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  • Linux back at 4.04% on the Desktop. Windows went below 73%

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  • I unspoofed Librewolf back to Firefox + Linux. That way I'm not contributing to Chrome and Windows market share and perceived dominance. Plus the more people don't spoof, the less of a need there will be to actually spoof at all as the Linux market share increases.

  • Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

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  • Ads with a chance of rain

  • People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?

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  • Yes I do

  • Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors

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  • Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it

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  • So the evil mega corp gets a free pass while the Internet Archive regularly has to fight for open access to knowledge. Fuck that and fuck Meta.

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  • Microsoft is an abusive ex. It will keep abusing you because it knows no other way. You can waste your days trying to fight against it, trying to figure out how to disable and remove whatever new privacy invasive anti-consumer bloat Microsoft decides to roll out that Tuesday.

    Or you can leave and switch to Linux and waste time there instead. Tux is all about that respect and is handsome to boot. He might be a bit sensitive and break down rarely so you might need to spare a few to make sure he's ok, but it's nothing a little love can't handle. And he's only going to get better and stronger as he grows. You might even look forward to receiving updates (wow, I know). A stark contrast from your abusive ex.

  • Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic

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  • Username checks out

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  • Amazon had also appointed a former NSA director. Actually, it was Snowden's director.

  • Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does

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  • YouTube's next move might make it virtually impossible to block ads

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  • Ads have definitely added more load on electrical grids in aggregate than locally hosted and lightweight models, especially given that ads are fucking everywhere all the time. Websites, apps, the servers, even 24/7 electric billboards. I'm not worried about a few nerds using slightly more electricity sometimes for their own benefit and joy (it's still less power than gaming), as opposed to a corp that burns through power and breaks their climate pledges (Microsoft) for the benefit of their bottom line and nothing else. Corps don't get to have a monopoly on AI that was built with our data, only to have it fed back to us to pull more data and siphon more money.

    So basically fuck Google and fuck ads.

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  • So... Mastodon integration instead I hope?

  • United Airlines launches personalized ads on seat-back screens

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  • I admire your conviction. But in that case we also have to consider how your right to move about freely is being affected. If you feel like you need to choose not to travel when you want or need to travel, how will you reconcile? Do you weigh and choose the lesser evil? Seems like you just end up violated one way or another. I don't like it, not any of this.

  • Microsoft addresses Windows Recall backlash, promises to fix security issues and make it opt-in

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  • Pretty sure they already said it would be opt-in. This is just planned damage control. The fools have already shown their hand. Again.

  • Do you prefer Reddit or Lemmy?

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  • Lemmy, and I'm never going back. I just wish we had the abundance of content that Reddit does. There's a lot of communities I miss.

  • Chat surveillance law by the EU Parliament?

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  • It's not just European elites who are afraid of upheaval. It's all of them. It's one of the reasons why they all have bunkers, why Zuckerberg is building another one in Hawaii recently. They know that we can actually do something about them because we outnumber them by a lot, so they build these systems of control. Governments, corps, elites have all become noticeably more brazen in the past several years.

  • United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

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  • The Ad Algorithm

    It knows when you are sleeping It knows when you're awake It knows when you've been bad or good So consume for goodness sake

    Fuck this.

  • Windows updating just before thesis defense

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  • Hahaha thanks. I like being extra and colorful like this. It's a good release in more ways than one

  • Windows updating just before thesis defense

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  • I've gone off the FOSS deep end so it doesn't stop when I see Windows used in the wild.

    The longer I'm here, the more I recoil at the sight of people using products from Google so casually and thoughtlessly.

    I'll feel visceral disgust when I see the soulless, dystopian corporate logos of Xitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc that wormed their way into a universal presence on social footers of websites or promotional emails or search engines... and everyone's locked down devices, sucking up troves of data to map who you are, were, and will be. Even McFuckingDonalds has a clause in a policy saying they'll measure your intelligence.

    The greater the intersect between emotions felt while enjoying a cautionary fictional cyberpunk tale and those felt while experiencing reality... well, anyway you get the idea.

    Tldr I need a hug from a penguin or cocaine from a bear or something holy shit

    You, reader, go. Hug a penguin. Spread love to the world. Believe in the change you want to see. Be good to each other. And don't let anyone or anything take who you are, were, or can be away from you, be it a corp, a government, or a bad day.

    Have a good day

  • Internet Service Providers Try to Stop Net Neutrality in Court | Cord Cutters News

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  • He's not even the FCC chairman anymore but this news still makes me want to punch Ajit Pai in the face.