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They don't work. "Verbatim", which claims to be what "" used to be, does not work either. Nothing to be done about it.

Yes, because pieces of paper given out by men with guns are the font of all truth.

ADD: Fuck this statist cesspool.

Because anything that requires running a database is burdensome, and even those of us who roll our own services are becoming less patient with software that requires hand-holding just to walk.

According to this article, they were never trying to create Windows on ARM, just another locked-down walled garden a la the iPhone app store.

No, just as with Slashdot, I see it as very vocal but a definite minority, at least in terms of posts and comments.

Funny, we both see the same algorithms, but I see the exact opposite results.

"If they can't even get search right, who would trust them with anything more?"

Me: "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

Them: crickets

The heck with the prices. They not only won't tell you how much it costs, they will practically come right out and tell you that you, as one of the Great Unwashed, will never be able to buy one of these. Because they won't sell to you, period, for any amount of money, unless you're some kind of incorporated fictional creation that's willing to enter into all kinds of onerous contracts before they're even willing to speak to you further.

Keep in mind this quote comes from the same man who said, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."

Some of us live under the federal poverty level, where any sum of double digits or more is significant.

I would hate to see the legislative definition of "random".

youtube-dl not only bypasses the wait, but also the asinine "age verification".

"asking random people to invest in your ideas is also illegal"

1) You learn something new every day.

2) I don't want to live on this planet any more.

These sensationalist headlines say a lot about the media's doom-ridden agenda.

That's why I never agree to any terms and conditions online.

That's why I never agree to anyone's terms and conditions online.

The crazy/frustrating part to me is that this takes place "even when you're not signed into an account".

Because that amounts to leaving a note in the cookie jar that says we really, really promise not to take any cookies unless we absolutely need to.

Most likely the "open source tea party" post wherein Mr. Shuttleworth collectivized and dismissed any and all critics as irrational haters with nothing of substance to say.

Originally by some of his European colleagues.

So he went to the SJW echo chamber of LJ/DW.

They will claim they have no money for cops, post offices, libraries, kittens and apple pie, while they continue to spend billions waging endless war on anyone, foreign or domestic, who does not kowtow.

When you treat adults like children, and children like babies, you get exactly that. And that's why a hundred years ago 14-year olds were captaining their own ships, and today you have 40-year olds who can't do their own laundry or balance a checkbook.

There is no "we", but I also disagree that it would "destabilize things". I think that after a brief initial upheaval, it would stabilize things to a great degree, and in a positive manner.

<i> can also just ask a human "please make me a sandwich" without specifying anything, and (most) humans could proceed to do so without more details</i>

Depends who you ask. My mate and a few close friends would know to make me a sandwich without bread, but hardly anyone else would get that right.

I wish I had saved the results every time over the last few years that Google showed me a page it claimed had what I was looking for, when neither searching the visible text or even the source code of the page produced any such string. I am sure that it's happened to me hundreds of times by now, if not thousands. For a long time, it was surprising and ranged from annoying to infuriating. Now I just sigh and accept it as the cost of Googling.

I keep checking every so often, but searching for "this phrase" or +absolute +requirement is still broken. Even "Verbatim", isn't. If they can't even get simple search right, who would trust them with anything more?