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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

I was in the Air Cadets although it wasn't part of the school. It was an after school activity and was great. I got to shoot guns and fly planes and develop leadership skills and character. While some did use it as a springboard into RAF (direct or via sponsored university place) there was no push to do so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I pay for it so the TV and web experience is ad free. I use PipePipe on my phone because the native client won't stop pushing shorts at you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

J - Beastie Boys - No sleep till Brooklyn

But it cuts the initial vocal, sly!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A - Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On B - House of Pain - Jump Around C - Daft Punk? D - B-52s - Rock Lobster L - Fatboy Slim - Praise You

I certainly recognise some of the others but haven't figured them out yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Do you think there is information YouTube wouldn't collect about you even if they could be better at selling ads to people based on it?

Do you live somewhere with data protection laws? If so you could request a dump of all personally identifying data they hold on you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's purely a private thing though. As a country we haven't kept up with investment into our very antiqued infrastructure and it's going to take a lot to fix it.

Here in Wales our water is publicly owned but we are still seeing prices rises because guess what - capital investment has been put off because it's hard and expensive.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (5 children)

It's not like Android is especially open to drive-by contributions anyway. I don't think really changes much for the downstream consumers of the releases.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We'll go from Google sucking up all our data to another entity sucking up all our data and selling it to other people. How much funding does it take to keep Chrome running?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The firmware is the key. Meeting the SBA specifications is what allows various distro install mechanisms to work out if the box.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm almost certain there will be talks about this at Linaro Connect. The kernel side is mostly done (QC are much more proactive getting stuff upstream these days) so it's likely firmware that is the final thing that needs fixing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (6 children)

It used to slowly drive haters insane, hence mad haters. There was a theory Napoleon was exposed to excess levels of Arsenic over time although that might have well been background exposure. Nevertheless over time it's not good for you. Neither is lead.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Magit is one of Emac's many superpowers.

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