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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:
YouTube has ads?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which Linux Distribution has the best Community Support?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Based on experience I’ve always found the Fedora community very helpful and knowledgeable, I wouldn’t exactly say humming with with activity but maybe the best quality to quantity ratio and not much drama.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Not Just Andrew, the Entire Monarchy Is Rotten⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Since you asked, I just thought the article seemed like a bit of a gossipy tangent of the more serious story of the day, and voted against it, it’s just a vote, not a monarchist, the opposite, just got fed up with too much monarchy for one day.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Because in 20+ years of off and on using linux, I’ve never once gotten apt to install anything. I have however fucked up my whole system by doing sudo apt update/sudo apt upgrade.

Sorry but that’s really not typical, you must have been doing something out of the ordinary or been very unlucky.

I didn’t say I want to know why it needs them. I’m upset it tells me that it tells me it needs them, and then says “they won’t be installed”, but won’t tell me WHY they won’t be installed. If the program needs those dependancies, just install them. Instead it juat says “we know you need the dependancies, but we’re not going to do that”.

It’s the package manager that handles dependencies, not the program you’re trying to install. Random programs shouldn’t be able to just install things on your computer. Did you try installing the dependencies?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the Windows 3.0/1 graphical alternative that also ran on DOS?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Correct, yes (I meant the ‘D’ evenwich said they recalled it starting with if that wasn’t clear, in fact I had to look up DR-DOS to remember the name ViewMAX).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was the Windows 3.0/1 graphical alternative that also ran on DOS?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I thought your question was clear for what it’s worth. If it was Windows 3.0 era you’re probably looking for ViewMAX (from the same company as DR-DOS, which was an MS-DOS compatible operating system). I vaguely remember reading (or maybe watching) a good feature about it online a while ago but I can’t find it unfortunately.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The article could have literally been a beginner’s guide to installing an operating system instead. But for some reason in the last 20 years or so there’s been a complete allergy to teaching anyone even the most elementary computer skills and it’s holding society back. I’m not sure it is worth being spied on by ad agencies for what it’s worth, especially if you’re not going to learn to become any more than a passive consumer.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is often the pushback I get when making this point but I would argue that especially non tech-savvy users are vulnerable. The alternative is asking a trusted friend to do a clean install, which should be the advice of this article, that or a guide on how to do it. It’s irresponsible to publish an article aimed at a naive user who has received a computer full of bloatware and tell them to “just remove all the bloatware”.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Why would you say that. It’s true that most users take a blase attitude to security these days, and it’s normalised by articles like this. It’s just basic good practice, whether buying a new or used PC, to do a clean install because even if you think you’ve removed the bloatware, you can’t really trust there’s no secret malware. Especially these days when so many companies want to spy on users it really isn’t just paranoia.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most common bloatware we found on laptops and how to get rid of them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Never a good idea to use a computer with the preinstalled operating system.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think you’re probably right, though I feel like there’s something nagging me in the back of my mind that I’d seen that somewhere in software pre-Windows 95 but I can’t think of it. They were using it a lot in the 90s definitely.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do most people really like the taste and smell of eggs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
For me eggs are a better improver of foods than a base for a meal. I.e. I’ll rarely crave “eggs” in general, but I could be planning a meal of something else and then think “oh, an egg will be nice with that”.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What type of laptop do you recommend for simply browsing the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
More clumsy to use than a mouse/keyboard setup, smaller screen, fewer options when it comes to adblocking/privacy (or options in general).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If it works against the user’s intention then I’d say that’s friction of another sort. For example if you go to a website and scroll more than you wanted to due to dark UX (as opposed to good content), the user may not immediately realise it’s a bad experience for them, but still they’ve wasted extra time hence the site has got in the way of what they were originally trying to achieve. It’s become normalised so it’s not always recognised.

On a personal note, I want to be able to go on Lemmy and say “OK, I’ll read the top 2 pages of my subscribed communities” and let that be it, that’s a much more reasonable way of approaching a large amount of content.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It prevents you from keeping track of how much you’ve read and makes the site more addictive with no significant upside, and even without that it’s worse UX when you try to go back and read something from earlier you have no idea where it is. Commercial sites still use it because they care more about keeping users on the platform than overall UX, but there’s no need for software like Lemmy to do it. Yes, dark UX is bad UX, it’s the worst kind in fact.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If it looks like anything of the past then it looks like the web from 10-15 years ago pre-mass-enshittification, maybe people have forgotten what non user hostile websites look like.

Photon has infinite scrolling, which is horrible.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

I used Lemmy for months, mostly in the browser and my UX was absolutely horrible.

The default browser UI sucks.

How long ago? It was a bit flaky a couple of years ago but for me now it’s perfect - like Reddit before it enshittified.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New study: No-alcohol and low-alcohol beers, and dry pubs, are on the rise⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Because different people have different tastes?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Considering their move away from VR and to AI, Meta should rename to Slop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I think even Slop is too benign for what Meta is.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Votely Political Quiz - Most Accurate 3D Political Compass⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
If you made this yourself and are looking for feedback (that’s unclear), one issue is:

No branch of government should be allowed to accumulate too much power.

Surely by definition too much power is too much regardless of your personal threshold for “too much”, hence everyone’s answer will be the same?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2025 likely to be UK's hottest year on record, says Met Office⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Surely it’s likely to have been at this stage, not likely to be.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This kind of anthropomorphisation is bad, it shows a lack of understanding of the technology, it’s a terrible idea.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I never said I wasn’t happy
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

What’s insecure about using the British flag on a British state owned railway?

It feels like a forced sense of pride. If anything the British national railway should be a national symbol in and of itself, it shouldn’t need to be propped up by the union flag. I don’t hate the design either by the way, but it seems heavy-handed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great British Railways flies the flag as logo goes back to the future⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Just because the rest of the world does something it doesn’t mean we should be doing it too. It has been noticed as a new trend.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I think you’re missing the nuance here, flying the flag alone doesn’t make you a racist, but if it’s become culturally associated with racism then it’s a data-point that can build up that picture.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It’s always been a sign that you’re a bit of a pillock to be honest, I don’t think it’s changed much in my lifetime.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On Prince Andrews Road, a Frustrating Effort to Get a New Address⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Princess Diana Drive as well, built shortly after she died I recall, it was a bit controversial.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Kagy web browser worth it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I’d like to use SearXNG as well but experience the same - I’ve tried a lot of different instances and settings but I always seem to get worse results than searching directly in the source search engine, for some reason? (note I don’t use Kagi so this isn’t an endorsement for them either)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vegan Politician Zack Polanski Elected New Green Party Leader In Landslide Victory⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It’s good to assume good intent I think. Your response was non sequitur, it felt more charitable to assume you innocently responded to the wrong person or had some clarification to offer if not.