ExcessShiv
@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 3 days ago:
With these more ethical alternatives available, why do we keep using Spotify?
- Brand recognition
- Availability
- Library
- Comment on Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions 4 days ago:
I use Mint on my daily driver laptop, and I’m not defending windows, but the fact that things are way less intuitive in Linux makes it less user friendly and not a good solution for non-techies. I mean, I have to use one of 3 different ways of installing something depending in what the dev kind of feels for, that’s insanely terrible UX.
- Comment on Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions 4 days ago:
Sleep mode that doesn’t work consistently, WiFi driver issues, printer driver issues, touchpad driver issues, several different wonky ways to install programs instead of just double-clicking an .exe and pressing “next-next-OK”, random shutdown of programs for no reason or error codes…the list goes on. And on topnof that, all the stuff that people are used to using that just doesn’t run on Linux at all.
- Comment on Microsoft is testing full-screen Microsoft 365 ads in Windows 11 for expired subscriptions 4 days ago:
Server OS is in no way comparable to desktop OS…saying Linux is king of servers means nothing to users, because Linux is not even close to having any significant market share on desktop. Linux desktop still have tons of quirks and weirdness that needs to be fixed before it has a chance of mass adoption, not to mention the vast compatibility issues with especially corporate software.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 5 days ago:
I’d have to look at it when I get home, I have no clue off the top of my head.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 5 days ago:
the only thing most people need today is a computer that can run a web browser and connect to a printer.
I cannot the life of me get my Linux laptop to use my fucking Canon WiFi printer. It detects the printer, says it’s connected, but it simply will not send a print job to it. Windows, iOS and android all use it just fine…but this fucking Linux machine just won’t, I’ve spent hours fiddling with drivers and nothing works, it’s infuriating!
- Comment on The Saga Of Hacking A Bambu X1 Carbon 1 week ago:
Does bambu labs core customer demographic really give a shit about the openness of their printers though? It seems pretty obvious they’re not targeting the 3D printer enthusiast but rather makers that just want a tool that works without any fuss.
- Comment on DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles 1 week ago:
If that was the case I wouldn’t have 4GB of idle ram just sitting in my PC. There is no unloading to swap when 50% of available ram is unused.
- Comment on DDR4 costs soar as manufacturers pull the plug — panic buying and stockpiling impact DDR4 spot pricing as supply dwindles 1 week ago:
I have 8GB in my laptop running mint, its used for browsing, office work, 3D print slicing, and occasionally I torrent a file from it…it is absolutely no issue whatsoever and it never even breaks 4GB use unless it’s actively slicing a 3D model. 16GB minimum I can agree with for gaming, but for desktop use as mentioned above you can easily get by with less.
- Comment on 3d print your own model rocket. 1 week ago:
According to the manual, the only thing you get with the kit (other than access to the digital files) is a couple of cardboard tubes, some stickers, and a parachute — the launch pad, igniter, and even motors are all sold separately.
yeah WTF, this seems like a greedy bullshit cash grab at $40
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
I was one of the users, these are my observations with my colleagues reactions.
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
I’m not saying AI specifically is useful, just that people in general tend to resist change in their work methods regardless of what they are.
I also work with a lot of proprietary knowledge, chemical and infrastructure in my case, and AI still can be useful when used properly. We use a local model and have provided it with all our internal docs and specs, and limited answers to knowledge from these, so we can search thousands of documents much faster, and it links to the sources for it’s answers.
Doesn’t do my job for me, but it sure as shit makes it easier to have a proper internal search engine that can access information inside documents and not just the titles.
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
Having been part of multiple projects introducing new software tools (not AI) to departments before, people are usually just stubborn and don’t want to change their ways, even if it enables a smoother work-flow with minimal training/practice.
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
Maybe, maybe not we actually have no idea as the article doesn’t mention it. Nevertheless, doing infrequent queries is an equally likely scenario, given that people are really bad at changing their habits and existing workflows regardless of potential benefits.
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
Its hardly possible to actually test it properly in relation to your work and changes in productivity with a single query per day. It
- Comment on UK government trial of Microsoft's M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost 1 week ago:
According to the M365 Copilot monitoring dashboard made available in the trial, an average of 72 M365 Copilot actions were taken per user.
“Based on there being 63 working days during the pilot, this is an average of 1.14 M365 Copilot actions taken per user per day,” the study says. Word, Teams, and Outlook were the most used, and Loop and OneNote usage rates were described as “very low,” less than 1 percent and 3 percent per day, respectively.
Yeah that probably won’t have the intended effect…this basically just shows that AI assistants provide no benefit when they’re not used and nothing else.
- Comment on Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that 2 weeks ago:
All the above points are bakid excepts for this
requires an Internet connection.
You can easily download for offline listening with spotify. Even piracy will require internet download for later offline consumption, and getting music from physical media is way more work than most realistically want to do today.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
IMO the issue is not that OP shared a video, it’s that they shared a video from YouTube that’s the issue.
- Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity 2 weeks ago:
The upside is getting power from an otherwise waste-product. Yes it’s low output compared with traditional turbine-driven power plants, but that doesn’t mean in should be disregarded. Sure it’s not applicable everywhere, but neither is hydro or geothermal. After all, why not use the geography of your location to your benefit? Not everywhere needs to get power in the exact same way, and what’s most feasible is highly dependent on location.
- Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity 2 weeks ago:
It generates 880.000kWh/year, where I live that enough for 176 families (2 adults, 2 kids) with an average consumption in a house, and almost 350 in apartments. That’s not an insignificant amount IMO.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 weeks ago:
The answer is the same, very average.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 weeks ago:
Oh yes I forgot that pointing out the flaws in privacy-related things, so people who are interested in switching know what they’re potentially getting in to, is a big NoNo here…all hail the perfect FOSS which can do no wrong.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 weeks ago:
GrapheneOS is not worse than other custom ROMs, never said it was. it’s a mediocre experience best described with a “meh…” and a shrug.
- Comment on The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software 2 weeks ago:
It’s very “meh…” with the added benefit of several (non-google) apps not working. I choose to live with this inconvenience, but it still bothers me that my smartphone is significantly less useful with grapheneOS in my daily life.
- Comment on The entire Social Security database was uploaded on a random cloud server, Whistle-Blower Says 3 weeks ago:
You should put a little star next to the tag
- Comment on OpenMower: Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots! 3 weeks ago:
No…NPR is National Public Radio, its the broadcasting organization, not a show.
- Comment on OpenMower: Let's upgrade cheap off-the-shelf robotic mowers to modern, smart RTK GPS based lawn mowing robots! 3 weeks ago:
This probably wouldn’t be something that you as a person is running the HW for, so you have no direct expense to HW or maintenance. This would likely be government driven and paid through taxes. Its basically just NPR, but with low bandwidth internet instead.
- Comment on The Looming Social Crisis of AI Friends and Chatbot Therapists 3 weeks ago:
A rusty and filthy clanker
- Comment on Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military 4 weeks ago:
Yes very sad. It is terrifying that this is also somewhat necessary in countries where they tout “free speech” as a core value.
- Comment on Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military 4 weeks ago:
Use of the Palestinian flag is censored and targeted, so people replace it with a watermelon with the same color scheme to still show support but with a symbol that they can’t really censor.