spicehoarder
@spicehoarder@lemm.ee
- Comment on End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending 1 day ago:
I have four pieces of advice
- btrfs file system for easy backup and recovery
- Encrypt your drive
- use an ad blocker everywhere
- use virus total to scan anything you might be wary of, and if you really feel like you need an AV, they do exist for Linux.
I usually prefer Debian based systems, but when I finally ditched windows 3 weeks ago, I switched to Manjaro, and I’m loving it. You got this!
- Comment on The Circle of iLife 4 days ago:
My experience comes from previous attempts at using wireless headphones. It’s just easier for me to plug in and not have to do literally anything else for a premium listing experience.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 1 week ago:
Okay, I’ll give you wsl2, and the “average user experience” being better, but Windows is losing its identity with the IT and customization front. For both destroying the win32 control panel and locking down the shell so you can no longer customize it.
Somewhat ironically OSX recently added widgets to the desktop. Something Microsoft did years ago, removed it for no reason, and then added a flyout to tick almost the same check boxes.
As for me, the spike in resource usage and over saturation of “AI” was enough for me to decide to jump ship.
I’m currently attempting to daily drive Manjaro so maybe my opinion will change, but so far, it feels like home.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 1 week ago:
It’s valid to feel disappointed. Windows 7 was really stable.
My work still has a windows 7 machine with an uptime of something like 12 years.
Windows 7 will idle in the low megabytes. But why does 11 want to use 6-8 Gigs on idle for no good reason?
And it’s not like there’s that much difference between the two operating systems. One is just loaded up with electron wrappers and dpyware
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 1 week ago:
My point is if you’re paying anyone, it should be the maintainers and members of an open source project. But I’ve seen people host many other high bandwidth things for free so who knows.
- Comment on Windows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forcedWindows 11 users reportedly losing data due to Microsoft's forced BitLocker encryption 1 week ago:
Better than ever? What? Bloated than ever maybe.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 1 week ago:
Technically literate people could host the relays.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 1 week ago:
- better computer literacy is always better
- mas adoption -> more contributing -> more features like “share with friends”
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
Wow, so my decision to switch my machines over to Linux by win10 EOL really isn’t overkill.
- Comment on I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server 1 week ago:
I don’t really like this approach, not just because I was flagged as a bot, but because I don’t really like captchas. I swear I’m not a bot guys!
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
I’m out of the loop here
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
Are they including stuff written by intellisence and boiler plate for legacy code?
- Comment on Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch 1 week ago:
Funny considering windows 7 consists of exactly 0% AI generated code.
- Comment on DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t catch on because entry level devs love committing private keys
- Comment on What would this list look like for your generation? 2 weeks ago:
Fein comes from the Travis Scott song Fe!N. While it is a synonym of “addict”, Travis uses it more as a musical refrain. The repeated and somewhat goofy intonation of the repeated phrase is what lead to the memification of this slang word. When using “fein”, it can be used like any other nonsensical filler word.
- Comment on What would this list look like for your generation? 2 weeks ago:
Chat, we are so cooked. Diddy hit me with stage 5 LIGMA in Ohio.🥀 I tried to tell the huzz, but I had massive beta energy 🪫🥶 and just stood there like goofy ahh broke boy NPC.🧍No mames! 😫
- Comment on Microsoft's AI Secretly Copying All Your Private Messages 2 weeks ago:
/give lemmy_gold
- Comment on The Circle of iLife 2 weeks ago:
You really think that’s a dunk? “Wireless” just means you plug it in when not in use. There’s nothing hard about plugging in a 3.5mm audio jack. I’ve never been sufficiently convinced to actually use wireless headphones. They seem like more of a hassle for a worse listing experience.
- Comment on Sony Music Among Parties Pushing To Cut Off Internet for Pirating Customers — Supreme Court Asked To Intervene 2 weeks ago:
All this with a VPN?
- Comment on I can't believe it let me do that 3 weeks ago:
Apple has so much bloat, crapware like AI GenMoji don’t even play dumb lol
- Comment on I can't believe it let me do that 3 weeks ago:
No, it’s genuinely good, at least for now. My only issue I’ve experienced is that it would go to sleep and I wouldn’t get notifications anymore.
I switched to QUIKand have been pretty happy. It’s not perfect, but it does what I need it to.
- Comment on ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it 3 weeks ago:
Mountains from mole hills
- Comment on It's a fun new game 4 weeks ago:
Multiply by zero and add one
- Comment on Do it 4 weeks ago:
Lost Grave in my ass
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 4 weeks ago:
And he’s laughing all the way to McDonald’s
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 4 weeks ago:
He’ll probably succumb to his lifestyle choices first. He might even get bird flu or a virus long thought eradicated. It would be really tragic if it was something climate related like his Florida home sinking into the ocean.
- Comment on The best thing *you* can do for the fediverse is *just be kind* 5 weeks ago:
Watch it, bub!
- Comment on The best thing *you* can do for the fediverse is *just be kind* 5 weeks ago:
Fuck you!
- Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy 5 weeks ago:
What a treasure trove. I love lemmy
- Comment on YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy 5 weeks ago:
The key point here is our programmers… They’re not capable of understanding a brilliant language… So, the language that we give them has to be easy for them to understand ―Rob ‘Commander’ Pike, creator of Go
And here’s a related blog post: https://valuedrivenit.blogspot.com/2015/12/to-go-language-is-mess.html?m=1
It’s a very opinionated language in the worst way possible.