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Re:The Framework Laptop on Thursday February 25, 2021 @12:01PM (#26265025)
It seems like it will work just fine:

> For those of you who love to tinker, we’ve also created the Framework Laptop DIY Edition, the only high-end notebook available as a kit of modules that you can customize and assemble yourself, with the ability to choose Windows or install your preferred Linux distribution.

Re:Cloudflare: Is anyone else seeing DNS outages? on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:18PM (#23875678)
I'm seeing this too, I can't even load the Cloudflare website.
You don't have much of a choice outside of what your rental criteria is and if you take section 8 due to fair housing laws.
Re:My Second Phone Is in the Cloud on Saturday February 01, 2020 @01:15PM (#22212085)
I've been wanting to do this for a while. Do you mind sharing how you connect cell phones to your network?
Re:Logitech MX Master 3 vs. 2S Teardown on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @04:15PM (#21818925)
You can turn down the polling rate of the mouse using the software.
> If you read up on the program it's more geared towards allowing customers to fix their own issues, and less of "lets go back to reliance on independent repair stores".

Where do you see this? The requirements of the program directly contradict what you're saying as you need to be a registered business, have an address in a commercially zoned area, and have an apple repair certification.

https://support.apple.com/irp-program

Re:Huawei Accused of Technology Theft on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:49PM (#20136220)
> Huawei Accused Of Technology Theft

In other news, water is wet.

Re:Apple App Store Principles and Practices on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:21PM (#20044942)
> 84% of apps are free, and developers pay nothing to Apple.

Wait, what? I thought you had to pay 100$ a year for the privilege to publish anything on the app store, even if it's free.

If Mozilla won't sign it, you have to install it manually. [0]

[0]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Dis...

Firefox requires that extension files be signed by Mozilla if you want to install a .xpi file from a website. They don't have to be given a spotlight, but this effectively makes it impossible for anyone who doesn't know how to manually compile and install the extension to even use it.