TheSaddestMan
@TheSaddestMan@lemmy.zip
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 6 hours ago:
It’s not just that. Trains don’t run as well or brake as efficiently in cold weather, they have slippery metal rails for a reason. That’s why we switched to cars and trucks too readily, and as sad as that is, I think we might need electric cars more than Americans ever needed any cars.
(That said, electric cars should be thanks to electrified smartroads, not stuffing the car itself full of computer hardware.)
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 6 hours ago:
Isn’t there an HST project’s route being prospected between Calgary and Edmonton?
- Comment on Expand North! So much room up there. 6 hours ago:
Us? You-S-A tarriff’d the world!
<sincerity> I know you’re joking :P It’s legit a potential weakness actually. Trump could invade with very little resistance beyond the border, our population was too focused on trade by land and now we’ve had to reconsider our priorities. Also, the image neglects Edmonton’s existence. </sincerity>
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 6 hours ago:
And that’s why I trust no one! Oh, wait. I’m lonely and miserable.
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 6 hours ago:
I mean, we could switch to Linux distros (so that you can fine-tune DNS and VPN settings without corporate BS), but the intricacies that introduces to connecting to the WiFi safely are not casual in scope. Most people are better off buying a lightly-used Mac (or not, it’s been a while since people have been happy with Apple) or replacing their laptop with a Fairphone or Graphene OS phone than switching to Linux from Windows 10.
Windows 11+ however… is another story. Anything but letting the IngSoc Smart TV become the OS. The issue is that computers come bundled with Windows and so they use “Secure Boot” to trap you. You can’t use Secure Boot without Windows, and you can’t play many online games if you do not have Secure Boot (even if the excuse as to why is a filthy lie) so if you’re gaming you basically have to hope that Steam OS triumphs.
Best option is to just go to places where the wifi service is affordable but not free so that the operator needs to keep tabs on whether users are doing something other than browsing the internet or playing games (i.e. stealing people’s info or putting malware on their machine). Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any great demand for internet cafes anymore in my location.
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 7 hours ago:
<sincerity> Sorry about the other response I made being accusatory. I get the difference between self-deprecating humor about one’s family, and actual boomerang racism. Thanks for clearing things up. </sincerity>
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 7 hours ago:
Oh, sure. That’s fair. Just like how the US kicked the Natives off of their land. </sarcasm>
- Comment on European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge. 7 hours ago:
Yes, it’s not like poor people or children with abusive parents need library wifi to do anything important like looking up how to deal with life’s shit when their parents never taught them how. </sarcasm>