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[–] root@precious.net 3 points 7 months ago

Heroin has a pretty high user satisfaction rating too. You can't use customer satisfaction as a metric for legality.

[–] root@precious.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

His point wasn't to find a CPU, it was to make a political post in a tech community.

[–] root@precious.net 3 points 8 months ago

LTT talked about this a while back.. it's because the GPU companies don't want modular GPUs.

[–] root@precious.net 2 points 8 months ago

You don't use the technical term, but you do ask.

I'm not against telemetry, I'm against making it hundreds of different hidden options.

[–] root@precious.net -2 points 8 months ago

Until they stop letting him screw with the sound track I'm done with Christopher Nolan movies.

[–] root@precious.net 2 points 8 months ago (36 children)

Relying on cultural hot topics rather than real character building killed this show. The spore drive was also kinda "out there" though interesting. I wish the best for the cast.

[–] root@precious.net 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's what they said about Internet Explorer right up until the moment where Microsoft wanted everyone to switch to Edge. Not only could you suddenly uninstall it, but it even started uninstalling itself!

Funny how that happens

[–] root@precious.net 4 points 8 months ago

There are other protocols on the internet you know..

[–] root@precious.net 1 points 8 months ago

Ubtuntu Desktop definitely tries to push a few things but it's not even remotely as bad as Windows.

I prefer to live without my software nudging me to do anything.

How would you feel if your hammer stopped working after a while and each new hammer suddenly looked a lot more like a screwdriver because the company wants to sell you screws?

[–] root@precious.net 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We did fine without it for a very long time. We still do with a lot of software. It's called voluntarily submitting a bug report and/or core dump.

[–] root@precious.net 2 points 8 months ago

Calm down bud. I had no issue with the initial post, but the comment I replied to sounds like you're trying to actually elicit change. My response was meant to make it clear that the general audience here agrees and you need to focus your efforts elsewhere.

[–] root@precious.net 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The problem with Windows Updates is that they force new 'features' on you along with the patches.

With Linux you get to choose how bleeding edge you want to be, and can generally avoid the monetization crap.

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