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- Comment on $1,000 richer 2 days ago:
Sure. Not my fault that that person cannot appreciate true beauty. If they even want to pay for that lack of understanding, by all means, be my guest.
- Comment on The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds 5 days ago:
The headline is clickbait.
- Bricked = totally dead, no recovery without serious intervention; device is completely unusable
- Malfunctioning = buggy, slow, or misbehaving, but still fixable
- Comment on English moment 1 week ago:
You don’t. But it still has double meaning.
Good catch. It might not perfectly fit this list.
- Comment on English moment 1 week ago:
If anyone wants to know, such words are called heteronyms.
Had to look up other examplea. Turns out there’s a few of those. For example: tear, wind, row, sow, bound.
Class is over.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
I am just not sure all my shit would run on Linux. Does Linux have a windows GUI? Do all the steam games have Linux compatability? Is there a Linux version of Windows Defender?
The GUI? Sure. Check out Zorin OS. Not to your liking?There’s others.
Steam? Mostly, yes. If you ja e a specific game in mind, a quick Internet search will answer that for you. In my case, 98% of games run (incl. most AAA games).
Good news: you don’t need anti virus on Linux. If you really want to, there’s decent options. But I yet have to encounter an infected Linux machine. Infected Windows machines, on the other hand, are easy to find. With Linux, your security will go up considerably, coming from Windows.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
Sure, but you don’t have control. If Microsoft decides that you are not allowed to disable this any longer, you will be left with no true choice.
That’s what Google does with Android, bending everyone to their will, not caring how we feel about any of their policies.
Why would MS be different? Just look at the numerous features Windows 11 removed as compared to 10. Did they give me a choice? Or what about their promise that Windows 10 will be the last Windows? Or what about them forcing people to buy new hardware to run Windows 11?
Trying to disable this stuff ultimately just sugarcoats the ever growing frustrations of using a system that locks down further with every passing year.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
What holds you back? Go for it now.
- Comment on Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1 week ago:
Not worth considering. Even if one can disable it now, we can’t teuat that they won’t disable that option eventually.
Just use Linux and these questions become “Oh no. Anyways…”.
- Comment on Being honest - same answer for me 3 weeks ago:
Seriously, everyone should floss at least one a day. Makes a huge difference. Brushing alone is simply not hygienic enough.
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 3 weeks ago:
This is the way.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Is there unpaid subscriptions?
- Comment on How do I stop sleeping through everything? 4 weeks ago:
Maybe some deficiency? Get it checked out.
Do you routinely go to bed in time? Is your sleep environment right?
Do you suffer from depression or another disorder? Get help, if you can.
Possibly try to wake up according to your natural sleep cycle.
Are you on medication that could cause issues?
So many possibilities. A professional might be able to help best.
- Comment on Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency 1 month ago:
They also lock your (free) account if you don’t use it for six months. You have to start paying if you ever want that email address again (emails are lost AFAIK).
Happened to me after a serious illness. I don’t mind paying, but that soured it so badly for me.
- Comment on ... 1 month ago:
How… how did he do this? 🤯
- Comment on Always so loud 😒 1 month ago:
Yes, you do!
- Comment on Michelle Yeoh Admits “We Could Have Done Better” With ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ 1 month ago:
“Truth is in the eye of the beholder.”
- Comment on Always so loud 😒 1 month ago:
To be fair, no one should hold in their sneezes.
health.com/…/is-it-just-me-holding-in-sneeze-bad
Still, sneezing into a tissue (or at least the sleeve) is just good manners.
Explode away!
- Comment on Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free 1 month ago:
Sometimes I wish media organisations would report with the same hunger about every tiny, little unimportant feature in software I’m involved with.
Then again, it isn’t millions of people using my stuff.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Who wants such a girlfriend? Not a sustainable relationship.
- Comment on monthly challenge 2 months ago:
No, we shalln’t.
- Comment on Worst part about living in Europe 2 months ago:
On the pro side, if don’t will, they outlast every tar road by centuries.
- Comment on Found this sign at my workplace 2 months ago:
I wonder what the incident 24.653.153.012 days ago was.
- Comment on Let's Stop Chat Control 2 months ago:
99% sure its AI generated.
- Comment on Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs 2 months ago:
Sure, but in the meantime I need to work with what I have… which is Intel.
- Comment on Yeah 2 months ago:
This makes me happy. 🙂
- Comment on Yeah 2 months ago:
SVN is still great if there a need for strict access controls and central control matters a lot. Auditing is also a bit easier with SVN.
It caters more for a linear workflow, though. So modern large teams won’t find joy with SVN.
- Comment on Yeah 2 months ago:
Gitlab, Gog’s, Gitea… you can run all those locally.
- Comment on How do you reconcile staying sane while keeping yourself up-to-date with the news? 2 months ago:
Basically some reasonableness.
Set boundaries. Meaning you probably should choose specific times to check the news. You could for instance check once in the morning and once in the evening. Or even only on specific days.
Also curate your sources. Follow outlets that offer reasonably balanced reporting. Misinformation and sensationalism are your sanity’s worst enemies. For example, don’t get your news from social media (as is so common with many and which leads to a host of other issues…).
Try to avoid doomscrolling. If scrolling starts feeling like sinking, it’s
okaynecessary to stop. You really don’t need to absorb every detail to be informed.And just something I personally found is to balance bad with good news. Spend time with positive stuff. Even in this timeline there’s good to be had.
- Comment on Name Your Favorite Marvel Movie: Wrong Answers Only 2 months ago:
“I present: the Jericho.”
- Comment on Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC 2 months ago:
Sadly, quite a few things. Here’s a few:
- Software installation and compatibility
- Application support; some popular software is built with Windows in mind.
- One-clickinstallers; Software usually comes with user-friendly installation wizards. No command lines or dependency juggling.
- Driver availability; Linux is getting better, but Windows is superior
- Better peripheral support like for printers, webcams, game controllers.
- Gaming performance; although Linux is gaining ground, Windows is just better in this regard
- Media codecs and formats; again, Linux is getting better, but this isn’t always an out-of-the-box everyone
- Business integration; Windows plays nicely with enterprise tools like Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and legacy business apps.
Don’t get me wrong. I use Linux as my daily driver. That also means I get frustrated on occasion when again I must consult man pages instead of just running a troubleshooter or fiddling with Nvidia drivers instead of just running the game.