will track you no more than a dumb phone could. To prevent tracking from cell towers, you can put it in airplane mode and use messaging apps over WiFi.
1·9 months agoAnyone that wants my DNA can get it by grabbing a discarded cigarette butt.
Stop smoking, that is bad for your health no matter what your DNA profile says
There was a bug in vanilla that leaked your master password to other programs. XC was not affected.
Until the tree dies and the carbon goes back into the atmosphere.