• what I said under my breath while debloating win10

Buy a device with MacOS, then you can’t see the stalking (even though it definitely still happens), and get new flavors of abuse!

They did say and/or steamdeck, and specifically called out Wine and Proton, so I presume the changes are OS agnostic. It’s just the steamdeck has become synonymous with Linux gaming in the public eye.

Those are valid concerns, but I don’t see any reason to believe that a hybrid approach for handling the two ecosystem couldn’t be possible. As mentioned by their discord posts, their patches to the game are directly parsed by CodeWeavers, and options for server-sided anticheat or a Valve-style “Trust Factor” are both on the table.

I could also see this being beneficial regardless of the eventualities because of the barrier of entry - novice or less tech savvy users who wish to remain on the Windows platform and desire to cheat could be more deterred (or caught) by the kernel level anticheat. On the other side of the aisle, linux users could be targeted with a Trust Factor or higher level of User-space scrutiny, given a lower likelihood for running an excessive amount of background processes (compared to Windows).

Wow. Integrity. Nice to see!

“Alabama: Boldly refusing to accept diversity and the inevitable since 1819.”

• John Oliver

(I wonder how bad the brain drain is at this point)

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t the League of Nations largely the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson, US president during WW1?

It was structurally different to the UN we know today, but it was still pushed forward by a US president.

I’ve seen website-based examples (similar to CandyBox2, back when that existed), but not a standalone game.

I don’t think it’s a bad thing, though. It’s not like it’s required, and gamification may help the average user’s knowledge.

I’m currently hosed by the fact that I am in the middle of completing my Electrical Engineeing degree (approx. 2 years left), and I don’t believe my credits would be transferable to an institution across the Atlantic (never mind the cost, shudder), so I can’t even think about escaping until at least 2027.

If there’s a better way forward so I can safely leave the nation and still achieve my degree, I’m all ears, but at least to me it seems my hands are a bit tied.

Hey, just put the word out for my work visa, please! XD

What about mlem too?

S P I N

SPeeeeeEEEEEEn

I’m currently using Win10 IOT LTSC on my main gaming rig, and Mint on my laptop to get used to the environment (started 2 years ago). It’s a great way to both get used to the new ecosystem, and have a fallback cushion if some software or scenario doesn’t work properly.

Honestly, as an American living in Silicon Valley, I would be overjoyed if Europe became the primary kickstarter for open source alternatives to the existing US corporate infrastructure, that bends to the knees of the Federal government. Even here at home, myself and some of my co-workers aren’t too keen on the existing status quo tools because there are too many caveats - from rent seeking subscriptions to the inability to verify if something is tampered with.

In the same way Valve saw how having all their eggs in the Windows basket led them to dive head first into linux development, I hope the EU’s realization of the risks in the US tech sector lead it to developing unified, well funded OSS alternatives. I would certainly install them.

I will be giving support and kind greetings to those I interact with and shall not be stopped! :3

But wouldn’t you arguably achieve the same goal through simple calculations? It’s not like there isn’t substantial records of the technology at it’s height, since it was the standard at one point. I’d imagine it would have been a much more efficient use of electricity to plug an equation for the estimate with a calculator.

I mean… this is cool and an interesting experiment, but I don’t really get why. I used to have DSL internet back into the day, and I remember how bad it was - I’d never want to return to those speeds.