Very true. I try not to replace my phone until it dies - even if it is unpleasant to keep it.

As it turns out, a Fairphone might be a good candidate for my next phone. Still reading, but it looks good so far.

I bought the 12 Pro Max a few years ago because it had the best camera on the market at the time, and also because I'd been sledging Apple for so many years, I thought I had best actually try one to make sure that my sledging was warranted. Since having it, I now have a much better understanding of how bad they are, and my sledging is much more focused on material facts rather than wishy-washy 'Apple Bad' statements.

But this... this brings Apple to a new low. I can't wait to sede this piece of shite to one of my kids so I can move on. Problem now is what to purchase as an alternative. The Pixel is crap. Samsung is worse than Apple. I don't want to buy a product that only has 5000 units in production.

Looks like I need to do some serious research. Damn.

Its a crisis of capitalism. You have millions in poverty, but you have a trillionaire. You can't fund healthcare for all, but you can bomb Iran. AI will put a significant percentage of the population out of work, but under capitalism, it will not provide for them.

End-stage capitalism is the cause of the angst, anger and negativity. People love to counter with 'nobody has figured out anything better', but that's not true. Just look to the Nordic countries.

People who continue to play the 'awful game' will die out. Darwin will win again.

We dumped Office a few years ago, and have been using LibreOffice since. When we send documents out to our clients, we send them as ODTs and ODSes. All our internals are ODTs and ODSes too.

In over 5 years, it has never been a problem. Office reads these files, and will happily save back to them.

Better yet, removing Office from our ecosystem has dramatically reduced costs both in Infrastructure and in ongoing maintenance.

If only we could remove Microsoft's aborted HTML variant monstrosity from emails sent by Outlook, my life would be fulfilled.

I terminated my TF subscription for the same reason. I may lean to the left, but Fark is a far left authoritarian echo chamber, and it manifests the most toxic characteristics of that political leaning. Its almost funny, as they've done more harm to the left than they'll ever really understand. Perhaps its demise will actually be good for the world.

I tell all my customers... McAfee _is_ the virus.

If we let the less cautious actors catch up...

Hahahahahahaha.... [breathes]... hahahahahahahaha

+1

Did it, done it, doing it tomorrow.

Abolishing Micro$oft Office from our list of supported products is one of the best moves we've ever made.

Yo dawg... I heard you like stories.

Soon Meta will release a new LLM for mouse movements that will only be able to jiggle the mouse for hours on end.

NTTAWWT

Google invented Macros. How quaint.

So, someone's moved on to anger. I mostly see denial and bargaining. The anger is there, but normal people have some checks and balances on anger-driven behaviours. Apparently, this person did not. I was surprised to read that the crowd was cheering on the attacker. For most of the western world, threatening murder is a crime. I guess the rule of law really has become optional in the USA.

I think VPNs are a little like black market trade routes. To criminals, they're handy. To governments, they're evil. To aid organisations, they're an essential way to support oppressed civilians. Anyone who thinks that they're necessary for internet security shouldn't be allowed near keyboards.

Blocking them (or regulating them, which I think is more likely) will drive them underground - which is really where they belong anyway.

I get mine to call me Moles FTW

The best devs move on of their own accord.

Its the less desirable employees who have to be moved on.

Anyone who works for a game company needs an attitude adjustment if they think they're going to be there for more than one project.