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arthurofcharn··on Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16B Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam
Finally, Windows will have a package management system that it can call its own! (Steam!) Also, who wants to develop Windows 12 when they can just buy SteamOS? Microsoft has needed to buy their way into the Linux market for at least a decade, and I am surprised that it has taken them this long.
arthurofcharn··on Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
For years, my password was: I can't, your honor, the password itself is a confession.
arthurofcharn··on The cameras worked fine, but their maker said they had reached their end of life
Good for you. If you want to have some non-free software in your home, you should have that choice. Someday, I will be skilled enough to run DDWRT on all my routers. But Everyone should have that choice, and plenty of consumer hardware is hardcoded to always serve their manufacturer, and not their owner. I will never again purchase hardware that I cannot control.
arthurofcharn··on Intuit pouring money into lobbying amid push for free government-run tax filing
Why do they even bother? Intuit has skilled coders, that could be put to more productive work. Like rewriting our tax code in Python. (Ha Ha only serious.)
arthurofcharn··on Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software
Oh crud, you are right. Any idea how to fix this? Perhaps a more curated (and more manageable) list? That would seem to be in conflict with our bazaar model.
arthurofcharn··on Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software
Google was once considered trustworthy. It never was, but we thought it trustworthy. Where can you find a trustworthy source for software? Depends on your platform. Linux: Your package manager. In my case, apt. Mac: Apple has an app store of its own. Use that, or one of the BSD package management systems ported over. Ios: Apple app store is decently curated. Android: Google's app store is terribly curated. Give up now. Windows: Nobody uses whatever app store or package management system that microsoft developed. A third party developed a useful package management system. It is called Steam. Other platforms: see replies below.
arthurofcharn··on Commercial 3D printers emit traces of toxic fumes, study finds (2019)
I would like to get a 3d printer someday, but I can't imagine bringing running it inside my home. My 3d printer will be in the garage, with the garage door open during printing.
arthurofcharn··on Delaware judge discovers hidden entity recruiting people to be patent trolls
I just want to thank whoever tipped off the judge about these shenanigans. To the mole that I suspect exists within MAVEXAR, you have my thanks. I request that the mole copy all the hard drives that he/she has access to, so that the mole has leverage if caught. It would make a fine letter to your senator.

Stay safe out there.

arthurofcharn··on Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux
Wonderful news. Now we have hope of convincing Tom Scott to join the winning team.
arthurofcharn··on 'Irresponsible' London Underground Bitcoin Advert Banned
If you see an ad for bitcoin on the London underground, it is time to buy TULIPS. (There, I fixed that for you.)
arthurofcharn··on Enigma: GPT-2 trained on 10K Nature Papers: Can you spot the difference?
Could we feed gpt-2 Turbo Encabulator? I want more Turbo Encabulator.
arthurofcharn··on Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely for refusing to decrypt
"I can't, your honor, the password itself is a confession." Is now my newest password.