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That's not what this post is about.

I understand, and agree, with the sentiment that more people should switch to Linux, but please don't pretend the answer to every topic regarding Microsoft or Windows is "just switch to Linux". It is for some, but it derails and invalidates a necessary conversation about shitty behaviour by Microsoft.

I have a machine running linux at home, I'm not afraid of a package manager, but Linux is not the answer to everything. Not yet at lesst.

I can't refuse to use windows at work, and much as i would sometimes like to, I can't just go and quit over what OS our computers run. That would end poorly for my livelihood and family.

The purpose of this article is to highlight unfair behaviour by Microsoft, especially towards businesses, which is a topic that needs more attention. Microsoft is in every level of infrastructure in almost every big corporation, and no matter how attractive linux is, that doesn't make the dangers of centralised IT belonging to one company any less relevant.

We should all do more to lobby for more companies and corporations switching to Linux, but replying with "just switch to Linux smh" is not pushing that agenda.

This is the right answer, in my opinion.

If you are of the pants with pockets wearing disposition, then whichever side of the phone faces down will inevitably end up filled with dust and lint. Having both ports on the same side makes this a trivial problem.

Kardashev - Snow Sleep

"Kardashev is a progressive death metal band hailing from Tempe, AZ, whose lyrics focus on the advancement of the human race through themes of technology, selflessness, love, and altruism. Given their positive take on death metal, their style has been jokingly referred to as “life metal,” and they also embrace the genre tag “deathgaze” (death metal + shoegaze) which perfectly describes their ambient death metal approach. "

I get you, but don't worry. There is plenty of thing happening before the end.

I highly recommend the series!

The first book, Hyperion, is written in the same style as The Canterbury Tales, featuring an ensemble of protagonists on a pilgrimage to a holy site known as the Time Tombs. On the journey, they each take turns telling the tale of why they were chosen for the pilgrimage.

Interesting! That sounds like it could have inspired The Shrike from Dan Simmons Hyperion series.

It is, frustratingly.

Be that as it may, not mentioning which nation the topic applies to enforces the notion that the US is the default if no other context is given.

Tsk.

Back when I was a kid, we watched hand crafted brain melting videos... On liveleak!

Orally administered hot sauce is a temporary pain.

An unnecessary, half finished OS replacing a perfectly fine one just to save serve you adds is not.

Man, this is sad as hell.

I did not agree with his politics, but he deserved better than this.

Sure, there are politicians in this country who I wouldn't mind seeing disappear from politics, but I sure as hell don't want to see anyone dead

The last five years of his life sucked ass. Came out as gay in a conservative party, ran for PM and got laughed at, got divorced, and still stuck by his career dispute almost everyone suggesting he retire. In a world with more and more flaccid career politicians and trump-wannabes, I can respect a dude for a least sticking to what he believes in, conservative as they might be.

Using Diodes and their ilk as LEDs is the EE equivalent of "all mushrooms are edible, some only once"

What about a technology permit, so you're only allowed to develop technologized products if you get a permit from the Ministry of Proprietary Technology.

Did you read the article at all?

Eh.

Looking through Danish new sites (Dr.dk, Information, Politiken), there is not a single headline about this. I'm curious as to why, and what the angle will be, whenever we get any domestic news on it.

In principle, I think this is a good thing, and something we should have done a long time ago. However, our current PM (Mette Frederiksen) has a history of promising the moon and then never actually getting around to delivering on it, so I'm kind of half-way expecting this to mean "we'll establish a comittee that'll start an investigation into what we can send and when we can send it" and then it'll take them a year or more to figure out the logistics of it, at which point it might be too late.

I should be excited about this, but I am so jaded by our politicans complete lack of interest in anything else than playing the game and staying in power that I struggle to be.

Analysis complete.

There is partial corruption in the platforms meme-templates as well as complete corruption in most of the platforms moderation mechanisms.

Begin uplink: Reply Code: 'Omega'. Fediverse re-origination requested.

Farewell, Lemmys. Your bravery is admirable, for such flawed creatures.

Did you not read the article?

Tencent own preference stock. They could sell their stock, which could potentially harm the company, but they hold no voting rights and carry no decision making power.

I am not a fan of China, nor Tencent, but spewing bile without understanding the context does NOT help this discourse.

Not vegetarian? How?

Hi.

Ex game dev here who jumped ship and is now doing VR training stuff for a big medical company.

I don't regret it one bit. You definitely lose some of the spirit and excitement of working with people who are super excited to make the fun games they grew up playing, but on the flip side, if you've been in the industry long enough to have 18 years under your belt, you've probably had enough of that excitement to see the bad sides of it.

By far the nicest thing about being in an industry that isn't entertainment is that the success of the "product" you're making is so much easier to define than "is this fun" or "will this help playing retention". I can't describe how nice it is to have actual users instead of players, and UX'ers who to come tell me what people want. Sure, it might not be as fun as games, but to be honest, I'm OK with that. I get vastly better pay, better work life balance, and most importantly, a complete lack of any kind of game director whose vision I must try to make real.

Dear, oh dear. What was it? The Money? The Fame? Or the Copyright? Oh, it doesn't matter... It always comes down to the Hunter's helper to clean up after these sort of messes.