Nothing wrong with peanut butter and jam, as long as you don’t call it “jelly” haha
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100% agree with you but tbf the US accelerated capitalism to the extreme, faster than any other country could have, so I get why people see it that way.
I need a tasks app that somehow fixes this problem.
markkoto
Technology•YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installsEnglish
12·6 days agoThat would be great for those 11 people.
markkoto
Technology•OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weeklyEnglish
4·7 days agoI think the majority of people use it to (unreliably) solve tedious problems or spit out a whole bunch of text that they can’t be bothered to write.
While ChatGPT has been intentionally designed to be as friendly and conversational as possible, I hope most people do not see it as something to have a meaningful conversation with instead of as just a tool that can talk.
Anecdotally, whenever I see someone mention using ChatGPT as part of their decision-making process it is usually taken less seriously, if not outright laughed at.
markkoto
Technology•Study Boldly Claims 4K And 8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes, But Is It True?English
281·8 days agoExactly. This title is just clickbait.
The actual study’s title is “Resolution limit of the eye — how many pixels can we see?”.
I don’t have a problem with people doing that, but you can also just say “search”.
markkoto
Technology•Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easilyEnglish
2·14 days agoOh yeah there’s definitely a bit of effort involved, but most distros have very similar directory setups, so it’s often just a matter of copying across the relevant folders, with the “home” folder being the one that typically contains most or all of your user data.
Being able to test run distros off a USB drive is a great (and easy) way to see if it might be for you without making any sort of commitment.
Another option is to install the distro to a second hard drive so you have a more permanent environment to test it. I’ve done this before, and when I was content that I wanted to switch to it I just copied all my stuff across.
markkoto
Not The Onion•Kohler’s new toilet camera provides health insights based on your bathroom breaksEnglish
2·14 days agoThat’s what came to mind for me too. Just a spray nozzle responding to immediate input from the camera with no networking and no storage attached. I probably still wouldn’t buy one though haha
markkoto
News•Convicted rapist receives no jail time after granted youthful offender status
1·16 days agoWithout the right corrective measure that is quite possible.
markkoto
Technology•Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human VisitorsEnglish
1·16 days agoThank you very much!
I’m glad it was at least about something fairly trivial.
markkoto
News•Convicted rapist receives no jail time after granted youthful offender status
9·16 days agoWhich is why…
The court sentenced Butler to 78 years Aug. 25, but as long as he complies with his rehabilitation plan, he will not serve any jail time.
…which was omitted from your summary. This guy is clearly getting a ridiculously light sentence, but this quote is vital information that shows how serious his offences were.
While rehabilitation is a much better way to prevent re-offending compared with incarceration, this guy needs way more than just a year of counseling and a few weeks of community service.
markkoto
Technology•Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human VisitorsEnglish
11·18 days agoAny chance you remember what that one edit war was about?
These are all pretty easy to answer with a search, but here’s some info to get you started:
Does Linux have a windows GUI?
Lots of distros are similar to Windows in many ways. Some are specifically geared towards Windows-to-Linux migrants, or trying to be as close to Windows as possible. They are all much more customisable than Windows too, so you can change it to whatever works for you.
Linux Mint is often recommended to newcomers. Zorin OS is another good option that is more like Windows.
https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-like-linux-distros-you-should-try-out/
Do all the steam games have Linux compatability?
No, but compatibility is constantly improving and more developers are natively supporting Linux.
Game compatibility list: https://www.protondb.com/
Also, Windows app compatibility list (though many Linux app alternatives are better than their Windows counterparts IMO): https://appdb.winehq.org/
Is there a Linux version of Windows Defender?
Windows is far less secure, and targeted by much more malware due to it’s market share.
https://linuxsecurity.com/news/security-trends/antivirus-linux
Many Linux users don’t bother with antivirus software at all, but yes, there are plenty of options available.
markkoto
Technology•Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easilyEnglish
2·20 days agoGreat thing about Linux is you can change your distro whenever you want.
If you’re uncertain, or not ready to go through the process just yet, you can always just boot Bazzite off a USB drive and play around with it for now.
markkoto
Technology•Microsoft's OneDrive spots your mates, remembers their faces, and won't forget easilyEnglish
5·20 days agoAs someone who was in your exact position several years ago, nice!
I’d recommend Linux Mint to newcomers though. It’s based on Ubuntu and is even easier to get comfortable with (much better GUI for updates and app “store”), but it strips out all the Microsoft-like stuff that Canonical have been doing in recent years.
Pop!_OS (also based on Ubuntu) and Bazzite are also meant to be beginner friendly, and are particularly geared towards gaming on Linux, especially the latter.
markkoto
ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•"Why do you do that?" "Your guess is as good as mine"English
51·23 days ago“I intended to do it, but I could not force myself to do it.”
Genuinely envious of how understanding the people in your life are if this wasn’t simply met with anger, frustration, resentment etc.
markkoto
Technology•ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerousEnglish
291·25 days agoNon-expert opinion: it’s dangerous.


Yeah you’re probably not going to see this story on CNN, BBC, NYT et al. for some time (if ever) because all the big news corps are doing their best to keep things like this as quiet as possible. Just compare the difference in quantity and detail of stories about the released captives from each side as an example.
It’s hard to get quality photo and video evidence of anything in Gaza when Israel has blocked any outside journalists from entering and continues to target and kill local journalists.
You’re right that this isn’t high quality journalism, but we may not get to see this otherwise. There’s no need to fabricate the atrocities committed by Israel because the reality is bad enough. I don’t like the amount of effort I have to go to to gather information to make up my mind about a story, but that’s exactly what Israel and its backers want. There probably are better-written articles in other languages available, but I don’t think anything that isn’t in English can be posted here.
That said, there are several other sources that quote the Director General of Gaza’s Health Ministry as saying they have found bombs disguised as toys:
https://www.telesurenglish.net/gaza-officials-warn-of-explosive-toys-allegedly-left-by-israeli-forces/
https://en.royanews.tv/news/64653
https://en.safa.news/post/5891/Children-in-Gaza-Face-a-New-Level-of-Horror-as-Toys-Turn-Into-Traps
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/
https://wrp.org.uk/editorials/zionist-troops-leave-bombs-disguised-as-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/
https://en.abna24.com/news/1746394/Gaza-Health-Ministry-Israeli-forces-plant-explosives-in-children-s