I forced myself to go back a little to Reddit recently. Because while I endorse and love the existence of the Fediverse, I can't in good conscience, tolerate the instability of it. Any other time I go somewhere, I'm met with a page that says KBin is working on resolving issues, then I go somewhere else and it's fine....
Complaining about the right banning books out of one side of your face and complaining about the left not banning books out the other side is a truly fucking psychotic state of affairs.
The whole skipping 9 was so older programs wouldn't misidentify Windows 9 as 95 or 98. They might have put other spin on it in marketing materials, but that was the actual technical reason for skipping 9.
ME was an afterthought for Microsoft. Kind of an "oh shit" moment. Windows 2000 was meant to be the only OS in that release cycle, with a Home version for normies and the Professional version for the enterprise. They chickened out on moving normies to the NT kernel so soon, so ME was born.
See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn’t use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don’t agree to their terms, then I don’t get access to their new products. That...
I've yet to run across a smart TV that I couldn't just use as a dumb TV by NEVER CONNECTING IT TO WIFI. Literally NEVER connect it to WiFi. You will never have this issue. You don't need a list of models, because there isn't a TV that won't function as a TV if it's never connected to WiFi.
People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 75% of threads retract in 1st (arstechnica.com)
A pinned post in a one of the biggest communities is celebrating death. How is that possible?
Even though it’s against main lemmy instances rules...
4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say (apnews.com)
Teacher faces termination after calling in sick for 2 days to attend a concert in Nashville, district says (www.wsmv.com)
Woman accused of unleashing bees on deputies serving eviction notice in Massachusetts. (www.nbcnews.com)
Can KBin not like, freak out at any turn when surfing on it?
I forced myself to go back a little to Reddit recently. Because while I endorse and love the existence of the Fediverse, I can't in good conscience, tolerate the instability of it. Any other time I go somewhere, I'm met with a page that says KBin is working on resolving issues, then I go somewhere else and it's fine....
FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency (spectrum.ieee.org)
Sweden officially joins NATO (www.nato.int)
RuPaul’s new online bookstore under fire for selling right-wing extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ titles (www.advocate.com)
Microsoft Rebranding CBL-Mariner Linux Distribution To "Azure Linux" (www.phoronix.com)
Roku TV bricked until agreeing to new terms of service
See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn’t use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don’t agree to their terms, then I don’t get access to their new products. That...
Hands up if you want to volunteer for layoffs, IBM tells staff (www.theregister.com)
House Bill 500 Takes Away Kentucky Workers’ Lunch and Rest Breaks and Cuts Their Pay - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (kypolicy.org)