Conditioning everyone to see their computers as media consumption kiosks instead of the powerful, productive machines they are. That's where MS OSes are headed. They tried too early with Windows 8 Metro, but they haven't lost sight of that concept.
"My TV shows ads so it's only natural my computer does too." - I bet a lot of people already think like this.
My kid discovered that he can hit the "report" button on the YouTube app on the TV to skip the ads immediately. So now every ad gets reported as "inappropriate".
A state senator said during a public forum in Tahlequah that LGBTQ+ people are "filth," and that he and his constituents don't want them in "our state."
“Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...
If y'all got kids, don't forget to teach them how MP3's and actual media files work, I see many young people nowadays don't even realize you can locally store your own music in a portable device-agnostic format. They're beginning to get used to the idea of not owning anything.
I'm going to create a distro where EVERYTHING including your web browser is launched through systemd and it's built from nothing but snaps, just for you guys. I'll call it "Oops! All snaps."
We also got to see the rise of the Internet and the home computer revolution, as well as smartphones later on. We are the last ones to know what the world was like before all that. When you had to bike your ass to the local library just to look up a cake recipe, and "please allow six weeks for delivery" was the standard.
Anyway, does anyone wanna play Pogs? I got some cool new slammers here...
Corporations would have us all subscribe to the oxygen supply if they could.
Take apart all the things. Reverse engineer their shit. Create open alternatives. Fuck all these monsters. John Deere, Apple, Samsung, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, everybody included.
90s: stay anonymous, be careful with strangers, don't give up any more info than you have to. The internet can be a dangerous place. Also, supervise your kids and have them ask permission to go online.
2010s-2020s: livestream your life 24/7, use real names and emails everywhere when signing up for bullshit, hand your kid a phone and let them go buck wild as well.
Long ago, we praised Chrome for helping destroy Internet Explorer and its grip on the web. Now it has become the same. No for-profit corporation is your friend.
Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience (sh.itjust.works)
Source...
Thank you Raymond Hill (programming.dev)
Time for your medicine grandpa (lemmy.world)
Senator calls LGBTQ+ people 'filth,' says most don't want them here (www.tahlequahdailypress.com)
A state senator said during a public forum in Tahlequah that LGBTQ+ people are "filth," and that he and his constituents don't want them in "our state."
Exploring and installing new themes is fun. (i.imgur.com)
Music Piracy Is Back, Baby (gizmodo.com)
“Muso, a research firm that studies piracy, concluded that the high prices of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are pushing people back towards illegal downloads. Spotify raised its prices by one dollar last year to $10.99 a month, the same price as Apple Music. Instead of coughing up $132 a year, more consumers...
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (techcrunch.com)
I'm probably going to get a lot of explanations in the comments (lemmy.world)
Crickets (i.imgur.com)
hypocrisy (lemmy.world)
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"You should keep a copy of Windows around in case you need it if you are new to Linux..." (i.imgur.com)
The Trojan Room coffee pot was switched off at 09:54 UTC on 22 August 2001 (lemmy.capebreton.social)
cross-posted from: lemmy.capebreton.social/post/327322...
John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they're PROUD of it! (www.youtube.com)
John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they’re PROUD of it!
Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look (lemmy.world)
Thanks to Popcrave twitter.com/popcrave/status/1691852136236327316?s…...
I mean, alcohol is bad at its taste (lemm.ee)
Probably New Zealanders too. (lemmy.ca)
Google's Web DRM is Worse than I Thought... (www.youtube.com)
This video as a text article: blog.nicco.love/google-drms-the-web/
At this point you're a conspiracy theorist if you don't want to eat bugs. (feddit.ch)
No pilot school for you. (feddit.ch)
The state of the internet 2023
Vintage meme time and nobody has posted the most vintage meme in existence?
Private Spacecraft Lost in Accident After SpaceX Launch (futurism.com)
"A space tug that launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission on June 12 started spinning uncontrollably after being deployed."...
You love to see it.