Swarfega

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

in the US...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't block ads on YouTube though

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I built a new PC last year and installed Windows 11. I honestly have no issues with jt and it runs fine. However the shitty practices of current Microsoft have started appearing and ground my gears. So much so that I got a second drive and installed Mint. It's not been easy adjusting and I often find myself booting into Windows for one reason or another but I spend the majority of my time now in Linux. I got a bit bored of Mint. I'm a sucker for new things so I moved to Arch. After installing a few packages I'm actually pretty happy with it. Proton has been the key for my move. Without it I simply wouldn't be able to use Linux.

Outside of Windows, moving away from Chrome, GMail and Google search it's a breath of fresh air. I don't feel like I'm constantly being tracked now and having products thrown in my face. I miss the old internet where harvesting everyone's data wasn't a thing.

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

And delivering above and beyond. 1.6 recently came out for Stardew Valley and the game has been out for 8 years.

CA is easily in the top list of all time greats for game development. It blows my mind that someone can have so much talent to write stories, draw pixel art, music and code the whole thing. Super talented!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was it disabled? I thought that XP just didn't have a firewall and got one added later on. I forget which virus it was but RPC would crash within seconds of a device being connected to the internet meaning you had to reboot.

Edit

Apparently it was MSBlaster

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I said I wish I hadn't purchased the PS5 due to the poor library of games in comparison to the PS4 era on Reddit. Proceeded to get downvotes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I used to work in a 3rd line tech support. Whenever we got escalations from tier 2 I'd read their notes and then start from the beginning. More often than not they would say they have checked something and not found the fault when indeed that was the fault.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I ride my bike. It's great for just switching off. The weather is normally pretty awful where I am but in the sun in the summer it's amazing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I dunno. I doubt it is. But I also doubt there isn't something they are getting back.
Maybe not personal information but I'd imagine there will be data on what keywords it flagged on and whether the user hung up or carried on with the call etc. They wouldn't be able to fix or improve the service without getting information back.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Sorry. Reading what I asked, reads that I am questioning people with ADHD. My original intention was questioning myself. I've never considered myself to have ADHD (I've just never looked into it) but this is certainly a trait that I've suffered from from school onwards. From my school reports they always said I lacked concentration which was true and still is to this day. 30 years ago, when I was at school, ADHD wasn't something even mentioned.

I'm not questioning ADHD, my eldest son has been diagnosed with ADHD and ASD. He's certainly different to his brother but not too different to standout to people in the street. I've had family members question his diagnosis which is annoying as they don't see what we see on a day to day basis.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Is this something only people with ADHD suffer from?

I'm approaching 45 and my memory has always been like this. For things I am interested in I'm all ears but for anything I'm finding boring I really struggle to concentrate and take it in.

FYI I don't have ADHD (at least it's something I've never considered myself to have).

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