[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 3 points 6 months ago

I switched to Linux full time (I'd gone back and forth for a while) about 10 years ago when my XP laptop died.
I had access to Windows 7 via work, but I didn't like how much telemetry was being sent back to MS...

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It only works on desktop, but I use Syncthing to sync the whole profile (with the cache etc folders excluded).

You do need to make sure the profile path is identical on both machines as it's hardcoded in the extensions json file, and otherwise your extensions won't work properly.

So long as you close the browser on one machine before opening it on the other, it will sync your open tabs as well.

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't have a Windows 11 machine available, so I can't get you the exact command, but this should get you there.
It should remove it from all users on the laptop, and (hopefully!) prevent it from coming back:

Open Powershell and run:
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.displayname -like "*Copilot*"}

Copy the Package Name entry and run the following command, with PACKAGENAME replaced by what you just copied:
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename PACKAGENAME

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

I imagine their conversations go something like this:

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I got the Oasis/roll with it bit (probably because I'm old), but I had to look up what oasis soup was.

OASIS (Oldways Africana Soup In Stories) is a celebratory anthology of culturally-informed soup recipes that seeks to foster and expand conversation about nutritional knowledge and Black women’s wellness.
https://oldwayspt.org/programs/african-heritage-health/oasis-oldways-africana-soup-stories

Edit: Though the book may have been based on the original joke, come to think of it...

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"The devil told you that! the devil told you that!" cried the little man, and in his anger he stamped with his right foot so hard that it went into the ground above his knee; then he seized his left foot with both his hands in such a fury that he split in two, and there was an end of him.
Rumpelstiltskin - Grimms' Fairy Tales

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

That's certainly one way to climb the corporate ladder...

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Anyone remember this XBox ad?

https://youtu.be/Hu_0GdXW904

Apparently it was banned, but I remember seeing it fairly regularly so it must've been around for a while before that happened...

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

For people like this, money isn't a resource that they need to survive, it's just a way of keeping score.

It's like playing an idle game - you tweak the various settings and resources to get the most gain, and your reward is watching the numbers go up.

They're no more connected to the numbers themselves than someone sitting at their computer playing Realm Grinder.

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

We've only had it over here for about 10 years or so - Amazon started it and all the other companies jumped on the bandwagon.

[-] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm running LineageOS with MicroG, so I tried disabling Android System Webview as a test. ReVanced seems perfectly happy to browse/play videos (though I didn't try logging out). The only apps I have that fall over without webview seem to be eBay and Amazon, so no great loss there.

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