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[-] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 hours ago

Christ a bit of paranoia would do modern internet users good, I still remember when it wasn't normal to have every single piece of identifying information online and readily available for anyone.

[-] leisesprecher@feddit.org -5 points 3 hours ago

Isn't that pretty much a thing of the past? This meme is maybe true for Facebook, but most sub 40 people don't use that anyway and the "public diary" days are also pretty over. Sure, you can stitch together a lot from geolocating Instagram posts and LinkedIn information, but it's not like it's the searchable database Facebook was in 2012.

[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 29 points 4 hours ago

Mac owners have money? more like had money

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

The key is to have that infinite money glitch, aka be born rich and have parents that stay rich

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 43 points 5 hours ago

Hahaha Windows users having sense

have no idea how to install another OS

I can, I just prefer windows

The only Unix system I ever willingly install is android, even though it's harder to install than Linux

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 17 minutes ago

Android is Linux, simply not the traditional userspace :)

Linux Distros have a huge variety. What have you tried?

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

I'll have you know I know exactly how to install Linux and simply choose not to!

(I ran Ubuntu for 3 years)

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 4 points 3 hours ago

I know how to quit smoking weed erry day, I simply choose not to.

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Damn, just call me out dude

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 4 points 1 hour ago

It's all in good fun

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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 55 points 5 hours ago

I think the real thing we need to do to attract windows users is have tuxkart installed by default.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 29 points 4 hours ago

Tuxkart about to be a dependency for base

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[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 20 points 4 hours ago

In all fairness paranoia is important in things like finding someone trying to slip a backdoor into xz. Going by the most recent Windows 11 update, Microsoft seems to be "we'll fix it in production".

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 hours ago

Well it wasn't so much paranoia as obsession. The person who found it wasn't paranoid, they just went "Why is my connection taking a quarter of a second longer than it used to? This is unacceptable!!!"

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

I mean, small things like that add up, you want your stack as optimized as possible

A quarter of a second here, another quarter there, and suddenly it might take 2 seconds longer for a connection to form, which matters a ton. A lot of work in the modern web is going into reducing latency

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago

Technically they thought they might have introduced a bug that caused the delay / a regression and set about investigating it. Pretty sure it was a Microsoft developer too.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

Pretty sure it was a Microsoft developer too.

Indeed it was, a PostgreSQL dev by the name of Andres Freund.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

And then there are the (multiplayer) gamers. It's great that I can play SO many more offline/single player games than I used to on Linux, but I can't help if the ones I like to play are all unsupported (and probably will be for a looong time).

I would have switched to Linux about 20 years ago if it was possible, but unfortunately, developing exploit free, stable anti cheats for competitive multiplayers on multiple OS's is a nightmare, and I get why most developers resort to picking the currently most widely used one. It's just a shame because otherwise I prefer Linux over Windows in many aspects.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm a windows user and I don't deny anything. I'm just too lazy to switch to Linux and I need the full functionality of Teams for my job.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

The Linux Teams app works. I'm not sure what is missing other than MS abandoning dev on it

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

For one thing, you can't make break-out rooms in Linux, which is something I need to do all the time.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 31 minutes ago

Hmm, that sucks. I was disappointed they trashed it almost as soon as it started...like a Killed By Googke thing

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Crazy, that the web app is missing this, when the windows app is just webView as well..

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 hours ago

Haven't tried Kart (and MarioKart too). How fun is that for a couple?

[-] madthumbs@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago

There are much better kart games out there like Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, or Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. Tuxkart does have a lot of user created tracks and you can make your own, so there is somewhat a draw for that.

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Sonic all stars racong transformed is so peak, i played it on me moms ipad when i was little.

[-] grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

Don’t forget ~~bloodborne~~ nightmare kart

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Thanks, I'd look into it.

[-] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 hours ago

Tuxkart is really great! One of the really good FOSS games, it has multiplayer and it even supports the wiimote :)

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Mario Kart can be fun depending on how your partner is with video games in general and how you are as a couple competitively. Overcooked can also be a good franchise as a coop game but I’ve also heard in some languages it’s referred to as “divorce kitchen” so your mileage may vary.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 3 hours ago

Windows users have regrets

Mac users have stockholm syndrome

Linux users have a computer

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 5 hours ago

from the linux sucks community?

[-] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago
[-] waz@feddit.uk 5 points 4 hours ago

From the main protagonist from Linux sucks, because I downvoted it and everything in that community and that idiot’s post history. Lol

[-] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Just had a look. Weird choice of hill to die on

[-] waz@feddit.uk 4 points 4 hours ago

Everyone needs a hobby, but definitely not a hill.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 2 points 3 hours ago
[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 hours ago

Open source kart racer with a bunch of open source mascots as playable characters

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

TIL I've had Stockholm Syndrome since 1989

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago

If you've consistently only bought products from one company rather than buying the best product available, and never even bothered trying something else, then yes, you do seem to.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

I've used both of them, both professionally and personally, for some time.

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