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byMeNeXT
2026 @10:14PM
(#65958042)
Attached to: Cory Doctorow On Tariffs and the DMCA In Canada
The US invading would hurt the US. Just the threats have opened peoples eyes. Migrations take time and I don't know anyone that ever ran to aÂbully to get abused.
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byMeNeXT
026 @02:26PM
(#65937836)
Attached to: Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
You're probably 20 years late to this party. There are very, very, VERY few of the usual things that the phone replaced where the phones are doing a sub-par job. Maybe the only relevant somehow common example is a bright, telephoto lens, sure you can't beat physics and replace sometimes literally kilograms of glass with a lens as small as the tip of your pinkie. For the rest, the complains are usually overblown. Compact cameras are just about as good, as the good phones, what can one insist on, having more physical buttons? If anything phones have even decent advantages there: they're usually waterproof (while most compact cameras aren't), they have a huge screen that not even 50k$ camera have, networking capabilities that really work not the wifi afterthought that's a pain in even the mentioned multi-thousand$ cameras, encrypted storage and so on.
My 20 year old spare camera has a better battery life than a new phone. I can also buy a spare battery and have it charging. Precision focus and target selection. ISO / shutter speed / aperture selection with a roll of the thumb or finger while keeping my subject in frame. Unlimited storage. Hands free operation. etc... etc... etc..
What else, mp3 players? What can one insist on, maybe better DACs in a particular model ... even if when that isn't audiophile "gold power cable" level bickering still there are phones with very good DACs (and many mp3 players had unspecified DACs just as much as the smartphones), and lately mostly everyone takes out digital signal from the phones so it doesn't even matter.
How about simple transfer from/to phone without having to connect to a third party. How about Ogg. What's good for the goose is not always good for the gander. When someone uses sheeple as an argument it shows they no longer have a point to make. Who cares what others are using. I care about my privacy and listening to the music and songs I paid for or created.
Digital organizers, or address books? C'mon. Oh, wait, I have a good one: alarm clocks! Remember when you had an alarm clock at home, and a nice folding travel alarm clock? How is the phone worse, not good enough haptics if you need to smash the snooze button?
Digital organizers were and still aren't an issue. Your good one is not that great. Terrible, example. I no longer sleep with my phone in my room what with all the annoying alerts that you can't turn off.
Why do you need a travel alarm when the hotel telephone system has a wake up call feature?
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byMeNeXT
26 @02:39PM
(#65935314)
Attached to: Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
Who would have though with all the people on the Internet that some would differ in opinion.
As these people were not absolutely right they were also not absolutely wrong. It's absolutely mind boggling to some that "smart" phones are getting even more frustrating to use.
You have this mindset that since it meets your needs then it should meet everyone's needs. Sorry, but I have yet to see a phone that can replace dedicated products. Smart phones do a lot of things good enough for average use but fail when you need precision.
I won't even get in the privacy issue.
Personally I feel they are Jack of all trades but master of none.
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byMeNeXT
26 @12:52PM
(#65912772)
Attached to: Amazon Wants To Know What Every Corporate Employee Accomplished Last Year
who thinks it's a good idea of wasting energy on something that is completely irrelevant. If the action is relevant then it should have been addressed when it happened to ensure what ever positive benefit the action had it would be repeated next time.
This is "busy work". Work that is created so you look like you are busy doing something.
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byMeNeXT
2026 @09:24PM
(#65911783)
Attached to: French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses 'Cloudflare-First' Defense
Yeah the law is funny that way. So the pharmacist has to waste his time pulling down the posters on the message board while the rest of the shops in the mall have flashing advertisements.
The funny thing is that in some future time a similar case will be heard in front of another judge and we won't have the same decision.
Roads facilitate illegal things, maybe we should go after the pavers....
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byMeNeXT
2026 @02:33PM
(#65908481)
Attached to: 'Everyone Hates OneDrive, Microsoft's Cloud App That Steals Then Deletes All Your Files'
Yes. Unwillingly unfortunately. Thankfully it's not my main system.
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byMeNeXT
2026 @12:31PM
(#65908079)
Attached to: 'Everyone Hates OneDrive, Microsoft's Cloud App That Steals Then Deletes All Your Files'
It's not an "effective synchronized cloud storage service", it's a virus.
A service would ask to be activated. A service would ask what you wanted to synchronize. A service would ask what you wanted to delete. A service would assume the local copy that is currently the default location would remain the default main location unless specifically changed.
There is no magic. There should be no assumption. It should be explained prior to activation and only activated by the user.
Yes you are defending Microsoft because if any third party would activate such as service without your consent you would be screaming bloody murder. If you don't beleive me replace Microsoft with Logitech or UBlock origin or any other third party software you installed on your system.
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byMeNeXT
2025 @08:40AM
(#65889977)
Attached to: 22 Million Affected By Aflac Data Breach
when the information that was stolen cannot be changed. This should be a lifetime of free monitoring even after you move to a new insurance company.
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byMeNeXT
2025 @02:17PM
(#65871591)
Attached to: 'Subscription Captivity': When Things You Buy Own You
Don't buy it or if when you receive it it requires an account send it back.
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byMeNeXT
2025 @02:14PM
(#65871581)
Attached to: Trump Dismantling National Center For Atmospheric Research In Colorado
You are absolutely right. Every president should go after ever person who they believe wronged them. The main goal of a president should be vengeance.
How is that affordability coming along?
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byMeNeXT
2025 @08:11AM
(#65870941)
Attached to: Trump Dismantling National Center For Atmospheric Research In Colorado
People don't care unless it slaps them in the face. Trump is running amok all over the constitution and people applaud. SCOTUS wants a king or dictator and the Epstein files are garnering the most attention just for the gossip. The senators and representatives are letting all this happen. They don't care because it doesn't affect them... now.
MAGA the oxymoron.
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byMeNeXT
025 @04:11PM
(#65869851)
Attached to: All That Cheap Chinese Stuff Is Now Europe's Problem
Some of the most expensive stuff is made of cheap junk. This is hurting American small business, but you be happy.
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byMeNeXT
025 @03:29PM
(#65828645)
Attached to: A Windows Update Broke Login Button, and Microsoft's Advice is To Click Where It Used To Be
I can tell you right now that there is no alternative for Microsoft Excel when you're doing large complex spreadsheets.
If you need accuracy then you shouldn't be using Excel especially if it's complex. It's just plain unmanageable. I've wasted too many hours fixing peoples errors to even begin explaining why here...
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byMeNeXT
2025 @01:56PM
(#65821555)
Attached to: UK To Tax Electric Cars by the Mile Starting 2028
The gasoline tax was introduced to encourage the adoption of pollution free alternatives by building out the infrastructure that was required to charge these vehicles.
It has now transformed into a road building initiative and a possible tax loss. Before the gasoline tax, roads were built with the funds accumulated from income tax. Is this going to be refunded or are we going to continue funding projects that continue to have budget overruns?
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byMeNeXT
2025 @04:52PM
(#65817801)
Attached to: AI Could Replace 3 Million Low-Skilled Jobs in the UK By 2035, Research Warns
This would cause me to contact a person at the company and get real help or never again part with my money when this company is part of the contract.
I have a list of companies that I will not purchase or use their products just because of the way they support the product.
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