[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

You have to understand that the bulk of computer buyers aren't really that computer literate. As someone who worked 4 years in IT, I'll tell you that the average computer user doesn't even know how to install a graphics card driver, let alone do any other stuff. If given the choice between even $5 a month or learning to use a Mac or a Chromebook, people will learn to use a Mac or a Chromebook. Linux isn't even a consideration.

The vast majority of people are perfectly happy with Google Docs/Slides/Sheets for daily personal use. If the choice comes down to using the Google office suite or paying a subscription, people tend to avoid paying. I know ZERO people who subscribe to Office 365 for personal use (besides those tricked into it). They either pay for the one-off license, pirate if they know how, use copies paid for by their work, or use alternatives.

People don't care that ChromeOS and MacOS are locked down. They don't do anything that requires the "unlocked" operating system and you can bet your ass that if Microsoft starts charging a subscription fee, Apple and Google's marketing teams will jump so hard on that it'll crack the pavement.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Don't be mistaken–being disqualified from standing for election is a restriction on his right to free political speech. However, this is a permissible restriction on free speech because the constitution (Amendment XIV) deems that those who engaged in insurrection should not be able to serve in office.

Trump's argument is similar to arguing that slavery is legal because it says so in the original constitution...disregarding the fact that a future amendment changed that.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

You can try some free Linux antivirus software programs like ClamAV but realistically, as long as you mainly install software through your distro's package management software or graphical app store, you're probably fine.

Although not all open-source software is safe, it's a hundred times less likely to be malicious for the sole reason that it's out in the open for someone to verify, and they'd get busted immediately if they tried something untoward.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Since I'm sure many people don't know: Yerevan is the capital city of Armenia.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

This is a classic repost.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I wasn't aware that you were a sovereign state or that I had any money deposited in your banks or that I do business of any sort with you.

You can sanction me by putting a permanent embargo on conversing with me by blocking me if you want

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

At least they didn't call it the "SwitchU"

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Real answer: Religion in the United States is protected by Amendment I of their constitution. There isn't much the Government can do without infringing on or appearing to infringe on this protection.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

They can install the same management software that most companies around the globe put on their employee's phones to track what their minions are doing on company hardware. You don't need special backdoors for that.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I think most of the time if they have a Github/Gitlab repo open to the public opening issues, they will accept an issue that merely describes a problem that needs to be fixed along with how it might be fixed.

Something like this is generally appreciated:

I'm an HCI expert and ____ should be improved to do ____ because of ____. I'm willing to volunteer to do design work on this to help the project out

...and if the maintainers ask for contact info, provide it and there you go.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

You're technically supposed to use a human cashier lane if you have a lot of groceries. At least in the USA, it's pretty common for self-checkout lanes to have "15 items or fewer" signs.

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