Wonder if all the AI shit has actually been a way to inflate the price of computer hardware to the point where something like this is the only way some people will be able to afford to use computers at all.

I don’t think Microsoft understands what cloud storage is supposed to be used for.

They understand it’s for training AI. They don’t care about anything else.

A lot of people on lemmy long ago realized that if you have enough problems with windows, the problem is windows.

Ubuntu has kind of fallen out of favor with a lot of people, myself included.

The whole “We’re using snaps now. We like snaps so you like snaps” attitude rankled a lot of people.

“Yet you participate in society. Curious.”

AI is more convincingly human than kenneth copeland.

They’re making way less than they could be because of lopsided “free” trade agreements.

Dangerous to whom?

They are becoming less beholden by the day for reasons Doctorow laid out.

In light of recent events, other countries should simply stop recognizing US intellectual property claims as valid.

Valve certainly put in the lion’s share of effort in making Linux a hospitable environment for gamers. Without their hard work, the rise in popularity of Linux simply wouldn’t be possible, and I had no intention of belittling that.

Valve made sure there were life rafts. Microsoft provided the iceberg.

I still gripe about phones without removable batteries. They design the lifetime of the phone to be limited to its shortest-lived component. And I’m convinced that they design charging ports to break.

If Windows crosses a the threshold of “major OEMs start shipping Linux,”

Does Valve count?

It didn’t, we worked hard for it over the years. So yeah, a “thank you” would be nice.

None is forthcoming. Just more whining that fortnite won’t run because it requires a rootkit.

Turns out, there were a lot of users, primarily gamers, who were considering giving Linux a chance. Microsoft gave them the push they needed.

Well maybe if people could just say the three words right, they wouldn’t need to.

“Software controls are sufficient and hardware controls are expensive. Robust software protections are just as safe as hardware based lockouts.” - people who have never heard of Therac-25

sigh one would, wouldn’t they?

The fraudster’s motto.

Huh. How about that. I figured they would just to be dicks. Serves me right for not checking.