guywithoutaname

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[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 256 points 11 months ago (17 children)

It's kind of odd that they could just take random information from the internet without asking and are now treating it like a trade secret.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

It's not doing anything other than predicting the next word. It reflects human data.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Galileo seems to be what they are calling the environment the USB boots to. This environment is moving from the XFCE desktop environment to the different KDE plasma desktop environment. These environments can both be customized, but they are very different under the hood. I imagine that you can still choose XFCE and other desktop environments from the installer.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

When will any of these companies realize that they need to leave forever?

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Oh man, I did that too. Reminded me that I should always keep a backup.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

Probably because it is stupid simple to escape their ecosystem just by sideloading apps. They want to lock you down with their own OS.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a driver for one of these apps it's more of a bid than a tip. People send me bids to deliver their food and I deliver to the highest bidder. It sucks because that's not what a tip is supposed to be and the majority of the delivery fee doesn't go to the driver. That's why I don't really order from these delivery apps myself anymore.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's definitely a pro and con at the same time. More of a pro for me.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not everyone can. People should consider their needs but Windows has programs that professionals rely on.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do like Arch. I say the biggest problem I have with it is how basic it is out the box. I like that, but I sometimes find it challenging, especially toward the beginning, to find the package I'm missing to get a certain functionality.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I don't know about you, but I get annoyed that I still can't use NFC at checkout. It's 2023, tap to pay has been around in the US since 2016 and much longer in Europe.

[–] guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

One part of it is retransmission fees. Cable channels charge an arm and a leg because they can and broadcast OTA TV networks charge a fee as well even though their signal is free with an antenna. It just gets more and more expensive as a result as long as there are customers who can tolerate it.

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