surph_ninja

joined 8 months ago
[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago

The default subs are controlled by people involved with karma farming. Some of them are so bad that the mods will ban anyone with a high number of upvotes to prevent them from competing with the bots.

Funny enough, I bet the same mods will let a bot report your pic in a few months.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

Congress had to lift a ban on arming Nazis in order to send weapons to Ukraine. Fuck’em.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Given how many “former” spies from the Israeli Unit 8200 are now in high level positions at Facebook, I’d say any Meta app is a concern for Israeli spying.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The Biden admin was trying to privatize it.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Love when western propaganda bots blatantly out themselves like this.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s exactly the attitude of most Linux people, and it’s completely out of touch.

You don’t win people over by telling them what’s good for them. You do it by appealing to what they want. It doesn’t matter what you think they should care about.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

The aesthetics and the menu access/organization is straight out of the 90s. Hell, many of the customization options require a third-party tool to edit with the gui, or you’re stuck using the cli.

Where Apple products and UI are clearly made by designers, Linux environments are clearly made by techies who consider a gui optional. And what’s worse is all the techies gatekeeping to keep it that way.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Most of them don’t. The vast majority of people interact with their devices using a touchscreen or controller. They don’t want to repair it themselves, and they’ll turn it in for another one as soon as their payment plan is up.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Most people could use tablets/phones and have a superior user experience. PC’s in general, whether running Linux or Windows, are becoming a niche product again.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I disagree. Using a Linux desktop always feels like a trip back in time.

But it’s not just a question of Windows vs Linux anymore. For web browsing and basic apps that the vast majority of people use the internet for, tablets & phones are offering a superior user experience.

This is a big driving force in the decline of desktop computer sales. A desktop or laptop is overkill for what most people need, so it’s become specialty equipment (again). And if you’re going to need a pc for specialized needs, the Windows os is going to cover all of those. Linux probably will cover your needs.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks. I’ll give it a try.

 

To be clear, the current tariff execution is reckless and poorly planned. But I hear a lot of total tariff opposition from the same people who demand we continue to escalate with China over control of Taiwan, up to a potential hot war.

So what’s the plan? Western economies were brought to their knees during just a momentary interruption in shipping during the pandemic. How do you wage a war with a country that does all of your manufacturing? China could defeat most western countries without firing a single shot, just by cutting off their access to Chinese exports.

If you don’t support tariffs to bring back manufacturing jobs domestically, how do you think we could make it through a war with our manufacturing partners? I can’t reconcile the two ideas, and I don’t understand how some of y’all are.

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