I’m grateful. It was the push I needed to stop using windows.

If they’d made it even vaguely tempting I probably wouldn’t have bothered.

We remember the names of their dogs, and use those.

So it’s “Rex’s Mum” and “Fido’s sister”

He’s pretty untouchable.

Every government thinks AI is the next gold/oil rush and whoever gets to be the “AI country” will become excruciatingly rich.

That’s why they’re being given IP exemptions and all sorts of legal loopholes are being attempted/ set up for them.

I was being sarcastic.

They will for sure use things like phobias/weaknesses to psychologically influence you to get you out of their way.

They for sure won’t get hold of any notes about medical conditions (or god forbid, notes from your therapist) and use them against you if you opposed them.

I’ve been using mint exclusively for like 3 months and have been using a hearty blend of terminal installs and the program manager app.

It seems to not have caused any problems YET, but I’ve been assured it will. I see flatpack conversations a lot and don’t fully understand the differences (apart from the install method).

Is it worth understanding and committing to a single system or can I just be a low-power user for a while?

Definitely don’t buy a bunch of those big elastic bands for workouts and loop the cars together in pairs.

As a non-alternative (i.e. don’t do this either) the same pairings but with a thin rope with a self-tightening knot.

It will break without any noticeable effort from the car, but will probably make a big bang.

Jojoba oil and grapeseed oil are a game changer.

I wonder when he’ll pull the old “soldiers in the room for an important vote” trick.

The products I can find on my own. I just need an ad to tell me that the type of product exists (I’m aware that only monopolies would benefit from that kind of as).

I’ll be choosing the model/brand on merit. If anything the one being heavily advertised is going to be worse (or at least the cost of the ads is included in the price).

Probably someone connected to you has been searching for appliances.

Often that’s how they guess you’re in the market.

Or they might just know you got a raise, are more of an impulse buyer in August or that one of your machines is nearing a possible end of life date.

It’s not about what they think you might like. It’s about what they think they can convince you to buy (or at least change your mind about).

It’s never been about “improving your experience” to offer personalised ads.

Not sure about wine. Haven’t used it since like 2016.

I’m running all my games in steam with proton. Not sure if that’s connected at all.

Or it just happens overseas, where these laws don’t apply (or can’t be enforced).

But I don’t think it will happen. Too many countries are desperate to be “the AI country” that they’ll risk burning whole industries to the ground to get it.

I had my first issue since switching just yesterday (I’ve been switched for a couple of months).

I wanted to run some mod installers for the old Kotor games but they’re .exe files.

Only stuff I could get working was manual file-replacements and steam workshop mods.

Yeah I kind of wish they had a secondary channel with regular titles for the same videos.

I blocked their main channel because, well… “it’s the hope that gets ya”

Nothing above-board, I think.

But it’s hard to project a strong man image if people find out humanising vulnerabilities like arthritis or low blood pressure.

It’s also evidence he lied again about being “the healthiest president ever” or whatever he said.

I guess some kind of degenerative mental health condition would be grounds for removal.

But yeah I think a lot of people are sick of the “left” playing fair while fascism and theocratic nationalism are becoming more and more powerful (by playing dirty).

Also yes it could just be a big nothing burger to give the appearance of fighting back. Like changing the name of that bill.

Yes, and they were all as smart at humans. ;)

So mostly average but some absolute thickos too.

Yeah but all boobs on anyone (maybe apart from Ciri) were the exact same every time. Massive and perfectly round.

A lot of them want to use your financial data (what you buy, for how much and when) to sell to advertisers etc.

Maybe adding porn stuff in there taints the data?