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Comment Time for an Open Hardware Printer (Score -1) 119

Isn't this type of thing that started GNU?
Get some designers on board, make a few completely open source models, and let some cheap manufacturers have a go at it.
This is decades old technology. It's not fab science. How hard can it be?! A lot of the parts are probably already mass produced in China and most of the rest are probably easy.

Comment In defence of my people... (Score -1) 159

Just wanna point out that europeans steal entire islands, countries, 10s of millions of people, labor from 100s of millions more, and even entire continents whole!! Doesn't it look a little less bad on our people to be sucking off a paltry 54B's? I promise, if americans could show solidarity with the rest of us, we can move forward to build a better world, where people's lives aren't ruled by money.
Also, no I haven't seen any of that money!

Comment It's the under-developed product, not the politics (Score 0) 247

I didn't know about any of the politics behind the scenes until I started reading this comment section. I'm one of said lefties who generally cares about politics and will switch products to a more ethical alternative, however in FF's case, I didn't know anything.
I only switched, because the UI sucks!
It lacks features, especially when it comes to bookmarks, tabs, and sessions (or lack thereof).
I tried to stick by it, I downloaded extensions, but then Vivaldi came along and they got the design right. So, I switched!
I'm inclined to think that folks are switching, because these days you need a browser to be much more than a window to surf the web. A browser is more or less an OS inside an OS. I do most of my work inside a browser window. We need features that help us organize, streamline work, and make us productive. FF couldn't even get the bookmarking feature right, which is why there were an infinite number of extensions. I don't know what they were waiting for. Using FF was getting too frustrating. There's an art to designing user interfaces. They would do well to learn from Vivaldi.

Comment Re:it was most and foremost (Score -1) 276

Not attack continuously attack and kill Palestinians in the first place?
Attacking mosques, continuous random raids on Palestinian houses every night. Non-judicial killings, including random killings of Palestinians every day. Blockades that have been starving Palestinians for decades. Occupying Palestinian land, and then forcefully encroaching on the ever tinier land left for them to live on.

Comment Re:Honest question for Commenters on Slashdot (Score -1) 416

Do the people here arguing against the Black Lives Matter movement actually know that they are racists? Or are they in denial?

The arguments against AllLivesMatter and how it's anti-black, and generally the issues around BLM are quite prevalent on the internet, and this is a website of tech savvy people who know how to look up info.

Bottom line: They're racist. Some know it and are digging their heels in, instead of changing, others are in denial.

Comment Sends the right message (Score -1) 416

This needed to be done. There are plenty of online resources for simple things like why "All Lives Matter" is anti-black racism. For stuff like this, you either put in the effort to learn why it's racist, and why you're likely being racist, or you're living in denial about actively supporting racism. Much like the #metoo movement, society needs to shake out these toxic personalities from social positions that hold power and privilege. #BlackLivesMatter

Comment Re:Cool idea, but never happen... (Score -1) 368

Oh, that's interesting. What exactly did you buy? How much did it cost? I'd love to learn more details. Maybe I can do the same on my roof.
I went to Canadian Tire this month, but with the products that I saw, it didn't look to be an enticing deal in terms of the energy produced for the cost of the products, so I'd be interested to see how you've managed to work it out.

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