It clearly doesn't want to shut down. MS software is too clever

Why would he repost some local news from some town in Scotland? I meant small in terms of international fame; it's not Glasgow or Edinburgh. It doesn't matter if he's aware or not, it was a pot-stirring immigrant-hate opportunity, reality be damned. Who cares about the whole story or the actual details these days, right? It's easy to repost a picture and a headline, and make your own context with your own biases, the "beauty" of social media. But go on and find excuses for him. Who cares about the Guardian headline, just found some link containing accurate information in case you hadn't heard about that - Guardian might spin it but they don't post fake news.

Reading about US stories, especially about policy changes and other government actions, reminds me of the "Florida man" stories... "What on earth have they done again?" ...

I love the bit about coal-powered data centers, given the impact of burning coal and the ever-growing need for data centers, that's match made in heaven.

that's not it. Here's one: https://www.theguardian.com/uk...
And you tell me his honest intentions and interest regarding the small town of Dundee in Scotland.

Plausible deniability aplenty. Support for things like Reform UK and AfD says otherwise.

It's not about his personality. He can be a dickhead for all I care. But when he uses his platform to effectively indirectly create problems for my life, well, I'm not going to jump for support. And you might think I'm over-reacting, but well he's actively contributing to the rise of right-wing parties in Europe and sowing discord, so there's that. I find it funny that you think DOGE was genuine. There are way too many pricks to spend time ranting about - this thread was about X.

It's the excuse of critical mass. Apparently we have to wait for the new generation to find X uncool and switch to something else en-masse. Government and other corporate accounts just follow the people, they never set an example.

This is very well put! On the negative side, due to this front-loading pain, I personally find the idea changing distro very daunting, because there has been so much pain setting my current ones up (VSTs/Bottles I'm looking at you)

Can you explain maybe the mindset of people who support the platform of a guy who publicly sieg heils and also very publicly, blatantly and unashamedly tries to sow political discord? I'm especially interest in the mindset of people who are against these things. My own take is basically no faith in humanity and that everyone's cheap and would support anyone who would throw them a (publicity/exposure) bone, so I'm all ears.

I don't disagree. And in slopes if you're going up you get screwed anyway regardless of the car type from the other lane, but at least that's not as common for most. For me the most effective approach to driving at night is with retroreflective paint and low-lights. Nobody's getting blinded, reduced light pollution and perfect contrast.

That works if you optimizing for not blinding others rather than, you know, seeing well in the dark in front of you at a cone. And when it's cloudy, it *is* darker, I'm not sure where you live but I live in a country that's mostly cloudy and the difference is very much observable.

"Personalised guidance" : thanks for all your super confidential data bucko, now stop eating hamburgers, and do some pushups

I think this might be one of the reasons why microsoft et al want full snooping of your machine. Because they can use as training data the whole loop: your questions to the AI, and what you do with the answers.

Same mistake twice in title and first line.

... and the wounds are festering. Kids are moving to Linux more and more, and if the stranglehold they have to corporations loosens, it's the beginning of the end, if that hasn't already happened.