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webboynews··on Running Linux on your smartphone in 2020
Question for the knowledgeable, what "makes" Ubuntu touch and can those components be ported to arch?
webboynews··on Google to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years
They will make Microsoft look saintly
webboynews··on RedHat urges US Supreme Court to support unrestricted use of software interfaces
Oh my god. Only my stance is current otherwise it's instant doomsday
webboynews··on Google vs. Oracle: The Supreme Court will decide software development’s future?
Why shouldn't it? If I spent 10 months coming up with non trivial interface and 10 years marketing and popularizing it, you cant come in one day and steal the thunder
webboynews··on Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
It's a play on faang. Which excludes Microsoft because cool people like Paul graham think (wrongly of course, as usual) I that Microsoft is dead
webboynews··on Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations
Mars colonization would fit well, just like their recent products shiny and beautiful and utterly useless
webboynews··on Welcome to Apple: A one-party state
His son is also a UX guru and created the ultimate power tool, enso- a launcher.
webboynews··on Google vs. Oracle: The Supreme Court will decide software development’s future?
For once rooting for Oracle. They may be slimy but Google needs to be dethroned for the tech world to progress.
webboynews··on Telegram tries to appease the SEC – no Gram tokens in Messenger
No if you believe vague handwaving.

Yes if you see they have an open bounty

webboynews··on Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
ITT: people feeling bad for jussie but can't say it outright because then theyd be revealed as hypocrites
webboynews··on Amazon has long ruled the cloud – now it must fend off rivals
A brave Microsoft guy who calls out bullshit like it should be. Respect and good luck
webboynews··on Microsoft’s Ready to Contribute to OpenJDK
Sorry I didn't clarify. You're right about the states reason and legal reason but in reality the problem was j++ bring better
webboynews··on Microsoft’s Ready to Contribute to OpenJDK
Behave? J++ was Mike's ahead of sun, hence the lawsuit. Their jitter beat sun's
webboynews··on [dead]
What's the point of bringing Russia here at all? Yes Russia interfered. So did Israel and China. What's your point?
webboynews··on Krita Receives Epic MegaGrant
Going by their donation this month, this is roughly equiv to 12 months'
webboynews··on Who Was the Buddha?
Hes using the word "place" in the sense Americans use it.
webboynews··on Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983 (2017)
I didn't have a computer in 1983. I wasn't born even. But Windows 98 felt faster than Macintosh and even Linux.
webboynews··on The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]
I appreciate your trying to figure out a solution to my problem. A sincere thanks.
webboynews··on A programming language in ancient Chinese text
Now you need to bootstrap it.
webboynews··on The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]
Anybody got a Chinese to English dictionary where more frequent meaning comes first? Cdict has this problem that lots of times some random obscure meanings are mentioned before popular meanings.

(For example ,下去- go down is an irrelevant meaning and the first relevant meaning- continue is 3rd in the list)