If only there was some sort of movement of gracious people willing to donate their expertise and time to write software and allow the users to fully control it by giving away the source code. That'd fix everything!
But... but... then you'd have to think about what you're doing and *gasp* develop a basic understanding of the technology that runs your life! Who has time for that nerd shit?
To be fair, some people are burnt out to degrees most of humanity struggles to comprehend. Of course, there are always the lazy butts; HOWEVER, you cannot generalize at all.
Nah man, those stupid ass single parents working multiple jobs need to get their priorities straight! /s
So basically, if you're sawing trees with a blunt saw and somebody suggests sharpening the saw, you'll say "I can't, I got trees to cut!"?
Almost.
Imagine youre cutting trees with an axe and someone tells you theres a tool out there that can do it better, but you have to learn how to use it to become efficient with it. And you dont have time to learn new tool because capitalism says you have to have that tree cut down right now.
I'm assuming from this smug nonsense that you'd be able to fix your car if anything went wrong, right? What about if something structurally went wrong in your home? If you don't understand how an MRI machine works you better not get medical care!
What an absolutely brain dead take on what people should and shouldn't be doing with their time.
All of those things, save for the MRI, are valuable life skills.
I don't need to know everything about an engine, but I have basic competency in changing my oil or replacing my air filter.
I don't know everything about the structure of my home, but I know enough to install some shelves or blinds.
If a problem is outside of my knowledge or ability? I call someone who can fix it for me.
A computer should be the same way. People should have a base level of competency in technology, and that technology should lend itself to people fixing problems themselves.
Everything being a proprietary, closed source, magic mystery box, that spies on you, and can only be fixed by the company that made it, is very bad, actually.
What an absolutely brain dead take on what people should and shouldn't be doing with their time.
Farmers have to waste time hacking their John Deere tractors, just to be able to start fixing them. OP isn't the one dictating what people should or shouldn't do with their time.
If only my work would listen to you
(We make Windows-only software so a transition to Linux any time soon ain’t happening)
You have my sincere condolences, buddy.
Never heard of OpenWRT before, is it nice?
You can install linux via bullets now? how cool is that?
it just works
Not bullets. That’s a windows thing. Linux uses USB arrows.
Oh geez that’s really what that is. What’s this from?
Hawkeye the tv series.
did it work?
Instructions unclear, cannot compile gentoo.h
Yeah, it's time for windows to die. My windows 10 computer i'm pretty sure everything on it would work on linux, so i'll switch it over to Mint in a few weeks.
I installed Pop OS on some old hardware "just to see what it's like" 2 weeks ago and am already planning to switch my primary over by this weekend. If I can be done with Windows, I'll be a happy man.
A lot of stuff does run.
The only Thing that I do Miss, is Anti-Cheat Software for some games. Thats the only reason to keel dualboot, to Launch that Games on Windows. Besides that - screw Windows.
As soon as Windows is installed, Microsoft owns the computer.
It want from “My Computer” to “This PC”.
they've got all the telemetry to infer what you're doing and what your screen looks like
But for some reason, they still need to screenshot dudes fucking up excel spreadsheets and lowballing people on Facebook marketplace for 8 hours
Don’t forget about the porn. Then they can blackmail politicians to pass laws that force more people to use their shit.
As a millenial, I never understood this. Back when we were having LAN parties, we always shared our porn, so I know what pretty much everyone I care about tosses their salad to and they do know what I get off on as well. I'm impervious to that sort of blackmail, it's like a superpower.
This is why religious people hate the love who you want movement. Sexual shame or guilt is an extremely strong way to control someone. If you aren’t ashamed of who you are then blackmail like this doesn’t work.
Reminds me of when Ted Cruz twitter liked incest porn on 9/11 memorial day
What do computers and air conditioning have in common? Both stop working when you open windows.
Does any body have a link to that photo?
Here you go:
Is that how Americans make screenshot?
Wheres this photo even from?? I would love to know, its peak shitlisting material
There's a really small credit at the bottom from 1998, and I found some more from the same photoshoot just now. It looks like people have tried to find the source of this before, but I'm not seeing any answer as to WHY, lol
Amazing. Thanks.
Watch Redditors defend the Microsoft corpo…
DO NOT fire at those vintage Macs. They are not responsible for this.
Oh no, this picture is from 1998, those Macs were new. That woman was rocking the Agent Scully look for a reason.
Maybe they are, in a way.
I wonder if I can get them to delete of the shit they took from my fucking comp already? I moved to Linux mint a short while ago and despite some minor limitations, I haven't looked back since.
It is somewhat ironic they're showing a Mac in that shot… did Office even run on them at that stage of the game.
I was hoping nobody would notice they were macs when I made this because the image was too funny not to use...
Microsoft runs the best viral marketing for Linux.
I'm forced to use Web Outlook at work now. Can't save shit locally, no, it HAS to go through OneDrive. Fucking hell.
Nooo! Skully!
Hint: :q!
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