I'd argue that fact checking can be more important today than anything that you've mentioned. Modern problems require modern solutions and it's natural that browsers extend their feature sets. I'd agree with you had they announced that they were planning to merge Firefox and Thunderbird.

I wasn't begging for a clickbait though!

The question implies that it was alive at some point. Was it though? All I know about Metaverse is that a lot of "tech" journalists were writing about it, but I don't know anyone who used it. And I owned a Meta Quest 2 for 6 months.

Most artists are not millionaires.

"It's not paid, you can pay by watching ads and get a laughable amount of downloads per day for free!"

Sometimes you have to cycle through many subtitles to find the right one. They don't even produce them.

In the era of VPN, many users share the same IP too. You can reach the limit before downloading anything.

They probably wanted to say that it shouldn't take an entire day to set up a new console today, unless your internet is extremely slow.

But why? Isn't building from sources the whole point of Gentoo?

That's a classic create a problem, sell the solution situation.

From the authors of "Why don't Russians/Iranians/North Koreans/etc. overthrow their regimes? It's a simple choice."

Given data is irrelevant to the question. Anonymous or not, it depends on what your partner thinks about this. And if you don't want your partner to know, then you already know the answer.

I'm sure more people know C or Python than Ukrainian at Canonical. It looks like this particular change has been authorized by a third-party localization project, though I'm not sure the whole process works.

How's this related to piracy?

Each step reduces the amount of users who could use the feature. If they think this feature is important, it makes sense to include it with the browser.

This is how investments in new technologies work. That's such a non-story.

Use whatever you want, why do you care about what feelings other people have towards Ubuntu?

Rust.

The commit in question if anyone's interested: https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/6f4028057e55cebfc53cc45cb39831f7e6a176cb

I'm not sure why the author's account is not clickable - has he deleted it?

It was a great place to share information in a short and clear manner. You could subscribe to journalists working in your area, a professor from MIT or another university, follow sport journalists, war analysts - you name it. They all posted their thoughts and links to their articles, interviews or podcasts with them, they shared information about their new books. Twitter was like an RSS feed, where you could subscribe to authors directly. You could write them and get a reply! It was and probably still is a great tool, though Musk is taking a lot of steps to destroy it.

If we're talking about obvious things, getting a washing machine and kitchen with all that comes with it is a tremendous improvement in a new apartment.

If I had to pick something less obvious, I'd say for me it was an e-book. It's hard to measure the effect, but I mostly read non-fiction and knowledge creates a lot opportunities over time in private and work life.

Is this from 2010?

Why are there supported tags? Why can't #AnyTag be parsed by the bot? I don't expect many people to make the effort to check which tags are allowed.

Why should a Lemmy user care about this? It appears there is no integration with Lemmy beyond parsing. For instance, you can't quickly filter by tags from the sidebar.

I suppose it's still useful since the #piracy tag is added automatically. However, the overall idea feels rather raw.

If it's so smart, why does it clean for you?

All Apple devices are a SCAM.

True. Sometimes I look the specs and prices of Apple devices while visiting large electronic stores. I don't understand how people who aren't rich can rationalize buying an Apple device. While it's true that Windows has become increasingly plagued by invasive ads recently, and macOS seems like the only alternative for many, this issue is relatively recent. On the other hand, MacBooks have been overpriced for years.

KDE, I enjoy the whole ecosystem both visually and functionally.

Especially if you have as much money as this dude claims to have.

I mean, this is on 4chan. Regardless of whether this is true or not, the post is blatantly narcissistic. I don't know why it should be here and what's there to discuss.

Sir, for how long have you been in a coma?

From what I’ve heard ProtonVPN isn’t really recommended.

Why? You can't attack something like that. At least say what you've heard.

If someone is offended by a specie name, they should change. Visit a psychologist, perhaps.

We have won the battle, but the war is not over. If one is tired, he or she could employ escapism. But don't blame or poke those, who don't do that.

But will you train an LLM with it??

I think if you have no answer, it could be that NixOS doesn't solve any problem for you. In effect, it's not better. Don't buy into social media hype. It's just a tool like any other.

did the west miscalculate the situation by allowing diplomacy to take a backseat and allowing Ukraine to a large plethora of military resources?

a large plethora of military resources

No. The West failed to provide Ukraine with sufficient military resources. While the monetary value of military aid may seem substantial when compared to your bank account, the reality is that Russia possesses greater resources and capabilities.

Post body can be used for that. It's just some posters don't bother.

Define "we". I don't know anyone doing that, bar impulsive people on social media.

I don't see them blocking accounts. What would it achieve? Their goal is to monetize you. By taking you out of the equation, they can't monetize you anymore. You'll probably keep doing what you were doing anonymously or with a new account, so blocking you won't reduce costs either.

On the other hand, Google is collecting a lot of data. Maybe now they aren't using it very effectively, but sooner or later they might find a key to make YouTube Premium a viable option even for someone like you. By using YouTube and other Google services, you are providing key fragments.

good battery life (I don’t want to worry about)

Define good battery life.

How does this support manifest? I'm asking, because there are no real signs. Russian army is struggling to find soldiers and Putin is afraid to start another wave of mass-mobilization.

If somebody echoes propaganda, it doesn't mean that they support anything. There are no actions confirming this support.

There are many more nuances. I suggest reading at least one book on yhe topic of political science and listening to some lectures before coming to conclusions on such a complex matters.

Personally, I think all the anti-Threads stuff is paranoid rhetoric

From Wikipedia:

Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear.

You might be correct. People don't trust in Meta and have concerns about potential consequences. According to this definition, paranoia isn't necessarily negative. Meta has made several questionable decisions in the past, such as its involvement in the genocide in Myanmar.

Given where it's located, I don't plan to use it. I already have 3 useless buttons to the right of the space bar!

to the point of being denied service

Yes. Spotify blocks my account if I'm using VPN, ChatGPT asks to solve ridiculous captchas (on a paid account!). It's crazy. Reddit blocks access if you're on the VPN and not logged in.