[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

I think you're massively overestimating what normal users are willing to do. Normal users aren't going to install Linux because normal users don't install operating systems. Other things normal users don't do:

  • Install drivers
  • Configure hardware (including printers)
  • Run system recovery
  • Run OS upgrades (unless forced on them)

When the upgrade from windows 7 to 10 resulted in broken systems/applications, some normal users paid someone to fix it, but most bought a new computer.

In short, Linux is ready to replace Windows, but only in the cases where it's sold preinstalled on supported hardware. Android, ChromeOS and Steamdecks are good examples of this.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Like most of Microsoft's more odious features, this one can be turned off through GPO/Intune policy across an organization. As such, the liability will mostly fall on the organization to make sure it's off. The privacy and security impacts will be felt by individuals and small businesses.

They claim that the data is only stored locally, so far. We'll see, I guess.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

It's literally the opposite of taxing innovation. If you reinvest your revenue back into improving the company, you don't pay any tax. If you use the revenue to prop up stock prices instead, expect to pay taxes on the capital gains.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Fully automated luxury gay space communism FTW.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Veganism at its core is a moral stance. If not for the moral issues, these people would probably be vegetarian instead. That's not to say that all vegans are the aggressive evangelist kind, but pretty much all vegans choose their diet out of moral concerns (in addition to health and environmental reasons).

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Or they could suck up a bunch of subsidies to get started, then sell their subsidiary to Loblaws. Foreign company gets cash, and Loblaws gets even more market dominance. Everyone wins!

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

And take the opportunity to electrify the rail network while we're at it.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago
$ touch grass
$

Now what?

Redditors something something

I think you might be lost.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Climate control actually is critical, since fogging/frosting of the windshield is a thing.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Canada has ~1/4 the firearms per capita compared to the US. My guess is that doesn't matter, as you go over 1 gun/resident the added guns probably don't have much of an impact.

However, most shootings in the US are with handguns (restricted in Canada), and a bunch of high-profile shootings with ARs (prohibited in Canada). Concealed carry is practically never allowed, and open carry isn't either. Safe storage is required, so you can't carry unsecured guns in your car either. Storing loaded firearms is forbidden. Owning firearms for self defense is forbidden by law (using them as such may or may not be, depending on the circumstances).

TL;DR: it's not just how many guns, but also what you're allowed to do with them.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Believe it or not, also United States.

[-] SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Public mobile is Telus's discount brand. They have service everywhere Telus does. The other major carriers have their own discount branded services. You don't get much (or any) data, but it's a lot cheaper.

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