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- Comment on Windows 12 release is pushed back at least another year as Microsoft announces Windows 11 version 25H2 10 hours ago:
7 was the last good iteration of windows imho being that it wasn’t loaded up with a bunch of telemetry being sent to Microsoft like 10 and 11 and didn’t have the terrible UI stuff like 8 and 11.
- Comment on Windows 12 release is pushed back at least another year as Microsoft announces Windows 11 version 25H2 11 hours ago:
2000 was marketed as business and server only, like NT before it.
- Comment on Software is evolving backwards 6 days ago:
Clippy still wins though because you could have him duck off.
- Comment on Software is evolving backwards 6 days ago:
“Looks like you’re writing a letter”
No I’m not, fuck off Clippy.
Turns out we just hadn’t coined the term for computer intelligence being wrong as hallucinating yet.
- Comment on PC Gaming’s Mascot Squad—who makes the cut? 2 weeks ago:
Kane from C&C
- Comment on Xbox's handheld is coming this year, is also really a new Asus ROG Ally 3 weeks ago:
But can it run SteamOS?
- Comment on Self-hosting your own media considered harmful - I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5, for 4K video playback 3 weeks ago:
I meant in the ToS, but no, troll not my intentions. I thought I was agreeing with you and just expounding on your point.
- Comment on Self-hosting your own media considered harmful - I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5, for 4K video playback 3 weeks ago:
Just did a cursory search for harm on the YouTube ToS. There is no definition that I saw, but it does say “may cause harm”. So my suspicion that anything could be construed to be harmful to YouTube’s business is likely correct. Quoted sections of the YouTube ToS containing the word “harm” as of 2025-06-06 17:20 GMT.
Removal of Content By YouTube
If any of your Content (1) is in breach of this Agreement or (2) may cause harm to YouTube, our users, or third parties, we reserve the right to remove or take down some or all of such Content in our discretion. We will notify you with the reason for our action unless we reasonably believe that to do so: (a) would breach the law or the direction of a legal enforcement authority or would otherwise risk legal liability for YouTube or our Affiliates; (b) would compromise an investigation or the integrity or operation of the Service; or © would cause harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates. You can learn more about reporting and enforcement, including how to appeal on the Troubleshooting page of our Help Center.
Terminations and Suspensions by YouTube
YouTube reserves the right to suspend or terminate your Google account or your access to all or part of the Service if (a) you materially or repeatedly breach this Agreement; (b) we are required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or a court order; or © we reasonably believe that there has been conduct that creates (or could create) liability or harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates.
Notice for Termination or Suspension
We will notify you with the reason for termination or suspension by YouTube unless we reasonably believe that to do so: (a) would violate the law or the direction of a legal enforcement authority; (b) would compromise an investigation; © would compromise the integrity, operation or security of the Service; or (d) would cause harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates.
About this Agreement
Changing this Agreement We may change this Agreement, for example, (1) to reflect changes to our Service or how we do business - for example, when we add new products or features or remove old ones, (2) for legal, regulatory, or security reasons, or (3) to prevent abuse or harm.
If we materially change this Agreement, we’ll provide you with reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to review the changes, except (1) when we launch a new product or feature, or (2) in urgent situations, such as preventing ongoing abuse or responding to legal requirements. If you don’t agree to the new terms, you should remove any Content you uploaded and stop using the Service.
- Comment on Self-hosting your own media considered harmful - I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5, for 4K video playback 3 weeks ago:
Exactly, I haven’t read the ToS to see if it is defined or references anything in there. I usually default to the standard definition of a word unless explicitly stated otherwise. For example, Sony changed the definition of purchase to remove any notion of ownership when buying content on their streaming platform.
- Comment on Self-hosting your own media considered harmful - I just received my second community guidelines violation for my video demonstrating the use of LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5, for 4K video playback 3 weeks ago:
If harmful isn’t defined in the ToS, then the Merriam Webster definition will likely be construed to mean to be harmful to YouTube’s business or to users. Although YouTube has been selective in this enforcement, ie not banning all videos pertaining to martial arts or fighting clips, drug use, or ad block tutorials.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
I’m not going to do all the work for you. Go into business for yourself or check indeed or some other job site. I honestly thought I was being trolled with how little you tried to understand or put forth some modicum of effort, but now I somehow think it’s genuine that you need someone to hold your hand through the entire process. Change is scary and often not easy. I don’t know how else to break it to ya.
If you are the audience, then the industry is doomed to be stuck in the Adobe abusive relationship until some self starters take over. All it takes is some effort to break a habit, effect change, or start something new. If you expect to have other people change things for yourself, well good luck with that.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
How does someone starting design tomorrow get schooling and career experience (both of which almost universally require Adobe products) without using Adobe products?
Watching YouTube videos, reading manuals, just using alternatives, and asking questions to other people in places like forums, stack exchange, and the like. The self taught route is a completely valid option when the whole world is-wrapped up in nonsense. My experience post school taught me more in 6 months in the field than schooling and prepping for certification exams ever taught me. If you watched that 2nd James Lee video he goes through what he did to switch to DaVinci.
Where are these programs and jobs accessible to the entire market?
Many of these programs are free and open source and available across all platforms.
as far as jobs go, if it’s like mechanics, you bring your own tools and do the job required. Even if Adobe products are provided, use alternatives when and as often as possible. Then when the opportunity presents itself show how you did your work without Adobe to those with purchasing power at the company. Change isn’t going to happen overnight.
Where the easy path that most will take?
I never claimed that ditching Adobe would be easy. My opinion is that it is necessary for the health of the industry.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
That’s the other half of that saying. Hindsight is 20-20. (I could’ve sworn the tree planting idiom was more well known, sorry for not completely explaining it) Obviously the best solution is to not get in an abusive relationship . The next best time to not be in an abusive relationship is right now.
Yes I know how many users the major centralized social media platforms have. I’ve chosen not to be on those platforms and with it the benefits that come with having those amount of users. Like I said though, I don’t blame one for staying and I cannot pity those that stay because there are options.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
I thought my answer would be obvious, but the answer was to not use Adobe from the start and the next best time to stop using Adobe is right now. It doesn’t matter where you are at in your career. The answer isn’t always easy to implement and it isn’t what we want to hear. It’s why many of us are here on Lemmy and not Reddit. We decided that not having the good things at Reddit was better than the shit we had to put up with over there.
As far as the cloud goes, moving things back on prem is the best option to not be in that abusive type relationship. It’s what I’ve been learning in my skillset in IT over the past 2 years in my spare time with some junk parts I had laying around, a few hard drives, and retired PCs I acquired that can’t upgrade to win 11. My skills will be sharp as the momentum builds toward the tipping point of moving off cloud including running AI locally. My favorite thing has been learning pf/opnsense. If you’re old enough to remember the PIX before Cisco it was originally created with off the shelf hardware. pf/opnsense feels like a return to that adapting to a lot of different hardware.
Ultimately I don’t blame someone for staying in an abusive relationship, but I can’t pity them when there are options to get out. I just show them how to get out and the struggles that will come with my choices. Otherwise the next cloud thing will be User Operating Systems as a Service and that’s going to be a whole 'nother shitshow. Imagine $20+/mo just to boot your computer/phone/tablet.
- Comment on Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade 5 weeks ago:
It’s like the saying: The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time to plant a tree is right now.
If James Lee’s videos are a barometer on how artists and creators deal with Adobe, I’m convinced that a relationship Adobe is abusive. He went from defending and offering to help Adobe to cutting them out of his life over the course of 5 months. No one deserves an abusive relationship, but leaving or staying in one is totally a choice that has real consequences.
- Comment on Welcome to 1 month ago:
Hopefully it doesn’t turn into oops all devil’s panties comics
- Comment on 4chan has been offline for over a week, and it's probably not coming back 2 months ago:
The .edu emails in the mod list didn’t spell it out enough?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
'Member when YouTube TV was $35/mo? Now it’s around $83 I think
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 2 months ago:
In the USA taxes and titling cost different amounts depending on where you live. It’s easier to calculate once you buy, especially if you are buying in another state than the one you reside in which is a big problem in my state where dealers don’t stock EVs. I had to go to the nearest large city which is in another state from where I reside to get my Bolt EUV.
You can calculate before you buy and each state usually has at least a chart to ballpark what you’ll pay. The easiest way to calculate these taxes would be to not levy them against people to begin with.
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 2 months ago:
Advertising cars would never be feasible on nationally broadcast TV under your system.
They did figure out the problem though. Price set by the manufacture, show cost for delivery on the window sticker, then when you buy they car the title and tax are figured out for where you live. It’s the fairest and easiest way of showing and figuring the price. If you can’t figure out that window stickers are available online and the tax and title yourself before you buy, that’s a you problem. It’s not on the seller nor the manufacturer to post pricing for every state or municipality.
If you want cleaner pricing, demand an end to titling and car taxes.
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 2 months ago:
Except that not every place is next to the car factory. Delivery to Portland, Maine is going to be a much different price in comparison to Austin, Texas. Do you also expect the cost of titling and taxes be included in the advertised price? Do you know that those vary from location to location as well?
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 2 months ago:
bullshit fee
Do you think shipping and transportation of goods is free? Do you think truck drivers drive stuff around out of the goodness of their hearts?
- Comment on Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' 2 months ago:
If it waives the destination fee, then I don’t see it as a bad problem depending on how much it would normally cost to deliver vs how many miles.
- Comment on Former SIEA President Says Players Will Pay $80 For Switch 2 Games 2 months ago:
I think the good will toward players died with Iwata.
- Comment on Ron Wyden asks for rules about whether you own your digital purchases 3 months ago:
That only works until stop killing games is passed and forces game devs to release the code for running servers for the games yourselves after the official server(s) close down. Like how City of Heroes/Villians works now.
- Comment on Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy. 4 months ago:
Windmills in mini-golf but for real this time
- Comment on Android Auto bug is breaking wireless phone connectivity 4 months ago:
So it begins. I’ve been expecting Google to start help push people to Android Automotive to get people off the free Android Auto platform.
- Comment on Can The EV Charging Business Survive the Trump Administration? 4 months ago:
Edison motors in Canada is getting ready to put out conversion kits for pickup trucks to convert to series hybrid (onboard generator, all electric drivetrain). It’s not for a short term profit, more of a right to repair and a stance against planned obsolescence.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 4 months ago:
It’s the price. I want a truck, not a Cadillac with a bed. A truck is meant for work not ve a pavement princess. $50k was already high and the truck market is still stupid on price with most trucks going over $60k and Cybertruck starts at $75.5k. If the price was what Elon said when he announced the Cybertruck, it would be flying off the shelves $40k
- Comment on GM banned from selling your driving data for five years 5 months ago:
Where do we go to request they delete our data?