Comment Re: Only the "flagships"? What a ripoff (Score 1) 69

by DraconPern on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @07:09PM (#66307034) Attached to: Motorola's 2027 Flagships Will Officially Support GrapheneOS

Unfortunately they don't offer discounts when you bring your own phone. So if you don't get a subsidized phone, you are essentially helping to pay for someone else's phone. They tie the subsidy to prioritized network traffic so a cheaper plan is never comparable.

Comment Re:Don't push Canada content, and no to the french (Score 1) 229

by DraconPern on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @06:58PM (#66307010) Attached to: Canadian Streaming Content Becomes a US Trade Issue

It is funny that you complain about forced adoption of things with less value, and then complain about some obscure band not being played. If they had better value they would be more popular and get more play on air. So maybe you are on the wrong side.

Comment Re:Conflicted (Score 0) 91

by DraconPern on Thursday July 30, 2026 @12:07AM (#66263720) Attached to: Who Wins and Who Loses After US Bans Foreign Robots?

I think it's becase China learned there's no such thing as following the rules when they developed a lot of the 5G IP yet barely see any revenue from western countries.

Comment Re:Biased news (Score 2) 118

by DraconPern on Monday July 20, 2026 @12:58AM (#66247208) Attached to: California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge

The first thing they can suggest is instead of a triangle with a 5, it should be a triangle with PP letters. And the other plastics should also use letters instead of numbers.

Comment Re:Geany is similar to Notepad++ (Score 1) 244

by DraconPern on Monday July 06, 2026 @02:46PM (#66225386) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Which Apps Aren't Available on Linux?

Geany is no where near similar to Notepad++. Notepad++ isn't a programmer's editor. Notepad++ is notepad but with additional functionality.

Comment Re: Bet against Elon if you like (Score 0) 195

by DraconPern on Thursday July 02, 2026 @08:23AM (#66219642) Attached to: The Space-Based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already In Orbit

Solar panels work better in space, you donâ€(TM)t have on going cost for electricity, real estate. Size is free unlike on earth. Downside is of course to launch, weight is not free but it is on earth. This means unless you are an expert on space launch economics, you dont know if space data center is better. Guess who has the data to do forward predictions. So I am guessing they have a target pricing on $/lbs that they can hit to make that business viable.

Comment Re: How a compiler differs from an LLM (Score 1) 57

by DraconPern on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:28PM (#66190898) Attached to: Vim Classic 8.3 Launched as an AI-Free Vim Fork

If compilers were deterministic then I wouldnâ€(TM)t need to run make clean.

Comment Gonna sue all burger joints (Score 3, Funny) 110

by DraconPern on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @06:40AM (#66034840) Attached to: Valve Faces Second, Class-Action Lawsuit Over Loot Boxes

By their definition, isn't it a gamble to see if I might get a flattened hamburger in a box?

Comment Paid devs (Score 1) 30

by DraconPern on Sunday March 01, 2026 @11:13PM (#66017558) Attached to: Collabora Clashes With LibreOffice Over Move To Revive LibreOffice Online

So.. they are going to pay developers right?

Comment 2 possible explanations (Score 1) 44

by DraconPern on Saturday June 14, 2025 @08:52AM (#65449067) Attached to: Strange Radio Pulses Detected Coming From Ice In Antarctica

Either thereâ€(TM)s a dhd down there or there are some borg drones there thawing out.

Comment Didn't Epic Games just have a data breach in 2024? (Score 2) 80

by DraconPern on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:13PM (#65379103) Attached to: Apple Tags EU Apps Using Alternative Payments With Warning Symbols

Given how many data breach Epic Games have gone through that leaked payment info, it's probably wise not to give them your credit card.

Comment Re:United Kingdom is top 10 (Score 1) 244

by DraconPern on Monday March 03, 2025 @04:00PM (#65207969) Attached to: How the British Broke Their Own Economy

So you are saying China still has room for 20x growth?

Comment Avoid lock in (Score 1) 44

by DraconPern on Monday February 24, 2025 @06:15PM (#65192551) Attached to: Fedora Amicably Resolves Legal Threat From OBS Studio Over Downstream Flatpak

Sounds like Fedora Flatpak is just trying to do vendor lock in. But they got caught shipping a crappy bug ridden software. Imagine if Microsoft tried to do the same.

Comment Re: What we need is censorship as a service (Score 1) 170

by DraconPern on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:33AM (#65108579) Attached to: 'Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative To the Tech Oligarchy'

Tech companies are 100% against it. Because then ads are censored.

Comment Remember Aaron (Score 2) 339

by DraconPern on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:11AM (#65108549) Attached to: Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Pardoned

Itâ€(TM)s too bad Aaron didnâ€(TM)t live to see this.

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