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wax , 11 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

We have more local computing power than ever, but getting more and more chained to online services. Ah, the irony

wax , 1 month ago to Technology in Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 85% of threads retract in 1st

Overpromise & underdeliver

wax , 1 month ago to Privacy in Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on its new PCs | The Guardian

Holy shit that's annoying. Say I installed Win11 for my elderly parents. They'd get this sign-up screen after I would have thought everything was setup and ready to use.

Glad I installed elementary OS for them a few years ago, it's been completely painless (they are used to apple-UX)

wax , 2 months ago to Memes in its true tho

Got this update message in signal earlier this week. Nice to see them moving in the right direction, but I guess the initial signup still requires a phone number.

"Your phone number will no longer be visible to anyone on the latest version of Signal unless they have it saved in their phone's contacts. You can change this in Settings.

A new privacy setting lets you control who can find you by your phone number on Signal.

You can now set and share an optional username to let people chat with you without giving them your phone number. "

wax , 2 months ago to Memes in This game came out in 2000.

Deus ex: revision is pretty good too. Changes a bit more than GMDX compared to the original though (e.g., more map changes, some new soundtracks)

wax , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse

Ah, thats terrible then. A computer should last longer than that, especially with a battery replacement mid-life

wax , 2 months ago to Technology in Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse

It has terrible future proofing however. Sure, apple is generally good at supporting their devices, but I'm sure a device with more than 8 would remain usable for a longer time.

wax , 2 months ago to Privacy in Microsoft is silently installing Copilot onto Windows Server 2022

I use arch on a proxmox lxc in order to handle apps which does not have a debian repo. Using AUR saves me from manually recompiling/downloading on new releases. Wouldn't use it for a server at work though.