BearOfaTime @ BearOfaTime @lemm.ee

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"We are all Britons, and I am their king! "

"How'd you get to be king, then, eh? I didn't vote for you!"

"Dennis, Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here!"

Sorry, so rarely hear the word "Britons" that it always makes me think of John Cleese in this scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail.

Here's a good start explaining the naming conventions

Why 3.5" drive? (Just curious).

I've found prices aren't necessarily any better at that size.

Gary, Gary... Gary?

Exactly. Know what's going on around you.

I still tend to wait a couple seconds as I double check some other doofus isn't running the red.

Wait, a supposedly federate-able, but at the moment centrally-controlled social media app isn't following the rules?

I'm shocked, shocked I say!

(Yes, sarcasm).

I think it's funny all the people leaving Twitter for Bluesky since Twitter's been clearly exposed for the shit hole it's always been. As if it's shittiness is new, and any other similar system won't be as bad.

It's not systems, it's people.

Systems can contribute to making things worse (or better), but they aren't the source.

For anyone who seems uninterested, ask if they'd like to be arrested for murder simply because the biked past a place every day.

For anyone looking for great talking points about this issue, I highly recommend "Taking Control of Your Personal Data" by prof. Jennifer Golbeck, published by The Teaching Company, ISBN:978-1629978390, likely available at your local library as a DVD or streaming.

Ah, yes, the ends justify the means, Dr. Mengele

Syncthing.

None of my stuff is in the cloud (someone else's computer"). It's just synced where I want, when I want, and how I want.

They saw $$ savings projected. They didn't realize they'd need cloud engineers to manage it. Savings gone.

For one thing, just like Google Drive, MS scans everything and won't let you store stuff they disagree with.

Example: batch files that modify things like KMS settings. These have a legitimate use in business environments, but MS sees them as hacking their stuff.

They don't warn you either, the sync jobs just fail. Like a OneNote notebook will just fail to sync, with no reason why.

It's why I turn off notifications completely

Cause I live toting a do gle around and risk breaking the laptop because of it.

I did enough of that in the 90's, TYVM

Cause I live toting a do gle around and risk breaking the laptop because of it.

I did enough of that in the 90's, TYVM

You should probably look in a mirror, Mr. Prisoner.

You're the one asking to be constrained.

Oh, damn, that's a game changing idea there.

It's SDCARD since like 1999. Sheesh, get current mate! 🤣

Few hundred? What, are you stuck in 1995?

Less than $100 for my current one, and it supports our Dell, Lenovo, and Mac (and I'm no Mac fan).

That said, you'll take my USB A ports from my cold, dead, hand.

I could possibly see it being required by a covenant community/HOA, but code? That seems a bit out there.

Hahahaha.

I appreciate your patience