I get it, they are using Teams.

Such a nice piece of communication software can only help increase productivity, right? /s

Maybe the virtual world where we live can only maintain a logically consistent simulation when the observer is "inside" the "solar system"?

If something goes "physically out", then empirical and sensory experience is reduced in quality?

Maybe the end game scenario is when we collectively conclude we are in a simulation? Maybe we are almost winning...

No.

I have nothing against Microsoft, really. I think they are trying to improve their behavior. I respect their current CEO.

That being said, I think the world is a better place if there is less concentration of power. Especially in a handful (AMZN, GOOG, AAPL, MSFT) of mega-corporations.

I prefer a lot of competition by a lot of smaller actors. Not de-facto monopolies.

Hence, I have moved to GitLab and will move again if they are acquired by a very large player.

Even if you do not like Google (DuckDuckGo user here) have a look at Project Fi.

Very reasonable costs. Data roaming outside the US has zero cost (i.e. you pay the same as in the US). Roaming calls are reasonably priced. SMS are free outside the US.

Even if you never leave the US, it mostly beats all standard carriers by a mile.

As somebody said above, the big problem is the very limited choice of cell phones (like half-a-dozen). I actually had a Nexus 6 when I changed, so no problem in that case.

Coming from Europe, I was shocked with mobile costs in the US. FI is actually competitive with European prices.

There are plenty of Linux titles on Steam. Maybe not many AAA ones, but a lot of indies, that is for sure.

The majority of games that I have work fine on Linux. Indeed I do not remember the last time that I had to reboot to Windows in order to play a game.

Interestingly some Linux games are way more CPU/GPU intensive than on Windows. Anyone knows why?

So, thanks Valve for Linux support! Please keep it!

Even for games....

I understand that for AAA games Windows is the way to go.

But if you are into the indie game scene, most indie games on Steam also work on Linux.

I also have Windows for gaming only, but currently all the games that I am palying work on Linux.

Thanks Steam.

I am one of those who moved to emacs because of org-mode.

Give it a try. If emacs is the kitchen sink, emacs is the rest of the house. And it is especially good as a (human) task manager

I think Mozilla is doing wonderful things and a single mistake doesn't change that.

DuckDuckGo is the other one...

I live in Montana. Not an American citizen, but proud of being here. Best place in the world.

Have you noticed that this is an executive order signed by a DEMOCRATIC governor?

How is chaging the version number at a different pace lying?

I understand your concern, but it is just a version number. If the perception of users is being taken away by your competitors, why not adapt?

Sure, it would be better to live in a world where companies did not resort to such misleading tricks, but it is not lying.

Numbers do not semantics have.

Somethings are completely below acceptable standard. Like poor Slashdot editorial care.

It is completely different to "not predict a earthquake" to "predict that it will not happen".

These specialists PREDICTED that there would be no problem.

Can we get basic logic right, please?

This is a case of scientific hubris (belief in self-ability to predict things) that cost many lives. Now it has been joined by lack of basic logic and linguistics here in Slashdot.

What a dis-service to science.

Talking about proper science, may I suggest reading say, The Black Swan?

If this is being stupid, then I want more.

You see, I am human being, with limited cognitive capacities, limited free time, limited resources.
Not having to deal with such "important" things as remembering phone numbers or massive amounts of data allows me to direct my time and memory for other things.
Ah, and I can leverage my freed time and freed cognitive abilities with the search powers of google to discover even more. I've now searched and read philosophers and historians. Something a few years ago this would have been less simple: more costly to get the info and less time to do such thing. This by the way, encouraged me to by their books.

Yes, I do not know the year that Nietzsche or Wagner were born, but I do have an idea that they were contemporary to each other. Guess what: having been exposed to their ideas and their music is much more important than knowing the details of their birth dates. Which by the way were [goes way and googles for 20 secs] 1844 and 1813.

I've gained a lot with my new found stupidity. And lost very little in return.

I may have lost the details, but I have more time and resources that allow me to see far away. And the details are really here, at my fingertips.