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Alabaster_Mango

@ Alabaster_Mango @lemmy.ca

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  • this is not a spiral

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  • Well I hate that, lol

  • This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ?

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  • I think "the time" should fit "the crime" though. Taking away someone's vehicle could negatively impact their ability to earn money for things like food and shelter. Also getting the food to the shelter becomes more difficult too, especially if public transit is poor or not an option. Stuff like this has a greater impact on lower income individuals too, and they already have it bad enough.

    To me, revoking a license or seizing vehicles is a consequence where punishment is the goal. A speed limiting device has more room for rehabilitation I think. Whenever it comes to punishment vs rehabilitation I'm always on the rehab side.

  • This is crazy. Why don't you just take their car ?

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  • All cities have fantastic public transit at all times, this is known. /s

    Also what's with the rural hate outta nowhere?

  • What do you mean it's not $139.00 for an OS?

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  • If you paid someone for Windows and still had the activate message then they ripped you off.

    While some softwares have free versions, unactivated Windows isn't that. Free versions are typically feature-limited, or serve up ads to cover the cost. More importantly they are intended to be free and offered as such. Unactivated Windows is a paid product that hasn't had the proof of purchase (product key) applied yet. Microsoft has hitherto been lax about enforcement, at least against non-enterprise users, but it is still against their terms of service to continue to use Windows without providing a key.

    Like, sure you can get it and install it for free, but that doesn't mean it's a "Free Version" in any official sense. If it was indeed a free version then they wouldn't pester you to activate, they would clearly state it's a Free version, and the activate watermark wouldn't be there.

    This is digging deeper into my youth, so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm pretty sure older versions of Windows were different. I remember having to provide the product key during the installation of Vista way back when. Before I ever saw the desktop. This is when Windows came in a box from a physical store. Nowadays with online purchases it makes sense to provide a level of computer functionality so users can access the online store.

  • What do you mean it's not $139.00 for an OS?

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  • That's not exactly the same as them offering the whole OS for free. That's basically a trial version. The "Activate Windows" message is stuck there and it will bug you with reminders to activate all the time. Their intent is for you to purchase a key from them. Any other method to remove the message and activate Windows that does not involve paying them money is against their terms of service.

    Saying that's Windows offering the OS for free is like saying you can get free books from a library if you just don't return them. It goes against the intent of the service.

  • What do you mean it's not $139.00 for an OS?

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  • I don't know all the details, but you can buy Windows 11 from them still. An "upgrade" from 10 to 11 may be free, at least that's what the world's most annoying pop-up was telling me before I switched to Linux.

  • What do you mean it's not $139.00 for an OS?

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  • You're forgetting piracy. I didn't buy any parts with OEM licenses. Granted I went grey market for my Windows 10 so I paid someone like $20.

  • 'I'll believe it when I see it': Windows 11 users are cynical about Microsoft's promises to fix the OS and stop pushing AI

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  • OneDrive also deletes files off of your computer if you don't use them often enough. When I was switching over to Linux I had to download a bunch of stuff that was made on that PC! Ridiculous.

    Like, you can turn that off, but I don't think I ever signed up for that specifically.

  • Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳

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  • Ok, that makes sense. I figured that, if anything, it would be frost weathering. That's not an "explosion" in my mind though. Perhaps when a crack forms a lot of the tension in the wood is released and it can cause a sudden jolt or shift? If all the snow and frost on a tree suddenly jumped off after a loud crack I could see someone calling that an explosion. Definitely a lot of misleading terms and info kicking around. Thanks!

  • 'I'll believe it when I see it': Windows 11 users are cynical about Microsoft's promises to fix the OS and stop pushing AI

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  • No joke, one of the last straws for me was their stupid copilot popup on the active cell in Excel. Hated that garbage. Also their refusal to let me just use the file explorer to save my files. Maybe I'm an old fogey, but every new addition felt like a step backwards. I have now switched to Linux and am having a decent time (not for everyone tho and I totes understand if others don't want to make the switch).

  • Trump Team’s Secret Meetings With Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Exposed

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  • Then why do all my quarters have big ears now 😭

    I'm pretty sure the Gov. General can revoke royal assent on behalf of the monarch. That doesn't happen a lot, but I think it could technically and legally still happen. But yeah, the royals almost no impact. Except for the time the royal couple people visited Slave Lake after the fire (JK).

  • Trump Team’s Secret Meetings With Group Plotting to Break Up Canada Exposed

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  • Why are you mad at me? Lol. I was pointing out that it's not as bad as the riding count makes it look. I am not your enemy guy.

    You can be a douchebag and advocate to kick Alberta out, sure. I'm not that big of a defeatist though. We had an NDP gov a few years ago, and support for the UCP is getting flaky. There are a lot of progressive grassroots movements that are going through the province.

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  • 92% of ridings != 92% of Albertan Voters. The UCP only got 52.6% of the vote.

    ETA: Land doesn't vote. Maps can be misleading.

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  • Yeah, they all talk a big game about independence, but it's all hogwash.

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  • We overlook it a lot too. Like, the Governor General is appointed by the reigning monarch, and has final say on laws and such, but it's mostly a ceremonial role. I don't think we've ever had royal assent refused? I am no political scholar tho.

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  • I heckin' HATE the Alberta Prosperity Project! If we ever went "independent" we'd get Venezuela'd immediately!

  • Exploding 🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳🌲🌴🌳

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  • Ok, I live in Alberta, Canada. I grew up in the woods of Northern Alberta. We can get week long bouts of -40°C/F and I have NEVER seen or heard of exploding trees in the area. Are American trees just weak, or is this fake?

  • A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad

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  • I went to a rural Canadian school, thank you very much! Please don't run away tho, you went through all the work to set up your lil' soapbox and everything. Let's chat.

    Here's why your earlier comment is (in my humble opinion) very silly. You used a bad comparison. And I'm not just talking about the bringing up Hitler bit.

    Learning how to shit next to the toilet is stupid.

    First off, nobody needs to learn that. That's an inherited skill. Secondly, it's bad in the context of the post. Learning how using AI is wrong is an objectively positive thing, but your example is someone learning negative things. It's bass ackwards, as the kids used to say ('twas me).

    What would you prefer the dev do? You can't change the past, so what actions should he have taken to align with your obviously superior moral code? Self flagellation? Volunteer for a drawing-and-quartering position?

    You can keep up your current act if you want. Attack anyone and everyone who even tries to better themselves. Pat yourself on the back while you're at it, but I don't jive with the punishment-only model of reformation. If this guy realized he was doing something wrong and changed his ways then I think that's a good thing. Learning should be encouraged, not punished.

    P.S. immediately bringing up Hitler as a comparison is silly, and makes you look silly. Try to not do that, and also try to use comparisons more grounded in reality.

    Edit: I may have initially misunderstood this bit

    He should have developed the AI parts.

    I took that to mean before he released, but maybe you meant after he learned. That makes a bit more sense. If that is the case, I will address.

    Apparently the AI bits were art assets. That's kinda hard to learn in a hurry, and art is expensive. Mayhaps he could have got by with free assets, but then there's always the chance to get accused of asset flipping.

    Also learning anything takes time. Either way, pulling it was probably the quicker and better option.

    Edit 2: Electric Boogaloo - Fixed a typo. I'm bad at phone typing, and I feel bad 😞

  • A Steam dev is deleting his own game after girlfriend made him realize AI is bad

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  • Yeah, bring out the Hitler comparisons! That'll show me lol.

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    Fun new game

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    Me when the Signal leak memes start rolling in

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    MRW my meme complaining about a sexist trope is removed for being sexist

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    Neon Genesis Evangelion - A Cruel angel's thesis 🪗🎸🇯🇵

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    Just a hyper lil' guy

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    Why do so many authors think the moon rises/sets during the night?

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