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As the old saying goes - 'Never roll your own crypto'

I'm still waiting on ISPs to make good with the promised infrastructure rollouts when they received all that sweet government subsidies rather than hoarding it.

Hell there's been many times where I thought 'this is good enough' only to have my mind changed when something else improved upon it.

(Electron issues aside) - Pretty nice & clean UI - gonna give it a try.

Nothing wrong with highlighting inefficiencies. I really like VS Code, but it does suffer from the same bloat as other electron/JS apps which is the bloat that can have a noticeable impact over time.

I'd just like to see the footprint (storage, memory & performance) of JS/Electron et all apps to be reduced to the levels of applications written with traditionally compiled code.

I would say the only electron app I've seen that isn't a total slug/resource hog is the Discord desktop app (the mobile app is okay but has some weird quirks.(

VS Code is pretty ok too - though there is a definite performance gap between that and something like sublime/notepad++

What I would like is a set of Desktop GUI tools that would work for something like Go or Rust

You're better off just backing up to the cloud and wiping. Having hidden data can be compromising if they discover the presence of it.

The whole 'it's fine for me therefore it's fine for everyone' rationale is somewhat a short-sighted, 'I've got mine' attitude.

There's been quite a few high profile incidents where people who've already been granted legal rights to enter/live in the US are being harassed at the border for. In this age of security theatre, one is too many frankly.

RMS also has had many years to build up a notable reputation where he doesn't need to.

We have been...just right now the prevailing 'wisdom' is based upon a time when NiCad batteries were popular. Battery tech has changed faster than the time it takes for that info to be updated within the public consciousness

Along with the other great suggestions:

- Daily Tech News Show: http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/

- Tech's Message (UK focused): http://www.natelanxon.com/podcast/

- PacketPushers Network: http://packetpushers.net/series/weekly-show/

- BBC's Click Podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w6r2/episodes/downloads

Sadly, the performance of most webapp-based desktop applications has been underwhelming compared to their native peers.

Also FM/AM reception feels like it's more robust than DAB/LTE/3g reception - often I can still listen to FM/AM in areas where other wireless tech black out.

>I have not heard of any major security incident recently with Firefox.

There's a reason that pwn2own (the hacking competition) has much higher bounties for finding Chrome vulnerabilities than finding Firefox vulnerabilities - http://blog.trendmicro.com/pwn2own-returns-for-2017-to-celeb...

>Piracy isn't a convenience problem. It's a not wanting to spend money for things problem.

Except the likes of iTunes and Steam have shown that if you provide an affordable, reliable and convenient distribution channel, people will flock to it over the napster/kazaa/torrent alternatives.

I just use both pen and paper & Simplenote and connect it to apps like Nv etc. It's free (for now), open source (mostly?) and lets me sync across desktop/laptop/mobile.

Also has a nice export tool which I can use should I need to migrate. One downside is markdown is not supported on the mac version from some reason (works on windows/mobile)

Well this is one clue why - http://quellish.tumblr.com/post/126712999812/how-on-earth-th...

Apparently (in 2015 at least), the iOS app had over 18,000 classes. There was even a presentation with a FB dev bragging about it's 'scale' tho suspiciously it's been scrubbed from the web

That's why I've been buying GoG versions over the steam version of games where possible, they're DRM free. Only real issue is the selection isn't as vast and generally doesn't get a lot of the latest games (due to them having all sorts of draconian DRM e.g. Doom 2016).

The fashion industry seems to do fine with relatively little draconian protections - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL2FOrx41N0

Weirdly I've had one noteable crash (that wasn't me messing with hardware) on windows since probably 7. However on my rMBP I get semi-regular blackscreen/beachball lockups & reboots - granted it's anecdotal, but my OSX experience has generally been worse than my windows one. Terminal, Trackpad, Keyboard (pre-butterfly), paw & sketch are the only positives I get from my MBP.

Well from a purely financial aspect - the peddlers of fake news mentioned that fake pro-right-leaning/trump stories performed much better (in terms of spread & revenue) than pro-left-leaning ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/europe/fake-news-do...

I find the sparse touch-focused UI on desktop awful. Plus it seems to lock up more than other browers during heavy page loading.

jeez, never liked the whole blackface/nerdface comparison. feel so extreme

>There are no visual cues in the design - characters and scenery share the same palette, important elements (like payloads, turrets, etc) don't stand out.

All key characters/items have a unique silhouette which makes it easy to pick out at a glance

>(no indication of where the playload will go).

There's a giant colorful line on the ground that denotes the path the payload will take

Not saying you have to like the game (It seems like it's not for you).

Bad sign that you may be deeply within one side or another which can blind you to the bigger picture.

From cursory observation of various political engagements around the world, it's all very similarly tribalistic - whether it be over the top rhetoric that appeal to emotion - or in some cases violent. Heck look at the rise of the far right support in various EU states. Politics is very often personal, so people will take it personally.

The only real difference is America takes up all the media oxygen given it's position in the world stage.

Tribalism is ingrained in the human psyche. If you're not noticing it, that's probably a bad sign.

the 12" macbook has the same awful keyboard

Or just put the touch bar above the fn keys in that blank metal area

Except apple use that rationale/excuse for not having touch screens on their laptop...yet the touchbar is basically a worse version in someways as now you have to take your eye off ur screen to find the buttons.