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Comment · 1 year ago
I thank my Mom for trying to instill enough Grammatical knowledge where I use the semicolon from time to time.
Comment · 1 year ago
My takeaway is that the universe is soda.
Comment · 1 year ago
Chrome Web Notifications are also a complete dumpster-fire. In my experience the average older folk has no idea what web notifications are. They accidentally enable notifications from shady websites over time, and then blindly believe the web-spam notifications being pushed to their phone informing them *HELLO YOUR PHONE HAS VIRUS DOWNLOAD "CLEANER APP" TO FIX BEFORE PHONE DIE* is legit.
Comment · 1 year ago
Honestly I'm surprised that rather than trying to build stupid backdoors and such, tyrannical governments don't just try to make a encryption key database. They hold ALL the keys and can get into anything they want, anytime they want. If you get caught with keys or encrypted data they can't access, punishment ensues.

Like if you're gonna try to eliminate privacy and freedom, just be honest and open about your intentions.

Comment · 2 years ago
It always comes back to C.
Comment · 2 years ago
Every time I see it I think Nintendo DS.
Comment · 2 years ago
windows moment
Comment · 2 years ago
Afaik Proton is just Wine + Prebuilt configs and tweaks.
Comment · 2 years ago
https://universal-blue.org

Using the Bazzite image has replaced Windows for me. Basically everything works.

Comment · 2 years ago
This explains Boeing.
Comment · 2 years ago
Security sucks to the average joe. I tried to help my Mom set up 2FA and...it didn't work out well.

Most average people are just confused by it, but it's so important for security the focus shouldn't be getting rid of it, but figuring out how to make it buttery smooth to use.

Comment · 2 years ago
Modern webdev is fugged
Comment · 2 years ago
Related: Too much of technology today doesn't pay attention or even care to the less technologically adept, either.

Smartphones in my opinion are a major example of this. I can't tell you the number of people I've meet who barely even or don't even know how to use their devices. It's all black magic to them.

The largest problem is the over-dependence on the use of "Gesture Navigation" which is invisible and thus non-existent to them. Sure, they might figure out the gesture bar on an iPhone, but they have no conception of the notification/control center.

It's not that these people are dumb either, many of them could probably run circles around me in other fields, but when it comes to tech, it's not for a lack of trying, it's a lack of an intuitive interface.

Comment · 2 years ago
Zuck just wants another robot to talk to.
Comment · 2 years ago
Lightyear wasn't a success either when you consider marketing costs, which apparently makes it where you need 1.5x the budget just to break even, or so I've read.

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