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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prefect. It can click buttons and complete tasks.

  No sir, I did not accept your terms and conditions, my browser did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you on the philosophy of tech freedom, which is why I’m back to trying Linux again. So yeah, we’ll take that journey together.

  I just think its over simplified by most, and I guess I got the wrong impression of you by your 15 minute comment.

  I’ve seen multiple people recently post something like, I’ve switched to Linux and can never go back…but I hated it for a year. That makes so much sense to me, and I just feel that most Linux users leave off the learning curve part, and just gloss over to fully knowledgeable use.

  So many people just don’t have the time or energy to just jump into something new. I’ve been using windows for 30 years, and learned a lot along the way. Its going to be tough to learn Linux without daily usage and experimentation (and totally screwing stuff up). That’s a tough pill for most people to swallow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Worrying about learning an new OS isn’t as simple as you make it. It takes time, dedication, and will power to work through the pain points.

  Most Linux users give answers like “just use Linux” but it’s not that simple. Yes, it’s easier to switch these days because more and more apps are browser/cloud based. But technically a chrome book would be an easier switch if that’s the mentality.

  I “use” my PC. I don’t simply check email and go on Facebook. I’m currently trying Linux for probably the 4th or 5th time. It’s easier to get into these days, but it still functions completely differently than Windows, as it should.

  For example, It took me at least an hour to figure out how to partition and mount a drive. There’s some not so clear information out there so finding the right info wasn’t as easy as it should be. OK no big deal, now I know, but I don’t necessarily want to chase answers like that every time I use my computer.

  Lastly, I’ve never accepted using Wine as a work around for unsupported programs. OK, maybe if you have 1, but not if you have 6. That’s not an acceptable solution when your needs scale up like that. And I have many. I’m not going to 100% get away from Windows. It sucks, but it’s reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anything is un-addictable (making up words here). I do agree that the social media mindset and fedi are not compatible though, basically because of the algorithm concept.

  At the end of the day I hate all social media because they feed me what they think I want to eat. Regardless of how well they do that I hate the concept because I want to decide for myself what I want to partake in. Fedi allows that without getting in my way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp is making a massive change to the way it saves your contacts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They already grabbed the data when you gave them access to your contacts with their current model.

  That’s what confuses me, I’m not seeing what their benefit is in this. They have one, and I’m sure it’s nefarious, but I don’t see it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sow doubt. As in spreading it like seeds to take root and grow. 100% in agreement with you, just being a grammar Nazi. Carry on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What websites still feel like the old internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget signing the guest list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct. And the same is true for the mobile phones, carriers, and a slew of apps that all look at contacts. They know who you are and who your friends and family are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Additionally, running GrapheneOS you can set up a duress pin to wipe the phone profiles if things were to escalate.

  Being smart, set up the main profile a bit to look real, but have no actual information. That way it’s not obvious tha its been wiped.

  Being cheeky, set the duress pin to be something simple like your birthday. So if you are detained/arrested and they try to get into your phone they are the ones to wipe it for you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An AI-powered copyright tool is taking down AI-generated Mario pictures⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Flood it with AI copies of official Mario content. Train the copyright software to associate the context of the official art to get the official art taken down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he was actually the culprit.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like a great movie.

  AI sends police after him because of things he wrote. Writer is on the run, trying to clear his name the entire time. Somehow gets to broadcast the source of the articles to the world to clear his name. Plot twist ending is that he was indeed the perpetrator behind all the crimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is UI design backsliding?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No. Microsoft 365 (previously office 365) is not a web app. They have web apps, and some licenses (the bare bones $6/mo one) only has web apps. But overall the suite of apps can’t be defined as web based.

  Not to be confusing, but some of the apps are only web apps, but those are “other” apps than you’re probably thinking of. Like Planner or Power Automate. The “office” apps like outlook, word, excel and PowerPoint all have desktop and web versions included.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jump!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Evel. Not Evil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate Clouds - a personal perspective on why I think Clouds suck⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sharing. Great read and points.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any guides, tutorials or similar on how to use Steam more privately?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know specifically, but you can look at blocking Steam’s telemetry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  use Netiquette

  Wow, I haven’t heard that in long time.