Pirata

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft blocks emails that contain ‘Palestine’ after employee protests⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Nobody is using their email for personal stuff. And Microsoft is actively working with the Israeli government, so it’s not like protests against it are unwarranted.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Except that personal finance (which of what I’m referring to) is mostly arithmetic, while middle and high school math is algebra.

The moment letters come into the equation (no pun intended) is when you start to lose me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You’re right, I was too hyperbolic when I said 4th grade was enough. Biology was indeed useful and so was history. Likewise, learning a second language from 5th grade was crucial for the conversation we’re having right now.

Still, I’d put the usefulness “cut off” point at 9th grade or so.

On a side note, I know people who did the whole of university with me who are anti-vaxers. I know IT graduates who think Trump totally isn’t yet another fascist dictator, and i know a doctor who believes name brand ivermectin cures cancer.

Turns out more education isn’t necessarily related to coming out the other side of the pipeline not being any of the things you mentioned. It’s maddening.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not a take, it’s how children (and adults, frankly) feel about school. It’s not great at making you a capable adult.

Do you know how useful my two diplomas were to get a job? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. None of the theories I learned were useful, neither on the job nor for their own sake.

As for middle school, exactly what did you learn that you think is so useful for daily life? I’d happily replace learning “how to discover x in n dimensions” with basic financial literacy, for example.

The school system as it is is quite literally a waste of time. The useful stuff you learn before middle school.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Because school is boring, that’s why.

Most people don’t need to learn beyond the fourth grade, especially because calculators and now chatGPT exist.

And I say this as someone who wasted his time all the way up to a Master’s degree just to show society I too followed the beaten path. It’s time I’ll never get back.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verizon is charging extra to limit spam calls and texts: Scam calls and texts have surged, yet Verizon continues to charge customers extra for essential protections.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not if you flash GrapheneOS on your Pixel. :) then only the good ol’wiretapping can get you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verizon is charging extra to limit spam calls and texts: Scam calls and texts have surged, yet Verizon continues to charge customers extra for essential protections.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Too bad it comes at the expense of Google knowing everything you talk about, and to whom.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
We don’t want US shit. Simple as.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saudi Arabia has big AI ambitions. They could come at the cost of human rights⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What human rights? 😅
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's new ad strategy is bound to upset users: YouTube Peak Points utilise Gemini to identify moments where users will be most engaged, so advertisers can place ads at the point.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Are you me? It sounds like you’re me, but ahead of the journey.

Already on Graphene and Linux (openSUSE in my case) and considering starting to self-host myself.

I think in the short term this is the only solution to escape the garbage that the internet has become.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Well, I’m glad you know about it now, but let’s be real nerds won’t shut up about it, so there are plenty who do know but choose not to.

You’re just in those circles.

Most people don’t know any nerds, or people who are particularly tech-savvy, and if they do, “alternative app stores” isn’t really the most engaging of topics that people have with their friends.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Cool. Won’t affect me, but good to know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft laying off 3% of workforce in biggest round of cuts since 2023 - report⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I expect them to give shareholders and directors a haircut before laying off workers, yes.

But we know Microsoft never does that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft laying off 3% of workforce in biggest round of cuts since 2023 - report⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Another reason for me to leave windows behind for good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Surprised to see the US caring about personal data.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨20th-Anniversary iPhone Will Reportedly Feature an All-Screen Design⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Lol. They can’t even get rid of the camera dock and now all of a sudden they’ll jump to no visible camera? I call BS on that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
When the US government demands that Red Hat hands over all info they have on the people who use their products, or decides to ban access to US software from countries Trump has decided in his mind are “playing unfair”, let’s see how far PopOS being FOSS takes us.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It is Linux! Honestly mentioning SUSE was a mistake since most people aren’t gonna use that. That would be for enterprises or government.

OpenSUSE, particularly openSUSE Aeon is the one I would use if I wasn’t too knowledgeable about Linux. It just works out of the box, and it’s an atomic distro so a lot of the guides out there for other atomic distros apply to Aeon.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
“Legitimate competition is when other countries impose unwarranted tariffs and their companies monopolise our markets.”
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
PopOS! is built by a US company.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft getting nervous about Europe's tech independence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Excellent, they should. Europe has many services that are already on par with American alternatives (certainly when it comes to Microsoft’s services), and many are free or cheaper.

We also have SUSE and OpenSUSE from Germany that work as very serviceable alternatives to Windows. I hope this wake up call that has been the US’s betrayal of all past allies leads EU tech to capitalize on it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Korea Stole Your Job⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I don’t disagree with you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨North Korea Stole Your Job⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Applying the term Rogue State is probably only an excuse to attack in most cases, but it really applies to DRK.

The chicken or the egg, which came first?

If i were to guess, I’d say North Korea doesn’t engage with more standard economic activities because the entire western world refuses to do business with them. So they resort to illegal activities instead.

Not that this excuses much, but countries still need to survive somehow. Cuba is a country that doesn’t do any of the hacking that NK does, but that doesn’t save them from being mercilessly cut off from the world economy either. And NK knows this.

Also, I’m not a north Korean bot and I resent that the discourse around this topic has become so polluted that I have to preface by saying this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge in Epic v. Apple bans Apple from charging commission on purchases made outside App Store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Indeed, a little bit of intra-class war for them, for a change.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Idk what Microsoft did to the product but I wouldn’t call it an improvement.

I think the article we’re looking at here isn’t really hyperbolic. They got AI to write all their code and broke the Keyboard.

Just FYI, if you can live without swipping, I recommend FUTO keyboard., it is basically Swiftkey but it actually works and doesn’t come with Microsoft’s spyware built in.

It’s what I use now, and I’m really happy. Don’t be fooled by it being in Alpha, because it works flawlessly.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
So this explains why Microsoft Swiftkey is total dogshit now. Also why the Outlook barely works.

Its unbelievable.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s dominance on search is declining – for the first time ever!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Who still uses search engines to find torrent, though?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You wouldn't steal a font⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Always the same gadlighters trick: acuse others of doing what you are doing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
And nothing of value was lost.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

Wow! Thank you for going through the effort of figuring out whether there was a solution for me. I really appreciate it!

You’re most welcome!

Which a shame because I do want Linux to be more widely used than it is currently, and I think small annoyances like this are part of what is holding it back.

And yes, I completely 100% agree. Hopefully there will soon be a fix for this, because like you said, it really sounds like something that should be able to be fixed relatively easily, lol.

Anyways, best of luck to you in the future!