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rickisenon iFixit tools in Apple's lab

Is that why they invent new and totally unnecessary driver bits? And make it so that you can't even replace a component from one iphone with a 100% apple made component from another identical iphone?

It's obvious that apple has spent a lot of money on intentionally making their devices harder to repair.

rickisenon WinApps: Run Windows apps in Linux as if they were a part of the native OS

I remember that I had some major problems with divinity on arch. Like I had to move around some files after every update, otherwise it wouldn't launch.

Has this been fixed?

rickisenon Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder

Wasn't the whole blue light thing disproved about a year ago? IIRC more light late at night disrupts the cycle, but the color of it was irrelevant.

rickisenon Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar

In my experience FF is not behind chrome with new features. It's usually on par, or even better. Sure safari is annoying. But the developer tools in firefox are alright. I even find them better when it comes to debugging css stuff.

rickisenon Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all

Install Jitsi on your own vps (prefably hosted in your city) and your set.

A vps wiht 2 cores and 2 gb works really well at our company and costs close to nothing. Took maybe 4 hours to set up their docker-compose setup, it even does letsencrypt automatically.

rickisenon Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers

They called the system Hydra? Really? Seams like some agents read too much Marvell comics

rickisenon Acrobat Reader for Linux removed

I like apvlv. Very vim like. you can even split with :s and do a lot of cool stuff.

rickisenon Visualisation of the expansion of IKEA

Well there are a lot of swedish stuff in the Canry islands. It's probably the number one holiday spot for Swedes. Or at least it was back then. Just walking down the beach there you'll hear swedish everywhere. And there are plenty of swedes who owns a house there...

rickisenon Android betrays tethering data

This is why I love my Jolla phone !

rickisenon Mail-in-a-box: easy to set up modern SMTP/SMTPS server stack

There is a difference between goverment surveilance and mass survielance.

In order to escape mass surveilance this is most likely enough. As all you have to do is to be different.

If you think you are actually "target" by a goverment youv'e got bigger problems. And you should probably stay away from email alltogether.

rickisenon Mail-in-a-box: easy to set up modern SMTP/SMTPS server stack

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rickisenon Nokia phones to be renamed Microsoft Mobile

Because Nokia is a soure of pride in Finland. It means a lot to a small country to have a company like that.

And then they made a deal with the devil. And now it's all gone.

rickisenon Nokia phones to be renamed Microsoft Mobile

I feel sorry for my neighbor finland.

rickisenon Blackphone

So is this PrivatOS open source, or irrelevant?