IHawkMike

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[–] IHawkMike 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

A) You've said nothing relevant. We already knew all of this. Recall isn't being installed or turned on on any of my Windows boxes. Copilot is dumb but it isn't collecting any data you don't voluntarily feed it.

B) I don't disagree with whatever point you're trying to make but it has nothing to do with Windows. Unless you know something we don't?

B2) You're lying

B3) What?!

C) You're initiating searches through the Microsoft Windows Start Menu™ and are mad it's launching Edge? Do I have that right?

[–] IHawkMike 8 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

A) None of that has actually happened. If you want to back down from hyperbole and provide specific examples, I will consider addressing them.

B) The U.S. Government is not an adversary in my threat model. If it is one in yours, I assume you are running Qubes OS, which is a completely different conversation. With Windows, I have access to Secure Boot and TPM-backed full drive encryption (including hibernation support) out of the box. Can you do that with Linux? Also, you know as well as everyone else here that the MSA requirement is easy to bypass.

C) Again, provide specifics. I don't default any of my apps to Microsoft's and this just doesn't happen.

[–] IHawkMike 4 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

I'm sorry, I don't get it. For what are we coping?

[–] IHawkMike 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I should have mentioned that I still love Linux though...

[–] IHawkMike 6 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

So where do those of us who don't think Windows is the literal worst OS ever fit into your analogy?

[–] IHawkMike 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

-- George Carlin

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

-- Hanlon's razor

[–] IHawkMike 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah Win11 will probably be a noticeable performance hit on that. Especially Explorer which they made dog slow when adding tabs and the new context menu.

The Office apps and browser will probably be about the same.

[–] IHawkMike 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm running Windows 11 on a 12 year old X79 platform. Runs just fine.

But it was definitely top of the line in its day and 48GB of RAM keeps any system relatively snappy.

[–] IHawkMike 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] IHawkMike 7 points 1 month ago
[–] IHawkMike 38 points 1 month ago

And then, even if they do pay out, they just jack up your rates to make it all back. That's if they don't just drop your coverage completely.

[–] IHawkMike 6 points 1 month ago

Then you apply the scientific method and/or research in search of truth.

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