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stinerman , 13 days ago to Mildly Infuriating in I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

Most people have already pointed it out, but I must say, I don't recall the last time I ordered pizza and didn't use a coupon.

stinerman , 20 days ago to Privacy in Is the Proton (Mail, VPN, Password Manager) ecosystem any good?

The climate activist thing they did pursuant to a warrant, which every company will do, and the only thing of interest they turned over was the person's recovery email...which was personally identifiable. From there the authorities got everything else. IIRC, they got access to the person's iCloud. None of the person's emails or anything like that was given out. If you are strictly concerned about privacy you shouldn't use a recovery email so that your login can't be tied back to you.

As far as the service, I am using Mail and Pass daily and like both. I use the VPN and Drive sparingly, but I have enough space on it to stop using my Google Drive. Calendar is useless for me because of the lack of CalDAV support... and also because I can't have many calendars on the free plan.

It hits the sweet spot between privacy and ease of use for me. YMMV.

stinerman , 21 days ago to linuxmemes in With GPL, you're programming Freedom. With MIT, you're programming for free.

It will come down to the laws in your country and how much money you plan to spend on lawyers if your employer wants to force the issue.

stinerman , 28 days ago to Memes in This is a real threat :(

Sent this to my wife and we talked a bit about how I don't like lights on.

I realized that even when I'm home alone at night (and not taking care so that she doesn't wake up), I will use the flashlight/torch on my cell phone rather than turn on lights in the house.

stinerman , 1 month ago to Technology in Linux Inventor Says He Doesn’t Believe in Crypto

He (Linus Torvalds) made Linux as a hobby during his time in college/university to teach him about operating system design. Because it was the part of the operating system called the kernel that the GNU project didn't have yet (more on this in a moment), it became very popular.
Richard Stallman created the GNU project because he believed that every person should have the right to study and share the software that runs on their computer.

There is nothing specifically anti-corporate in either of their motivations.

stinerman , 1 month ago to linuxmemes in In some cultures, that is considered an honor Samantha!

Running an absolutely ancient kernel.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Technology in Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone

the only viable alternative, for 99% of the population, is Apple

This is largely because Windows and MacOS come preinstalled and that's how the vast majority of people interact with operating systems. If you had to choose your OS, I'm sure there'd be more choice in the market. Not necessarily Linux, but just more choice in general.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Technology in Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone

I've been using some Linux flavor for about 15 years. The biggest thing about switching (at least back then) was I knew how to configure Windows just to my liking. With Linux it was a lot more difficult because I had to google everything. Like "how do I change the wallpaper?" How do I get the login screen to appear on the correct monitor, etc. It was just frustrating because I knew how to do this in Windows, but I felt like a major noob again with Linux.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in American hypocrisy, oh, let me count the ways

Yes.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in American hypocrisy, oh, let me count the ways

It all makes sense when you realize that a good number of them feel that Palestinians are not people.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in saving lives is hot

Yeah I'm wrong. Thanks for the correction.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in saving lives is hot

I stand corrected.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in saving lives is hot

You have to be A- or O- to do power red.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in go get your eyes checked

My understanding is that being nearsighted is a relatively new phenomenon that is largely due to being indoors a lot. Farsightedness in old age has been around since humans have been humans.

I took a quick look and Wikipedia partially bears this out re: nearsightedness.

stinerman , 2 months ago to Memes in saving lives is hot

I'm O- so I give two units of red cells and get saline and the plasma/antibodies back. The guy at the donation site says "make sure you don't drink any alcoholic beverages for 24 hours...but you can have one if you want." He looks back to see if his manager is around and then whispers "you can have two but don't leave the house."