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Comment Re:sigh (Score 1) 620

I was told by a criminal attorney in my state that the state decided to discontinue video recording police encounters because 99.9% of the time it was losing cases for them. The video evidence was almost never in their favor. So they stopped.

That's terrible. Not because they were losing cases because of it, but rather because they stopped when they were getting too much negative evidence about them.

Not recording abuse because the abuser is from a particular group is just wrong. That's pretty much giving them permission to be horrible people.

Comment Re:Many mobile browsers do this. (Score 1) 200

From the Opera's Policy:

Privacy in Opera Turbo
  When Opera Turbo is enabled, the service will compress network traffic, thereby increasing download speed and reducing data volume. The service requests normal Web content through an Opera Software proxy server. Opera Turbo will exclude Web pages located on an intranet or by using secure connections (HTTPS). Opera collects IP addresses, usage patterns, and the point in time at which the service is used for the purpose debugging, maintenance, optimization of the service, or maintaining the customer relationship. Analysis of service usage is conducted by aggregating data, anonymizing individual identities.

It doesn't touch HTTPS traffic.

Comment Re:How about tabs in the same window? (Score 1) 186

That's how it works in opera: anonymous tabs not windows (but you can put the tab in a separate window if you want to).

As a web developper, I often use this to have several sessions with different users on the same website.

Yep..!
You can also close all private tabs without effecting your non-private ones with [Ctrl] + [Shfit] + [Q].

You can even assign any of the actions related to private browsing to a mouse gesture or keyboard shortcut in Opera -> Settings -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Shortcuts.

Comment Re:Why so difficult? (Score 1) 224

Because things change between them.

"sizeof int" will return "4" on 32-bit and "8" on 64-bit... When working with pointers (Variables that "point" to memory addresses), you need to make code that can handle these changes appropriately, and to change size-dependent operations so they handle multiple architectures.

Comment Re:Click to play plugins? (Score 2) 137

Yeah, I wonder how long other features like Speed Dial, or Tab stacking will last before someone copies them.

I wish that people knew where all of these fancy features are coming from, that way Opera would have more funding to innovate. They certainly haven't slowed down since they created tabbed browsing eons ago...

Comment Re:Yet another YOTLD estimate (Score 1) 363

I don't mean the ideal, but rather, the functionality that comes from it. Closed source can be functional as well...

I don't mind if the software I use is open source or not, provided I can do what I like with it.

Open is nice, but avoiding "closed but functional" is not really something I can see myself doing.

Comment Re:Yet another YOTLD estimate (Score 1) 363

That is a pretty good imagination you have.

Every linux user I know is pretty happy about this.

I can't say I am... I use Linux not because of the ideology behind GNU, but rather because I have so much more control over my system and I find myself much more productive in it.

I have no problems with Steam or Valve, so long I can both use the OS I rather and be able to play good games on it.

It's not like the FSF ideal is going to go away when Steam hits Linux, there will always be the option to ignore it if it doesn't suit you. All people do when they try to push back is limit the choice of other people who may not share the same opinion.

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