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[ssokolow]

I also remember reading that censoring child porn makes it harder to catch the actual criminals because it drives them underground.

I vaguely...

[ssokolow]

To be honest, locking down dmesg feels like the Linux equivalent of those The Old New Thing posts about clients trying to report supposed Windows security...

[ssokolow]

I'm not sure what I'd check out. According to what I read in the issue tracker, it does send every URL you visit to their server by default and the response...

[ssokolow]

Plus, when I when searching, I had trouble finding solid, clear information on what they actually did with the dissenter extension and why.
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[ssokolow]

I don't remember ever encountering that (I've been using nVidia since around 2002) but then I only ever Ctrl+Alt+FKey when my KWin borks from being left...

[ssokolow]

Pinging Michael. My post got flagged when I decided to edit in a quote from the relevant paragraph of a Wikipedia page.

[ssokolow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto_standard

What you're thinking of is known as a "De jure standard"....

[ssokolow]

So is Microsoft OOXML... quite infamously, in fact, given that OpenDocument was already an international standard and OOXML's spec is a monstrous pile...

[ssokolow]

Not really.

I have three monitors and I've had at least two since before I switched to Linux. I've never not used multi-monitor nVidia on...

[ssokolow]

To be fair, when I have the budget (as opposed to using thrifted or gifted monitors), I want to track down a 55-inch 4K large-format monitor with a suitably...

[ssokolow]

OK, one more post so I can admit my own mistakes, then I'll agree to disagree on our perceptions of the nature of reality.

I'll admit that...

[ssokolow]

Unless I missed a fundamental change in recent revisions, HDMI is still a timing-based protocol that's been bodged to support FreeSync, while DisplayPort...

[ssokolow]

OK, if you're going to insult rather than explain, then I'm out.

As far as I'm concerned, when someone resorts to either personal insults...

[ssokolow]

And now you pivot the conversation again while neither answering my question nor explaining how this new stuff is connected to the old stuff.
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[ssokolow]

The Netflix app was one of the first to sign on when Google started allowing apps to be blocked from rooted devices, so I doubt it.

Source:...

[ssokolow]

Fair enough. How about "Concentrated autism with a sprinkling of nuts"? :P...

[ssokolow]

Because I firmly believe that I or someone else has effectively countered everything you said, so I'm not going to waste my time trying to seek out a...

[ssokolow]

OK, I'm seriously starting to think that you need actual psychiatric help. If I'm wrong...

1. Please point out, specifically, where any of that conflicts

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[ssokolow]

Hey, I was professionally diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, which is on the spectrum, and I'm sane and reasonable. Not all of us revel in being out...

[ssokolow]

Pinging Michael. Another linkless un-approved post.