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kescusay , 5 months ago to news in Huntington Beach votes to ban Pride flags at city buildings

Alternate headline: “Huntington Beach declares it doesn’t want tourist dollars anymore”

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025

This is a huge business opportunity for someone with the know-how. They should offer a consulting service that does the following:

1. Catalogs the software your company is using.
2. Identifies which ones have native Linux versions, which ones work well under WINE, and which ones will need to be replaced with either a different native application or an online equivalent.
3. Installs and configures Linux with a Windows-like UI on your old systems, and gets them set up with the replacement software.

Offer a support contract that severely undercuts anything Microsoft is gouging selling. Offer basic training, too.

Anyone who does that can make bank.

kescusay , 5 months ago to showerthoughts in Now that ChatGPT is being trained using Reddit posts

Your right.

kescusay , 5 months ago to news in The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines

The thing about that kind of attitude is that it’s inherently self-defeating, because if you insist your employees come to work sick, they’re going to get everyone else sick too, and productivity will plummet even if everyone keeps showing up. Sick employees don’t perform well.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in Linux market share passes 4% for first time

Because it means Linux is gaining enough credibility as a desktop operating system for PC and parts manufacturers to work harder to ensure compatibility.

Everyone seems to want off the Microsoft upgrade train. Consumers don’t want to constantly fear that the OS will stop getting security updates because Microsoft doesn’t want to make them anymore. Manufacturers of PCs don’t want to pay the Microsoft tax. Parts manufacturers know it’s actually easier to write drivers for Linux than it is for Windows.

But until Linux shows signs of being a credible and attractive alternative, it’s not going to break Microsoft’s stranglehold on all three.

kescusay , 5 months ago to nottheonion in YouTube Music staff laid off in middle of meeting about employment rights with Austin City Council

Yep, it’s Cognizant, and they don’t have a particularly good reputation.

Still sucks for those workers, though.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content

No, no, it’s French. Macro ce phallique. It means “macro this phallic.” Obviously.

kescusay , 5 months ago to nottheonion in Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change

For the record, I disagree with you somewhat. I think the plastics industry in particular has had a great deal of success by doing things like convincing consumers that recycling is up to them, instead of rethinking the nature of their products. Did you know that a lot of the anti-littering campaigns from the 1970’s onward were bankrolled by the plastics industry? It was an effort to offload the responsibility to care about the environment onto consumers.

That said, this can be discussed civilly. The person who was arguing with you wouldn’t do that, though.

kescusay , 5 months ago to nottheonion in Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change

They’re temporarily banned.

kescusay , 5 months ago to nottheonion in Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change

Hey guys, can we keep the slapfights to a minimum, please? Just had to delete a whole thread where everyone was just insulting the fuck out of each other.

Cut it out.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions

The “pitchfork” joke dates back to Fark, my friend.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions

Damn it, what am I supposed to do with this pitchfork now?

But seriously, shitty misleading headline.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in 1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEA

Got myself a fully electric car, and yeah… Never looking back. I keep it charged for maybe five bucks a month most of the time, with the only exceptions being when I’m taking it on a longer trip. It gets 250 miles per charge on average, which is plenty as far as I’m concerned. Charging on the go is more expensive of course, but still a lot cheaper than filling a gas tank.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in Meta will delete all non-migrated Oculus accounts in March - The Verge

Thanks, man. Looks like I’ll be waiting a bit. I’ve got big hands, too.

kescusay , 5 months ago to technology in AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources

They were still doing some decent journalism here and there, but yeah, it’s been getting worse and worse very steadily.