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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It was a lot easier to pretend to be a good person when every moral failure you make wasn't broadcast around the world the moment it was discovered. Case and point, look into Bill Gates more. He wasn't always a respectful guy, got caught up in the whole "filthy communists" schtick when the government was investigating his company, advocates for more restrictive control of aid distribution favoring manufacturers more than those he's trying to help, conflicts of interest in his charity, opposing twitters ban of Trump after the insurrection, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Sometimes people put the year they were born in their username like janedoe1969. Sometimes people abbreviate the year to the last 2 digits like janedoe69. Sometimes 2 digit numbers mean something else like 69 or 88. Sometimes people use the non year meaning as an indicator like whitedaddy88. Sometimes people don't immediately recognize the alternative meaning of a number and accidentally use a dog whistle in their username. Sometimes people don't want to be confused as being a Nazi because of an innocent mistake they made on a forum years ago. Sometimes they use that negative experience as an opportunity for a meta referential joke.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well you certainly seemed to have held up to your username.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They have touted for a long time their false equivalency that restriction equals security. If they backtrack on that (I believe) they believe they will lose customers. In reality their fanbase will likely stick with them because that's what they know and the added functionality will make their offerings a more appealing product.

Now that Europe is forcing their hand on some of this we can see the impacts it will have on their market growth in the coming years. There are other factors that impact this potential shift in market share too:

  • Is your current phone still working
  • Have you had a lot of problems with your current phone or phone manufacturer
  • Are you willing to ignore Apple's past regresses in anticipation of actually being able to use their hardware as you wish
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I side load. That's why I stick to Android. If they get rid of that I need to find something else. Restricting what your users can do is actually a bad business process and the key thing keeping me away from Apple. If Apple were to actually open their systems and start respecting their users they would get more customers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, I try to understand why something is included. I've run arch for years (BTW), though my current computers are running Fedora and Debian. I won't say I know everything about Linux or even installing it or booting it, but I do know more than I would if I just followed step by step.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Really looking like Trump's the true RINO.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (14 children)

NEVER run a command you don't know the purpose of. That being said, "sfc" stands for "System File Checker." It is a utility that can help restore corrupted windows files. sfc /scannow checks your protected files and restores corrupted files from a local cache. The process can take some time and you MUST let it finish it's entirely.

In conclusion, this command is generally safe to run.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Both ends of a USB cable are generally male (unless you're talking about an extender). Generally the type B end (in mini, micro, or full configuration) would be the client though I have seen a couple of clients use Mini or Micro A.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Orion is based on Safari, so it may have some awareness of Safari's cookies. Cookies are bits of information about who you are and what you do on websites that get stored locally to your computer.

[–] [email protected] 161 points 3 months ago (25 children)

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Counterpoint.

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