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duvet··on I Open-Sourced All My Business Ideas
Looks like Campus Co-Living no longer exists.
duvet··on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
I second this. I used Arch for around four years and it was a wonderful experience.

Funnily enough, I recently switched back to Windows from Arch. Linux's ecosystem was just too depressing for me. Windows 10 makes me sad though because it had the potential to be great were it not for all the privacy issues.

duvet··on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
Make sure to check out the Arch Wiki[1]. If you use DuckDuckGo you can easily search it using !AW.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_page

duvet··on Updates Make Windows 7 and 8 Spy on You Like Windows 10
Yes. If you look at the Steam search you'll see that Linux is paired with SteamOS.[1]

[1] http://store.steampowered.com/search/?os=linux

duvet··on Cook rice in a coffee percolator to avoid arsenic
There's enriched rice which has added vitamins. Washing enriched rice _should_ wash out whatever's been added. I don't know about other types of rice, but I've heard rice is supposed to be neutral to the meal, so I assume not.
duvet··on Virtual Reality Will Bring Back the Arcade
Haven't read this just yet, but the title makes me think of Gmod. The theaters people host usually include arcade machines alongside other activities that you'd see at a regular movie theater.
duvet··on When a bad day gets worse – getting hacked twice in one day
Using someone's site does not make you their friend. That remains true even when you both enjoy some aspects of the culture. That said, his threads on 4chan are probably exhausting. It isn't like he's keeping anyone in the dark, either.
duvet··on Facebook
It contributes to activity and encourages whatever friends you might have on that account to stay. I don't think there's much benefit to that unless you dedicate some time to creating around a million fake accounts with no real friends.
duvet··on Xbox One: The Review
The PS4 requires Playstation Plus to play online but I'm not sure whether apps like Netflix require that.

I had the same issue with Halo. Ultimately, I'm not going to support the Xbox One due to likely surveillance. At least with the PS4 the camera isn't forced on you at purchase. Although the PS4 camera does seem to have similar features like facial recognition. I wonder whether that will encourage anything malicious.

duvet··on Google is Exploring an Alternative to Cookies for Ad Tracking
Ah, thanks for the explanation. The process has been somewhat unclear to me for a while now.
duvet··on Google is Exploring an Alternative to Cookies for Ad Tracking
It is building towards an actual future layout. IIRC, once the changes are stable enough they're pushed to the main nightly builds.

Edit: Sorry, I was unclear, it is an official branch and not just a personal fork.

Some links: http://msujaws.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/mozillas-ux-nightly-... https://wiki.mozilla.org/UX_Branch

duvet··on Google is Exploring an Alternative to Cookies for Ad Tracking
That isn't the same build. Those are features that don't focus on the UX or the design. I think that build is labeled Aurora? I could be mistaken. UX Nightly includes those features but it is focused on user experience.
duvet··on Google is Exploring an Alternative to Cookies for Ad Tracking
I did the same a few months ago. I hesitated to move because I was put off by Firefox's design but I found UX Nightly[1]. A few bugs here and there because it is a nightly build but overall smooth.

[1] https://people.mozilla.org/~jwein/ux-nightly/

duvet··on Introducing Octokit
the octocats here are a reference to gundam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gundam

I seriously doubt the reference is meant to be violent.

duvet··on Show HN - usernique.com: Generate usernames and check availability
you should be clearer about what the site does without ruining the simplicity. I was shown the site and didn't notice the title, so it caught me off guard. it appeared to be someone's about page rather than a generator.
duvet··on The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Aaron Swartz
glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. that really threw me off I had to double check to make sure I hadn't missed some days.