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"Great" mode vs "Normal" mode - Naughty Computer

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Great" mode vs "Normal" mode. I recently found this quote on cat-v.org. This article is not really about the quote but I will get some of my terminology from it. I will compare two different "Modes" of existence: "Great" mode and "Normal" mode. Of course whether something is "Great" is a matter of opinion and the concept of "Normal" is immaterial so I will put these in quotes when I refer to them. In "Great" mode I am more likely to:. I will go for walks. Be intolerant of noise or distraction. Cons of "N...

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Computer games - Naughty Computer

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Here I attempt to analyse the psychological uses and effects of computer games. What do they offer over other types of game? You don't need real friends to play computer games. You can play racing even if you don't have enough money to go to the go-cart track. Maybe you want fun but don't want to have to put effort into it? Just play computer games. Allows us to behave badly. Killing people and stuff. So basically the point of computer games is "fuck real life, I'll just play computer games". Games are o...

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Where has Termux been all my Android life? - Naughty Computer

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Where has Termux been all my Android life? After battling for YEARS trying to find a decent terminal setup for Android, fighting with awful shells, terrible coreutils and ridiculous file-system hierarchies, suddenly I discovered:. It's, so, much, better. I have GNU coreutils. I have emacs (I have tried to install Emacs on my phone SO many times before and failed). I can install stuff (no idea where it comes from but yeah). I can make it keep running in background to use my phone as a server.

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SSL considered bloated - Naughty Computer

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There is, at present, a fashion, or even movement: to put SSL encryption on every single website. Many popular websites now cannot even be accessed without encryption. I think this is motivated by:. A legitimate interest in security. Any spoofed website is potentially a problem, not just e-commerce and bank sites. Some people just think it's cool to have SSL on their website. I, however,. Think it's a good idea to put SSL on every single website. Now I point out some disadvantages with SSL:. It raises th...

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KDE/XFCE hybrid - the greatest DE of all time 😎 - Naughty Computer

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KDE/XFCE hybrid - the greatest DE of all time. KDE looks nice but is slow and has a terrible UI. XFCE is fast and has a sensible UI but doesn't have fancy compositing or enormous apps. In this article you will learn how to combine KDE and XFCE together to create the greatest DE the world has ever seen. Set up XFCE on your favourite operating system. Install Kwin, the KDE window manager ("kde-window-manager" package in Debian Jessie). Press Alt F2 in XFCE to bring up the run dialog and type. Note: you may...

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Year circle ◯ - Naughty Computer

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Although I think calendars are great, they are not good at showing a long-term view of the whole year. Therefore I drew a circle representing the year. I got average temperatures for where I live from the met office. And put them on for each month. The circle is orientated with the coldest month at the top and the warmest at the bottom. If you want to print your own, you can download it in PDF format here. If you want to modify it, you can download the XCF file. You will need gimp.

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Downloading software on different operating systems ↓ - Naughty Computer

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Downloading software on different operating systems. So, you are looking for a program for your computer/phone/device to do a certain thing. Maybe you want a guitar tuner software. Maybe you want a CAD program. Maybe you want a program that sits in your panel and displays system load. How do you find and install one? How do you avoid junk and malware? So this is only partial protection. Android provides a repository of third party software called the Google play store. This repository is. I've never used...

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Best "Linux distro" - Naughty Computer

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There are hundreds of distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system (often called "Linux distros"). I remember when I first discovered "Linux" about 8 years ago I ran a Google search for "best linux distro". This returned a load of articles saying things like:. Top 10 best Linux distros - (why would I need 10? There is no best Linux distro! They're all good for different things! OK thanks very much that clears everything up). They don't really know what they want from a GNU/Linux distribution. Founded ...

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The writing interest paradox - Naughty Computer

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The writing interest paradox. The "writing interest paradox" is a term I hereby contrive to explain the paradox where a blogger is either:. Interested in a topic. In which case one is incapable of writing objectively or reflectively about it. Experienced in a topic. And no therefore longer find it interesting. In this state one could write a good, objective article about the topic but doesn't feel inclined to. A good example of an article that's quality suffered because of the writing interest paradox.