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archchan , 1 day ago to Technology in Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

Ads with a chance of rain

archchan , 7 days ago to Technology in OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions

Microsoft is an abusive ex. It will keep abusing you because it knows no other way. You can waste your days trying to fight against it, trying to figure out how to disable and remove whatever new privacy invasive anti-consumer bloat Microsoft decides to roll out that Tuesday.

Or you can leave and switch to Linux and waste time there instead. Tux is all about that respect and is handsome to boot. He might be a bit sensitive and break down rarely so you might need to spare a few to make sure he's ok, but it's nothing a little love can't handle. And he's only going to get better and stronger as he grows. You might even look forward to receiving updates (wow, I know). A stark contrast from your abusive ex.

archchan , 17 days ago to Privacy in Snowden: "They've gone full mask-off: do not ever trust OpenAI or its products"

Amazon had also appointed a former NSA director. Actually, it was Snowden's director.

archchan , 19 days ago to Technology in YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

Ads have definitely added more load on electrical grids in aggregate than locally hosted and lightweight models, especially given that ads are fucking everywhere all the time. Websites, apps, the servers, even 24/7 electric billboards. I'm not worried about a few nerds using slightly more electricity sometimes for their own benefit and joy (it's still less power than gaming), as opposed to a corp that burns through power and breaks their climate pledges (Microsoft) for the benefit of their bottom line and nothing else. Corps don't get to have a monopoly on AI that was built with our data, only to have it fed back to us to pull more data and siphon more money.

So basically fuck Google and fuck ads.

archchan , 21 days ago to Technology in All three game console makers, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony, have now abandoned X (formerly Twitter) integration

So... Mastodon integration instead I hope?

archchan , 23 days ago to 196 in the fastest transition in the west

arch-user

I mean...

archchan , 23 days ago to Privacy in United Airlines launches personalized ads on seat-back screens

I admire your conviction. But in that case we also have to consider how your right to move about freely is being affected. If you feel like you need to choose not to travel when you want or need to travel, how will you reconcile? Do you weigh and choose the lesser evil? Seems like you just end up violated one way or another. I don't like it, not any of this.

archchan , 23 days ago to Technology in Microsoft addresses Windows Recall backlash, promises to fix security issues and make it opt-in

Pretty sure they already said it would be opt-in. This is just planned damage control. The fools have already shown their hand. Again.

archchan , 23 days ago to Privacy in Chat surveillance law by the EU Parliament?

It's not just European elites who are afraid of upheaval. It's all of them. It's one of the reasons why they all have bunkers, why Zuckerberg is building another one in Hawaii recently. They know that we can actually do something about them because we outnumber them by a lot, so they build these systems of control. Governments, corps, elites have all become noticeably more brazen in the past several years.

archchan , 24 days ago to Technology in United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

The Ad Algorithm

It knows when you are sleeping
It knows when you're awake
It knows when you've been bad or good
So consume for goodness sake

Fuck this.

archchan , 24 days ago to linuxmemes in Windows updating just before thesis defense

Hahaha thanks. I like being extra and colorful like this. It's a good release in more ways than one

archchan , 24 days ago to linuxmemes in Windows updating just before thesis defense

I've gone off the FOSS deep end so it doesn't stop when I see Windows used in the wild.

The longer I'm here, the more I recoil at the sight of people using products from Google so casually and thoughtlessly.

I'll feel visceral disgust when I see the soulless, dystopian corporate logos of Xitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc that wormed their way into a universal presence on social footers of websites or promotional emails or search engines... and everyone's locked down devices, sucking up troves of data to map who you are, were, and will be. Even McFuckingDonalds has a clause in a policy saying they'll measure your intelligence.

The greater the intersect between emotions felt while enjoying a cautionary fictional cyberpunk tale and those felt while experiencing reality... well, anyway you get the idea.

Tldr I need a hug from a penguin or cocaine from a bear or something holy shit

You, reader, go. Hug a penguin. Spread love to the world. Believe in the change you want to see. Be good to each other. And don't let anyone or anything take who you are, were, or can be away from you, be it a corp, a government, or a bad day.

Have a good day

archchan , 25 days ago to Technology in Internet Service Providers Try to Stop Net Neutrality in Court | Cord Cutters News

He's not even the FCC chairman anymore but this news still makes me want to punch Ajit Pai in the face.

archchan , 26 days ago to Technology in A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunch

I hate that Pixelfed isn't good enough to capture these users and I say this as someone who uses it over Instagram.

From the what I've seen (and I have been watching fairly closely), I think Pixelfed and the stretched-too-thin-can't-prioritize-and-somewhat-monarchial dev himself might just need more time to cook. I still have hope in him and his projects but I won't be holding my breath again. If good shit happens, it happens. And I do hope it happens because it should've been Pixelfed in this article like Mastodon was with Twitter or Lemmy with Reddit. Not whatever this new corp that came out of nowhere is.

archchan , 29 days ago to Technology in Butts, breasts, and genitals now explicitly allowed on Elon Musk’s X

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