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Eugen Rochko  

"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#Android #Google

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Claes de Vreese ☑️  

Discussions about digital sovereignty are 🔥

Which countries lead the way?

@nextcloud created an Index ranking countries based on the relative presence of self-hosted tools across key application areas.

1. Finland 🇫🇮
2. Germany 🇩🇪
3. The Netherlands 🇳🇱

dsi.nextcloud.com/index.php

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OSNews  

Thread: the tech we can’t use or teach

There's quite a few ways to mess around with home automation, with the most popular communication methods being things like ZigBee, plain Wi-Fi, and so on. One of the more promising new technologies is Thread, and Dennis Schubert decided to try and use it for a new homebrew project he was working on. After diving into the legalese of the matter, though, he d

osnews.com/story/142751/thread

#Hardware

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rik  

@linuxmatters Thank you for putting a smile on my face today during my drive home after an exhausting day of work.

I love this podcast!

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rik  

Gebruik je Gmail op een Android-telefoon?
Als je een link in een mailtje opent en vervolgens niet kunt wisselen tussen de geopende pagina en het mailtje, dan is waarschijnlijk deze optie ingeschakeld.

Beste Google, een mail-app heeft een taak. Die taak is niet het imiteren van een webbrowser.

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My printer refuses to print in black because there is no yellow ink left

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Er is noodweer in delen van de VS. Mijn voorspelling is dat de president niets doet en zelfs niets van zich laat horen.

Hij kan hierbij namelijk niet alle aandacht op zichzelf richten. Bovendien heeft hij het empathisch vermogen van een gebruikt theezakje

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@homeassistant Reminds me of the coffee mug my daughter designed for my birthday a few years ago... A bit scuffed now, but still very usable 😊

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Mozilla deletes promise not to sell Firefox users’ data

The hits just keep on coming. Mozilla not only changed its Privacy Notice and introduced a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time with some pretty onerous terms, they also removed a rather specific question and answer pair from their page with frequently asked questions about Firefox, as discovered by David Gerard.

osnews.com/story/141825/mozill

#MozillaGecko

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Which Salt-n-Pepa song made you realise they were using git?

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