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Sir_Osis_of_Liver

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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

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A laptop running the laters version of Plasma, Plasma 6.

Sir_Osis_of_Liver ,
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I use DDG on Edge, and haven't seen this.

I've got Mint on an old laptop. It seemed to require the least amount of fuckery to get working. No idea what Plasma is.

I just want an OS and browser, not a project.

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@PureTryOut

It showed up on my feed. I see similar advice posts regularly "Just ditch windows and..."

Aside from my work tools not working on Linux natively, there are usually a few other steps involved in making the transition. Most people don't want to fuck around with that sort of thing.

I played around with Ubuntu back in the early 00s, before reverting back to Windows.

I looked into what was the easiest current distro to install in order to revive an old laptop. The consensus seemed to be Mint. It works fine and the old hardware was all recognized and so on. I'm still primarily a Windows user, even with all the the BS that goes along with it.

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@areyouevenreal

You have to realize just how alien that sounds to anyone unfamiliar with the Linux ecosystem.

I was vaguely familiar with different distros, and how it's basically the Lego of operating systems, from tinkering around with it twenty years ago.

It was funny asking for recommendations and getting everything from Mint to Arch.

For someone else who had absolutely no idea, and who'd only ever used Windows, it would absolutely be a project.

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Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves

Lawsuit targets 2016 claim that all Tesla cars "have full self-driving hardware."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/tesla-must-face-fraud-suit-for-claiming-its-cars-could-fully-drive-themselves/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Tesla has gotten away with so much more than the rest of the car industry.

If Ford/GM/VW etc had made these outrageous claims then failed to deliver, their stocks would have been massacred and the government would have dropped on them like a ton of lead.

As one example, Audi was days away from abandoning the US market from the fallout of the "sudden acceleration" fiasco. Litigation was flying in all directions, and a number of government agencies investigated.

Eventually investigators showed that it was driver error. The quirky offset to the pedals meant the drivers were mashing the throttle rather than the brakes. Instances of sudden acceleration disappeared once a shift interlock was enacted.

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Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/boeing-says-workers-skipped-required-tests-on-787-but-recorded-work-as-completed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

TIL that the 787's wings are <checks notes> glued on.

Maybe I was too harsh on Greyhound.

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UHF in UHD: Weird Al’s cult classic movie will get its first 4K release

For those of you just joining us, today we're teaching poodles how to fly.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/05/uhf-in-uhd-weird-als-cult-classic-movie-will-get-its-first-4k-release/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica

"YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!" :alert:

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@arstechnica

All car purchases are emotional on a certain level.

They're another form of fashion, and convey to those around them: I'm sporty, I'm frugal, I'm discerning, I'm wealthy etc.

And it's almost entirely artifice.

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