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Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 224

I don't think we care about tariffs. I think we care if our own government is selling a device that is not made by it's own citizens.

I support this action, if the phone itself is made in America. The retail price should absolutely be $499, while the true cost should be subsidized by the government. You want to bring tech back to the states, you eat the $4000 per phone cost and you charge $499. Suddenly Samsung and Apple will offer a made in USA phone for $399. Further, those companies making the phones getting the subsidy should get a tax exemption on any other phones they make and sell in the states. I would absolutely buy a $999 american made phone over a $799 chinese manufactured device.

One can only hope though

Comment Re: X.org (Score 2) 110

Oh you havenâ(TM)t hit a random ass permissions error? The other day spectacle told me it didnt have permission to take a screenshot. Its whole purpose is screenshots. Oh but screen recording worked without incident. You know maybe itâ(TM)s a weird bug let me restart the app. Nope it still persists, I guess no screenshots for me today. ⦠An hour later my squirrel brain forgets about the permission problem and knee jerks into opening spectacle. Oh wait that wonâ(TM)t work I think to myself. Only to watch it open and work without issue.

lol Wayland not even once.

Comment Re: Well, duh (Score 1) 70

I didn't miss your point, but I don't think it's valid. All operating systems come with a minimum set of applications and tools that make it useful. Apple's selection might not be the best or the most functional, but they're good enough to at least get started. I don't think it's their job or right to sift through all the third party alternatives to select what they think is the best for their users, and nor do most people want the Linux experience where you get a dozen of everything and no help deciding which is the best to use.

Comment Re:Bought a Steam Deck instead... (Score 0, Flamebait) 48

Only an idiot buys a gaming platform just for the tech behind it.

You buy a gaming platform for the platform exclusives. The tech backing it is a legit but secondary factor when considering multi platform games.

There is nothing wrong with the steam deck as a platform. However, it does not offer anything that you cannot find elsewhere. And that is why there is not any significant hype behind it.

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Comment Re: Markdown (Score 1) 27

Nothing like HTML. Itâ(TM)s far more lightweight and interferes with legibility a lot less. I couldnâ(TM)t imagine trying to type Slack messages on my phone in HTML, what a nightmare, but its flavour of MD is fine. Iâ(TM)m surprised you havenâ(TM)t encountered because itâ(TM)s everywhere. I will have used it in GitLab, Jira and Slack by mid-morning, and maybe somewhere else too.

Comment Re: Markup, Stupid! (Score 1) 27

Thatâ(TM)s a stupid question, but you were just trying to whinge about something completely unrelated, werenâ(TM)t you? The only way this issue will be fixed is if /. fixes its bugs. Until then: weep. It must be frustrating knowing that /. will never fix this bug as they donâ(TM)t spend money and are just try to squeeze out a dwindling supply of revenue from a niche website with declining numbers and an audience whoâ(TM)s very proactive about blocking ads.

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