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Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data

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In comp.misc, Dan Espen  <dan1espen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:
>> In cases like this, xrandr is likely to have the more accurate value
>> and xdpyinfo has a size which assumes 96x96 dots per inch unless
>> configured otherwise.
...
> I see no reason for xdpyinfo and xrandr to report different numbers,
> they both use the same source.

If the two programs have significant differences, xrandr should be
considered correct because xdpyinfo may be broken for stupid reasons.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23705

Opened 2009 and many years of "this is not a bug" / "yes it is".
Maybe the developers have recanted?

I tested on a computer with a really old OS, selected because it matches
the one used for servers at $JOB.

Elijah
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not the the servers at $JOB use X windows

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[Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-14 19:09 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Batchman <batchman@dosville.foo> - 2019-01-14 20:56 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-14 21:38 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-14 22:01 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data joecool <joecool@this.is.invalid> - 2019-01-16 17:50 +0000
        Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-17 18:48 +0300
          Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 11:24 -0500
            Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-17 16:30 +0000
              Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 16:56 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-17 22:21 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-17 23:18 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-18 22:33 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-18 18:35 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-19 00:34 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-18 21:30 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-01-18 10:59 +1100
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 19:56 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-18 01:28 +0000
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              Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-25 17:31 +0000

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