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barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser

Capitalism be like.

barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser

Both Fedora and Debian are excellent choices.

I keep feeling compelled to suggest people try the atomic versions of Fedora. They do upgrades in a way that cannot get stuck halfway, and if the upgrade breaks something you can roll back. I think it's neat.

barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges

"Shoot oneself in the foot" is a really charitable description of "inviting all the worst Nazis back on to social media and removing fact checking."

barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges

If the market were rational that would have been the end of Tesla. It takes some extreme brainletry to turn a huge market advantage into actively losing ground to new entrants. And he is still at it. Being a dimwitted Nazi on Twitter is his top priority. Tesla sales will continue to spiral down the drain.

(Yes, if the market were rational the end might have come sooner, but certainly giving billions to a brainlet actively sabotaging the company should end it.)

barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians

I put "communists" in scare quotes when they're defending every action from a state capitalist nation that produces hundreds of billionaires.

barsquid , 15 days ago to Lefty Memes in Capitalists: capitalism is the only system that lets you chase your dreams…

40 hour workweek is excessive. This is based around units containing at least two adults, maybe multigenerational homes with grandparents doing childcare. Now that we expect dual incomes the workweek should be 20 hours at most before overtime kicks in.

What I am getting at is that just giving people time back to exist could happen with changes to the current system. Unfortunately that means smaller yachts for the people on top, so we cannot have it.

barsquid , 15 days ago to Technology in Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper

It needs to be a standard connection and work with multiple host OSes before I would consider one, I'm not sure Apple is into that. Having the S version you describe would still be miles better than $3,500 for a non-upgradable smart monitor.

barsquid , 16 days ago to Technology in Crypto Scammers Are Targeting Trump’s MAGA Supporters

I ask myself this every day. Why not just sell some MAGA Jesus trinkets?

When I am feeling more altruistic than greedy, why not toss up a bunch of "PATRIOTS THE COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR HELP TO FIGHT ELECTION FRAUD" and then just donate all the proceeds to campaigns for people against insurrection and fake electors. There's no lie or fraud on that, just exploiting the bias of delusional clowns. I guess "patriots" is a lie, that's about it.

barsquid , 17 days ago to Technology in Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.

What is a good usenet server for reading MBs of discussion every day?

barsquid , 17 days ago to Technology in Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

Without a Meta account tho? I've got hard blockers on price or shenanigans (or both) for every headset I know of.

barsquid , 17 days ago to Technology in Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Vision Pro 2

I was hoping they'd get the price down to something sane. It looks like it could be a cool tool for CAD. Of course there won't be any input available from a non-Apple computer so I still wouldn't want one.

barsquid , 17 days ago to Technology in New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach

Efficiency is not even my top concern with their code: https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/0-click-gitlab-hijacking-flaw-under-active-exploit-with-thousands-still-unpatched/

barsquid , 17 days ago to Technology in New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach

I will never use GitLab after seeing CVE-2023-7028. It should simply not have been possible with any reasonable security posture. I do not want their software running on my machines.

barsquid , 17 days ago to linuxmemes in Don't make a mistake in choosing a distro

I tried to install Win 10 in a VM recently and it spend hours updating after installing from the ISO. Also you have to turn off the internet to not create a Microsoft account? What a pain it is now.

barsquid , 18 days ago to Memes in Math

What is the advanced stuff you can do if you don't have garbage data?