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sarcastictoast, 8 days ago

@itsfoss Nothing new is going on here. Remember the days of the xp-AntiSpy tool? Although XP had no AI, it still collected a significant amount of data that was not relevant to the OS functionality. If Windows comes bundled with almost every machine available in major brick-and-mortar or online stores, and if Microsoft integrates AI into it, people will just keep using it.
Needs 16 gigs of RAM just for the OS? That's fine, RAM is cheap and you can download RAM boosters or cleaners...

sarcastictoast, 15 days ago

@itsfoss don't do it if you're happy with your current OS (non Linux). Do it if you're unhappy with it, or do it while thinking of the issues you've had with it. Maybe start slow, dual boot at first. But it's 2024 now, not 2004, so you'll be fine even with Wine

sarcastictoast, 24 days ago

@thejapantimes two words - 記者クラブ. If you're not a member, good luck. If you're a member, you'll produce news given by them. If you criticise - well, you won't be a member for too long.
If you're a big player, like Yomiyuri or Asahi Shinbun, you're not the democracy watchdog. You're just repeating or re-wording the 自民党 stuff, or, if you're "independent", you're just making sure to never criticise 自民党. At all. The rest is just paid adverts and reports of crimes committed by XYZの国籍の方

sarcastictoast, 28 days ago

@itsfoss You do realise that this is not a Mastodon problem per se, but rather an @itsfoss problem? The problem is the handling on the server side. The fact that Mastodon does a preview and queries the server is one thing, but the answer is the server's business.
Today it's Mastodon and if @itsfoss can't handle the query/response then the ball is in your court. Balancing and such.
Surely you are not saying that it only takes like maybe ten users (at a time) to share a link and you're DDOSed??

sarcastictoast, 2 months ago

@thejapantimes Well, that's reassuring, coming from the same Putin who promised not to attack Ukraine right before launching his 'three-day operation'—which, funnily enough, has been dragging on into its second year. I guess in the same way, NATO countries can now sleep peacefully knowing they won't be attacked. After all, when has Putin's word ever led us astray, except for, you know, every time he opens his mouth?

sarcastictoast, 5 months ago

@thejapantimes Well, what a stunning turn of events! I'm sure the election will be a nail-biter, with absolutely no surprises whatsoever. And critics in Russia? They've got the most scenic views from those windows, I've heard. As for their tea preferences, well, creativity knows no bounds!

sarcastictoast, 5 months ago

@thejapantimes "unreported political funds" are nothing new with 自民党. It's kind of a habit, or LDP sport, so to say

sarcastictoast, 6 months ago

@thejapantimes Although I don't have any high opinion of Kishida (rather the opposite) and I don't think he's any good PM, she wouldn't be any better if she somehow miraculously became PM. Although most of her colleagues, including her, are in 日本会議, her views, despite what positions she has held in the past, are unacceptable not only nowadays but also in the past. She as PM would not only mean the stagnation of Japan, as has been the case for two decades, but perhaps even a step backwards, IMHO

sarcastictoast, 7 months ago

@thejapantimes #Kishida is a prime example of how a promising politician, even from the LDP, can gradually become a #failure. For two years, the government here has been reeling from one problem to another and a complete absence of any response and, more importantly, any solution. As in the past, it's a pretty safe bet that the next PM here will be an extreme, noisy, and as confrontational as possible right-winger.

sarcastictoast, 8 months ago

@thejapantimes The statements issued by the TV stations, incl. Nippon TV have been superficial and vague to say the least. Although indirectly, the whole thing came out sounding like "we're sorry that YOU didn't find OUR reporting okay" or "we're sorry that you found out about it and that it got exposed".

sarcastictoast, 9 months ago

@itsfoss
But why? Or is it. And maybe even shoot yourself in the foot and sprinkle with salt and rust. Why? Exactly. IMHO, Unitiy is for masochists who. Using it is not comfortable, but you're telling yourself it is and trying to prove that to everyone else too.

sarcastictoast, 9 months ago

@thejapantimes
Japan's workplace dynamics, a true masterpiece of logic! Remember, in this wondrous land, your value is directly proportional to the time your chair is warming the office seat. The magical aura of being seen equals productivity, while the mystique of telework remains a tale for the ages. Clearly, modern flexibility pales in comparison to the grandeur of old-school norms.

sarcastictoast, 9 months ago

@thejapantimes "I didn't know it was illegal" or "it was not a bribe, but a present from my wife's friend's cousin's mother". Alternatively "I don't remember, I was drunk" and several deep bows in front of media and everything will be allright!

sarcastictoast, 9 months ago

@thejapantimes "aiming for full implementation" is the word here. There's no way this could pass here. Virtually anything related to education here does not get adequate funding. On the other hand, if it involves some money in one's own pocket or various programs through "shadow companies" connected to the wife of a politician, the money drains away almost at the speed of light.