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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The 400$ one will also contribute to e-waste.

Just saying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

One of the issues indeed.

Here's a few more:

  • stringent and unnecessary hardware requirements
  • changing app defaults is cumbersome
  • Home version requires a MS account
  • right click menu costs more clicks than in 10

And so on and so forth...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Looks like it would be easy for MS to allow this out of the box.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

The taskbar still cannot be pinned to the side? I stay with 10.

Still no properly customisable Start menu? I stay with 10.

Still refusing to let my older devices upgrade for no good reason? I stay with 10.

And a number of further reasons that make me refuse 11.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Or simply install a physical button.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Stackoverflow gets quickly steamrolled by AI.

We're not 100% there yet, but the writing on the wall is there. Just my opinion, of course.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

snake_case_might_be_better_for_that

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I agree that it's not great that telemetry is shared, but to say that you buy it "just" to share your data is an exaggeration. I am sure you do useful things with it.

That said, yes, it is bloated and I wish you could really turn off all telemetry. Am totally with you on that.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The way mobile providers charge. The likes of Vodafone, any random Telecom, T-Mobile and so forth. It's a huge scam, bordering theft sometimes. Want samples? Here we go:

"Your credit expires in x days. Better recharge now to not lose it!" (Banks should start doing this /s)

"Your credit has expired. Better give us more money within our generous deadline, or else we are forced to delete your number. We love you."

"Your data has expired. We now charge you a horrendous amount every minute, because we are too greedy to warn you in time. For technical reasons we also cannot stop you from using data after your allowance has been used. Fortunately you still have credit, huh?"

"Your data expires today. We don't insult your intelligence by telling you when. Surely you remember when you bought the package, right? It's not hard to count 24 hours. We also do not send any SMS anymore to save the environment."

"Your data has expired. You need data to buy a new bundle. Our app charges data for our convenience."

"Social media data only works for WhatsApp, but not for Signal. But who uses Signal anyways?"

"Use our customer friendly support chat. Conveniently it uses data. 'Hello, I am your smart bot speaking. How can I help you? I might understand you if you type one of the three questions I have been programmed to answer. Do you want to know more about our products?'"

Edit: added point 2, minor corrections for clarity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I want this.

So bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Endless Sky found it's way onto my device recently.

 

Depressing or Hopeful?

 

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Star Trek Goes On Strike (subspacechatter.substack.com)
 

Had to post it, because I keep loving this video. This moment will go down in Star Trek history. Without teh sahdow of a doubt. 🖖

I wish there was a recording of the entire stream.

 

Video games can teach deep truths about life, society and human nature.

Which ones stand out for you?

 

And he did it brilliantly!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

The energy in this is captivating. One can't stop watching! You will feel the effects after you're through with this. 😂

Private link to the video

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

In the past, we would type something like site:reddit.com into a search engine to get to the resource we needed. In the meantime, I have already found a few useful tips on Lemmy instances by using the Lemmy search. But since all Lemmy instances are named differently, a simple site:lemmy won't work well in a search engine.

Do you see a solution for this? Or do we leave this to the search providers to figure out?

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