Thanks!

Thanks!

What am I looking at here? I just read their about page and feel more confused, lol.

M$ is terminal and most of the world is hooked up to a terminal entity; Most of the world is terminal.

You’ve got to pay the premiums because all the wealthy dipshits need to build the bunkers when this POS they’ve created collapses 😊

So it’s just a matter of time–gotcha

I still think the target is M$ users since they have the largest userbase and M$ has basically said F*ck it, we’re implementing spyware with little attempt to protect the data. 🎶 every click you make, every screen you take, I’ll be watching you 🎶

They would if we stopped the gravy train

Apple at least tries to explain what is happening, and while not always great, you feel you understand why they are doing something or implementing new functionality unlike Windows who just dumps this shit on you without your consent and then you have to learn 5 years later that they put absolutely no thought in why they were doing, especially thinking about your privacy. Anyway, I use Arch, btw. _/s

Perfect

I could give a shit about tradition… Newsflash, we don’t exist in a world where this is even appropriate or rational. The more time goes by the more I wish they would just push the button and let everything reset itself with us dumb apes no longer in the picture.

Metallica ruined it. They made it seem as though torrenting was evil because their content was being downloaded. Poor babies.

“We’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” Let’s build more world ending bombs! That’ll show 'em.

I’m not advocating one way or the other, but I would gladly take on the gardening duties :D

I understand your frustration; many of us have been there, myself included. After 20 years in engineering, I’ve come to realize a few things. The daily grind for a corporation can indeed be tedious and full of disappointments. Often, it feels like we’re just completing meaningless tasks for someone else’s vision. Our minds wander to our own projects and ideas, and it’s tempting to start prototyping those instead of focusing on work.

This feeling of unfulfilled potential isn’t going away because we can see how much better things could be. But here’s what I remind myself: I am fortunate to have a stable job, even if it’s programming mundane things for average needs. This stability allows me the luxury of working on my own projects after hours. Without this job, I’d likely be stuck in gig work, struggling with low pay and irregular hours.

So, I view the routine work as a necessary “tax” I pay to secure personal time for my own creative endeavors. It’s a trade-off that provides income and stability, enabling me to pursue my passions on my terms.

Honestly, just download/install from your package manager and then start using it. One of the best built-in modes is called Org mode. Don’t try anything crazy because it’s easy to get overwhelmed. It took me some periods of stopping and starting before things felt natural and became my daily driver.

Was gonna recommend Emacs, myself, but looks like you got it covered! Emacs is an amazing tool and is worth the journey

I completely support you all. I find working with AI in ChatGPT has been fun overall, personally. But, I also see what MS is doing right now arguing that they need to take screen-grabs at some interval to make this all work, I think this is BS. I see how OpenAI has been doing to moderate the content AI uses to train, it has a dark side. AI and Privacy are not mutually exclusive. AI invading your privacy is a conscious choice by big tech and it is shameful, but this does not mean that AI can’t also be helpful. I like this guide, because it helps mitigate that agenda.

Is this something that is common but MSM needs something new to stoke fear about and they are actually reporting these issues?

As of yet.