SulfurHexaFluri

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Comment · 5 years ago
It works for loading safari links I know but I needed something that can show me the text content of the qr code since this was not a link.
Comment · 5 years ago
The majority of users do care about privacy but its a concept they struggle to understand and they do not know when they are being tracked, what is being tracked or how to stop it.

The EU was on the right track about requiring tracking to be opt in while also having an option to say no without being blocked from the service.

Comment · 5 years ago
Browsers are way more complex than OSs these days. Mozillas Servo project had over 40,000 commits and still wasn't ready for production and it was only a small part of the browser. I don't think there is anything else that could have 40k commits and still be a tech demo.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes it does. Users now have a unique IP address that is now static. Yes you can rotate your exact IP inside your block but you still keep the same subnet.
Comment · 5 years ago
I have only been using ios for a few months but I have noticed the App Store is full of so much crap. Coming from Android with FDroid installed it was easy to find free utilities that may have been basic but they were reliable and ad free. Now on the app store the first 100 results is paid or ad filled.

I wanted to find a QR code scanner the other day so I could debug the qr codes I was generating and the first app on the store was asking me to sign up for a subscription before I could start scanning codes. Who is paying a subscription to scan qr codes??

Comment · 5 years ago
Its still alive because most blog software generates one by default. I found out my blog has rss and I didn't even know
Comment · 5 years ago
I think silverblue will take off because it seems a lot simpler to use. I haven't tried out either yet but it looks like silverblue simply asks you to use flatpak instead of dnf while nix requires you to learn a complex config programming language.
Comment · 5 years ago
You wouldn't use docker, Flatpak would be the choice for containerized gui applications. I'm not an expert but it looks like the kde and gnome env gets shared between flatpak applications.
Comment · 5 years ago
The better way to do this is to use flatpak. The sandboxing will be a major benefit for your ancient firefox version as well.
Comment · 5 years ago
Is DPI a good measure though? Some cheap phones have rubbish DPIs while expensive monitors have very high dpi.

Not sure if this exists already but the idea method would be to use the physical size in cm of the display.

Comment · 5 years ago
Accessibility features are almost always not worth it purely from a profit point of view. They get added because as a society we decided that everyone should go out of their way to accommodate these users because they have no choice and should not be locked out of life.

The author here can simply deal with it or turn their monitor the other way.

Comment · 5 years ago
Because many laptop users have a touch screen.
Comment · 5 years ago
On windows, do nothing, it will be applied automatically. On linux and mac, press update in the app store / gnome software.
Comment · 5 years ago
Even on linux its trivial. Just pressing update in the gnome software program will update the firmware.
Comment · 5 years ago
Did anyone find anything interesting in it?

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