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SunShiranui··on European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannual clock change
If I recall correctly, the European Parliament doesn't have the power to introduce new legislation on its own. Instead, they can ask the Commission to present legislative proposals. This might be what's happening here...
SunShiranui··on Venice without water
Motherboard made a documentary about this and what could happen to Venice in the next 100 years, but it's only available in Italian as far as I'm aware: https://video.vice.com/it/video/venezia-2100/59e606b5177dd46...
SunShiranui··on EU lost up to €5.4B in tax revenues from Google, Facebook: report
And leave one of the biggest markets in the world? Why would they?
SunShiranui··on AdNauseam – Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To
I consider all forms of advertising that distract me from the content I'm looking for bad for me. I don't want flashy colored banners telling me what I should buy. There's already plenty, plenty of distractions already, and advertising is one of the poorest forms of it. I don't think I'd mind if advertising, in its current form, died.
SunShiranui··on How can you program if you're blind? (2013)
I've seen blind CS students use a combination of braille displays and screen readers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display
SunShiranui··on Show HN: Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
I find Krita to be a more user-friendly program than The Gimp, though it's more painting-oriented: https://krita.org/
SunShiranui··on My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year
The article doesn't portray a realistic view of crime rates in Italy - they say "violent death is commonplace", but I don't think that's ever been true, and it certainly isn't now.

Be careful, as always, but Italy isn't an especially dangerous place. Some regions have higher crime rates than others, but even then, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

SunShiranui··on System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house
It's nice to see this - I'm definitely interested in seeing computers built and designed for Linux.

I must say, however, I don't see that need for desktops. Custom desktops are relatively easy to build, even for customers.

A well designed linux laptop, with no driver issues, good build quality, that doesn't sacrifice performance for thinness? That's what I'm missing.

SunShiranui··on Nintendo to Double Production of Switch Console
Why would you buy a Wii U now? It costs basically the same, but it's out of production and won't get any new games.
SunShiranui··on Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled
Just switch to Firefox. This kind of stuff is why we need plurality in the browser space, and Mozilla is one of the few companies that takes - or has to take - a pro-user stance on many issues.
SunShiranui··on GIMP – 2016 in review
For those who are more interested in digital painting rather than image editing, I found Krita impressive in its capabilities and progress: https://krita.org

I'm just an hobbyist, but I like having FOSS alternatives to Photoshop.

SunShiranui··on Stop Obsessing Over Comments On Hacker News (2015)
What I would find interesting is not just the positive\negative ratio of comments for successful projects, but also a comparison with less successful\failed ones.

Do successful projects receive more positive comments?

SunShiranui··on Ask HN: What are you thankful for?
I'm thankful for everyone that decided to contribute to the world by sharing information freely, be it knowledge, software, entertainment...

Those are my heroes, small and big.

SunShiranui··on Nintendo’s method of making games [video]
You might want to take a look at Haxe and the OpenFL library!
SunShiranui··on Ask HN: POTUS Donald Trump; What this means to Silicon Valley
How come?
SunShiranui··on Sun, surf and low rents: why Lisbon could be the next tech capital
You most likely have to pay taxes in the country you're living in\working from, however.
SunShiranui··on Linux Market Share on Desktop
I use elementary OS Loki daily and am pretty satisfied with it. It has a few things that I'm not totally happy with, but it's my favourite OS right now.
SunShiranui··on Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]
The Gamecube was far from modest for its time - IIRC, it was the most powerful console until the Xbox came along.
SunShiranui··on From Mac to Linux: Web Development with Linux
Nothing can replace anything, but if you're looking for Photoshop alternatives, check out Krita. It's mainly focused on painting, but I've found it to be much nicer than Gimp.
SunShiranui··on Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store
You don't necessarily need a walled garden to solve that problem - package managers on Linux distribution do the same. It needs the appropriate user experience for non-technical users.
SunShiranui··on Apple should stop selling four-year-old computers
Is 'fast enough' worth it for an expensive laptop such as a MacBook Pro? I'm not sure.

Personally I'd really like to see more powerful GPUs in MacBooks...

SunShiranui··on The downside of being happy: creativity kindled by sadness
To me this feels like a... difference between depression and sadness.

Personally I tend to think of depression as draining; it takes out your energy, your willingness to live your life and push through. Like you said, emptiness.

Sadness feels... sad, it brings you down, but it doesn't necessarily affect you in the same 'draining' way.

SunShiranui··on Virtual Reality Aimed at the Elderly Finds New Fans
In VR you could meet real people, though - I don't think it's quite the same.
SunShiranui··on Running I3 Window Manager on Ubuntu for Windows
It certainly looks like it... how weird.
SunShiranui··on OS X is now macOS and gets support for Siri, auto unlock
It's not a solution to all of Linux's problems, but elementaryOS has good usability for me.
SunShiranui··on Show HN: New calendar app idea
I agree with the parent on the scrolling issue, it's quite confusing and unusable to me.
SunShiranui··on Apple Stole My Music
It highlights a very serious issue, though - an increasing number of services use all kinds of crazy DRM that only result in great inconveniences for the paying user.

Compare that to the relative simplicity of having your music, books, etc. as a plain file, and you can see where the problem is: paying gets you less, rarely more.

SunShiranui··on Curing Our Slack Addiction
I don't use Slack, but perhaps people prefer its UX?
SunShiranui··on The truth comes out: Microsoft needs Linux
Mm? I don't see how one could think Microsoft has become any less nefarious than the past. Windows 10 is the prime example of this. If anything, I'm getting more worried.
SunShiranui··on Ask HN: How much do you make at Amazon? Here is how much I make at Amazon
Didn't that hurt your social relationships somewhat?
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