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Comment Re:Microsoft Walgreens(tm) (Score 1) 57

Indeed, that's why I ditched MacOS and Ubuntu. No, I don't want iCloud, no I don't want LibreOffice, stop bothering me with mandatory blocking updates, and I can decide for myself how secure my system or password scheme is, I don't need some OSS advocate from Iowa to decide that for me.

Comment Re:Pro tip: disable the feature (Score 1) 13

You must be working for Google - that feature doesn't actually work. Then number of times I disabled that feature is almost equal to the number of times i reject a site to send notifications. "Would you like clickbait.com to send you desktop notification? You can later disable that". The person who originally implemented that feature should be subjcted to a struggle session on global TV.

Comment Re:TIOBE is bullshit (Score 1) 86

A search popularity index is just vanity. It signals which languages require the most web searches instead of being productive out of the box. Instead, languages should be weighted by user exposure; which languages dominate the software people use daily. I'd say ECMAscript/Typescript at #1, Java/Kotlin at #2, C/C++ at #3, then Swift/ObjC, then trailed by C#, PHP, SQL, and then a whole lot of nothing.

Comment Re:Translation of the headling (Score 1) 24

Not sure which desktop PC store is worse, Apple's or Microsoft's. I can't believe developers pay either to host their software in those graveyards. Search doesn't work, most products are scammy copies, reviews and ratings are doctored, and there is no guarantee any app will actually work as advertised.

Comment Re:Context matters (Score 1) 105

You can call anyone a dickhead if you do it in the right setting and use some redirection. saying things like "that is a bit of a dickhead move", "people might call you a dickhead if you do that", or even more directly "pardon my language, mind if i call you a dickhead for that?", or my favorite "we used to have a coworker who would have shouted `dickhead!` at you for that" won't remotely get you fired.

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