I was alive in 2020 (and before) I’m well aware how little they often care about the rules.

Hmm this is a good point, but I don’t entirely agree.

I know that I have wondered many times if I can drop a random (or not so random) ‘eff you’ as I pass, and I’m glad to know I probably can, whether I ever actually do or not. Knowledge is - knowledge.

Few of us here would align ourselves with the group trying to suppress information right now, so although I recognize this is not always a smart decision in every situation, I’m not really willing to get onboard with the idea that disseminating topical information from reasonable sources is a problem.

Thanks, been reading those words from various commenters, in various contexts, in a browser window on my Linux desktop, for longer than some people at Lemmy have probably been alive. But it’s always nice to hear familiar phrases again.

No one remembers how vulnerable windows server and windows desktop OS’s were before they revamped updates?

I remember how much it sucked when ignorant users ignored updates forever and MS didn’t really seem to give much of a shit about security anyway, yes.

Nowadays MS is a great choice if you want to borrow a computer that someone else controls. Less so if you want a computer that is actually yours.

100% this man is not leaving office except in cuffs or a body bag. That is my prediction. The sooner the rest of my countrymen start taking this bit seriously the better. Keep sending those cheeseburgers to the white house folks.

I remember thinking this was a pretty effed up episode when watching it with my son. There’s actually a lot about the Isle of Sodor that’s a little bit creepy when you think about it. (And I don’t mean the fact that the trains have faces.)

Don’t get me going on the “Smelting Yard” where you are explicitly sent unless you are “Really Useful.”

Jesus. How is this thing still a thing? (I guess that’s also part of the answer to my prior question…)

Thank you very much! I mentioned it to my oldest son (who is now in his twenties) a couple years ago because my youngest son (who is autistic) seemed like he might be interested in the game. He very emphatically said it wasn’t really what it looked like and that he would not recommend it. I didn’t ask for more details, but I guess I get it!

Thank you very much!

Can someone give me the out-of-the-loop on Roblox?

I understand that it’s an online gaming platform where there have been accusations of things being unsafe for kids. While bad, this is something that has happened before. Anything specific here that this is in the news so much, or just that it’s the biggest most current example?

You aren’t taking anything from anyone. It’s just an algorithmically generated activation.

This is so easy it’s kinda nuts, and there are multiple methods to activate. All you should need for Windows these days.

https://massgrave.dev/

They really never get old for me. That one is also awesome. :D

Edit: LOL

Edit2: OMG I have to finish watching BEFORE commenting.

Oh it was a very tongue in cheek comment. I love a great many of them. The humor of Hitler bitching about these various unrelated modern things really never gets old for me. 😀

In addition to the other good points -

OpenSource software allows you to create reproducible builds in theory. Such that you can take the source code provided by the vendor (which you theoretically audit to ensure you are satisfied it takes no unexpected action or whatever your concerns are) and compile it, and get something that can be validated as 100% identical to what you get if you buy the compiled version from the vendor directly.

Without this assurance, the vendor can tell you that this thing they sold you does XYZ, but unless you are looking for it in your network traffic for example you might not know it’s uploading webcam pictures of you in the background to ihackedyourwebcam.com or collecting and transmitting telemetry you didn’t agree to or etc. Or you don’t realize that software you installed on your server has a hardcoded hidden administrator user with password 123456, etc etc etc.

Also, while Linux in particular is by no means perfect, as a Linux user I know I’m using software that is much more likely to be also used by people who WILL take the time to inspect the code themselves, or might take the time to audit what it does on their network, or any of a bunch of other things that bring hard to quantify additional layers of security to the ecosystem around FLOSS.

But what about hitler reacts videos?

No reminder needed for me, but for those who might want to do a deep dive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke#20th_century

Evangelicals Are Now Rejecting ‘Liberal’ Teachings of Jesus

“Multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching’turn the other cheek’[and] to have someone come up after to say, ‘Where did you get those liberal talking points?’” Moore said.

“When the pastor would say, ‘I’m literally quoting Jesus Christ’ … The response would be, 'Yes, but that doesn’t work anymore. That’s weak,” he added. “When we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we’re in a crisis.”