Yeah this feels very much like, “censor content, but don’t change Meta’s practices”

Which begs the question, does the author know what they’re cheering for?

And yet so many people have a hard time acknowledging it.

To be fair to Cash for Clunkers, the intent was to get people on better gas efficiency cars, not to downgrade people to worse cars.

I was a supporter of the program at the time and agreed with that intent. However, In retrospect it was more of a handout to the auto industry. And whether intended or not, it hurt the used car market and got people to abandon very reliable (and more importantly, easily self repairable) cars that were built in the 90s.

2008 was right around the time when automakers started adding more tech to cars. So that’s where my suspicions about surveilance comes in. In fact, an infamous vulnerability, which can be used to uniquely identify vehicles, was introduced into most US vehicles made after 2008.

So this is my understanding:

• Microsoft is moving to a subscription model OS
• new tpm requirement
• hardware is sold out and/or 3x more expensive because of Sam Altman
• Microsoft is leaning into thin clients

I see people celebrating this “stupid decision” by Microsoft and saying that it’s the year of the Linux desktop. Honestly, I’d love that outcome.

But what if Microsoft is willing to destroy Windows right before the AI bubble pops, shift the entire industry away from consumer parts, get people to throw all their old devices in a landfill, and then recoup their losses when Trump inevitably bails out the industry?

I always think about how Obama’s Cash for Clunkers got people to trade in their old, reliable cars for arguably shittier new cars with built-in Surveillance capabilities and planned obsolescence. It ended up ruining the used car market too. I wonder if we will see something like that for AI. “Trade in your pc for a free year of windows 12 and a new pc (thin client) to run it”

My SO works at a callcenter and they get dinged for the use of what they call “tragic phrases.” These include, but aren’t limited to:

• “Unfortunately”
• Words/phrases that imply uncertainty like “should”
• Words/phrases that imply non-commitment like “I can’t do that” or “that’s against policy” or “that’s not my dept”
• So-called sloppy words/phrases like “No problem” or “hold on just a sec”

Its fucking ridiculous. They pay some outside vendor for training and guidelines.

Yeah, I personally wouldn’t be announcing this failure to the world if I were in her position. I don’t think you could torture it out of me lmao

Fun fact: X is ASCII representation for the decimal 88, which is Nazi code for Heil Hitler. Dunno if that is what motivates him to name things like that, but he IS a descendant of grandparents who belonged to the Canadian Nazi party. They moved to Apartheid South Africa because Nazism became too taboo in Canada. So, it seems a likely possibility to me.

Even if this thing was left on a single city block for 8 hours with its door open, the data it collects about nearby cars, Bluetooth devices, phones, WiFi SSIDs, recorded video/audio, etc. makes it worth it for alphabet, I imagine.

Not to go all conspiracy-nut, but it feels like the net (at least the social spaces) is decaying, and it feels intentional / coordinated.

At this point, I don’t think it’s conspiracy-nut to say this. We have a group of tech oligarchs in the US who are openly collaborating with a fascist administration. It is a conspiracy and this kinda shit is the result.

Yeah, my group of friends will be very resistant to moving away from discord. They’re all aware of the issues with it, but It’s too convenient of a platform. Personally, I will give up most of the comforts to not be under the thumb of a corporation, but I’m an outlier in my friend group with that perspective.

Deport anyone they feel like. Blame the app and “AI” when the damage is done.

Yeah I really think this administration trying to muddy the water by “accidentally” fucking everything up with the release. Weaponized Incompetence.

• We have Steve Bannon suggesting that Trump send ICE to polling locations on election day .
• ICE is currently purchasing large warehouses across the United States so they have more capacity to jail people.
• ICE is now one of the most funded military orgs in the world.
• Trump issued NPSM-7, which lists a bunch of ordinary things as terrorist activities
• ICE agents have started following activists to their homes and intimidating them

So…

What, everyone?

Yes. He will keep broadening the definition of “terrorist” and narrowing the definition of “citizen.” Not saying it will work, but I believe he will try. I think there’s plenty of evidence showing that it’s a real threat.

To track, intimidate and eventually disappear activists I imagine

Ah that makes sense. I guess I always got annoyed by that in windows because I didn’t want to cycle through 100 different windows to find what I wanted. Conversely, on Mac os, I hate that my window is sometimes hidden from me when I’m “alt tabbing,” so I get it.

Look, I’m not an apple fanboy by any means. I kinda hate their UX. So I’m not defending Apple by putting my suggestions here. I’d prefer a Linux desktop 100% obviously, but most jobs (in my experience) do not offer that unless you work for a company with a dedicated IT department.

First of all, I can cmd+tab to different apps/programs just fine. So I don’t know what feature your missing that you need additional software.

Second of all, you can use ctrl+arrowkeys to cycle between desktops without a touch pad.

Third, I use an Mx Master mouse with gestures mapped to the Gesture button on the mouse. I hold the button and move my mouse left and right, which switches desktops.

Honestly, I prefer virtual desktops to alt tabbing 100%. When I’m developing a web app, for instance, I have a browser desktop in between a front end code desktop and a backend code desktop. Viewing my changes is just holding down a mouse button and a quick flick of my wrist. Its consistent and quick.

I just put each different program on a different virtual desktop and swipe through them.

Cant remember the last time a calculator told me the best way to kill myself