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superos··on US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time since 2018
Hi, let's create some unemployment. Each and every time the low paid gets in a position to demand a higer salery this happens. Amerika all over again.
superos··on Elementary OS 6.1
I just can't get used to that search field in the title bar (you can see it in several applications e.g AppCenter first screenshot). IMHO it should be more prominent centered top in the main content area, not (almost greyed out?) in the title bar next to the maximize/restore button (why?). Just weird. What GUI guidelines are stipulating this?
superos··on Coinbase from YC to DPO
The irony; Bernard Madoff dies, but his spirit lives on.
superos··on PayPal launches crypto checkout service
True. And the whole initial point of Bitcoin BTC is gone. Bitcoin BTC is now first and foremost a pretty poor digital ponzi scheme(with fees it is actually a negative sum game). Bitcoin SV tries to fix this, but it is still a PoW system and thus not what we want when fighting to save our earth from negative climate change.
superos··on South Korean government to switch to Linux: ministry
I switched 20 years ago. What took them so long?
superos··on What I loved about Paul Allen
I loved him because he was a proper guitar geek. Owner of a lot of vintage stuff and really a good player too. A lot of people wanted him to buy and revive Gibson.
superos··on Why I have left Samsung
At my workplace most (not all!) smart people wants to do the real sh*t. ie design, programming etc. They do not want to be a manager because that means there is no time to do what they love, and have to do management instead (meetings, more meetings, budgets, meet other managers (BORING!), attend management gatherings and conference (EVEN MORE BORING) etc).
superos··on The Magazine
Why didn't he call his new magazine "The Echo Chamber"?
superos··on Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinvent textbooks"
That is interesting. So far so good :-)
superos··on Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinvent textbooks"
Thanks for that reminder. We might see iBooks versus all other vendors using EPUB3 then.
superos··on Apple announces iBooks 2, iBooks Author to "reinvent textbooks"
I tried to follow this announcement through the web today and I noticed a few things I would like to comment on as an educational technologist.

1. It did not impress me (iBooks). Looked like gorgeous Apple design on 'CDROM' type educational software we used to have in the old days.

2. I liked the glossary and notes/annotations that turned into summary cards for learning.

3. Interactive features are added using Keynote(?)

or

4. You need to know 'HTM5' and Javascript to do interactive stuff (this is not GarageBand for eLearning as someone told me it would be).

5. The way iBooks Textbooks are now part of iTunes U does add a lot to iTunes U. Now it can disrupt LMS (Learning Management Systems) vendors as well.

6. I still love eInk.

Then some worries.

7. What happened to epub and similar standards?

8. Is this new format a lovely zip file we can extract and inspect?

9. Is it possible to read iBooks on other devices/platforms?

10. Am I allowed to share my iBooks with friends and relatives?

11. Will my grandchildren be able to read my iBooks in 50 years time?

superos··on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
I know that frustration. I catch myself trying to do that in Windows all the time.
superos··on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
Usually I do not grab borders in GNOME. I use Alt-Button1 to move and Alt-Button3 to resize (alternatively Alt-F7 or Alt-F8).
superos··on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
System | Administration | Additional Drivers
superos··on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
Official torrent downloads: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/alternative-downloa...
superos··on 2010 Nobel Prize for Peace Awarded to Liu Xiaobo
This is not an award given by the Norwegian government. It is given by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee. If the means anything for the chinese I don't know, but it is a huge difference with regard to the two countries political relations.