Posts by sharpwolverine

YouTube expands vaccine misinfo crackdown, nukes anti-vax channels for good

Public health experts wonder what took so long

The amount of money they were loosing because of the COVID deniers finally got to high and was starting to eat into profits.

If it's going to rain within the next 90 mins, this very British AI system can warn you

Hey, I can do the exact same by looking out windows.

Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?

We aren't going to reduce your load. We aren't going to pay you more. Just breathe better.

Sounds just like something a manager would say.

Beijing wants its internet to become 'civilized' by always reflecting Marxist values

China doesn't want internet. It wants AOL

WhatsApp to offer end-to-end encrypted backups in iCloud, Google Drive with user-managed keys

Yeah, like I think this is true.

Prolly one of the largest ad purchasers is sending data to two of the largest adtech companies, and I am suppose to believe that none have the ability to look into the data.

Microsoft previews free Visual Studio Code for the Web

1. Anything that requires an account to use is not free

2. How much longer before VS Code is web only? I give it 2 years.

Windows 11 will roll out from October 5 as Microsoft hypes new hardware

Re: How do I opt users out of this "upgrade" ?

Had a game released back in July that had no issues under Linux. Game back from 2020 that ran with no issues. A few older ones that ran without issues as well.

Hell, the only game I have ran into that has issues with Linux, is the Linux version of Black Mesa.

Could always disable the TPM in BIOS. Or install a pre-Ryzen 3 or pre 8th gen core.

Start or Please Stop? Power users mourn features lost in Windows 11 'simplification'

This whole article is just a giant reason not to use 11.

No worse, ME

No place like GNOME: 41 in beta, features frozen for forthcoming release

Meh

Double down on what made GNOME 3 bad isn't going to get me to switch to GNOME 4

Microsoft, flush with cash, raises cloud office suite prices for businesses

How much would I pay

I would pay $1 if I can get Office without the bullshit. The vast majority of the features they have added, I have never used and don't see being used.

GitHub picks Friday 13th to kill off password-based Git authentication

Can someone explain how

A token is not a password?

They look exactly the same. They require the same kind of management.

COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free

Re: Lower floor

Not in a basement. Can't do that here.

Getting the vaccine is not free.

You have to make time to go out your way to get stabbed with a needle. No thanks.

Not that I would buy one of those fake cards.

Naughty karaoke is China's next tech crackdown target

I think all my music can be placed in one or more of those categories. Even the instrumental only tracks.

Bit overly broad. What about albums like 13th Step which is all about the down sides of drugs.

Even their national anthem would be against this. That is very much promoting a cult.

Firefox 91 introduces cookie clearing, clutter-free printing, Microsoft single sign-on... so where are all the users?

Cool. What I wanted. A way to clear cookies that an add on prolly already does, and something that isn't the OS print dialog so I get to waste more time trying to print.

New GNOME Human Interface Guidelines now official – and obviously some people hate it

Re: Sticking up for Gnome 40

It was also a trend to own people.

Weird.

But hey, at least there is an option to change it.

Well, not helping their case. The reason I use KDE over GNOME is having the menu in the with the window bar.

They do NOT belong together.

Redpilled Microsoft does away with flashing icons on taskbar as Windows 11 hits Beta

Re: I rather like it

How fucking boring is your life that learning a new UI paradigm is worth it just to have something to do.

Re: I rather like it

Do you not see it as a problem that you need to adapt to a change? That there is no recourse given, or any adequately explained reason as to why?

Another thing. Why don't we get details about these so called studies?

How many people were asked? What were their qualifications? (My 10 years in the business should have a lot more weight than my mother's who pretty much uses her computer to search the internet for arts and craft patterns) What did these piece of paper look like? How much time was given? What if there was a feature not on a piece of paper? Were they allowed to add it?

The more and more I think about it, the more it sounds like bullshit. The new Start Menu looks like they had an Android launcher sitting around not being used and some suit saw it and said make a new Windows version around that. That is why there is an 11.

They need to stop trying to be Apple. They need to stop trying to Linux as well. Be the boring app people. Embrace it.

They used paper to choose the layout of the Start Menu?

What in the fuck?

Were these Windows Users they interview also in Pre-K?

Don't see how this reduces clutter. All the new Start Menu has done is increased it, since I have to pin a lot more to the task bar since it isn't as easy to access apps any longer.