Gestrid

Gestrid , 22 days ago to Technology in All three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integration

PlayStation doesn't have an X button, it has a Cross button. /j

Gestrid , 22 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

Just based on what I've seen from other AI implementations (including Windows Recall), it seems like he was at least right that it's a security nightmare.

I'm not saying he said that out of the goodness of his heart or whatever. He definitely only said it out of jealousy or some other self-serving reason.

My broken clock statement wasn't meant to be taken as a compliment. It's the opposite. He's been wrong so many times that I'd gotten used to just pointing and laughing at anything he says or does. And it's gotten to the point that I'm genuinely surprised he actually said something "right" for once, even if it was for his own selfish reasons.

Gestrid , 22 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

In a series of posts on his social media platform X, Musk shared concerns about whether Apple and OpenAI will protect users’ information.

He called the software integration between the two companies “an unacceptable security violation,” and said Apple has “no clue what’s actually going on.”

Gestrid , 23 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

I can't ignore the irony.

Gestrid , 23 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

I still call it Twitter. I refuse to call it anything with the letter X in it. That includes "X (formerly known as Twitter)".

Gestrid , 23 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership

Even a broken clock is right twice a day as the saying goes.

Though he's right for entirely the wrong reasons, I'm betting.

Gestrid , 23 days ago to solarpunk memes in no really how do we fix this?

I just subscribed to Kagi to try it out.

Gestrid , 24 days ago to linuxmemes in I somehow broke my Debian bookworm install…

I installed Mint on a USB to give it a go.

My wifi driver doesn't work on it. I have to plug my phone in to use it as a tethered hotspot to get it to connect. And I tried what a lot of the guides said online. Nothing.

Gestrid , 24 days ago to linuxmemes in I somehow broke my Debian bookworm install…

I'd say I have the technical chops. I just don't have the time and energy needed to try to fix something.

I'm also the kind of person that, if everything's not working exactly the way I want it to, then I need to fix it right now. So I know I'd waste hours trying to fix something that (for me) just works on Windows.

Gestrid , 24 days ago to linuxmemes in I somehow broke my Debian bookworm install…

To be fair, at least with Windows, if you do a reinstall I've always found that it never runs quite like it used to. I've sometimes had to deal with some weird quirks afterwards. A friend of mine who kept switching between Google Android and open-sourve Android on his phone said the same thing. Every time he reinstalled Google Android, it simply wouldn't run as well as it did beforehand.

It's like taking a plumbing pipe out and putting it back in. Or taking apart a car engine and putting it back together. It never quite fits together the way it used to anymore.

Gestrid , 24 days ago to 196 in Open Source Rule

I think the Japanese use them when they're quoting something. I could be wrong, though.

Gestrid , 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to 196 in Onedrive Rule

When I was setting up my new computer late last year, OneDrive wanted to sync everything in my user folders to OneDrive. No idea why. I knew it'd never fit everything anyway. To get it to stop, I had to create a brand new user account without a Microsoft account attached, move everything over to the new account, and delete the old account.

Now, I only have OneDrive sync my college stuff (homework, projects, notes, PowerPoints, etc.). Nothing else syncs to OneDrive. I backup my PC using a program called Backblaze instead.

Gestrid , 25 days ago to linuxmemes in Windows updating just before thesis defense

The IT admin: https://youtu.be/5l6l9T2w1DQ

Gestrid , 25 days ago to linuxmemes in Windows updating just before thesis defense

They update on two Tuesdays a month

Correction: It updates every second Tuesday of the month. (Not including any potential "Preview" updates which might get released. Those are all optional updates, though.)

Gestrid , 29 days ago to Comic Strips in I heard that humans eat a bunch of spiders in their sleep..

The perfect soundtrack for this comic: https://youtu.be/6tMhkQ520Sk