spaghettiwestern @ spaghettiwestern @sh.itjust.works

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2-4 citations are required for the simplest college essay and you've provide only one. You should look that up, but that would mean the onus of finding the citation for citations would be on you.

It's sad that I must point this out, but this is a comment section, not a reference article or college essay. Footnotes and references are not required or expected here and every user on this site knows how to use Google.

No argument about anything, nor will I provide you sources that show thunder isn't caused by Thor's hammer, the moon causes tides, or that Ivermectin doesn't cure Covid,

Microsoft's use of a keylogger started with a Windows 7 update and has been well documented for almost a decade. It's not my problem you're uninformed. If you want to waste your time and energy complaining that a random Internet stranger refuses to spoon-feed you simple search results, that's entirely up to you.

My friend got a call from "Best Buy" technical support saying they'd noticed her computer was slow and followed their instructions to set up remote access. Unfortunately she didn't realize that there was anything to be worried about. It wasn't until months later when she left the computer on and unattended that the scammers took control. Fidelity wired the money out of her account before she saw the notification and Fidelity has been jerking her around ever since. She's still badly shaken.

I'd put her on Mint, but as much as I enjoy her company I don't want to be permanent tech support for her computer.

Anyone who's so lazy they literally refuse to type the same words used in their comment into a search engine doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. There are lots of adults on Lemmy, but apparently we have a few children too.

Have you tried a Google search?

I just reinstalled and configured Windows for a friend who's machine was hacked, so my frustration with Microsoft is very fresh. (She lost 8 thousand dollars of her savings she's still trying to get back.) After years of using Linux I feel like I'm being punished every time I help someone with their Windows machine.

/Rant

These things in particular drive me nuts:

• Sending everything users do and type (including passwords) back to Microsoft. It's called spyware when other companies do it. It should be called spyware when it's an OS called Microsoft Windows.
• Flooding 1/2 the screen with web search results when a search is done from the start menu. I'm looking for an installed program, not a potato recipe.
• Requiring a registry edit to turn that web search off and lots of other simple things that use to be configurable in settings.
• Placing ads throughout the operating system and making it difficult to turn those ads off.
• Forcing the use of the Edge browser no matter what users choose.
• Preventing the removal of unwanted programs without editing the registry.
• Forced updates at Microsoft's convenience.
• Absurdly long restart times after updating.
• Forced OS version upgrades.
• Reverting settings that have been changed by the user to settings that directly benefit Microsoft's sales and marketing goals.
• Forced restarts of the operating system causing data loss and the loss of millions of hours of work for millions of users.
• Removing more and more user settings with each new OS release.
• Burying commonly used menu items multiple menus deep.
• Preventing the removal of Start menu items. I will never use the Xbox Game Bar no matter how many time I'm forced to see it.

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When you're dealing with a malignant narcissist there is no relationship, there's just another vile asshole telling you how it is going to be. The felon made it clear that there was to be no negotiating and Zelenskiy could kiss his feet and smile while being abused.

A couple of years ago when talking about the amount of crime in many areas of Mexico, a Mexican citizen said to me, "I weep for my country." As a U.S. citizen watching this vile, disgusting man in the White House, I weep for mine.

Even more infuriating, Amazon charges the same price for ad-free premium channels as stand-alone subscriptions. They then insert ads into that 3rd party content if you haven't paid Amazon's additional fee to remove ads from Amazon's content. I'll never again subscribe to anything through Amazon.

A majority maybe, but not enough of that majority cared enough to vote. Even with the massive GOP voter suppression, if those who could vote actually did so, Harris would be POTUS. Guess it's not a big deal that Trump's a Russian asset, is actively seeking revenge on anyone who looks at him sideways, and is such a malignant narcissist that he'll destroy lives and the country without a 2nd thought.

Easy: Monty Python

I want to know how to switch groups.

How about a bot that types slowly, so it can have time to consider what it's going to say? Or perhaps a web page with an "Analyzing issue" status bar that takes several minutes to complete, because computers just do better if they're given time to work on a problem?

Another example of Republican principles. Corporations are protected by laws but not bound by them, while the average citizen is bound by laws but not protected by them.

Unfortunately it wasn't most of us.

"We're always looking for ways to improve our customer service experience."

LOL!

Billionaire Disaster Capitalism - billionaires create their own disasters and then profit immensely off of them

Does spotx add any functionality, or is it just another way to control Spotify?

The librarians I've talked to simply don't know how any of this works. I've been told 3 times (the 3rd one today) that epub version of books are not available. Today it was a "trained computer aid that offers technology assistance" saying the epub format I download just last week is not available from the library.

Define cheap. 11" Dell 3140's in like new condition with Intel N200 processors, 8GB RAM, wifi, SSD and a decent keyboard have been coming up on Ebay and Woot every few weeks for $170 or so. Debian 12 detects all hardware immediately on installation.