yesman

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Windows11 sucks so bad. I was so excited to learn that Explorer and Notepad were getting tabs & Paint was getting layers. Only to find out that these core features weren't being updated for users, but in the process of adding slop to the OS. Explorer was the worst, my address bar became an ad. And everything was buggy and broken.

And I know this isn't just the Linux fanboy line because Microslop themselves had to apologize and walk-back some of the Copilot obnoxiousness.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The reason you're supposed to allow refuges to enter while their case is being decided is because of the "Voyage of the Dammed", a ship full of Jews fleeing the holocaust that were denied entry in Cuba, the US, and Canada.

They were eventually allowed entry into England, France, and the Netherlands, the latter two of which were occupied by Germany shortly afterward.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis#The_%22Voyage_of_the_Damned%22

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

One positive of AI is that the ownership class is getting a lesson in just how complex, flexible, reliable, and capable "unskilled" workers are. You can watch them realize in real time that a model capable of running a dinner-rush drive-thru would be a trillion dollar quantum leap.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There was a nurse in a fertility clinic who was an addict and replaced the fentanyl drip with saline. Multiple women experienced agony during the procedure for extracting eggs. That procedure was to insert a huge syringe into the vagina, through the vagina wall, into the ovaries to suck up some eggs.

Many women experienced this with no pain medication at all and their complaints, even their screams were dismissed. Needless to say, when the addict nurse was discovered, they felt pretty silly.

Doctors have incredible tolerance for the suffering of women.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The no1 reason to self-build is to save money. Obviously, this thing isn't going to appeal to that crowd. For a pre-built, this price isn't crazy. And the performance is fine for 1080p/1440p gaming.

So if you're the kind of person who knows the GPU nomenclature by heart, you probably won't buy this, but I still expect the thing to sell-out by virtue of being Valve.

I'm rooting for Valve's success because that means wider Linux adoption.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tucker Carlson's job is to get his name in the press. He used to be a somebody, now he says things on podcasts you've never heard of to get attention. The real question is: what is MTG doing this week?

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ever notice how the countries who are the most pro-Israel are the same countries that restricted Jewish immigration during the holocaust? We never talk about how Jewish immigration to Palestine means they're not immigrants to England or the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

Maximum freedom to post any topic without restrictions

This does not exist. There are many "topics" that automatically exclude others. A sub that tolerates fascism automatically excludes people of moral conviction or rational thought for example.

If you just want somewhere you can act out without criticism, I would recommend a chatbot.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Humor is a common coping mechanism people use to deal with horrible truths. Global warming is not a tone issue.

And it's ironic to give a scolding lecture about how people are acting superior.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (8 children)

One of the biggest Windows habits I've had to break is using file explorer to open documents and files. This was because memorizing file paths is way faster than using search. Search in Windows has never been good, because it's always been weighted toward what Microslop wants you to find. And the index goes to shit if a user does something unexpected like saving, moving, or deleting files.

Linux search just works. If I know the file name, there is no reason to open a file explorer at all. Just mash the power key and start typing.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

People who get vexed over gender in character creation are the same people bound to get really upset when watching a movie trailer.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is clickbait. Having hibernation and writing 32GB of RAM to the SSD are not "Windows 11", but standard behavior on any OS with hibernation.

In my experience, the fragility and unreliably of M.2 and SSD has been greatly overstated.

 

I'm in the bottom half of Appalachia, if it's a regional thing.

 
 
 
 

All anyone cares about is which powerful man gets embarrassed. And I recon it's more likely that Maxwell will get out early than any predator gets jail.

There were HUNDREDS of victims; it went on for decades; and nobody gives a tiny shit. Have you heard anybody propose a law, a task force, even a blue ribbon commission to find out how this happened or make sure nobody does this again? Are their any more resources for victims because of this?

Our society accepts that men of wealth are entitled to abuse people. And sexual abuse is all in the game. Because at the end of the day our legal system is constructed to protect these people from the rabble, not hold them to account.

A pedophile is political designation to strip rights, dignity, and legitimacy from enemies. Children being harmed is beside the point.

 

12/13/03 A date that will live in infamemey.

 
 
 

I own Windows 11 and my computer and preferred OS (Fedora) support TPM and Secure boot. Is it worth the time to configure that stuff to run W11, or should I just continue to run W10 since I don't do anything but run a couple games?

I have a robust backup, so even a system wide Nuke is a day's worth of re-installing, worst case.

Honestly, since I boot W10 so rarely, it'll kinda be nice not to have to update it every time.

 
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