All around the world, people are celebrating Blue Screen of Death Day.
This year's festivities, proudly sponsored by Crowdstrike and Microsoft, kicked off in the wee hours of the morning -- people from all corners of the globe simply could not wait to ring in BSOD Day 2024!
Below are pictures -- from airports and offices... to Times Square -- of how people chose to comemorate the day.
"They are literal fascists in denial," says CarrotCypher of the extremists on the Fediverse. "I don't apologize btw, I've done nothing wrong."
Adobe's war on Tech Journalism continues, as they issue a second false copyright claim in 48 hours. The 2nd one even more ridiculous than the first.
1st Banned Video:
https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1914160985977335942
2nd Banned Video:
https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1912606452994224362
At the demand of Adobe, Google has removed leaked video of Adobe's CEO from YouTube. Abusing and misusing copyright law to silence a Tech Journalist.
The video Adobe doesn't want you to see:
https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1914160985977335942
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
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Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.
Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣
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Heard from a birdie that the LTSC build of Windows 11 is being fought for internally over at Microsoft. Internal forces are pushing hard for it to be offered as a pro tier version of Windows that normal consumers can purchase. This would be for people not trying to use any of MS' SaaS and just want a stable Windows platform.
With how awesome Open Mandriva has been I find myself asking this question less and less, BUT since Windows can be neutered with firewall software, GPs, and several debloating scripts, is it really wrong to use Windows?
Officially my mantra is to use the best tool for the job.
But this question is directed to all of the hardcore Linux users. All the headaches you have grown so accustomed to and now ignore. Would you just like something working the way it is supposed to sometimes. Would you like low-power states that don't glitch out? Tired of wondering if your software will run with the repos your distro uses?
Even unoptimized and bare minimal effort thrown ...
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