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- Comment on Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams 4 days ago:
That’s fine and all, but if I use a product (especially a privacy focused one) for my personal communication, I do not want to use it for work. A proper separation between work and personal is too important to me.
- Comment on Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time 5 days ago:
Same happened to my work computer about 2 years ago. The i5 was “too old”. Work tossed the laptop and bought a new one. I asked the IT manager if I could buy the old i5 from them, he just gave it to me, since it was already written off (no HDD, though). It’s running Linux now on an SSD, is fully updated, and still runs faster than the i9 on nvme they replaced it with to run win11. Win-win in this scenario, I guess.
- Comment on Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall 2 weeks ago:
Very cool. Thanks for sharing!
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
And this tax needs to increase 25% every 6 months until it’s no longer empty.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
That’s a fair point.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
I agree completely with your comment. Including the rage at the end lol
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
I mean… the government already has all your information. If you distrust them with your information, you have an odd problem to overcome. The corpos, however, shouldn’t have all this data on you.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
For every rental, there is at least one landlord. In and of itself, this isn’t a bad thing. Some people don’t want to own homes, and would rather rent. There should be that option. Option. Not the only possibility. There are not enough ownable homes, because too many are owned by investment firms that keep them deliberately empty to drive up prices. Real estate investing should be heavily regulated, and, yes, this includes over landlords.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
To fit more units, and make more money.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
It depends how it’s implemented. If they implement correctly, then you’re right. But not all do. That’s a fact that bit me in the arse once, and I no longer use those features for lack of trust.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Because these idiots are comparing it to the normal sized flats, that are more expensive due to the deficit they created.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
If truly masked, it might be fine. But the site has to gather that data in order to append it to the API call and it, therefore, mean that they could keep it (even of they actually may not). There are ways around it, such as with session tokens passed between the social media’s page and the bank’s official API page. But, knowing fb, they won’t use the latter.
- Comment on Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. 3 weeks ago:
That’s a good question. I’m not sure. Well, guess I’m firing up the Wireshark.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Ah. Sorry. I misunderstood ‘tenants’ in terms of the civiz who would rent the tiny flat, and not as the businesses who would rent the entire floor.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
Right. But Facebook shouldn’t have that number.
- Comment on Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. I wonder if that’s an iOS requirement that Teams is forced into. Somehow, I doubt it.
- Comment on Of course telecom companies are suing the FTC to block the new 'click-to-cancel' rule 3 weeks ago:
You jest, but this may actually be an effective argument with the tech incompetent execs. Hopefully the FCC is more competent, but, somehow, I doubt it.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
No. It’s not a lack of existing housing. It’s lack of available housing. Millions of homes sitting empty, owned by these firms as investment properties.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
The same investment firms. That’s my point. They own too much, and need regulation.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
That’s kind of the definition of a slum lord, though, isn’t it?
- Comment on Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. 3 weeks ago:
On what device? I have Nearby Devices and Location disallowed on Android, and it still works fine.
Side note. Teams is the worst. Just, period.
- Comment on Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media 3 weeks ago:
So you need a BankID to open an account on the covered platforms? That seems like a privacy nightmare.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
Exactly. Not sure how slum lord flats are the solution here, when investment firms are sitting on millions of empty homes.
- Comment on Are 'micro-apartments' converted from offices the answer to the housing crisis? 3 weeks ago:
While true, in the USA, there are millions of “investment homes” owned by investment firms, all sitting empty, driving down supply and driving up costs. The solution to the housing market in this instance isn’t to increase the availability of 150sqft slum lord flats, but instead to significantly decrease the number of “investment homes” an entity is allowed to own.
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- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 3 weeks ago:
And the video chats were choppy and black and white and with delayed audio. Those were the days…
- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 3 weeks ago:
Actually, to Lync first. Then Teams. All three suck.
- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 3 weeks ago:
Trillian was amazing, until it was overtaken by malware. At least that’s what my antivirus at the time said. Also, proprietary, so I passed on it after finding pidgin.
- Comment on What Ever Happened to MSN Messenger? 3 weeks ago:
Just like a real adult human
- Comment on Big Ol' Beavers 3 weeks ago: