Using uBlock is good, I use it too. But uBlock alone doesn't help.

Your browser can be fingerprinted and you can be uniquely identified by a vast quantity of data that your browser spills to the internets. You can't really do much about it either. Check this https://amiunique.org/ to get an idea.

Wow, who could have known that it's all about socks now. Time to send your CV to those sock producing companies. Although I wonder if this might be just a fad, I mean really - who needs so many socks?

For me every year is the year of Linux on the Desktop, and servers, and Raspberries, etc. I don't care much about systemd-vs-sysv and gnome/kde/whatever-desktop-sucks debates, other than for amusement, because I use the desktop manager I like (currently i3wm) and the init system I like (currently sysv), thanks to my distribution letting me choose between them. Same for every other component, almost everything is replacable by a plethora of options to choose from. Now, there are a few things that I would complain about: Graphics drivers always have been a total mess, especially Nvidia drivers are split up into so many packages, same, don't let me start about getting CUDA or OpenCL working. There's another issue with the way package management is done, which may actually be the main cause for older software refusing to work. You generally only have the latest version available of any package in you package manager. Newer versions of shared libraries may be incompatible with older software, which then may refuse to compile. On Windows they simply ship the needed dll's with the software, outdated dll's if needed. On Linux you generally only have the newest versions available, if you try older versions on a new system you quickly end up in dependency hell. How could this be improved? Maybe we could experiment with a package managing concept that does not forget about older versions, but references all historical versions instead. An application would then be able to pull the exact version of any shared library it needs. Package descriptions nowadays already contain all the dependency declarations, sometimes they even declare the exact versions of shared libraries, so it wouldn't even be a major change to existing packaging solutions. A drawback would maybe be that storage requirements would be much higher for servers hosting repositories, as you would have to host all versions of a package, instead just the latest.

Stupid plastic waste storage with average lifetime of a year, just do the environment a favor and die already.

Stop, just stop with the argument that it will destroy work places. Of course it will, but the problem is something else. Less work was the initial argument of introducing machines in industry and home: it will do the work for us and we can enjoy more free time.

Why this doesnt work is that the "small" people don't see anything of the profit they make with the work of machines because the corporations and bosses just keep the profit for themselfes.

So, next time you complain about loss of work place you blame the greedy guys who threat us like slaves, not the technological advance or machines.

1) US maintains a list of blacklisted countries accused of facilitating online piracy by not implementing surveillance and copyright enforcement.
Malaysia just promised to comply and thus got off the list. The OP topic may be a result of this.
http://www.zdnet.com/malaysia-dropped-from-us-piracy-watch-list-2062304676/

2) Malaysia's biggest ISP TM introduced for it's "fastest" internet service UNIFI (a max. 20MBit SDSL connection) blocking of port 6667. This started some weeks ago (August/2012). No official statement so far. Other ports work fine though (e.g. 6666).
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2477506/all

I stayed with my Commodore Amiga 4000 until 1998 cause I couldn't stand standard PC's. When it was stolen I decided to leave the country. I travelled arround, hitch-hiked and lived as a punk, hippie and bum. I've tried it all. I lived under nothing but the bare sky in the desert of Andalucia. I stayed with a religious sect in southern France. Build a float out of barrels and wood and crossed Loch Tay/Scotland with it. Battled the police on eviction day after occupying and squatting an old castle in Barcelona. Met the girl of my life in the caves of Sacromonte/Granada and decided to marry her - then asking a company near Barcelona to employ me as Linux admin. It worked. I'm in it for 5 years now. *true story P.S.: in each of the chapters of my life I've had to do with Linux one or the other way... must be true love

looking at how people living in their own poop just causes some quite strong feelings, seeing just another satellite in space not so much.

you scare me you frickin US-Americans. First thing I thought was: Oh, nice, now they can correct the eyeballs of a lot of shortsighted people - but all comments are about attacking someone, tstststs

I highly doubt that Sir!

Hi, I'm also using redmine now after having used flyspray for years.
Good thing is that redmine allows you complete project management but is simple to use and looks elegant.

My personal favourites are integration of version management systems like GIT (which I recommend highly in case your project grows a bit bigger than just a few lines) and a huge selection of plugins/extensions :)

Only minus point would be that it's written in ruby and runs as apache passenger -> thus eats quite some memory and I've had to upgrade my 512MB VPS :P

/// vx

i still prefer irc :)

does anyone care for that company anymore? are there people still using MSN? o.O

(post above was (anonymously) from me - was just lazy to login) it will be interesting what happens in German schools and Kindergardens if they try to enforce copyright on these stories. They have already tried to prevent teachers from copying material from books for their classes. They did so e.g. by introducing a system to limit the copies a teacher can make (e.g. let them pay for each copy and only a certain sum is redeemeable) By coincidence my mother is high school teacher for german literature and she told me that they: 1) give a fuck and copy if they need to, if needed they pay from their own pocket 2) from teacher's perspective there's no interest of respecting copyrights in any way as this would only disturb and hinder the ability to hold their classes. in fact the inability to copy material would make it very hard to give literature classes at all, so teachers circumvent regulations whereever they can The effect of all this is that teachers even tell their students that they should copy themselfes if they can - the opposite what corporations wanted i guess ;) but i totally agree with you - it's not the time to sit back doing nothing as we run the risk of slipping into a totalitarian world. however they make such ridiculous laws and restrictions that they seem to have the majority of population against them, including professors & teachers and other "smart" people. If they still want to enforce all of this regardless of the consequences - then there will be a huge battle between them and the majority of the world (well, it already started). of course there is a chance of ultimately loosing it - but just imagine if we win - it would be intellectual, political and human freedom in a way we never knew before. so, don't be afraid - we are many and ready to fight for this digital revolution :) we are well armed, the technical knowledge is on our side!

Hi, I would propose that you do some certifications. this is less time consuming than full-time studies and if you search for a new employment you have a big + you can even ask your company if they take over the costs, some of them like to educate their employees. greetings, vitaminx