andrade

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[–] andrade@infosec.pub 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Some distros do this already.

Alternative downloads

There are several other ways to get Ubuntu including torrents, which can potentially mean a quicker download, our network installer for older systems and special configurations and links to our regional mirrors for our older (and newer) releases.

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer download network that sometimes enables higher download speeds and more reliable downloads of large files. You need a BitTorrent client on your computer to enable this download method.

https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

As far as we know we could have a lot in common with elephants.

"Donatella, Margaret, quick, call the forest rangers. I just saw an African elephant standing by the lake!" – Karen, the gray

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago

In older models the speedometer and the tachometer were analogue but new Volvos have them digital so more likely to be affected by software bugs even when the separation exists.

I don't actually know how the analogue versions work or if they could still be affected by software bugs in the onboard computer. UI wise probably sturdier than digital I suspect.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

My use case for this is that I only subscribe to communities related to tech to keep my core feed clean. Specially during short breaks during work hours I don't want to open Jerboa and bump into other stuff. But I have other interests, like most people.

So it would be nice to have a feed of communities focused on politics even though I'm not subscribed to those communities. And another one focused on random interests like documentaries, books, etc (which I'm not subscribed to either).

I believe this should be part of the back end though, and not a frontend-only thing, in order to have sync between clients (like smartphone, tablet, PC). Having to redo lists in each frontend would be a pain when lists can have many dozens of entries. (During the dark ages of reddit I remember hitting the 100 limit at some point.)

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

I like being able to see upvotes and dowvotes separately as it is done now.

Arstechnica has them separately but also shows the sum which could be an option. For example, 90 (93 / -3) but with green and red color.

Having a show/hide sum in settings could help please more people but it's extra work for developers.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 10 points 4 months ago

Maybe in the future it can be used by managers to keep an eye on what their underlings are doing at all times. I suggest calling the manager's remote version Microsoft Panopticon.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 21 points 4 months ago

The headline. 🤨

The one hacked was Santander, not its staff and 30 million of its customers.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] andrade@infosec.pub 30 points 4 months ago

Tab Grouping, Vertical Tabs, and our handy Sidebar will help you stay organized no matter how many tabs you have open -- whether it’s 7 or 7,500.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago

How much someone scales the display is of course subjective. I could use a 32 inch 4K monitor at 100% scale but it would be uncomfortable to read.

The Windows operating system used 96 DPI/PPI as a default (Mac was 72 DPI/PPI) and a 23 inch monitor at 1080p is exactly 96 PPI. So it's no accident I like PPI at the mid-90s.

The reason I used a 24 inch monitor, instead of a 23 inch monitor, as an example it's because I have a monitor that size.

[–] andrade@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago

They're usually used interchangeably.

For what I understand, PPI is pixels per inch in a digital image, and DPI are dots per inch on a printed image. So we can use PPI or DPI for the same image depending on whether its on our computer screen (PPI) or printed on a sheet of paper (DPI).

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