Does anyone use Microsoft because they like the software? Because all I ever hear is "I need it for games", "I need it for work", or "It's the only system that works with my hardware".

One wonders what the market share for OSs would look like if people were able to freely choose what software they liked.

I installed Ubuntu back when that was popular, and insisted on having all the graphical bling, like 3d cube that would spin to change desktops. And windows that shook like jello when you moved them.

Of course all this messing around by an amateur did nothing for stability and after 3 or 4 frustrating issues I went back to Windows.

For years people have given me the blinking stare of unbelief when I tell them I've never had a Facebook. Now being absent on that platform and others is seen as suspicious. I got a buddy who couldn't complete a job application because Facebook was a mandatory field in the electronic form. The border Gestapo and the State Department require your socials for visa applications. A friend told me that she wouldn't date a guy without socials because she browses them as a kind of background check.

Fuck Meta.

Maybe if they could wear a suit and say thank you once in a while.

When left-handedness became acceptable the number of left handed people was far higher than experts had predicted.

This is like when you get the right answer using the wrong formula

Workplace violence has always been a thing in the US. As a phenomena, it predates the era of school shootings. It's so common that I feel comfortable predicting that this man's motives were a personal grievance, not class warfare.

Yea. Not only that, when you hear about "dead people voting", this is often the explanation.

There is nothing more tech-bro libertarian than taking free public data, wrapping it in a slick package, and selling it.

I used to think that TV weather people were obsolete, but now I'm nostalgic for the public service that survived in the old capitalistic ad based broadcast TV era.

Every game executive and investor wants a Fortnight. That's why no matter how many times gamers reject it live service games will continue to be developed. Because AAA games are made for investors not players.

I saw a post criticizing Harris (from the left) immediately after the announcement. Clicked on OP's account and saw that up until just then, they had been very concerned about Biden's age. Oh, and before that, unwilling to vote genocideJoe.

What scares me shitless is the idea that Trump is what the US is and what the US has earned. Who's ready for that conversation?