MisterD
@MisterD@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining 2 weeks ago:
That’s what I thought until windows 7
- Comment on Germany just now approved new laws that make setting up solar on your balcony super easy 3 weeks ago:
Should not be an issue. The inverters that feed into the grid need to follow the phase and frequency of the grid. If the grid is down, there is nothing to follow and it will not feed any power into the grid.
- Comment on Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says Microsoft 1 month ago:
I’ve been doing windows since 3.0 (aka ~1990) Me last version is windows 7, too.
I’m going to Linux. I’m done with fighting windows unless I’m paid.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
They will drag in all of Tilly’s friends and STD storylines… in the 31st century???
Come on… Starfleet Academy is going to suck.
- Comment on China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover 2 months ago:
There are electric 18 wheeler trucks about to be available in about a year. It is estimated that the truck would be paid off in 2 years by fuel savings alone.
Replacing diesel trucks will probably bridge the gap
- Comment on Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News 2 months ago:
Built-in Meta services?
- Comment on Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. 2 months ago:
I can see MS paying Adobe to NOT release Linux versions of their software.
- Comment on Russian police arrest over 100 people nationwide in crackdown on Navalny support 2 months ago:
Protecting Putin’s feewings…
- Comment on Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox 2 months ago:
Edge? Think Clippy.
- Comment on Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox 2 months ago:
But what about AI ? It has to be everywhere! Somebody please think about adding AI to Firefox! I need it to do ???
/s
- Comment on Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox? 3 months ago:
They all want to FULLY control the end user.
- probe and profile the device used
- force unstoppable ads
- require GPS location and maybe 2fa to make sure it’s you that is watching the ads. -web assembly alone will make script blocking impossible and enable scammers to run anything they want.
The end result will be something like the DVD menus from the 90s and 00s. The difference is that it will have full access to all the data on your computer or device.
- Comment on Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US 3 months ago:
They’re going to need that money to settle the lawsuit from Gina Carano funded by Elon Musk.
- Comment on Ketchup alignment 3 months ago:
Where does ketchup on the wall fit?
- Comment on The free fediverses should support concentric federations of instances 4 months ago:
And small niche communities might not be so small once merged and would guarantee the survival of the communities.
- Comment on What is an average person living in the US supposed to do about corporations raising prices? 4 months ago:
But my friend has the new iPhone. I don’t want look bad.
/s
- Comment on The free fediverses should support concentric federations of instances 4 months ago:
We can’t even merge similar/identical communities across federated servers and now we have this idea?
- Comment on SSD prices predicted to skyrocket throughout 2024 — TrendForce market report projects a 50% price hike | Tom's Hardware 4 months ago:
Setting expectations…
- Comment on Copy, Acquire, Kill— How Meta could pull off the most extraordinary pivot in tech history 4 months ago:
Won’t matter if they can just repeat the same trick. We have to do something… now.
- Comment on Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO 4 months ago:
Then check out lemmy
- Comment on Scientist Discover How to Convert CO2 into Powder That Can Be Stored for Decades 4 months ago:
Another greenwashing method.
The slow boil will continue
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 5 months ago:
- Comment on Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout 5 months ago:
And you think this was an accident? Car companies have been stalling every charging station they can. This is why Tesla went on their own.
- Comment on Google to weaken ad blockers on Chrome in a push for security 5 months ago:
Chrome and all Chromium based browsers use the Blink engine. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_engine
- Comment on Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 6 months ago:
For those who don’t know: Windows 8.0 did this.
8.1 came out a few months later
MS was enshityfying before there was a word for it.
- Comment on We all know this happens everyday. 6 months ago:
Meanwhile if BlackRock became insolvent, the government would bail them out
- Comment on Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM 6 months ago:
I use OSMAND
- Comment on Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM 6 months ago:
Careful what you wish for.
I still think it will come out but on the down low
- Comment on Disney is about to own all of Hulu | Disney’s paying more than $8 billion for Comcast’s stake in Hulu. 6 months ago:
Will Disney+ survive this?
- Comment on Europe Reluctantly Chooses SpaceX to Launch Its GPS Satellites 6 months ago:
As per Wikipedia:
As of 2023, four global navigation systems are operational: the United States’s Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System,[1] and the European Union’s Galileo.