erwan @ erwan @lemmy.ml

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Tech workers are well paid, they can afford their own cocktails.

It's SF, most of them probably take public transportation or Uber

I mean it's probably possible to craft a Windows virus that targets Linux through Wine, but I don't think a generic Windows malware would do any damage on Linux.

Because the "default path" is different, a free trial would have way less conversion than the current system.

With a free trial you have to take an action to buy it. With a refund you have to take an action to be refunded.

Or they could do it like SaaS, where you're automatically charged at the end of the trial unless you decide to cancel before... But that's a bit convoluted and it wouldn't bring much compared to the current system.

Personally unless it's a dirt cheap game I do enough research before buying and I rarely have to refund. But I definitely refund if the game is not at the level of quality that I expected.

Their market share is up but still less than 10%.

I just don't buy games that don't run on Linux.

There are already too many games I want to play for the time I have so the very few games that don't run on Linux are not worth my time.

But the virus will be stuck in its wine prefix, right?

An emulator simulates hardware with software. That's why it's slower than running on the original hardware, unless you're running on a hardware significantly faster than the original.

But Wine is not an emulator because it mimics software with different software. You still run on the same hardware, that's why wine/proton only runs on x86.

So the whole "wine is not an emulator" might sounds like pedantry but it's not. It's an important distinction. Because it's not an emulator there is no inherent perf cost.

People like to be higher on the road, especially higher than other people.

I'm not saying Firefox is less good or anything.

Just that I'm not surprised Microsoft doesn't bother targeting Firefox with this popup. Microsoft's goal is to get more market share and going after Firefox users is not going to get much of it. Even if they somehow convince every single Firefox users to use Edge they would still be far behind Chrome.

The future as imagined in the 80's

Chrome is where the market share is.

Also the 2 people per month downloading Firefox probably do it for privacy reasons, harder to convince them than a user using a Big Tech browser to use a different Big Tech browser.

It's cheaper to change all the meters one more time than going back to a human driving his car from house to house to do manual readings...

Also better for the environment.

Not all leavers join Lemmy, I'm pretty sure some just stopped and found other things to do with their life.

It means you can run apps without trusting their developer will full access to your computer and your files.

Just like on mobile, you only allow apps to access what you know they need. Nothing more.

In France everyone has to fill a tax return. It will be prefilled with your salaries, but you still need to add deductions (for example house renovations or child care) or special revenues like real estate.

But yeah, if you only have salaries and no deductions you just validate your prefilled return and be done with it.

"All this effort" is not a big investment for Google, and that rounding error is worth several millions. I'm sure the small team they put together is worth it even if ad blockers are very small.

Companies want to pursue growth, and every million is worth grabbing.

Yes, if you park it outside in a sunny area. Which in a European city would be tricky because it would most likely be parked in a garage, or maybe street parking to get that sun but even then it would be under the shade of buildings most of the time.

Bottom line - if you want to charge your car with solar, you're better off charging at home with solar panels on your roof. And maybe a home battery to charge during the night with electricity generated during the day.

Level 70 corresponds to distinguished engineers, very few engineers have that level at MS (and Google etc). You don't get hired at that level unless you're already a computer science celebrity.

And yes you have to stick around because the 310k of stock will likely come with a vesting schedule, usually 4 years, i.e. you get 1/4 after one year and the rest gradually over the course of the 3 remaining years.

It's bigger than the base pay because stocks is basically the company printing money. Also it's only an initial grant, while the salary has to be paid every years until the contract is terminated.

How many of them are well fed kids who don't need a smartphone yet?