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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
  • vegantomato@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli militaryEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Hopefully they will find better jobs with better employers.

    For everyone who uses Windows, try Linux. Don’t be scared to try something new, most things that are worthwhile come with some sacrifice. Sometimes, if we don’t leave our comfort zone, we miss out.

    I will provide a small guide, but there are tons of resources on the internet.

    See the ranking on the right hand side here: https://distrowatch.com/ You can pick something from there on the top of the list.

    Watch YouTube to learn more about each Linux distro that you find interesting.

    I personally would recommend Ubuntu or Ubuntu-based distros, as they have the widest support.

    You don’t have to wipe your Windows-installation completely, instead you can dual-boot. This allows you to pick Windows or Linux when you start your computer. If you feel comfortable switching entirely, you can wipe out Windows and keep Linux exclusively.

    Just be careful when you partition your drive, don’t accidentally overwrite your Windows installation (if that’s not what you want to do). Make a backup copy of your most important files on a separate external drive before the installation.

  • vegantomato@lemmy.worldtoReddit@lemmy.world•Reddit CEO signals subreddits requiring a subscription fee coming this year
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    3 months ago

    Reddit has been shit since 2014, some would argue since its inception. It never properly replaced serious forums that specialized on their own niche, like PC hardware, gossip, cars, or whatever. The subreddit replacements always felt like lower quality EVEN THOUGH Reddit mods are (in general) more trigger happy than those running proper forums. The astroturfing, the deception, the lack of respect for its users, the UX dark patterns, it has all been getting worse and worse. Some haven’t gotten the memo yet, that Reddit serves no one but itself, it’s a cancer.

    dictionary

    astroturfing = “Public relations tactic using fake grassroots movements” (used by, among others, corporations, politicians (remember the Trump 2016 campaign on Reddit?), and governments)

    UX dark pattern = user experience dark pattern = “A dark pattern is a design feature that subtly encourages users to perform a specific action.” (like Reddit’s “Howdy paddner” error if you use a VPN so that they can de-anonymize you)