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Very bad choice of design for the website. I'm supposed to be interested in this, but this website looks like they're trying to sell me some multi-million contract.

Are there any actual, proven benefits to these blood transfusions, or are they just something rich people like to do for the sake of it?

That's got nothing to do with having a stable API. There are thousands of device drivers that were written over 10 years ago which work perfectly well on current versions of Windows and which will keep working for years to come.

Linux made the political decision not to allow this, at the expense of end users.

Define "technical requirement". It's not really technical, it's political. As an end user, I couldn't care less about being able to inspect how the code works. What I would like is for Linux to have a stable API for drivers, so out-of-tree drivers could work on every release without DKMS or crap like that. Windows could do it, so it's definitely not a "technical requirement".

If they are afraid of getting bug reports from guys running out-of-tree drivers, they can still keep using the "tainted" mechanism. It is not incompatible with having a stable API.

That is true and, at the same time, the EU is forcing all countries to implement this directive into their law, whether they want it or not. There are 8 countries that don't want it, but they can't oppose.

As long as France and Germany like it, that's all there is to it. Arguing will get you nowhere.

Wait, how are you supposed to use a host name as a DNS server?

This is the reason I never go to pools. You're basically swimming in a solution of pee, sweat, vaginal fluids, and God knows what else.

I don't believe this to be a "conspiracy". It's nothing shadowy, really. What they did is completely natural. That doesn't mean I support the idea though.

systemd became a standard because the guy works at Red Hat so he can make GNOME require it (there is no way to use GNOME without systemd; distros that allow that such as Gentoo do so by patching GNOME, which is costly.)

I agree that a more modern init system is necessary, but the idea of systemd is meh and the implementation is subpar.

They are not merely adding Matrix support to their IM framework, they are also running their own instance.

They also operate a Jabber server: https://kdetalk.net/

They already announced .dev in November, they've had plenty of time to design the website.

And teddyh is making a suggestion. Hence "I wish". You are being unnecessarily rude.

Because they don't want people using 7 anymore I guess?

This isn't true in my experience, because in that case there would be many more players with masculine names than with feminine names, which is not the case; I'd say the amounts are similar, with an overwhelming majority of neutral names.

Important: this coming from my background, which is WoW, and not any of these modern games and communities. Maybe things have changed? The average WoW player is definitely older than the average Fortnite/OW/whatever player.

that its a free game

Wait... Shouldn't it be the opposite? Paying for the game should make you more reticent to being an ass because losing access to it means you've lost money.

I agree with you on this. What I meant to say is that people who use gendered names are going out of their way to show what their gender is; an overwhelming amount of people use completely neutral names. This is, regardless of the treatment you receive because of your gender.

Every time I see a feminine name in a videogame I think the person is just fishing for attention. This is important because most players of both genders use neutral-looking names. The study doesn't account for this.

Maybe, I don't know. The thing is that most people don't make a living out of youtube. But they might have a gmail address, then lots of files in drive or photos, stuff from work in docs, their schedule in calendar... Losing all of that at once is like having the rug pulled from under their feet. I'm just saying: if that's your case, please diversify.

You are right for the cases where the buyer cares about the quality of the book. But most of the time we only care about the words inside the book.

I'm getting names of male hosts for pictures of females and vice versa.

I remember your story. I clicked this expecting to hear that everything is wonderful and you're living the good life. Instead, the nightmare continues. I'm sorry

Something is really fucked up if getting one of your Google accounts banned is a "nightmare".

To everybody who's reading this: make the necessary arrangements to make sure getting one of your Google accounts banned is not the end of the world for you.

What is this, a simulation of a 503 error?

When you get out of RAM, the computer becomes completely unusable for an unspecified amount of time and you end up force rebooting after minutes of frustration. I'd rather have the OOM killer step up and keep things in order.

There have been several completely uninteresting posts about "slash e slash" on the front page already these last months. I think they are paying some spam farm for the upvotes or something.

I assume you're aware already, but if you are not, they are launching Classic this summer.

You also have private servers of all expansions.

Minors can't consent.

That's where it breaks down: they will say "well, maybe 16+ yos CAN consent after all!", and then the number will start getting lower and lower.

I mean... I hope I'm wrong. But we have gone down this road already ;)

Which is exactly the definition of being "banned".

I am afraid of the slippery slope: the way things are going with our society, soon you will have to accept sexualisation of children, or you will be labelled a bigot.

So maybe it is not surprising after all that youtube is doing this.

What % of HN users use an ARM SBC with Debian?