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Watch: Adobe angers artists with new Photoshop terms (techcrunch.com)

Artists got an unpleasant surprise when they opened Photoshop this week, as they were shown a pop-up window asking them to agree to new terms of service. Among the changes: Adobe now says it has the right to access customers’ content through “automated or manual methods.”...

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For the stupid maybe.

Turns out they number around 70 million in the US....

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With many people going from windows to Linux, they would have instantaneous users on nostalgia alone

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Also the new Craftsman tools are nowhere as good as the original stuff.

I call it Crapsman tools

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Tldr version; blocking is too passive. Lets shadow ban them to the tar pits and make them our slaves

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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.

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Dunno if this still works: when setup your local account, while NOT CONNECTED to the internet login and edit the Start Menu tiles. Delete any blank or empty ones. Those are for the ads!

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Make it so that you can appeal the results of battles

China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover (spectrum.ieee.org)

Globally, according to research by the Rocky Mountain Institute, EVs will comprise two-thirds of the world’s car sales by 2030. However, according to the World Resources Institute, “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at...

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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

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There is an extra step for laser printers. You initiate the extortion.

It's fully automated with inkjet printers

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I wish Noodles had a community on Lemmy

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It's the number of times faster it can read or burn compared to the original speed of reading and burning

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I can see MS paying Adobe to NOT release Linux versions of their software.

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But what about AI ?
It has to be everywhere!
Somebody please think about adding AI to Firefox!
I need it to do ????????????

/s

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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.

Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)

Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it's expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...

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They're going to need that money to settle the lawsuit from Gina Carano funded by Elon Musk.

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Is this based on a children's bedtime story in Russia? I don't get I.

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This is how you prove a point, boys and jirls.

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