Linux Mint isn’t perfect, but at least it’s not constantly trying to steal my shit or force something on me that I don’t want.

Good. Can every other company please do this too??

I know this has nothing to do with my home computer, but this just further affirms my decision to switch to Linux earlier this year.

“After all, a lot of sensitive data can be accessed via the web browser — including emails, work files, and even banking details — so Google must place a safeguard around Project Jarvis and its future developments to ensure that it doesn’t unnecessarily access your private information.”

Narrator: They did NOT place any safeguards around the project.

Thank goodness for Linux.

Wait until they hear about cell phones.

The sad thing is that most people won’t even give a damn.

I’m also considering just getting a portable, 128GB FLAC player with a minijack connection and moving on with my life without getting involved in networking at all.

Yeah, I’d say that this is definitely the way to go. My .mp3 player only has something like 8 gigs of storage, but it takes a MicroSD card. With a 1 tb card, I can carry all the music I want (and realistically, given that your collection is pretty small, you could get away with a whole lot less than that).

Good for them! Hopefully this leads to a stronger labor movement nationwide.

I look forward to the day when my refrigerator stops working because the company went bankrupt, or because their server was down.

I pity the poor fool who sets up their smart TV instead of just grabbing an HDMI cable and plugging in their computer.

Fuck.

Even worse is that a disturbing proportion of young men are ACTIVELY supporting the Trump/Vance regression ticket.

Posts like this remind me just how grateful I am for the Fediverse.

Edit: Thank you, kind stranger!

I remember when I used to be able to find dedicated message boards for bands that I liked. Now I’m lucky if there’s a subreddit where it’s just a bunch of people submitting poorly drawn fan art of the band.

Another day, another moment of being thankful for my dedicated .mp3 player.

This won’t affect me - seeing as I have no use for Instagram - but I do worry that some actual DECENT sites will adopt this in the near future.

The full article is well worth reading. It’s good to find a lucid, logical deconstruction of why, precisely, this will be a complete disaster.

c/fuckcars