[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Look, this is horrible and everything, but how are people pretending this is new? Occasional updates since Windows 10 have been showing these annoying pre-boot configuration screens even if you've skipped them before including ones wanting you to use OneDrive.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 months ago

How that damned television show is still on the air is beyond me. Every single point they make is easily debunked and all it's doing is injecting lies and garbage information into people, making them conspiracy theorists and deniers of other truths. It's a joke.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 months ago

AWWWWW, POOR FASCISTS CAN'T HACK OUR DEVICES

Because you know that's what it's really about, not "lawful interception". Fuck them.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 months ago

A criminal saying that a laughable scam that is mostly used for criminal activity is good? Who would have thought? Oh right, everyone.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 40 points 3 months ago

Stop using Google.

And Microsoft. And Apple. And Amazon. And every single corporation that cares more about money and stealing people's privacy than serving you.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 239 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Working in computing for years and this is what I've heard

2000: IPv4 is about to dry up, we really need to start moving to v6!

2005: OH NO THE SKY IS FALLING IPv4 IS ALMOST GONE! IPv6 IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO OR THE INTERNET WILL DIE!

2010: WE'RE SERIOUS THIS TIME IPv6 NEEDS TO BE A THING RIGHT NOW! HELP!

2015: Yeah, okay, NAT has served us well so far, but we can only take it so far, we really need v6 to be the standard in the next 5-10 years or we're in trouble!

2020: Um... guys? IPv6? Hello? Anyone? crickets

2024: IPv6ers are now the vegans of networking

this may or may not be satire, just laugh if unsure

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 69 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Like the new LED lightbulbs. Buy one now and they last a year or so. I bought one of them WAY back when they were brand new and horribly expensive and the damn thing still works just fine.

Companies can't stand new technologies that just work. They have to build in planned obsolescence. See also: smartphones, especially iTrash that make you buy a new one every year or two because updates slow them down.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 months ago

systemd doesn't obfuscate shit. It's Free software and you know exactly what it's doing. Stop spreading misinformation.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 months ago

How is displaying a password in a certain font "broken" when you can easily copy/paste it? People who rally against Firefox sure do point to ridiculous, non-existent "problems" as an excuse to keep using laughable Chromium/derivatives.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 104 points 3 months ago

Anyone still using Chromium or any of its derivatives (including Chrome) just needs to suck it up and admit it's the loser here. Use a Firefox derivative, it's just all around better in every single way.

[-] the_doktor@lemmy.zip 67 points 3 months ago

It is a Ponzi scheme. Very clearly one. How that garbage is legal, I will never know. I could have gotten into crypto from the ground floor eons ago and made tons of money but I didn't because I knew it was illegal and figured the whole thing was going to collapse as soon as governments found out about it. Imagine my shock when most legitimized the damn thing. Still wouldn't bother even if I could go back and do it again knowing the brain dead, money-greedy idiots are going to legalize a literal Ponzi scheme because I have values and morals.

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