ObsidianZed

ObsidianZed , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser

You could say "I'm thirsty" and though not explicitly asking a question, someone might still offer you a beverage as a solution, for which you would probably be thankful.

ObsidianZed , 13 days ago to linuxmemes in Don't mess up secure boot with bitlocker

So malware wasn't enough, Windows wants to be a ransomware too?

Edit: I can already see it now. "Locked out of your files? For a small fee or our premium subscription, you can restore encrypted files that we lost."

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Comic Strips in Where does the wind come from? [beetlemoses]

Beat me to it

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Technology in Adding TV to bedroom without using mainstream smart device

I picked up an Onn 4k streaming Box from Walmart for $20 that uses Android TV. It supports Bluetooth for mouse and keyboard and with a usb hub can handle additional usb ports.

Also supports more advanced tinkering if you'd like to sideload apps such as SmartTubeNext for ad and sponsor blocking on YouTube.

I think you might also be able to load a third party launcher to de-google it more, but I haven't tried that yet.

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Technology in Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent'

I mean that's already happening at some big companies now.

Will it last? My guess is no, but they'll enjoy saving the money that they would pay human beings in the mean time.

My hope is just that they'll suffer losses due to a drop in product quality and start struggling, but let's face it, the big tech companies are almost never the ones' that are actually hurt by their decisions.

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Fediverse in Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App

Well now's the time if TikTok gets banned.

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Watch as I remove the very thing I am currently using

Ah I've used that too for my Windows machine though it didn't occurred to me to try it for Linux. I also only just recently learned of Sunlight and was only using Moonlight with Nvidia's gamestream.

I'll have to give that a try. Thanks!

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Technology in The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

Gotcha, but even in that case, what's convincing most of those average users from picking a different browser? The logo? "Ooh pretty lion?"

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Watch as I remove the very thing I am currently using

Yeah same. I was honestly surprised because I'm not the most advanced user of Linux but literally a few commands later, and boom. I don't believe I even needed to reboot. Just logged out and back in, selecting plasma wayland from gdm.

Autologin seems much smoother, now I'm just waiting for krdp or something similar, unless there's already another way to remotely login to desktop regardless of the remote client's platform. I'm open to recommendations.

ObsidianZed , 3 months ago to Technology in The DMA already having an impact. Brave Browser installs surge after introduction of browser choice splash screen on iOS.

I was a bit confused too. So all that's changed is a specific splash screen during new phone setup prompting the user to pick a default browser?

ObsidianZed , 4 months ago to Technology in 70,000 ATT customers are without service across the US

Thanks, I forgot about that.

ObsidianZed , 4 months ago to Technology in Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes

Do you know if the smart doorbell is the same? Received one from the in-laws for Christmas but haven't done anything yet.

ObsidianZed , 4 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in People using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'

I couldn't care fewer

ObsidianZed , 4 months ago to Technology in Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage

What are you basing that off of??

Google is 2TB for $10/month.

$8.33/month with the annual plan.

ObsidianZed , 4 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in My daughter lost her social studies essay because LibreOffice doesn't have autosave on automatically.

I've never actually used vim, though occasionally fallback on vi for remote admin. I may finally check it out now though. Thanks!