They can force upgrade themselves in the ass.

The only thing I’m looking forward to more than the collapse of the AI bubble is Microsoft, specifically, eating shit at the hands of a public that doesn’t want, need, or give two shits about them anymore. Just like Intel or whatever your favorite example is, see some fucking titan that thought they were some great titan, only to turn out to be Ozymandias when the whole fucking world looks up at them and shrugs. Like the end of the Truman show when this massive, all-consuming industry of a production comes crashing down in an evening, and the television viewers at home happily shrug and say, “what else is on?”

The word about Linux is out, and, as Snazzy Labs recently pointed out, Macs have accidentally become the best value in new computers. There are excellent non-Windows options for ordinary people who just do everything through a web browser and an office suite, for not much money all over the fucking place, and the day their greed catches up to them and they start to lose real market share is so close I can taste it.

I like it.

That’s great. I wish Visio/Vizio were not such common names for software and hardware. We done did those already. Do something else.

I can’t find the interview now or remember who it was with because of my brainrot but roughly than six months ago this woman was saying in no uncertain terms things will get progressively darker and more violent. And I’ve thought of that when every one of these moments has arisen. She was speaking more to the need of a parent whose health premiums quadrupled and SNAP benefits were cut having to care for and feed a sick child and what that might do to their anger and willingness to go do something against the elements foisting this upon them, but of course we never can predict what the precise hinge point moments are going to be during turbulent times. We just knew they were coming. And now they are. And will continue.

I care. I have Ring because it was the fastest way to get cameras on my property after trouble with neighbors. I found out how liberal they are with user data and handing it over to law enforcement but I couldn’t justify the expense in upgrading. For me this isn’t a bridge too far in a moral sense but more like a powerful reminder I’ve been lax in my responsibility. I’m pricing out some Reolink cameras I can host locally at home and put on a private subnet I can just VPN into. I’ll have to buy the kit piecemeal because I don’t have a lot of money to toss around but I am firmly committed to getting off Ring cameras in light of this news.

there’s more than one amendment that has an opinion about that

The reason I’m a Clicks convert isn’t the typing. I only use the keyboard for that half the time. The reason is it opens up keyboard shortcuts which make the ordinarily horrible experience of doing anything on a smartphone much better.

Man! I think I even noticed that when I installed by my thought was, “this software is so modest and inconsequential, I bet the AI integration is inconsequential too and will stay out of my way.” So far that is the case. I think there’s a ‘ribbon’ tab at the top for AI? Haven’t clicked it. It’s probably just bullshit that will overwrite my authorial voice like the inside of a vacuum cleaner quick start guide.

I couldn’t effect the same workflow on LO as I was in PowerPoint but I pivoted to ONLYOFFICE and it is excellent. Let’s say 90% of the ease of use of PP (haven’t tried its other modules yet), for free (or did I pay a small fee? Either way, better than a lifelong renter status), and with no AI. My presentation is kinda micro-slide-y so there’s a high volume of non-dense slides; once I got into the 200s I noticed OO would bog down on me but restarting the software would clear that up instantly. The only real gripe (and it’s the same with LO) is that it doesn’t support ‘sections’ so I can’t group and collapse my slides for ease of navigation. No big deal.

I work in schools. We have them in every hallway and classroom. But the kids do not know how to read them, and they don’t even seem interested to learn even though it would take all of two minutes to wrap their head around. Seen it in the middle and high schools.

Meh

What in the good gracious did your comments contribute, guy? Except a bunch of bile into the Internet, wasteland of negativity?

It was accompanied by a vote, you silly boots.

This is a good

It was accompanied by a vote, you silly boots.

This is a good comment.

Nothing to change except for a lot more legal liability / responsibility to be on you and not your parents. Also, as you have to pay for more and more of your own existence by working as much as is required you’ll find within a couple years your best “nothing to do” / “time to kill” hours are behind you. Time for hobbies and gaming and stuff will be at a premium and unless you get wealthy and / or forego having kids, it’ll just keep shrinking away. Make sure you find ways to feel fulfilled by the ways you spend the time you do have, and don’t make the serious mistake of shorting yourself on sleep. You wanna live long and well, you want to sleep more. Don’t start drinking, by the way, even when you’re 21. Isn’t remotely worth it.

Gl;hf!

Took him long enough.

It is absolutely something to meditate on, that’s for sure.

Wasn’t government cross-pollinating with industry a relevant component in 20th century definitions of fascism?

Switch to Kagi. It’s worth the money.