It doesn't suck worse, but it's not better either. Meanwhile there are a ton of other caveats that Linux introduces, like being incredibly fragile as soon as you stick a pinky toe outside of whatever very heavily curated experience has been provided.

Windows -> Difficult, unreliable OS, but unbelievably vast software and hardware ecosystem
Mac -> Overwhelmingly more usable that Windows, a decent ecosystem of software, but locked down hardware
Linux -> Difficult and arguably unreliable OS (mostly referring to the GUIs because that's what users see), very hit or miss hardware support, and relatively poor software ecosystem outside science, admin and dev.

Is it any surprise that the single most popular *nix operating systems go out of their way to hide that heritage? (ie: MacOS, Android)

Until Linux starts to excel in at least one of those areas, it will *never* be taken seriously. Right now it is inferior in all three.

The sexist angle is just a whole bucket of frosting on top of the already large pervert cake.

We're talking about a piece of software whose express and sole purpose is to create sexually explicit imagery of people without their consent. Even if it wasn't specifically targeting women, it is still a very distasteful piece of software whose sole purpose of existence is to empower and encourage wierdos.

Right... because out of all the INNUMERABLE possible applications this type of software could be designed for, the obvious thing to do is make something that can sexually harass people.

The original author showed unbelievably poor judgement in making something like this available to the public. Only a complete and utter fool could possibly have thought that a tool like this wouldn't immediately be abused by the lowest denigrates of society, and that's giving the benefit of the doubt.

You can rationalize, make excuses, and deny all you want, but the fact of the matter is that a sick pervert designed a piece of software to be used by other perverts, and now everyone involved is back peddling like crazy due to the completely justified negative publicity this software has attracted.

Wow. I am in awe.

You have an application here whose express and sole purpose for existence is to sexually harass women (and theoretically men too...). There is literally no good reason for such a software to even exist, OTHER than to sexually harass.

Leave it to the Slashdot Incel Lobby to be outraged that they are now allowed access to software that makes it trivial to create sexually explicit imagery without the persons consent.

Stop trying to use open source outrage as a cloak to cover up your mental illness.

Your argument could be shorted and made more blunt:

Climate change deniers don't want to be inconvenienced. More importantly, they don't want to have to face the idea that they are, no matter how minutely, tangentially responsible for the situation we're in. They not only insist, but demand, that *everyone* stick their heads in the sand just long enough for them to continue enjoying their current indulgent lifestyles, at least until they die and it's someone else's problem.

Meanwhile we're already seeing the effects. Just the record-breaking year on year on year temperature swings alone are already causing major problems with basic infrastructure like roads, which need to be repaired more often. And that's just one example among many.

It's only ones confusing carbon tax with wealth redistribution are people who are intentionally trying to confuse the issue, for a variety of selfish/willfully ignorant reasons. It's like saying that giving a ticket to someone for speeding, or charging bail on a criminal, is wealth redistribution.

The point of Carbon Tax is to be a punitive measure on companies that pump out CO2. CO2 is an externalized expense that companies ignore for the simple reason being that they can. Carbon Tax is intended to re-internalize that expense and put said companies back into the equation of responsibility instead of leaving tax payers on the hook for a company's laziness.

Tape doesn't block the microphones on your device. The only truely good option would be to have a physical switch that electrically and manually disconnects the webcam and microphones when you want them off.

Unfortunately, I don't know of one single laptop mfg that does that. The second best is to at least have a firmware controlled LED that lights up when either is active. My 2015 MBP has an LED for the webcam but not the microphones, and I don't know if that LED is tied directly to webcam activity.

I'm not holding my breath. Apple's fucked up too much and for too long.

Until they go back to the late 2000s where you could upgrade the ram and storage yourself, and they don't force you to use a dongle to connect literally anything, I'm treating any gains towards consumer-friendliness as an accident or maybe the results of a weekend of heavy drinking.

Also, what's this about them dropping that idiotic keyboard? This is the first I've heard of it.

I've personally written off Apple entirely. Even if Apple does recover something resembling good sense, I'm still going to be leary of buying from them again because I don't feel like getting screwed over a second time.

Is there something a) more up to date, and b) something I can read instead of having to sit through a 45 minute video?

Why arn't you just suspending/hibernating? Laptops are why those features were invented in the first place.

I really hope Microsoft doesn't gain traction on this because they simply cannot be trusted.

Anyone who lived through the IE6 days will know that this is nothing more than a marketing ploy, trying to tap into a wave of consumer anger.

Their handling of Windows 10 should have demonstrated, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the contempt in which Microsoft holds users data and privacy. And they've shoved telemetry into every single product they release now. Even their SDKs and OSS tools like Visual Studio Code.

It doesn't matter what technology Microsoft shoves into their browser. I trust a technology from Microsoft less than I can affect the direction of a black hole.

I like how you just assume that backups happen by a magic snap of Thanos' fingers.

Backups require effort. They require active maintenance.

If the higher level staff order the IT staff to do this that and the other thing, and they prioritize those things above doing backups, then what is the IT Manager going to do?

It's entirely possible that the IT Manager was simply incompetent. But past experience tells me that there is far more to the story, and that he was probably scapegoated so that the people above him could safe face for not giving him to means to do his job.

It's that dangly thing at the back of your throat.

You know, it amazes me the efforts you go through to twist the truth. You're like an unrepentant abusive boyfriend who compulsively gaslights everyone.

If you had even bothered to read _the very first sentence_ in the article, you would have read that iphones sales _fell_ a whopping 15% over the year previous. That's a massive drop!

1.4 billion active devices is a statistic Apple came up with to divert attention from the fact that their sales are tanking. Their product lines have become, at best, stagnant. Most of their new products are breathtakingly overpriced garbage. It's all about silly gimmicks, forced value-adds and locking now.

I work at a company who loves bleeding edge, non-mainstream stuff and literally nobody is happy with Apple anymore. The single most positive comment I can find is, "At least it's not Windows." When your only claim to fame is that you're not quite as shitty as an even shittier product, that's not a ringing endorsement and it points to a catastrophic future. That's probably why Cook is so focused on building up Apple's warchest. Because Apple is running full tilt into a repeat of the 80s and 90s where they became an industry embarrassment, and they need as much money as they can get to hopefully survive long enough to complete a proctocranialectomy.

I no longer push Apple products at work. We've gone from "Yeah you can have a Windows machine but wouldn't you rather have an Apple instead?" to "We'll only buy you an Apple if you have an explicit and specific business need."

Apple's products are NOT competitive hardware-wise. They are NOT competitive service-wise. Their software QA has gone down the toilet. Price-wise, I can buy similarly spec'ed dell for well below 50% the cost of an equivalent macbook pro, AND get on-site service and accidental damage protection to boot. Apple won't even offer on-site repair *because their laptops arn't repairable*. They won't even offer a temp replacement without yet another absurdly priced fee.

So do everyone (and yourself) a favour and stop lying. You. Arn't. Fooling. Anyone.

It's not that. It's just that caucasians are just too damn tall.

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