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- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 3 days ago:
Exactly. I tired SuSE back around 2001 and Ubuntu around 2006. It was not a better experience so I never stuck with them. I started using Mint last year and it just stuck. There are some quirks and learning curves, but it’s a good experience. Linux has changed a crap ton.
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 4 days ago:
- Comment on Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet? 4 days ago:
Samnsung takes a screenshot every 500ms. LG is every 10ms. For crying out loud they can “stream” everything you watch.
- Comment on Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update 1 week ago:
Sometimes in the darkness of the internet where all our worst sides come out and I get trampled by the evil of governments, corporations, and people in general…a small beam of light shines through illuminating the beauty of this world.
Today, your comment is that beam of light. You didn’t mean it to be, but sometimes little things have bigger impacts. Thank you. Have a great day.
- Comment on The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon 5 weeks ago:
I dont agree with every point made, but agree with the overall sentinent. My problem is that the same thing can be said about other retailers, especially the brick and mortar ones. Walmart, Target, Home Depot, …whoever. They’ve all done it, and continue to do it.
Small business? Yeah, those essentially don’t exist in this context.
I have always said, ecommerce isn’t killing brick and mortar retail. They are killing themselves. Why? Because I’ve never felt like a valued customer at any of the retailers out there. I’ve been absolutely shit on by all the big retailers out there. And that’s not even getting into their policies, politics, and other behind the scenes stuff that I do care about, but it doesn’t directly impact my shopping experience.
So then I can buy something online, from a wide selection, with competitive prices, have it delivered to my door quickly, and if there’s any issues have zero problem with returns? That works for me.
Now in modern times I can argue that they don’t always have great customer service, don’t always have great pricing (for what you get), and its not all sunshine and roses. But I don’t see a viable alternative.
Find me another retailer online or brick and mortar that can supply me well and treat me well and I’ll go. But small business cant compete. And big retailers when they had all the money and power they didn’t do that so now that they are the underdogs why would they do it? So it’s just not happening.
- Comment on The Guardian and the University of Cambridge Computer Science Department unveil new technology to protect journalists 1 month ago:
I get that, but it’s more logical to me that of I’m going to whistleblow on a company to not use one of their devices to do it. That way it doesn’t matter what apps are or are not secure, you’re not using their device that can potentially track you.
- Comment on The Guardian and the University of Cambridge Computer Science Department unveil new technology to protect journalists 1 month ago:
Not “you” necessarily, “one”.
I bring it up because you mentioned company MDM blocking signal. The fact that company MDM is active indicates its a company device (if it’s not that’s an entirely different conversation).
So why would one expect privacy on a device they don’t own?
- Comment on The Guardian and the University of Cambridge Computer Science Department unveil new technology to protect journalists 1 month ago:
Why would you expect any form of privacy on a device you don’t own?
- Comment on WhatsApp is officially getting ads 1 month ago:
Out of curiosity, do you use your xmpp app for SMS as well? I’ve been doing so (since the majority of my family will not leave the SMS messaging system) but its a bit lacking when it comes to groups and MMS.
- Comment on ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic 1 month ago:
I agree with your general statement, but in theory since all ChatGPT does is regurgitate information back and a lot of chess is memorization of historical games and types, it might actually perform well. No, it can’t think, but it can remember everything so at some point that might tip the results in it’s favor.
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 2 months ago:
It hurts to even read that. I can’t even imagine your frustration.
- Comment on I am not a builder… but that does not seem right 2 months ago:
The stupider part is that it would be easier to stack out from the other direction.
There are 8 pieces of wood @ 1.5" each = 12" Studs are 16" on center.
So to stack from the right would be 2 pieces to be in the same place.
You can even see the gray box that opens to the wall behind it. That is attached to the stud on the right…its that close. But here I go applying logic to crazy.
- Comment on Lara Croft games are the nightmare of any real archaeologist, biologist and paleontologist. 2 months ago:
Oh, what’s that in the corner? A random Uzi mag and health pack. Cool.
- Comment on Is America headed for an age of dumb phones? 2 months ago:
As somebody who has in recent years changed habits like this, I agree with you. But its a harsh change at first.
Turning off most notifications is a key step. It changes your mentality from reaction to your device to a proactive action at a chosen time. It’s a huge shift and well worth it.
Then I started turning my services off at times. No, I don’t need to take a call while driving or check messages in the store. That stuff can wait.
My overall logic is that I don’t need to make myself available to any and everyone at any and every time.
Sure, sometimes it bites me in the butt as far as convenience, however my quality of life has improved overall. I am very protective of my time and mental attention now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I highly recommend taking small measures to test the waters. Then increase as you acclimate to it.
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 2 months ago:
I like that idea bit it’ll never fly. That software is an asset. A bankrupt company needs every asset to be sold to cover as much percentage of their debt to their vendors as possible. I’ve been in a company that went bankrupt and I’ve been the vendor of a company that went bankrupt. Being the vendor was the harder experience.
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 2 months ago:
As a newer Linux user I think the priority in communication should be use Mint and then have some general information about how Linux isn’t Windows, with some key differences and how to do things. I know that’s more complicated than just saying it, but a “simple” get started guide would ease transition a lot.
- Comment on Tesla bait-and-switch: Cybertruck owners won't get Autosteer feature they paid for 2 months ago:
Despite that people love to talk about Tesla and also cybertrucks, this is reminder to never buy anything for promised features. If you wouldn’t be happy with the existing features just don’t buy it.
- Comment on Microsoft Bans Employees From Using DeepSeek App 2 months ago:
Absolutely. Companies have every right to control what tools are authorized to use on their hardware, and what touches their data or users data. It could be as complex as security or as simple as don’t use a competing service, but it all makes sense. Don’t tell me how use my stuff and I won’t tell you how to use yours.
If it’s BYOD then that’s another multiple layers of cans of worms not worth getting into.
- Comment on 13 Creepy Things Your Smartphone Knows About You 3 months ago:
Moving to GrapheneOS doesn’t have to be full bore. While it obviously wouldn’t be as private, you could run google services sandboxed. That restricts google quite a bit rather than giving it full rights to everything on your phone. Other features you can take advantage of are granular permissions per app and the ability to easily turn things on and off (such as mic, camera, location), restrictions to contacts, restriction to files/folders, etc… Youd be amazed how much you can clean up your exposure even with google services running. But yes, you’d need to give up using google apps like calendar for any of it to do any good.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 3 months ago:
Absolutely this. I like mint because I no longer like fiddle farting around with my PC. It just works out of the box. An overlooked bonus is when I need to learn how to do something the Mint forums usually have the answer, and its catered to Mint defaults. It’s not the end of the world, but when answers match your file explorer, text editor, system editor etc…it just makes it easier. Compared to finding answers elsewhere that are for Debian and then having to wonder if it’ll work or not based on the family lineage of the OS is just unnecessary for most people.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Well, considering all the tobacco companies entrenched themselves in food companies you’re basically right.
It’s why foods are addictive, and have very little nutritional value. It’s beyond “oh no its full of sugar” it the fact that everything is processed and is full of fake sugar (as an example).
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Lol. Well, that’s most people’s take on privacy. OMG they are taking our data and showing us ads that we hate. But I guess we can’t do anything about it. Oh well.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 4 months ago:
Correct. While there are many (good) programs available for no money, that is charity based on desire and passion.
Free in FOSS isn’t about price, it’s about freedom.
- Comment on Privacy — why should I care 4 months ago:
I take the stance that I’m privacy minded and while I think everybody should be I don’t force my opinion on them. I do express myself and usually my “odd” behavior makes people I know question me, which I then give an answer for.
Most people don’t understand why they should strive for privacy. I usually start soft with ads because it’s a universal that nobody likes ads and they’ve experienced all the listening and tracking stuff but not connected the dots.
If they are responsive then in later conversations I can go more into deeper thoughts regarding it all. If I rake them down the rabbit hole right away their head will explode and run away.
- Comment on Ten reasons to avoid Amazon | Ethical Consumer 5 months ago:
This just happened to me. I purchased shoes and they shipped via Amazon even though I didn’t buy them there.
I think that’s part of what people don’t understand. Amazon isn’t a website that sells stuff, they are a dozen infrastructure based industries.
Shut down their website and they still have the logistics to fulfill for the sites you shop on and their servers are probably hosting them too.
- Comment on FBI nabs worker at DVD company for ripping prerelease blockbusters 5 months ago:
Goes to show, he should have made a run for it and hit a bunch of people with his car. Then he’d get a reduced sentence.
- Comment on The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office 5 months ago:
If they only spent this time and money on training the managers to…well, manage their employees.
Stop thinking “time at your desk” is a kpi and start measuring results instead. It cuts the crap employees that are worthless and that in and of itself is a reward to good employees and team morale.
I would rather have a productive employee get results in 4 hours and then leave than a crap employee who needs the full day to get the same job done. Then the good employee will learn to streamline it so they can get the job done in 3 hours and I win because my efficiency went up. They win because they get another hour of their life back daily…or dare I say, they want more work and I give it to them along with a pay increase.
- Comment on Fingerprinting: Critics say Google rules put profits over privacy. 5 months ago:
Just a slight positive spin on this. I mean, I get it. Just like all of you I read this headline and say, no shit.
But its good these articles are out there. Its not for you and me. It’s for the average person who doesn’t think about this and is blissfully unaware.
Yeah, I can argue they should care and all that, but that’s pointless. This is a sign that the average person is becoming more aware, and the status quo can change.
We all have those friends and family that we wish would…just do things differently. Maybe they will now, or soon.
Just think, wouldn’t it be great if your “arguments” with your family are over messaging each other over SimpleX instead of Signal?
- Comment on Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall 9 months 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 9 months 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.
