What shady shit is Vivaldi doing? I’m out of the loop.

I opened Edge on a fresh install a couple days ago. The amount of things flashing and spinning and popping up trying to grab my attention actually gave me nausea.

And I don’t mean (just) ads, I mean even the starting page with all the news, weather, random popups telling me things i can do with Edge, the dark patterns as soon as I searched for Firefox in Bing, and so on.

The thought that there’s even a single human in the process of developing and maintaining that browser is incredible to me.

But well, I suppose some people do enjoy it. Just beware it won’t be as fast on Linux as it is in Windows since it isn’t as thoroughly integrated into the OS.

You just need to tailor your message better, is all. Nobody resonates with doomsayers, even if they may be right.

[edit: love the no actual objection downvotes, you cowards are standing up for… something…

You just come across as abrasive.

Even though i agree with you, I still think you’re a bit of an ass.

We don’t hurt our own people. Europeans shouldn’t be buying US groceries anyway, there’s no need to.

The only thing that is largely inescapable is software, and that mostly affects businesses anyway. The USians will hurt way more.

Nobody is using their email for personal stuff. And Microsoft is actively working with the Israeli government, so it’s not like protests against it are unwarranted.

You’re right, I was too hyperbolic when I said 4th grade was enough. Biology was indeed useful and so was history. Likewise, learning a second language from 5th grade was crucial for the conversation we’re having right now.

Still, I’d put the usefulness “cut off” point at 9th grade or so.

On a side note, I know people who did the whole of university with me who today are anti-vaxers. I know IT BSc graduates who think Trump totally isn’t yet another fascist dictator, and I know a doctor who believes name brand ivermectin cures cancer.

Turns out more education isn’t necessarily related to coming out the other side of the pipeline not being any of the things you mentioned. It’s maddening.

It’s not a take, it’s how children (and adults, frankly) feel about school. It’s not great at making you a capable adult.

Do you know how useful my two diplomas were to get a job? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. None of the theories I learned were useful, neither on the job nor for their own sake.

As for middle school, exactly what did you learn that you think is so useful for daily life? I’d happily replace learning “how to discover x in n dimensions” with basic financial literacy, for example.

The latter years of the school system are quite literally a waste of time. The useful stuff you learn before high school.

Because school is boring, that’s why.

Most people don’t need to learn beyond the fourth grade, especially because calculators and now GPT exist for instant answers.

And I say this as someone who wasted his time all the way up to a Master’s degree just to show society I too followed the beaten path. It’s time I’ll never get back.

Yep. They know there is a growing discontent in Europe. The rise of the far-right is one of the many signals.

They foresee instability going ahead so they are already taking measures to curb all dissent.

Not if you flash GrapheneOS on your Pixel. :) then only the good ol’wiretapping can get you.

Happens on the time. Especially in professions where your life is basically work.

Too bad it comes at the expense of Google knowing everything you talk about, and to whom.

Narrator voice: “But it did not last forever…”

deleted by creator

deleted by creator

Today I learned.

Just doesn’t seem to be particularly helpful when it’s been published in a medium that the author probably won’t see.

But the guy who commented said Dailymotion has no comment section, so I guess my point is mute.

I’ve heard good things about CashyOS! Its supposed to set everything up for you OOTB, with all the perks that come with being an Arch distro.

I’m very happy with OpenSUSE currently, and don’t really want to go distro hop. But I confess I’m curious about it. I’ll probably give it a go at some point, though.

Thanks for mentioning it. 😄

In my case, because I watched that Louis Rossmann video where he said he basically has a business today because of all the failures of Seagate drives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFscU8JUohA

There’s a benchmark, and Seagate is above all other brands on failure rate.