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- Comment on Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. 3 months ago:
But I thought this was a crucial part of the operating system?!
- Comment on A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. 3 months ago:
Not everbody “consumes” the same. So for consumer products (everything) would be distributed better if the price was in the product price itself. Along with it being included in the price of transfer services etc.
- Comment on Study shows Tesla owners have most car accidents, but Ram has the worst drivers 6 months ago:
I agree, but what to do about owners of supercars then? It’s not like if they have any particular training to operate them safely, for the most part.
- Comment on TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms 6 months ago:
Maybe I’ve missed the /s, but yes, they’re binding, as long as they’re not in contradiction with the laws.
- Comment on Cloud storage for encrypted backups recommendations 6 months ago:
Don’t hate me because I’m using Google Cloud Platform buckets…
- Comment on Tesla Whistleblower Says 'Autopilot' System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads 6 months ago:
These were my first words upon just seeing the title 😂
- Comment on X continues to suck at moderating hate speech, according to a new report 7 months ago:
X, formerly Twitter, …
- Comment on Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more 7 months ago:
That’s what I’m waiting for, just that it gets close to Mx performance and has proper Linux support.
- Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support 7 months ago:
No, it’s about M$ saying Windows 10 will be last Windows ever…
pcworld.com/…/why-is-there-a-windows-11-if-window…
And yeah, basically everybody knew that ot wasn’t going to be the case, but we can still throw it in their faces.
- Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support 7 months ago:
Yeah that was my inspiration 😀
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Libre Translate? Can have yourbown instance as well.
- Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support 7 months ago:
Comsidering it should have been the last Windows ever… Yeah.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
What’s behind the API is code. API itself is only an communication interface.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Yeah but you’re talking about APIs, not code.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Hasn’t it been established already that APIs can’t be proprietary, like the case woth Oracle against Google?
- Comment on Right-to-repair is now the law in California 8 months ago:
Afaik consoles are still exempt, so only a partial victory.
- Comment on I’m about to throw my entire Pihole out the window 8 months ago:
My RPi4 is running PiHole, mailu and HomeAssisstant, without hickups.
- Comment on Apple addresses iPhone 15 overheating with a new iOS 17 update. 8 months ago:
But does it actually fix the problem?
- Comment on How do you backup your data? 8 months ago:
Encrypted files sent to Google Cloud Storage (bucket) for long-term archival. Comes out pretty cheap like that.
- Comment on Do any of you use Raspberry Pi’s ? 8 months ago:
Basically this and a HomeAssisstant server on top.
- Comment on After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors'. 8 months ago:
Lucky for you they would be super unlikely to change the hardware so much that you wouldn’t benefit from “European” drivers in another region.
- Comment on After USB-C win, EU tells Tim Cook that Apple must 'open up its gates to competitors'. 8 months ago:
How about Apple laptops next, including specs to write drivers.
- Comment on VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it 8 months ago:
There are actually very good games that don’t have these problems. For example Beat Sabre and the likes. Or Moss etc.
- Comment on VR still makes 40-70% of players want to throw up, and that's a huge problem for the companies behind it 8 months ago:
Nah, it’s quite real and quite accurate (even though the range is high).
- Comment on Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud 9 months ago:
Huh, sounds like a very unreliable setup. Admittedly mine is mich simpler and I refuse to use voice control for anything at all, but I experience zero glitches with my Shelly switches and HA integration.
- Comment on Pure Evil 9 months ago:
Yeah, it will tell you that it existed a semicolon… 😁