Nate

This is just a theory, I don’t have knowledge of the inner-workings of either Linux or Windows (beyond the basics). While Microsoft has been packing tons of telemetry in their OS since Windows 10, I think they fucked up the I/O stack somewhere along the way. Windows used to run well enough on HDDs, but can barely boot now.

This is most easily highlighted by using a disk drive. I was trying to read a DVD a while ago and noticed my whole system was locked up on a very modern system. Just having the drive plugged in would prevent windows from opening anything if already on, or getting past the spinner on boot.

The same wasn’t observed on Linux. It took a bit to mount the DVD, but at no point did it lock up my system until it was removed. I used to use CDs and DVDs all the time on XP and 7 without this happening, so I only can suspect that they messed up something with I/O and has gone unnoticed because of their willingness to ignore the issues with the belief they’re being caused by telemetry

I would check out the inovelli switches. Not exactly inexpensive, but definitely home assistant friendly

Uhh do we know if this extends to sites.google.com?

Actively going through this rn, could use it

I still can’t do half the stuff in the windows settings app that I could in the control panel, and every update removes an option in control panel without an adequate replacement.

Inb4 “use Linux” I DO but Nvidia and Wayland is still BORKED (even with v555) and when I’m done with work I just want to load up a game and not have to fuck with drivers and never actually play. Sue me.

Got a lot less racist, but definitely more crazy

My professor made me install TeamViewer to our lab computers despite strong pushback from me, and perfectly functioning ssh access through the campus VPN. I can’t wait to send this to him.

I’ve been using them on both my phone and desktop, works great!

I know, the joke was there and I had to take it. I wholeheartedly agree with you however

Legere was the best thing to happen to that company. They haven’t made a good move since he left

I miss the Moto Z days. Those were some excellent phones and being able to slap an extra battery on the back was amazing. Mods could’ve gone so much further if they put some more R&D in it

Any client rejection would have to occur server side. I’m assuming that the client doesn’t even report to the server if it’s running headless. Nonetheless, it’d be trivial to mod the client to report that it’s not running headless even if it is.

I have and use a Microsoft account. I would always setup my computer offline because I don’t want my home folder to be called "myema"il@email.com

Seriously who thought that was a good idea? Your account literally has your name tied to it, call it that!

Even Google products have a longer lifespan 😖

I’ve since moved on to Tidal. Bought it at $30 when root mods started to be developed, but never really went anywhere.

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• 2021-04-13: Interested in car thing
• 2022-10-18: order placed after discounted to $30
• 2022-10-21: shipped
• 2024-05-23: Discontinue notice
• 2024-12-09: Service discontinued

To be fair “potential next president” already answers if someone is corruptable

As a Thinkpad user since the early 2000s, I’m extremely excited to see this news after I’ve slowly watched all of my repair & upgrade ability be removed.

Not sure if you’re referring to telegram or signal. If you’re referring to signal:

Is it private? Can I trust it? - Signal Support

Signal conversations are always end-to-end encrypted, which means that they can only be read or heard by your intended recipients. Privacy isn’t an optional mode — it’s just the way that Signal works. Every message, every call, every time.

The complete source code for the Signal clients and the Signal server is available on GitHub. This enables interested parties to examine the code for security and correctness.

I’ve heard the 24.04 installer is having issues. I would hold off for an update for them to patch other stuff as well

You’ll always have the option to keep it blank. Meanwhile other (myself included) like to have some information at a glance that doesn’t require us to unlock our phones