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A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back

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    • A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back

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  • You mean like Ubuntu , who put adds in as well.

    • A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back

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  • This is status quo for every large corporation. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, Roku.... They all, ALL, push boundaries to see what they can get away with to not only sell you something, but also make you the thing they sell. Sometimes they're bold enough to make it public what they're doing, sometimes, it's a leak that happens when people find out how little the company actually cares about it's users (Apple, so many user data leaks).

    • Are you a 'tankie'

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  • The fuck is a tankie? Outside of Lemmy, I've never seen nor H6eard the word. I assume it's Lemmy slang for some group of people.

    • Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated

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  • I was interested in Tesla when it was first getting big. But lost interest fast due to him. I would say you couldn't pay me to own one, but if there's 46 billion just burning a hole in someone pocket, well fuck, for a billion dollars I'll be interested and for 2 billion I'll own it.

    • What's an unusual but excellent food combo you've tried?

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  • They sell chocolate bars that have chili in it. Though some are better than others. But generally always better than like, Hershey

    • What's an unusual but excellent food combo you've tried?

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  • Oh yeah! I also add jalapenos too.

    • What's an unusual but excellent food combo you've tried?

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  • That sounds like a food crime...

    • Do people actually get upset if you forget their name?

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  • There's not be a single reason. In a few jobs when I was younger, it was usually the manager nobody liked, the one that let you know they weren't there to make friends... they were usually the likely ones. A girlfriends parents (again when I was younger) was split. Her Dad for a good while refused, but eventually came around. He clearly didn't like me (I think it was just an over-protective father sort of thing). More recent was someone who just had a superiority complex at work. I can only speculate as to what was wrong with this person or their motive, but they were the one that stopped "mid-name" to switch.

    • Cat as a service

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    • Do people actually get upset if you forget their name?

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  • I can give a tangent I suppose. I, like many have a first and last name. I prefer... Military style (no idea what to call it, if it has a proper name). I've gone by this for 25+ years. I'll introduce myself as such to people I know, work with, etc. and there's usually questions... Which I can understand, generally it's people not believing that that's my name. Either it sounds too absurd to be a name or it is too absurd to be a first minute, we're honestly I totally get. A quick show of their driver's license usually sorts it out. And most people will refer to me as my last name. Only occasion someone will use my first name and it doesn't really bother me, usually. (And just be clear I don't use it like how a teacher would I use it like as if it was a first name that makes sense...).

    When it does bother me is when it becomes obvious that the person is going out of their way to make sure they use only my first name. Because it is a clear sign of disrespect. And in almost every single case it's clear that the person thinks they're the first person to think of this and they think they're clever and that I don't notice. The most blatant was as individual started to say my last name, immediately stopped after the first few letters, and switched to my first name... It cannot have been more obvious that was intentional.

    • Shit...

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  • Open Mainframe?

    • I love making pizzas with my bread maker

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  • This is like, reason #73 why I should definitely NOT get a bread maker. I lack the will power...

    • Newsmax Host Ominously Warns ‘You People in Your Cities’ Who Are ‘Pushing the Party That Owns 90% of the Guns’

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  • This exactly. Guns have way more of a kick than people think and way less ammo. Too many people believe what they see in action movies. The gun range I go to you always hear about someone who wanted to live out something the saw in a movie... Only to end up shooting the ceiling, missing the target, and finding it the mag doesn't last minutes (for guns with an auto setting).

    • Programmer Pain Chart

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  • I was building up some packer stuff. Vsphere-iso plug-in. Tests were going fine and then for reasons I didn't understand it said it could no longer find the cd creation tool it has just been using.

    So I try a few things, nothing works. So I figure I have nothing to lose, I make a new folder to house all the tools in one place. Update Windows system environment path. Restart everything. VScode didn't have my path statement, Google is of 0 fucking help, and now packer doesn't work. I least it's the weekend now.

    • PlayStation's CEO drastically underestimates the Steam crowd's patience, thinks PC gamers will buy a PS5 for exclusive sequels

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  • Could I buy a PlayStation. Yes. Will I, no. I lost interest in PlayStation back during the PS3. That console saw more Blu-rays and DVDs than games. Never bought a PS4.

    And if/when this or any other formerly exclusive games come to PC, it has to compete with current release PC titles, but itself will be judged as an older title. It doesn't matter to me if it's new to the platform. I won't be paying new game price for a port of an old title.

    • Netflix Announces Minecraft Animated Series

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  • So... Jungle biome?

    • Truly a bittersweet moment

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  • School might be over, but your education never stops.

    When I graduated highschool, we didn't have the resources we have today. You can freely learn a language anytime you want. Find out interesting maths they didn't teach you in school, details about the world you live in you might not know (architecture, history, of just why things are one way in one nation vs another).

    There are so many fantastic YouTube channels. Here's a list of channel I've subscribed to that I think are with it. There a few programming ones in there too. And this doesn't even cover the channels that showed me how to repair my AC unit, or how to repair my washing machine.

    If this lost is to long, than 3 channels I recommend highest is Tom Scott, SmarterEveryDay, and Steve Mould.

    https://youtube.com/@computerphile?si=N4wqFbRRJH79m9Uw

    https://youtube.com/@numberphile?si=KLV2sEsb_oXT3vHA

    https://youtube.com/@becausescience?si=3UKGGQO3Ivnk7FHr

    https://youtube.com/@captaindisillusion?si=MYqmVyin_iQqXwyi

    https://youtube.com/@cgpgrey?si=y84jiNN4-zbL9hbT

    https://youtube.com/@dadhowdoi?si=gLNC6Yk_2RzyJmFj

    https://youtube.com/@eevblog?si=Ej5QDeqxh3np_dEV

    https://youtube.com/@electroboom?si=30NjdydKFdKVTog2

    https://youtube.com/@engineerguyvideo?si=czyQNDIvcTKzybJt

    https://youtube.com/@freecodecamp?si=Sdhi-DpO6dzbDCo4

    https://youtube.com/@gaminghistorian?si=LA3yRw4d9z8pY-qi

    https://youtube.com/@kylehill?si=QH1hSpxfXwuJfO5i

    https://youtube.com/@toddmcleod-learn-to-code?si=AeXB5aXAC1YaXpaG

    https://youtube.com/@lostinthepond?si=0vGE1Wzaiygm8H4t

    https://youtube.com/@markrober?si=_hY4UZqBCJBRxPSH

    https://youtube.com/@powerm1985?si=leB3iPwMGNE9_ClH

    https://youtube.com/@periodicvideos?si=7oJLqK0cG2fs-A95

    https://youtube.com/@professorleonard?si=YeUom4rZIKJTuCBW

    https://youtube.com/@smartereveryday?si=F2cNiCjHxgUpL8ze

    https://youtube.com/@stevemould?si=_TKVE-hf9__3wh5W

    https://youtube.com/@technologyconnections?si=WOpCUlgRf1Ep9deI

    https://youtube.com/@tomscottgo?si=FIjBNTQ5G5fIxi-m

    https://youtube.com/@veritasium?si=wxh8n0_VvMZIpIl8

    https://youtube.com/@vsauce?si=bHdyoWw7_HaI5Cce

    • DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it?? [EDIT: IS BACK]

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  • Why is 42 the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?

    • Not really sure whether S-expressions or Python indentation-based scoping get more hate...

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  • Do a search for 'why yaml is bad' and you'll get a lot of stories.

    Constant passing problems, especially when the yaml gets very large and complex. After I implemented a new feature I was pulled into a call with 12-15 people demanding to know why it didn't work. The new feature worked fine, The guys yaml had the wrong amount of white space and so it didn't parse.