Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
> The answer is make people want freedoms. Campaign and promote freedom of speech as an ideal. That's the idea, sure. > What you're doing currently is hiding behind established old laws that protect you, while the people are increasingly against you. Eventually your political enemies will reach a certain mass where they can change or mold the law to their liking. We can walk and chew gum, and wanting to use stuff like Odysee is not "hiding behind" anything. Trying to make YouTube a bastion for freedom of speech is an effort not worth fighting in my opinion. As it is, not being decentralized is a huge flaw.
1 29 Jun 2021 00:16 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
What is your answer? Using government to tell private companies what they must allow on their own servers?
1 28 Jun 2021 16:02 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
A site where 98% of the content is right-wing political videos will do it faster. The normies don't care about politics that much, and the ones that do, are not right-wingers.
1 27 Jun 2021 22:40 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
That's why Odysee is miles ahead of stupid shit like Rumble.
2 27 Jun 2021 22:37 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
Decentralization will help. Free speech will live on the internet, just nowhere on the Mickey Mouse sites.
3 27 Jun 2021 22:35 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
Yeah, unless the factory reset zeroes out the devices, all the data is still probably there somewhere.
3 25 Jun 2021 10:50 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
Well, to be fair they do seem to be consumer-grade NAS devices that can be configured as RAID 1 arrays however the idea that you're not hosting your own edge infrastructure gives them access to all of your data, and you are apparently beholden to their control. Fuck that. I would never use that sort of bullshit service. Consumers better smarten-up. With Amazon sharing your home camera footage, Google stealing your personal info, Tesla and Apple telling you to fuck off if you want to repair your own stuff, Peloton holding peoples' exercise machines hostage unless you pay them a monthly fee, etc. if you don't get wise, you're just going to be living in a world of scams.
3 25 Jun 2021 10:49 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple argues against sideloading iPhone apps as regulatory pressure mounts
Well of course you can. But it's an asshole thing to do.
2 23 Jun 2021 22:48 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: IBM’s Project CodeNet will test how far you can push AI to write software – TechTalks
Most of us devs don't work for silicon valley though. Besides, this isn't going to overtake complex systems development any time soon. Wake me up in like 30 years.
1 23 Jun 2021 14:39 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple argues against sideloading iPhone apps as regulatory pressure mounts
So make it difficult to toggle. Make it super hidden. Make it spit super scary warnings at you. Hell, make users flash their device with a special ROM. Problem solved. You can't just treat ALL users like idiots. Some aren't. All paid to own the damn device. This the same kind of bullshit fear mongering they do on the hardware side of things with the right-to-repair stuff. Some of you people pick this stuff up, and actually buy their scam of a stance. Its really sad.
4 23 Jun 2021 14:32 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Tim Cook called Nancy Pelosi to warn her against disrupting the iPhone with antitrust
The right to repair lobbying is the scummiest shit ever.
1 23 Jun 2021 14:27 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple Executive Suggests Users Who Want App Sideloading Move to Android
God damn, the level of ass kissing that Apple fanboys do is absolutely astounding. Put it in a pretty package and charge lots of money, and these people think god himself gave it to them. This is from someone who exclusively used Apple products for like 15 years. I just couldn't do it anymore.
1 23 Jun 2021 14:24 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Harmony OS to fight Android OS and iOS
I would rather use the Purism Librem 5 USA with Phosh and PureOS than to rely on the Chinese. Hell, even LineageOS is smarter than using this.
1 20 Jun 2021 19:21 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: YouTube brings picture-in-picture to iOS users
I'm not a Samsung fan, but some of them definitely cost more than iPhones.
1 20 Jun 2021 05:04 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: YouTube brings picture-in-picture to iOS users
Fuck YouTube and fuck Apple.
2 20 Jun 2021 05:03 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Where Do I Start to Learn?
I don't follow your logic to just post a random guild somewhere as a response to a comment where people gave you advice. The term "full-stack" is a real thing, not just some catchy name. It's a web developer that does both backend and frontend development.
1 13 Jun 2021 03:25 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Where Do I Start to Learn?
His advice is pretty much the opposite of full-stack.
1 12 Jun 2021 22:24 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: iPhone 13 Lineup Appears to Feature Significantly Larger Battery Capacities
Can't wait for Linux Phones to mature just a little bit more. These fuckers still don't want user-replaceable batteries so they can grab more money from you.
3 07 Jun 2021 15:28 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Where Do I Start to Learn?
Damn, didn't think I'd find anybody more stupid than the losers on Reddit, but here we are.
13 06 Jun 2021 21:29 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Where Do I Start to Learn?
It should be noted that this is pretty focused on web development, which is only one segment of software development. If you want to focus on that, that's great, but if you have other hopes, then let us know, and we can give you more specific things to study.
5 06 Jun 2021 21:28 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Purism Launches a Privacy-first, Made in USA Smartphone: Librem 5 USA, as an Alternative to Big Tech Offerings
Ideally, I think they'd like to do that, but they'd then have to engineer their own silicon, and then get enough serious engineers to put in the effort to mainline it into the Linux kernel. One step at a time. If this fails, it's going to be a lot harder to get to that point. There aren't a lot of companies trying to put in even close to this much effort.
3 03 Jun 2021 06:55 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Manufacturing the Librem 5 USA Phone in the United States of America – Purism
Takes a lot to get there. Early adopters have to kind of pony it up for there to be lower-priced stuff out there some time.
1 03 Jun 2021 06:27 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Manufacturing the Librem 5 USA Phone in the United States of America – Purism
9 2 comments 03 Jun 2021 04:01 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Purism Launches a Privacy-first, Made in USA Smartphone: Librem 5 USA, as an Alternative to Big Tech Offerings
27 4 comments 03 Jun 2021 02:58 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Survey says RHEL leads for Microsoft SQL Server on Linux deployments
1 0 comments 03 Jun 2021 02:56 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Tesla's revamped Model S and X will feature RDNA 2 GPUs, AMD confirms
> Wanna play a AAA title in your car? I'd rather just have right to repair, software that doesn't spy on me, and primarily open-source apps/systems.
5 01 Jun 2021 16:51 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just teased the biggest Windows update in a decade
Maybe from a user perspective, but from a developer perspective, Microsoft has really lost that edge. Nobody gives a shit about developing native Windows apps anymore.
2 27 May 2021 17:36 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just teased the biggest Windows update in a decade
> We will create more opportunity for every Windows developer today and welcome every creator who is looking for the most innovative, new, open platform to build and distribute and monetize applications. Most innovative, new OPEN platform? If they really want to be open, they will switch to an entirely open source Windows. Otherwise, they will never be as open as Linux. They say that this is the platform that platform developers will want to use? Put your money where your mouth is.
5 27 May 2021 17:35 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: The new iPad Pro, iMac, Apple TV 4K, and Siri Remote are now available
Bunch of expensive proprietary spy machines.
2 22 May 2021 19:10 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Report finds 82% of FCC net neutrality comments were fake - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Listen, typically, you can opt out of doing business with corporations. You may not opt-out of the government's control. If you believe that a company doesn't meet your standards to do business with, don't work for them, nor give them your income. Also, the government is not some passive entity to be controlled, it's an active entity pursuing control by the interests that give them money. It doesn't inherently have to do that, so it shouldn't. The government is not loyal to anyone except power, and unlike a corporation, it is eternal until there is a literal revolution.
1 19 May 2021 16:09 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Report finds 82% of FCC net neutrality comments were fake - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
> For now, Comcast and AT&T and etc are worse. The problem is, that's not how government works. It's not as if just "for now" they'll do this. Once the precedent is there, they will do it now, tomorrow, and no matter what changes. They will then expand upon their control (the government doesn't shrink). Now, once that occurs what do you do, get rid of the government? You can't. Companies, even as big and influential as they are, can always be taken down in some manner. That's why you shouldn't err on the side of government control.
1 18 May 2021 20:41 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Amazon stops charging extra for lossless music as Apple enters the fray
Still going to keep physically buying most of my media. Streaming services will eventually burn everyone. If you're a music or film fan, get your own collection. They can't take it away from you, nor increase prices on you, and you do way more to support the artists that you care about. We are starting to see how the content companies are grabbing all they can and starting their own streaming services in the TV and film markets. Those prices will not be going down, and they will tell you what you're allowed to see. Trust me, record companies are watching how that plays out, and at some point, we will be racked with the record company's fragmented services.
2 17 May 2021 18:34 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: The chip shortage is driving up tech prices–starting with TVs
It's a "we're too fucking dependent on Asia for our electronics" problem.
1 16 May 2021 05:03 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: The chip shortage is driving up tech prices–starting with TVs
Librem 5 got a price hike from this too. The USA-manufactured model is still 100% go because of the American supply-chain though. I believe, when it ships, it will be the only fully US-engineered and manufactured smartphone.
1 16 May 2021 04:57 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Xiaomi and the US government bury the hatchet, settle investment ban
What a surprise. Remember guys, China good, Russia bad.
2 12 May 2021 18:41 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: After update, only 4 percent of iOS users in U.S. let apps track them
I was a user of NetZero back in the day, and recall that they had really stopped being used after they started charging directly. I don't know if it was about people wanting privacy. I mean look at the state of things today, where people are a bit more cognizant of what is going on. Back then, the internet was a bunch of fan sites, Amazon was strictly a book seller, and a lot of companies didn't even have an official online presence yet. There wasn't as much to worry about with targeted advertising back then, and I doubt that the casual late 90s/early 2000s internet user would even care if you told him the ads were targeted.
1 09 May 2021 19:39 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: After update, only 4 percent of iOS users in U.S. let apps track them
Most of the other 96% either didn't know that Apple was doing the same to them, or they didn't care.
2 09 May 2021 19:32 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Report finds 82% of FCC net neutrality comments were fake - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
> they could throttle your internet connection Okay, has this happened yet? Because I think customers would raise hell. > anything you construed as dystopian before would become 100x worse Like it was for the entirety of the consumer internet? Stop with the preventative regulations. It's not a good thing. > companies like Google support literally ANYTHING Uh, no they don't. They support what gets them money. They don't support the internet staying the way it has been. > I believe as advocates of the first amendment, we probably have a personal one A personal what?
2 08 May 2021 06:26 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Report finds 82% of FCC net neutrality comments were fake - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Regardless of what occurred here, it should be known that "net neutrality" is just another case of the left circumventing the meaning of the term. Ten years ago, "net neutrality" meant exactly what it sounded like. It referred to the internet not being controlled by government. Today, we're supposed to refer to this as "anti-net neutrality". They know that "net neutrality" is a positive-sounding thing, and had to embrace the term to confuse less knowledgeable people to be zombies for their side. They consistently pretend that being against government control of the internet makes you a corporatist for the broadband companies, while completely ignoring the idea that the so-called "net neutrality" they support is propped-up by other major corporations like Netflix and Google. They consistently lie about the effects of not forcing government control over the internet, saying years ago that the FCC's lack of regulation was going to cause people's speeds to be throttled differently per site that was visited (due to pay for play). This never happened. They know that when the government gets control, they will be able to continue regulation with much more ease. Giants like Netflix and Google know that they will have the government in their back pocket as a bargaining chip to not have to pay their bills, and gain a bigger profit. This is a case of authoritarianism hidden behind the veil of freedom. Fuck these people, and fuck what they call "net neutrality" these days.
6 07 May 2021 18:42 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Yahoo Answers to shut down May 4, 2021
Almost as nostalgic as AOL Chat back in the 90s.
3 29 Apr 2021 13:43 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Linux kernel team rejects University of Minnesota researchers’ apology
Nah, they didn't reject the apology, just basically acknowledged that it meant little without them coming into compliance with the terms already outlined.
4 27 Apr 2021 17:50 u/RootHouston in g/technology
IBM names managed services spin-off Kyndryl 📦
3 0 comments 14 Apr 2021 17:42 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Building a new NES in 2021! Opentendo build guide and demonstration
Cool, consider posting on Odysee.com
1 11 Apr 2021 00:04 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Microsoft officially launches its own open-source Java distribution 📦
3 0 comments 08 Apr 2021 05:19 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Why use old computers and operating systems?
The whole "patched" thing is where I disagree. At some point patches stop being released for the operating systems and third-party software. Also, support from vendors expires, and eventually you are running unsupported stuff. Most large distributed systems do rely on third-party pieces. Even those run by the government. The only systems that are used like that are completely isolated custom systems, and these still require maintenance on a regular basis, which is why there are still COBOL and Fortran developers out there.
3 25 Mar 2021 17:59 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: For the first time in years, someone is making a web browser from scratch
The real killer is the front-end development libraries like React and Vue. They are great in terms of what they allow developers to do, but add a shitload of overhead.
2 16 Mar 2021 18:19 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: For the first time in years, someone is making a web browser from scratch
Really? If they are good enough to build a proper web browser, they're good enough to use a custom build system.
1 16 Mar 2021 18:18 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: For the first time in years, someone is making a web browser from scratch
Rust is working on inheritance as far as I understand.
1 16 Mar 2021 18:17 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: For the first time in years, someone is making a web browser from scratch
You can't steal an open source project. If that were the case, Microsoft would have already "stolen" Linux. They can make a monetized version, but they'd still have to open-source it. That's what copyleft is about.
2 16 Mar 2021 18:17 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: For the first time in years, someone is making a web browser from scratch
Doesn't appear to be open source. I can't find any information about what language this was written in. I'd hope that they had chosen Rust, because I do think going the C++ route these days is a bit outdated. [Their reasoning for not being open source seems nonsensical](https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2020/01/new_browser_on.html): >There’s no current plan for that as we don’t have a large corporation backing our development. As though having a large corporation behind you is the determinant factor behind being open source or not. The two have no correlation.
4 15 Mar 2021 15:30 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing - WSJ
They are probably pulling more money than ever just by tracking you via GPS on your smartphone, and seeing the actual stores and products you're buying from in your Google Wallet. Oh, and there is definitely going to be some double-speak in there. No way will the biggest offender stop what brings them the most money. This is the same bullshit that Apple did. They put some "privacy" lies in the press, then proceed as usual in 99% of what they had been doing, while sheep users lap it up, and pretend the whole world changed. Damn, I can't wait for Linux phones to mature, and for Odysee.com to get more content. Edit: In case you wanted to see just what I mean about the "sheep" lapping this up, here's the top comment on the same thread for Reddit currently with 4.4k upvotes: >This is what we privacy advocates have been pushing for though. It’s not really any different than adverts in a magazine, audience type alignment without specific user info hitting the 3rd parties. It’s not perfect but it’s much better than before where individual users were identifiable in googles data.
1 04 Mar 2021 17:36 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Bitcoin is for Fools, Monero Rules! - Mental Outlaw
Same. I can't switch completely, but try using Invidious to at least get off of their tracking. You might also be interested in some of these other channels. I keep seeing more from YouTube pop-up over time: **Vintage tech** * [Adrian's Digital Basement](https://odysee.com/@adriansdigitalbasement:f) * [Dan Wood](https://odysee.com/@danwood:0) * [The Computer Chronicles](https://odysee.com/@ComputerChronicles:f) * [Bryan Lunduke](https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e) * [VWestlife](https://odysee.com/@VWestlife:3) **General tech & Privacy** * [Eli, The Computer Guy](https://odysee.com/@EliTheComputerGuy:8) * [Rob Braxman](https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6) * [Techlore](https://odysee.com/@techlore:3) **Linux-oriented** * [Bryan Lunduke](https://odysee.com/@Lunduke:e) * [Chris Titus](https://odysee.com/@christitustech:5) * [Gardiner Bryant](https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxGamer:f) * [DASGeek](https://odysee.com/@dasgeek:b) * [DJ Ware](https://odysee.com/@cruxwork:4) * [Destination Linux Network](https://odysee.com/@destinationlinux:9) * [DistroTube](https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2) * [FastGadgets](https://odysee.com/@FastGadgets:6) * [GeoTechLand](https://odysee.com/@geotechland:6) * [InfinitelyGalactic](https://odysee.com/@infinitelygalactic:b) * [LINMOBnet](https://odysee.com/@linmob:3) * [Linux For Everyone](https://odysee.com/@LinuxForEveryone:9) * [Michael Tunnell](https://odysee.com/@tuxdigital:a) * [Pizza Loving Nerd](https://odysee.com/@pizzalovingnerd:5) * [Purism](https://odysee.com/@purism:8) * [The Linux Experiment](https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxExperiment:e) * [Tuxfoo](https://odysee.com/@tuxfoo:e)
3 01 Mar 2021 02:39 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Bitcoin is for Fools, Monero Rules! - Mental Outlaw
Fuck YouTube. Watch on Odysee instead: https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/bitcoin-is-for-fools-monero-rules:3
3 28 Feb 2021 17:17 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: LastPass analytics code raises questions about potential security issues
Please elaborate.
2 26 Feb 2021 19:31 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: LastPass analytics code raises questions about potential security issues
Bitwarden, FTW.
2 26 Feb 2021 19:26 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Fuck you.
Can't wait until Fedora Mobility and the Librem 5 mature enough for me to use full-time.
3 24 Feb 2021 21:15 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore
Linux is pretty much almost all of that 1.2%. it's sad that they won't even write the name, but just put "other". Fuck Ars Technica.
0 20 Feb 2021 16:29 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore
Would rather just give a tablet to those people.
1 20 Feb 2021 16:26 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: An audio engineer explains why Dolby Atmos Music is “definitely going to supersede stereo” | MusicRadar
Nonsense. I'll believe it when I see it. The article simply extols the technical superiority that Dolby Atmos has over stereo. I don't think anyone in their right mind would try to argue that it's not technically superior, but if you think that's all it takes to "definitely" supersede stereo, you are a fool. The closest we got was with SACD with it's superior bitrate, frequency, and 6-channel, and even that was a complete failure. In an age where most people listen to music with stereo earbuds, and even at home, people are content with shitty sound bars they think are worthy of showing off, stereo is what you're going to get. The only people experiencing Dolby Atmos are home cinema enthusiasts (no not for the vast majority of people who watch their movies on Netflix. I'm talking about the crowd still buying Ultra HD Blu-rays), and people who hear it in a movie theater. That's about it. Until the hardware is ubiquitous and the general people's mindsets change, we're only going backwards, not forwards on that front. Stereo will be here for a LONG time as far as I can see.
1 20 Feb 2021 16:21 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Parler CEO John Matze has been fired
Then we should support guilds like +Democrat and +Communism being able to do their thing freely. As of now, it looks like a joke.
2 06 Feb 2021 18:48 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Facebook's personalized ads cause violence
When the left starts winning a bit too much, they start eating their own.
2 29 Jan 2021 10:56 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple is working on a car for 2024
Just what we all needed. A car that will, over time, intentionally slow down its average speed via software, as an incentive to buy another. There will be no mechanics allowed to legally exist that aren't working for Apple, and parts will be so proprietary, you will be sued for even thinking about fabricating a third party part.
3 05 Jan 2021 17:26 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium
lol, a little taste of Apple's own medicine. Serves them right for trying to steamroll Cisco for the iOS trademark years ago.
1 31 Dec 2020 18:09 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Is poal.co just a fork of voat's code?
Yeah, that's a pretty shitty justification. If anything open-source makes it more secure since holes can be closed more easily since there are more eyes on it. If the code sucked, it needed to be fixed, not closed source. This is why projects like Linux are so damn secure.
1 30 Dec 2020 02:06 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Is poal.co just a fork of voat's code?
What does that have to do with going closed source?
1 29 Dec 2020 22:46 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Is poal.co just a fork of voat's code?
Wow that's a pretty dick thing to do.
1 29 Dec 2020 21:39 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: As tech companies flee California, some commit to staying
Translation: "Newsom will give us kickbacks to stay here. We will be gone by the end of the decade anyway." I do think Silicon Valley isn't going to have a problem anytime soon, but most companies see the writing on the wall. California is just not a great place to do business.
4 22 Dec 2020 02:05 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Is this the retribution the conservatives were looking for? As unbelievable as it is, I'm now inclined to think it is really the case
The person who wrote that (is that you OP?) needs to give some fucking context. I mean what the fuck am I reading? Is this a blog or something?
3 02 Dec 2020 21:04 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs
What did you formerly do?
2 02 Dec 2020 09:12 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal
Didn't see that one coming. I'd rather use Element/Matrix anyway. My company is using Teams, so won't affect me.
4 02 Dec 2020 09:08 u/RootHouston in g/technology
IBM/Red Hat, Linux Foundation, CNCI and others join forces to virtue signal 📦
6 0 comments 20 Nov 2020 18:36 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Facebook, Twitter CEO's to testify Tuesday to U.S. Senate panel over content moderation decisions
Basically Republicans will accuse them of censoring, they will deny or feign ignorance, and then they continue doing what they want. Republicans have been thoroughly lacking in bringing any change on this.
2 17 Nov 2020 17:07 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: IBM’s Jim Whitehurst On Why Red Hat Wins vs. VMware, HPE
On the contrary, all signs have shown that [Red Hat's culture is shaping IBM's](https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/10/21/ibm-is-turning-into-red-hat-on-steroids). Not the other way around. Not sure if you heard, but IBM is actually spinning off it's managed infrastructure services side to focus almost entirely on hybrid cloud and AI (they will still maintain mainframe hardware sales I believe). IBM's new President is Red Hat's former CEO. Red Hat's new CEO was the architect behind the Red Hat deal altogether.
1 13 Nov 2020 19:46 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: IBM’s Jim Whitehurst On Why Red Hat Wins vs. VMware, HPE
This is really about Red Hat, and not IBM. As far as I understand, Red Hat's pricing has not really changed since they were a separate company, and of course, you can always use Red Hat's offerings for free. You really can't say that about VMware's stuff.
1 13 Nov 2020 07:08 u/RootHouston in g/technology
IBM’s Jim Whitehurst On Why Red Hat Wins vs. VMware, HPE 📦
1 5 comments 11 Nov 2020 23:35 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology
Comment on: Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet - The New York Times
I think the implication is that most people WANT to use Google, and don't see a reason to use something else.
2 28 Oct 2020 14:11 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Which Windows laptop manufacturer has the simplest naming scheme?
Kind of a dumb topic, but I'd bet it's probably Microsoft's Surface Book line.
2 26 Oct 2020 16:09 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Nokia secures $14.1m NASA funding to roll out 4G on the Moon
Even though their parent company is Finnish, the contract was specifically awarded to the U.S. subsidiary. Legally speaking, it's an American company, and the work will be done by Americans.
1 18 Oct 2020 16:06 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Nokia secures $14.1m NASA funding to roll out 4G on the Moon
They are still extremely popular in Europe.
1 18 Oct 2020 16:04 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
"He said he hadn't given the license for Headless Recorder a lot of thought because it's just a browser extension full of client-side code" C'mon. If you're going to pick a license, then don't bitch about it if it doesn't turn out how you like. The guy should've spent some more time thinking about licensing. Amazon obviously does some scummy stuff, but if they aren't violating any licenses, and this guy is mad because he just slapped some random license on there, he needs to shut the fuck up, and own up to the fact that he caused his own problem.
3 17 Oct 2020 17:37 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
Hmm, wonder how Red Hat became a multi-billion dollar company...? The fact is that open source software actually makes some big time money. Not necessarily for the software itself, but rather the support, implementation, and hosting of such software. If you're writing little desktop apps that nobody cares about, obviously you aren't going to make any money that way, but to claim that open source in general is like that, well it's just not true. Some other examples of companies making money off of open source software are CloudBees, Canonical, SUSE, Elastic, MongoDB, GitLab, Confluent, Mozilla Corporation, and MariaDB Corporation You may be interested in reading this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_models_for_open-source_software
1 17 Oct 2020 17:33 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Nine in 10 adults think buying latest smartphone is ‘waste of money’, report shows
In the future, try to use Authy if you can. You can actually migrate to another phone by confirming it through a text message to your number.
1 11 Oct 2020 18:34 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Nine in 10 adults think buying latest smartphone is ‘waste of money’, report shows
I can add a metal case, but that's pretty much why I just bought my moto g power for like $250 over spending tons of money on some other phone that will give me minimal utility.
1 11 Oct 2020 18:33 u/RootHouston in g/technology
IBM is getting rid of its infrastructure services business 📦
13 0 comments 08 Oct 2020 16:41 u/RootHouston (self.technology) in g/technology
Comment on: HP Launches New Laptops With Intel 'Tiger Lake' 11th Generation Processors And Xe Graphics
With Dell and Lenovo doing so much with Linux these days, and the crappy quality of the HP Spectre products I've used over the past few years, I just can't justify an HP laptop.
1 05 Oct 2020 16:41 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Google 'formally' bans stalkerware apps from the Play Store
Guess they should ban their own apps too then.
3 17 Sep 2020 20:55 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Why is big tech bad?
As previously said, it's not inherently bad, but the current situation mainly comes from the money value the market places on private personal information that it can then use for marketing and sales purposes. Couple that with the idea that they are mostly based on the West coast in places like Silicon Valley and Seattle, and we see politics injected into the process. This definitely becomes an issue with social media, because all the arbiters of truth are basically citizens of the most left-wing places in America. Most people are not so tech savvy, so they don't necessarily know they're getting fooled, and even if they do, they are tacitly okay with it because they are too lazy to learn new tech or research alternatives. They are comfortable with this bullshit, and this further fuels the fire. Not a good combo overall.
5 17 Sep 2020 17:54 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Ajit Pai touted false broadband data despite clear signs it wasn’t accurate | Ars Technica
Not sure exactly what you're referring to. After the term "net neutrality" was co-opted by the left to mean that the U.S. government should regulate the internet, this guy resisted. Sorry, but why exactly do you think the FCC should be regulating the internet again?
1 06 Sep 2020 19:29 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Red Hat/Lenovo Collaboration Comes to Fruition with New Pre-Installed Fedora on ThinkPads
Yeah, they're basically still riding off the coattails of American engineering. Not all of the ThinkPads are the same. The ones that are the lower-end and ultrabook-style models are more Lenovo engineered, while the higher-end models are IBM-style. It's worth noting that Lenovo does maintain a domestic presence in North Carolina, and are actually incorporated in Hong Kong, for what that's worth. They also have a presence in Japan. Lastly, the U.S. government still maintains contracts with Lenovo for their hardware I believe. Having said all of that, I still wish these were IBM laptops, and hope that IBM chooses to sell consumer products again one day.
2 02 Sep 2020 12:06 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Comment on: Red Hat/Lenovo Collaboration Comes to Fruition with New Pre-Installed Fedora on ThinkPads
It's supposedly vanilla, with just some PDF documentation dropped in the home folder.
1 02 Sep 2020 12:00 u/RootHouston in g/technology
Red Hat/Lenovo Collaboration Comes to Fruition with New Pre-Installed Fedora on ThinkPads 📦
1 5 comments 02 Sep 2020 06:25 u/RootHouston (..) in g/technology