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Comment Re:Cash, Venmo or BTC is acceptable... (Score 2) 52

Can you reprogram that key to do something more useful?

On Linux you could use xev to see if it has a keycode; if it does you can assign it to another function. I have one of the "special keys" on my keyboard assigned to automatically type my email address, for example, which is very convenient for filling out forms.

Comment What about epubs you own yourself? (Score 2) 62

I don't know much (read: anything at all) about kindles other than the name and that they're Amazon's own ebook reader.

My question is, can or could you (still) load epub files that you have downloaded elsewhere onto one of these things?

If so then perhaps there isn't much lost other than direct access to Amazon's bookstore and if that's the case then isn't this more Amazon's loss than the end users?

Comment Microsoft issues the Linux keys too (Score 5, Insightful) 102

Microsoft issues the secure boot keys that are used by all Linux distributions.

If they can just arbitrarily yank someone's keys like this, apparently without explanation or appeal, then what does that mean for those Linux keys? Are they subject to withdrawal for no reason as well?

Comment Re:Mac OS has already started to pester me (Score 1) 68

That's in all of the latest versions of ssh, which is or can be installed on more than just Macs. For example, the latest version of RHEL has that warning too.

The warning can be disabled through the WarnWeakCrypto option in ssh_config, if you wish. Obviously that doesn't actually "fix" the issue that is being warned about, but that hide the warning and avoids having it continually popping up.

Comment Re:Glasses with a virtual monitor (Score 1) 51

Not really since it doesn't give you a full-screen type of display.

I'm thinking of something that would give you the equivalent of an actual computer monitor in front of you or off at any angle you choose. So to the user it wouldn't look much different than carrying a monitor around at a distance of, say, two or three feet in front of you.

Comment Glasses with a virtual monitor (Score 1) 51

I don't know if this would count as VR, but I've always thought that some kind of glasses with a built-in monitor would be useful. You see that sort of thing sometimes in stuff like Ironman.

You could see through the glasses as usual but you could have a monitor in the corner (or where-ever else you wanted to place it) at any relative size you want (since you could decide if you wanted it to appear big and far away or close up and small).

Comment Re:âoeUse of the work for any purpose without (Score 1) 54

"The model it self continues to be used generate outputs over and over again, and may eventually write out quite a lot of the original work."

Sure. I might use a textbook over and over again to figure out various things over the course of time too.

I have a bookcase for that exact purpose.

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