Idk (I'm not op) but I think when people say "can I install Linux on this" everyone knows they mean gnu/Linux. Yes, if I'm picking a container base image obviously alpine is also Linux, and if we're talking about kernels then Android is too. But if we're talking about desktop OSes then I think it's close enough.
Those few top people are assholes who love the enormous power they wield over PhD students, postdocs and junior faculty, and they are usually editors on those big name journals. Unlike the people who actually do the work, they are getting paid from this system.
Nope, you just can't get a job unless you suck it up and publish in these journals, because they're already famous. And established profs use their cosy relationships with editors to gatekeep and stifle competition for their funding :(
Haha nope. You can cross the entirety of Paris from rural outskirts to rural outskirts by public transport in as much time as it takes to get to the next neighborhood over in LA by car.
Overestimating it a little, the construction workers just need to be good. But there are indeed literally thousands of PhDs working on it for decades, from all over the world.
The chance that it's compromised is small but unfortunately the chance that it would be noticed is pretty small too, nobody is reading all the source code of all the apps on fdroid
Wow, I thought the anonymousejoker was deranged but you are at least as crazy if not worse. I guess it makes sense that a niche privacy community would attract such weirdos but you're (both) making it really hard for people to get quality information.
There is no issue from graphenes side really, Google wallet doesn't work because obviously Google doesn't allow it to. nfc payments always worked if you are lucky enough to be with a bank that does it through the bank app itself, there's nothing intrinsic about the os that stops them. There are a few of those online banks/money apps offering this now, some people have said PayPal works? And various other services. If you Google a bit you should find some suggestions. I don't think the convenience is worth the privacy invasion of mobile payments, it defeats the whole point of having a secure os tbh.
It's a credit card/payment processor thing, i.e. ultimately it's visa/mastercard, but it's up to the bank to offer to individuals. It's often available in other anglophone countries if your talk to your bank but I'm sure in some places they wouldn't do that. But yeah, years ago is too long anyway.
I dont think that follows, people can have different needs for different products even if they think in the same way (but i agree with your overall point)
Haha. But I mean they're too polite and nonconfrontational to argue about less than an ounce, but an American pint is like 100 mL smaller, it's really noticeable
Idk (I'm not op) but I think when people say "can I install Linux on this" everyone knows they mean gnu/Linux. Yes, if I'm picking a container base image obviously alpine is also Linux, and if we're talking about kernels then Android is too. But if we're talking about desktop OSes then I think it's close enough.