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stuartl

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Software developer, electronics enthusiast, Amateur radio operator, lover of classic rock.

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georgetakei , to Random
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Uh-oh, something get under your skin, Donny? https://secondnexus.com/trump-sticky-note-trial-mocked?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

stuartl ,
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@georgetakei Ehh, diddums… he's getting a dose of his own medicine.

georgetakei , to Random
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She's just not in her element.

stuartl ,
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@georgetakei The chemistry was lacking in that class evidently…

georgetakei , to Random
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Raise your hand if you still keep your ringer on ✋🏼

stuartl ,
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@georgetakei If I want my phone silent, I turn it OFF.

arstechnica , to Random
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Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem

Microsoft continues to get a free pass after series of cybersecurity failures.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/why-the-us-governments-overreliance-on-microsoft-is-a-big-problem/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

stuartl ,
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@arstechnica Microsoft is the new IBM.

Back in the day, there were many technically superior option to IBM for computing, but because IBM had that brand recognition, companies got their cheque book out for them and not the opposition.

When IBM came to Microsoft, the latter's only OS offering was a Unix variant called Xenix. Ironically, had they been better sales people, they'd have sold IBM a slimmed down Xenix that booted into single-user mode rather than buying QDOS and selling it as MS-DOS… but there you go.

It took IBM a couple of decades of missteps to fall from their lofty perch, Microsoft's time will come.

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