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ArbitraryHobo

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ArbitraryHobo··on Open-source cloud with LibreOffice online
I thought ribbon was really bad for productivity, as it's just a less-effective mega menu, or a mega-menu which hides some options without providing any mechanism to see everything. My understanding was that an application had to go to full mega-menu, with all the options visible, or traditional dropdowns w/ alphabetized groupings and lots of iconongraphy.
ArbitraryHobo··on Elbowing JavaScript out
So, writing your web application in Node?
ArbitraryHobo··on Here's the thing with Wired

  they should serve ad content from their own webservers
I'd love for more sites to do that. Unanimated, non-tracking, same-domain ads are the most acceptable.
ArbitraryHobo··on BMW Australia Refusing to Comply with Terms of GNU Public License
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html

> object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:

ArbitraryHobo··on TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Dismantled in Secret
Canada signed the TPP too. Didn't want to be left out and all that...
ArbitraryHobo··on Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads
Too bad about Intel dropping support for Skylake and newer CPUs on Windows 7.
ArbitraryHobo··on Windows Now Showing Full-Screen Ads
Has Microsoft gone too far?
ArbitraryHobo··on Have FTDI kicked-off round 2 of the clone wars?
> I have a high level of trust that it will do what it says

Even after seeing them pull a stunt like this in their drivers?