I’ll take the version Wayne Szalinski makes that can be controlled by a large remote, then hire some random kid to do it while also searching for my own kids!

I wasn’t meaning they are specifically, just pointing out how fanbois are. Thats why I dropped to another paragraph. Sorry

Dillinger: “Encom Microsoft OS 12 is the most secure operating system ever released!”

Uploaded to the www minutes later

You do realize its ChatGPT underneath, yes?

I chuckle and die a little when the CGPT bois trash Copilot, but lie, when it was nonprofit MS was funding a lot of the research so that’s their backend.

Not to mention all that stuff left in space can’t just be brought down safely to reuse/recycle like other materials. So it’s a permanent loss of resources.

Thank God my company is so antiquated they don’t even know about half the tech that exists to spy on employees. Thankfully I’m also head of IT so imma keep them in the dark about that loll. Every time I upgrade the simplest things it’s like I’ve shit out actual magic. It’s great!

Don’t forget, though, it does that one thing for that one reason I forgot already as I typed it… But its still good, clearly!

I hope everyone ditches everything the US has produced, so that in the end, we can all point fingers to Trump.

Hey, remember when everyone said in 2015 & 2016 he’d be a good president cuz he knows goes to run a business?? Well, he sure has… Makes everything about profits over people, outsources work to some 3rd party vendor, goes horribly and loses s a bunch of money. Now, running it into the ground! Just like before!

Only difference now is, is everyone else’s money too!

Not sticking up for Microsoft, but when you first setup a Windows machine, all those metrics toggled on like advertising and keyboard or handwriting usage, etc, I turn all 6 of those off. One in Windows I now uninstall Copilot and disable stuff like phone link, OneDrive, and pretty much every application from running at startup ( Adobe if needed, etc)

This is just for work, but I can usually get away with lower spec machines by curating what’s allowed to run by default.

Could you explain? Why would that set us back? You mean if Paramount wins?

I’ve called them Gooplesoft now.

Check out Mistral if you want a good nonUS AI.

Initially, in the late 00s, Samsung was up-and-coming for LED/LCD so they started to quickly catch on. Then in 2010s, LG started to leap ahead before the price caught up. Now, TCL is that for me, great prices with great quality. Hisense is probably next

Probably the F35 series. I grabbed a 55" for outside for $219 lol. It’s just for hanging out in the hot tub or grilling out.

Edit: wonder if that Amazon shit can be blocked

Ah, see, ok, that makes sense. I forget most everyone else in the real world isn’t obsessed with ad-blocking like me. So, this one is Roku but I have others that are Fire TV and Android (all TCL). None are connected online, and honestly it’s creepy as FUCK that the fire TV has never been connected to the Internet, yet still somehow has its own ads for shows update every so often. IDK if they’re cross-communication like a mesh network of TVs so if one is offline it can still get some sort of content refresh, or what, but I don’t like that it knows to update/refresh with no network.

I honestly don’t mind TCL, they’ve really come a long way, especially for the price! I have the 2022 TCL 85R655 that was rated extremely well, and supported all the Series X features (ALLM, VRR, 4K/120, HDR10 +DV gaming, etc for $1800) and that only replaced my 2016 LG 65UH8500 because, well, way better specs (minus no 3D anymore lol).

I had an issue with the PCB 12 months into warranty (literal days left) and I got a full refund because they had already replaced that model with the next Gen and didn’t have the proper parts available or something to fix.

The picture quality, when calibrated, is pretty damn good despite not being OLED.

I’m not meaning nobody owns them, just a lot of the people I knew back in the day who were die-hard Sony fans, have moved on due to price or quality or both. My dad was one of them with a full high end Sony TV (36" CRT Trinitron series) and receiver, dual cassette deck, CD player, etc lol. Yes, this was the 90s, but still.

Makes sense, bc idk anybody with a Sony TV anymore. Even loyalist fans friends of mine from the CRT days switched.

They can afford it after all the price gouging

I’ve been casually spending weeks deGoogling and deMSFTing my life. I say casually because I’m not rushing to wipe it all out. I’m also not super paranoid about fully self-hosting, I’m using what seems to be a mix of convenience plus privacy.

I deleted all social media a decade ago, I use a generic Google acct for my phone, I use Proton for email (generic as can be info) and a few other services for convenience without feeling like it’s selling/hoarding all my info. I’ve got all family using at least RCS if not Signal.

I also don’t use fingerprint, facial recognition, or any smart speakers with live mics. I have my home network pretty locked down, with most devices segregated that is anything “smart”.

I feel I’ve accomplished quite a bit having done this, but I know there’s so much more I’d like to clear. My biggest downfall is credit cards. Sucked into cash back and perks, but looking to move to prepaid/reloadable debit cards so that I can still buy online as guests with minimal info. I mean, they might have my physical address, but I don’t feel like paying for a PO Box at the moment. “Credit” is such a fucked system. I don’t care if I run my credit closing these accounts, maybe keeping 1 for emergencies. That’ll take time too.

Damn I’ll check that out