For privacy to have inherent value, it first must be an established, inherent right. Unfortunately, the Constitution doesn’t talk about it to my knowledge. I’ve always inferred that our rights against unlawful search and seizure basically encapsulate the concept, but whatever.

I’ve been using computers for well over 30 years. Teams is an unintuitive pile of shit.

Tell that to dumbass IT “managers” that think a process monitor is a hacking tool.

I just want to say this is a masterful use of the format.

How is paying more to said megacorp going to reduce their influence?

Hell the last few months it has been very noticable.

Absolutely. I get the doom, but there's no way I'm just rolling over on SS, ever.

Does anyone have a comprehensible guide for setting all this up?

Good point. Amazon is definitely trying to make COVID issues the new normal.

Drive-through window clerk gets thanked a lot, too.

I’ve been using the patched Reddit Sync. Reddit is dead. I can’t put my finger on it, but the place has definitely changed.

Windows is actually right back where it used to be, to be honest. Getting pretty tired of the whole “ecosystem” tech philosophy.

As bad as those two linked incidents were, they weren’t exactly government sanctioned. Police sanctioned, sure, and the government should do more to reign that shit in, but comparing them to Tiennamen is disingenuous at best.

The Chinese government hates letting its citizens have a voice.

This may be the greatest thumbnail of all time. Nay, is.

I’m just a layman, but it has been nagging my brain how all these big tech companies seem to be turning shitty all at once. I’ve seen others propose similar explanations, but the basic idea is that the historically low rates got them addicted to “free” capital. Now the faucet has been slammed shut and they have to make up for the shortfall.

Also, it’s not just big tech at fault. The massive worldwide inflation we’ve experienced happened for the same reason - shortsighted greed.

This is the most disturbing “boring dystopia” thing yet.

What really disturbs me is how the recent tech shenanigans have been a long time coming; seems the internet we have come to know for the last 15 years only existed thanks to the ridiculous interest rates post 2008.

A new house for my aging parents with no stairs.

Cognitive dissonance is an impossible nut to crack for anyone but the person experiencing it. Just say your piece with no expectations; at least you will know you are honest, and you never know - even a tiny crack can shatter the bubble. Probably won’t.

Jimmy, you got nuthin’ but rocks ‘tween yer ears if you think you can go cowboyin’ with no cows.