If by some minor miracle Democrats took back a semblance of control during Trump's lifetime, they should just go "LOL, we recognise the ICC now. Here, take these."
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There's a bunch of media reporting - I don't know how accurate - that Windows 12 will require an NPU (a fake AI chip basically), which almost no PCs have, amongst other stupid features.
Requiring TPM in Windows 11 was stupid and created PC landfill during an economic, global and ecological crisis, to drive hardware profit margins and Microsoft Surface sales.
Requiring NPUs would do the same, during an additional cost of living crisis. If Microsoft go ahead with that, it's time to swap OS.
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"FBI counterterrorism teams on elevated alert
As part of the elevated alert, the FBI will likely increase surveillance on the ground and online"
Excellent, so now the US police state will have even more opportunity and justification to crack down on political opponents and flex their power even more
There really is no joke to make with Patel in charge, the joke is on Americans
Not to say the FBI were not completely corrupt before, bc they absolutely were
But its all so out in the open now
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I was thinking about this earlier.
The FBI has a long history of entrapment. They use undercover agents to get people to plot violence, then they arrest the people the feds covertly put up to that shit in the first place. Wouldn't shock me if they were working on some folks right now, trying to get them to plot a terrorist attack the FBI can then foil heroically.
Create a pretense for further eroding people's civil rights. Increase surveillance. Disappear dissidents.
I hope I'm wrong.
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The flesh colored speedo sure was a choice. #monsterdon #Hercules
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Well, it's no loss, but it also will not be a loss when Spanky or Netanyahu kick the bucket and there will be much jubilation when that happens. It doesn't justify invading another country or murdering school children.
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This is still unconfirmed as far as I'm concerned. Israel lies all the time and the US appears to be taking their word for it. Waiting on actual evidence or a statement from Iran.
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@prism Yep. None of these are sources of trust and, youβre right, the verifications may not be truth.
@SnowyCA It will still be satisfying.
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Friends of Mastodon, if you're going to block someone, just go ahead and block someone. What's with the threats or the warnings? Pull the trigger. Believe in yourself.
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π€£ and a happy Saturday to you too.
I generally mute. I want them to continue to be able to see my "offensive" opinions. π
The unceremoniousness is the point.
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you are either on the side of the planet, or you are the side of capital. pick a side, the waters are rising
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"Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page."
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AI, while useful when used responsibly, is turning the social web into a white noise machine where it becomes more and more difficult to find the relevant signals.
I'm kind of hoping that it's just the flavor of the season. Like the metaverse was a few years ago. And NFTs. Those were flooding platforms for a few months as well.
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One thing is really funny though: The sum of all users seems to be incapable of learning anything from past fads so we keep running through the same motions with every new so-called trend. It's the same. Every. Single. Time.
The sad part though: All of this draws our attention that we could use much better to build relationships and solve actual problems.
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"#Hungary's opposition #Tisza party widens its lead ahead of #Orban's #Fidesz"
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If Hungary goes sane in April, and then if enough of the lazy entitled lumps in the #USA show up to #vote in November (after showing up in the #primaries to get real left candidates: BE THERE), then we can put a real dent on our emergent #fascism
Fuck your #cynicism
VOTE
Let's do this, "degenerate Westoids" π€
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I live close to the .hu border and I know some Hungarians.
They are as stupid as Austrians, Muricans or Russians.
Mark my words when it comes to elections.
@carbon_compound there's really no need to paint just some nations with a broad brush. Stupidity is an ubiquitous human trait.
There's reasons why people in Eastern Germany, Hungary and Slovakia voted for hard right parties. But i feel like it is currently very visible demonstrated that hard right parties lead down a path that fails even harder on these reasons...
@carbon_compound (hard agree on the Austrians thou hahaha)
I don't think calling people "lazy entitled lumps" is going to make them more likely to vote.
i don't think anything we could ever say will get them to vote
so therefore we will indeed shame them, so anyone else listening who is not a lazy entitled lump does vote
Well, that's definitely a strategy, and you've thought about what you think will be the most effective, and I've got no evidence that it isn't, so go ahead I guess (not that you need my permission).
Me, I'm going to go ahead with trying to show people it's in their own best interests to vote. Maybe between the two of us we'll cover all the bases? :shrug:
so let's say you take one of these typical assholes whining loudly about how they won't vote until {X} happens
say everyone bends over backwards and makes {X} happen
they still won't vote. they will invent a new reason not to
this is their identity. making dramatic displays of their "moral superiority" to justify their indolence, entitlement, and alienation
of course, morality without action isn't morality at all, it's just ego masturbation
they're losers. literally: they lose
Yeah, the ones with a ransom list can just drift away for all I care - they will never accomplish anything, and I'm done wasting my time on them.
But there are still lots of other people who don't vote for other reasons: they're busy, they haven't got the habit, they don't think they can make a difference, despair, etc. And I do not want us speaking shorthand and saying "fuck non-voters" to push any of those away...
Littterer A is shown a video where someone litters out their car window and someone walks up and soothes their precious feelings and otherwise validates their behavior
Litterer B is shown a video where someone litters out their car window and someone walks up and smashes their side mirror while other people cheer
Which will make the litterer think?
Your problem is your false assumption people who don't vote have a valid reason. They don't. They're just entitled lazy assholes
We disagree.
@jztusk of course we do
So you go out there and validate and soothe the precious feelings of lazy entitled assholes and let me know how it goes. Good luck
... So me, I'm careful in my language. I'm happy to refer to the first type as "pretty prancing purity ponies", or "the folks who didn't vote against the Nazis", but I want to leaves an opening for the second type, and make it clear that they are welcome to join in.
Right. And the question is what is effective to achieve that
Validating bad behavior doesn't achieve that
We're talking about adults here
The idea that there is someone who goes "well i'm not going to vote because someone was mean on social media" is not a serious proposition
@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© I'm afraid both Putin and the orange knuckle dragger will help their brownshirt buddy to win the elections...
Just as I don't think the midterms are going to be real. If they take place at all...
the vote is controlled by the states
i am not registering my disagreement with you i am registering my disgust with you
if you say the midterms aren't real, people have no reason to vote, therefore MAGA wins
is this what you want?
are you trying to help trump on purpose?
i don't think so
but *you are* helping trump with such ignorant cynical and cowardly words
do not say these lies about the midterms ever again
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@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© Wow, easy, we're on the same side, we both want MAGA dead and buried.
What I'm trying to say is that these are different times, things have changed. Both Putin and Agent Orange see OrbΓ‘n as their friend, and none of those three give a rat's ass about law or democracy.
Putin and OrbΓ‘n have been playing dirty for years, there is no reason to assume the Tantrum Toddler is any different. Especially because he already promised that "you won't have to vote again, it's all arranged".
More recently he suggested the midterms were unnecessary, the Republicans should cancel them, and the state (i.e. he and his henchmen) should take over the elections in blue states. And what about the "find me enough votes" and seizing Georgia ballots?
I don't trust Krasnov, and I'm afraid that if the US people do, they will be lulled into accepting a red victory in November.
But if his popularity keeps free falling like it does now, he'll understand he can't get away with stealing the elections, so he'll cancel them completely.
A state of emergency would do, right? So I expect him to start a war in Iran. No, wait, not a war but a special military operation. If it goes well enough to boost his popularity, that's enough. And if not, he uses it to cancel (no, wait: postpone) the elections.
You got to understand that he and Putin are the same creepy, untrustworthy bastards. Only difference is that Putin has a brain of his own.
Waiting to kick this orange menace out because "the midterms will do that" seems fatally naive...
@hans
don't worry about it hans, i'm a hothead, i yell at everyone
in venezuela they still vote, and there the system in genuinely fucked
(not in any way trying to justify what the USA did in venezuela, just saying that venezuela's voting is rigged to high hell)
you have to vote. always. period
i'm just angry at any hint of a rationale that says voting is pointless
it's never pointless
the people of venezuela know. americans need to grow the same backbone as venezuelans
don't worry about it hans, i'm a hothead, i yell at everyone
I know you do, I'm not worried π
And yes, you vote, every time always, that's a democratic duty. The people have no power if they don't control the power. You don't take a taxi without telling the driver where you want to go. If you do that, you look pretty silly when you complain you didn't end up where you wanted to go.
But this taxi driver isn't interested in where you want to go to, he sets his own destination. Are you going to wait until he stops, or do you pull the handbrake and drag him from behind the wheel?
nah
it's more like a bus
we don't get the perfect location we want, we always only get somewhere nearby in approximation
and if we don't take the bus, because we want the bus to stop exactly in front of our house, then we're arrogant fools who aren't going anywhere
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@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© Hehehe, you might have stolen that analogy from me π
But true, you'll never end up exactly where you want to go, but this bus driver is drunk and has already hit several cars. Do you remain silent and hope you reach your destination in one piece? Or do you force him to stop, and hold him down till the police arrive?
This isn't a "what do you think of my driving?" situation, this is "oh shit, this asshole is going to get all of us killed!"
See the damage he's already done in one year: a trade war with the rest of the world (illegally, says the SC), destroyed the US reputation among its allies, stopped all aid to Ukraine while cozying up to Putin, sent his thugs out to harass, arrest, deport and even kill people, goes after newspapers, universities and political opponents, openly accepted bribes and refuses to release the Epstein files.
Just to name a few things, the list is much longer then that. You have a convicted felon at the helm, one who has a long history of breaking the law, lying, cheating, stealing and being a pig.
There's nothing he won't do to stay in power, and the longer he is allowed to stay in power, the more he digs himself in.
It's easy to elect a dictator, it's hard to get rid of him once he's in control.
we elected biden in 2020
hungary might get rid of orban in april
is your message to the usa and hungary to give up, it's not worth even trying?
i don't think it is
but you have to see that that is the implication of your argument
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is your message to the usa and hungary to give up, it's not worth even trying?
No, exactly the opposite! I hope you step it up and kick the orange SoB on the street now, and not wait for elections.
And I know those words imply radical actions. I hate violence, but sometimes it's the lesser evil...
@hans
all we have to do is vote
and you want blood in the streets?
what the fuck?
hans you're completely nuts on this topic
@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© You're allowing him the time to dig himself in, by quietly waiting for what you expect will happen in more than half a year from now. Call me nuts, but I'm afraid you don't see the urgency of the matter.
The Gleichschaltung is in full swing, ICE is completely above the law, Congress is being bypassed, Orange has more than once promised to meddle with elections and he's about to start a war with Iran.
Play by the book at your own peril. And that of the rest of the world. You'll make future generations wonder why "they didn't stop him in time".
(With "you" I don't mean you personally, but the US people as a whole, of course)
@hans
hans i'm not a peacenik. if it comes to violence it comes to violence
my problem with you is tactical ineptitude
so listen, and learn:
before the vote, no one knows what someone is shooting for. and so they're isolated, and they're put down
after the vote, if the vote is denied, and people start shooting, then everyone knows why, and they all join in
do you see hans?
if you go to violence you better know damn well what the fuck you're doing. and you don't
think hans. or you're dead
@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© Ok, we are probably not going to agree on this.
You want to wait for a good reason before unleashing hell on the nazis, I think that that will give them enough time to prepare.
Just as Orange calls the war he started in Iran a "preemptive strike", I believe the US people should preemptively remove MAGA from power: to remove a threat before it can do its harm.
I believe you seriously underestimate the urgency for eliminating this very rapidly growing cancer, it's spreading way too fast to allow it another 8 months.
Then again, I'm not a US citizen, maybe I'm the one who underestimates factors that I'm not even aware of. And I'm not the one who would be risking his life in the revolt.
You're Dutch, right?
let me tell you of the story of a Dutchman
Marinus van der Lubbe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_β¦
he set the Reichstag Fire. he thought like you
the response was he gave the Nazis an excuse to seize all power
"unleashing hell"
i agree. if they deny the results of the vote. before that, you get isolated attacks that Trump will use as an excuse to seize more power
do you see the problem?
violence isn't the problem. *stupid* violence is. and that's what you're proposing
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@Ben Royce πΊπ¦ πΈπ© Of course I know Van Der Lubbe, I mentioned him when Charlie Kirk was killed. I called that MAGA's Reichstag Fire moment.
But no, setting fire to a building isn't what I think should be done, and I like to think I'm not the simpleton that Van Der Lubbe was.
But let's conclude this discussion by accepting that we have a different idea of what needs to be done, and particularly about when.
Let's give a positive spin to it. I'm convinced we agree on one thing: we both hope I'm wrong π
@hans
i will set aside my hothead loudmouth desire to continue arguing, and yield to your noble sentiment π
Yeeees pleeeeease let's do this, world!
not sure you can actually vote out facism.
who won the 2020 us presidential election? and who was president at the time?
thank you to everyone who showed up and voted then
you agree?
so get the fuck out of here with your cowardice and premature capitulation
vote, you spineless asshole
if fascism does destroy us democracy, it will be because of MAGA, and meek submissive fear-addled weak whiners
you CAN vote out orban
you CAN vote out trump
you CAN vote out fascism
fuck this weak whiny defeatism
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you are missing the big picture. There is no real push back at all right now. We the people seem to think the Dems will save us which is not the case. We are in the five alarm stage now and people keep talking about voting and laws. The president doesn't worry about laws as he does what he wants like making himself billions of dollars. I have no idea what to do and don't see any real push back. Minnesota pushed back for a while and it's over even though ICE is in the suburbs right now.
Do you vote?
If so good
That's what we need. Then we gradually iterate to better
Buy if you don't vote, go fuck yourself. You're the reason as much as MAGA why we are sliding to fascism
All these fucking lazy rationalizations do is serve various weaknesses and character failures that, in aggregate with other whiny losers, leads to fascism
That's it
VOTE
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@idahobucks Pauline Hanson would like an explanation please.
The existence/election of Fraser Anning might be a salutary example. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Aβ¦
Australia has compulsory voting and a wider "universal" franchise than the US but still manages to elect and give power to utter bastards.
I don't understand what the point is
We should all vote, right?
PS: is this the guy who got an egg to the face from a teenager?
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@idahobucks Anning is widely hated, yes. But also voted in.
Assuming that if people who don't vote did they would all vote against fascists isn't a safe assumption. Hungary elected Orban and his government more than once, for example.
Anning is from a nice white English-speaking country so a lot of USA voters find it easier to understand. Plus Australia has compulsory voting and a wider "universal" franchise than the US does.
Currently we have trump specifically because not enough showed up
The general idea that fascists can still win elections doesn't mean anything
On the average, fascists have an easier time of it when less people vote
@idahobucks A lot of my caution comes from the US habit of letting governments pick their voters.
The strategy of yelling abuse at non-voters might get a useful outcome, I don't know your local situation well enough to know. But in general yelling abuse is a poor tactic.
If we're at a place where people won't vote because someone was mean on social media, we're already doomed. Such immature people unable to advocate for their own needs and wants and are that emotionally addled, if they represent a large enough part of society, it speaks of such disgusting laziness and entitlement then just say good bye to it all now
And you certainly won't get such inept losers to vote by coddling their feelings
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I find the idea of "iterating to better" somewhat naive. Even with perfectly proportional electoral system elected individuals tend to reflect the worldview and education level of the general population.
Turnaround at the recent elections was merely the last straw. Underlying economic and social issues combined with uselessness of the Dem leadership played a much bigger role.
Even if Harris would win the problem would return in 4 years.
the problem is always there
defeating fascism is not "yay we won!" then it is all over forever. that is what is naive
it requires people to constantly vote and constantly show up
and so that is naive on my part:
that so many people "on the left" have the constitution and resolve to just fucking vote, something easy to do- relatively speaking compared to other forms of struggle
and that is the failure:
loser assholes who don't vote
they let us all down
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we lose an election?
we keep going
correct?
no
what we get is "waah waah we lost one election. waah waah this is so hard. waah waah i give up"
fucking losers
and so fascism has it easier. *because of* people supposedly on the left. supposedly, because the real left in days of yore had a fucking backbone
that's what we lack nowadays
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Voting tactically on a lesser evil is better than not voting at all. But
Overton's window shifting is a real thing. And last election's bad option may be the lesser evil of the next.
Average electoral district for the Representatives is around .76 million people. Successful campaign inherently requires a lot of money, connections and favours. This favours corporate candidates over progressives and coincidentally older candidates.
Last but not least i don't think US can vote itself out of the current kerfuffle.
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i don't give a fuck
all there is the good fight in this world
then you can build on it IF YOU SHOW THE WILL TO FIGHT
if you spend your fucking time making arguments for how the fight is pointless, you might as well walk up to a fascist and ask them to put you in the concentration camp now
is that really what you want?
no?
so FIGHT, fucker
NO to fucking stupid weak bullshit rationalizing defeat!
FIGHT
#VOTE
#vote
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@klegdixal @moz @idahobucks Defeating facism isn't *just* voting out fascists. But it *includes* voting out fascists.
Vote.
Talk to people.
Stand up to your racist uncles. Not because you'll change their mind, but so that bystanders see that someone is challenging them.
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@moz @idahobucks Overwhelming laziness is the most common civic trait of the 21st century.
nonvoters are as bad as MAGA
they don't fall for the same psyop, they fall for a different psyop than the one played on MAGA, but coming from the same agenda
that agenda is: goose the right vote, suppress the left vote
so for MAGA they give excitement, encouragement, support
for the left they give helplessness, scorn, defeatism
and it fucking works
*because* so many on the left don't have a fucking backbone
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It's only a shame that, if the 2024 autopsy rumors would be correct, the Democrats [were] supressing their own voters.
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i reject that topic
the #democrat establishment is a red herring
anyone not acting, on the basis of spineless #democrats, is a moron
#Mamdani showed us:
you show up in the #primaries, reject #Cuomo
then show up in the general #election, reject Cuomo again
get the real left in power
all the while dem central is hostile to Mamdani
that should excite people!
if instead people whine about the establishment and don't #vote, they are weak losers
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If you primary out enough of the Bluedog βmoderatesβ and conservative Dems, eventually they ainβt the establishment. They can go try to make the GOP less of an open sewer if they wantβ¦
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@dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
I had this in my feed this morning, relevant part at 1:46
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TLDW: non-voting citizens is a way bigger problem than non-citizens voting. It's telling which of these "issues" MAGA (and Maple Maga) gets worked up about.
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@dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
Clowns can't distinguish between "suppressing their own voters"
and
STRATEGY.
I assure you, people who liked the idea of Bernie also liked the idea of Fetterman
(and I say this as someone who did vote for Bernie in the primary. But nah, HE couldn't get it done because HE IS BAD AT POLITICS)
"being visibly popular" is only half the job. Maybe less.
@jrm4 I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but he kind of was, no? He knew how to get primary votes in certain parts of the country, but not the South.
@dnkboston @dzwiedziu @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
"The South" is a strong proxy for "Black People" -- the voting backbone of the party.
And if you suck at getting that, you suck at the job, period.
Again, I voted for him in the primary, but he proceeded to fail so hard...
@jrm4 And let me tell you how many people I never wanted to speak to again because of the takes they had about Bernie's failures with Black voters. Between that and callousness re Syria, I can't deal with being called a "progressive" @dzwiedziu @benroyce @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
@DrSaucy @Wyatt_H_Knott @moz @idahobucks
fair
but i would say psyops against people purporting to be on the left is more an appeal to their vanity and pride: "oh look how moral i am to stand above the ugly world, and not participate" (when in real life their immobilization only helps fascism)
morality without action is not morality, it's ego masturbation. and all action is imperfect. so we act in the good direction. anyone who can't is serving a psychological need, not an ideological need
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If what you are suggesting is that some folks won't vote because their feelings where hurt by someone on social media, then you seem to have identified the problem, because social media is being used by some very astute people to suppress their votes.
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therefore, anyone who is not voting, just because of their fucking feelings of resentment, helplessness, etc:
grow a fucking backbone!
the point of a vote is to advocate for your own wants and needs effectively
the point is not to vibe on social media wallowing in self-pity and despair, while your rights are stripped away
the left of yore, in previous centuries, would look at the "left" today and smack their foreheads
so many are so fucking weak
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@mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks I would argue gerrymandering and disinformation is more of the problem than voting, but I agree people should vote.
People have been yelling at people to vote since the beginning , maybe there should be a better tactic, cause it doesn't seem to be working.
BTW I voted every year for the past 34 years in all elections was allowed (local, state and federal).
@Ox1de @mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks
well we're going to be yelling at each other until there is only one human left
that's all we've ever done and ever will do
regardless, we vote
anyone who can't vote because "people yelling too much" are just weak fools
@mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks I tend to ignore people that yell at me, just saying.
we're yelling cause that's all we can do in a system that's not truly democratic, this is what "they" want
@Ox1de @mastodonmigration @moz @idahobucks
Well I'm not yelling at you, I'm yelling at nonvoters
And I fully expect them to not care. Or even double down on not voting because I yelled at them. As if someone motivated by emotion is an ally or even on the left. They're just useless entitled lazy assholes
The point of yelling at such people is for the sake of everyone else reading along
Who understand and identify those who don't vote: weak whiners, and resolve not to be like that themselves
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •I mean, imho the issue wasn't win 11 requiring TPM and such. I can completely understand the will to draw a line, after which you have a guaranteed baseline, drop some legacy stuff, etc
The issue is the sunset of win10 ; which has the causes and consequences you describe.
If they had kept win10 around for, say, 5-10 more years at least, it would've been fine imho.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •The tech bro oligarchs must be stopped.
These monopolists/cartels believe #enshitification is a divine right that demands feudal obedience from the powerless masses that owe them fealty and gratitude.
I don't understand why people put up with it
#ubuntu #linux
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •Iβve transitioned my mom to Ubuntu. She browses the web and uses e-mail, Linux is fine and she knows the two icons that start βweb browsingβ and βe-mailβ.
Windows has become an ad-infested crap OS for some time now, so it wasnβt hard to get her to switch.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •It's been a long time calling. Idk how bad Apple really is cos I havent used their stuff nor have any interest with them, but if that's what people are more familiar with, just go with it.
I always say to people who ask whether if the switch to Linux is worth it to just "use whatever works for ya". Do some research and/or ask some people on the internet.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •New PC!
Need RAM? Whoops!
Need an SSD? Whoops!
Need a GPU? Whoops!
Don't worry, with Windows 13 you'll be able to rent a cloud terminal from us!
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After a company stops growing they need to do something else, to keep the profits increasing. Often that can be bad for their customers:
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •Nix is kind of a pain in the ass to use for a number of reasons, but I'm still happy enough that I don't feel the need to swap with something else. I considered guix for a while but the hardware support is just too limiting and the installer doesn't do shit for you. I'm also not really sold on the lisp purity thing.
I also recently considered swapping back to a more normal Linux based OS to get around all the FSB bullshit, but I can just use docker for those situations.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •What clues reveal about a possible Windows 12
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •@briankrebs Itβs all come from one report in one outlet. Even if it is 100% accurate (which I doubt) no plans willl be set in stone as yet.
Microsoft makes most of their money from corporates, and those guys arenβt going to be buying new NPU machines to upgrade OS (which they hate doing anyway because it costs them a fortune to execute).
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •@benroyce It was time to swap OS when they launched Windows 11.
(I haven't yet, because I'm still on 10. Not upgrading to 11, though. Was using Linux before 10, so switching back.)
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •From the little I've read, my understanding was that Windows 12 will be aimed AI computers, and Windows 11 will be for "normal" computers.
But I agreed with you, if in 2 years time (or anything under 10 years) they say "hey, we know you just had to buy a new laptop for Windows 11, but now you'll need to do the same for Windows 12 because [blah]" then I think they'll really piss people off. With the new Macbook Neo, people may even switch to MacOS
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •When corporations ally themselves with the billionaires funding an ecocide & a MAGA fascist movement, it's time they face consequences.
Fund a fascist & find out.
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Hint: these folks do not care about anything but their money.
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Beware of billionaires who develop a sudden & uncharacteristic interest in the plight of the Common Man.
AI is designed to take jobs & suppress wages, not improve lives.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •The original PC World article that that's based on says it will require an NPU with 40 TOPS for "full functionality."
Sounds like the new AI features in 12 will need it.
That said, if 12 doesn't have significant improvements that AREN'T AI, then you will effectively need an NPU for 12 to offer any benefit over 11.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •I don't understand why people keep blaming the TPM requirement for this; it was a standard part shipped on every system 10-iah years before it was made a requirement.
Blame the CPU allow list that excluded like 6 years of perfectly good platforms all of which had TPMs.
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in reply to Kevin Beaumont • • •They ban Ryzen 1000 and allow Ryzen 2000 despite those being functionally identical; I don't think it has anything to do with TPM.
(TPM just came up a lot because a lot of UEFIs turned it off by default)