howlingecko

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Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Same here. I was just thinking that I have way more running computers now than I did in years past. But none of mine are running Windows now.

Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As someone who has used Windows, OSX, and Linux as a daily driver at different points, Windows was by far the most challenging to work with. Every week there was some problem.

In recent years, my company provided Dell with 32GB of memory running Windows would blue screen practically weekly. Most of the time it struggled to run more than one instance of an IDE. Windows finally crashed to the point that the only option was restore the OS.

I requested a different machine and have been running macOS with less memory. Have actually been able to run more IDE instances than the Windows machine would run. No crashes.

Completely Unix based OSes now. Linux servers. Linux desktops. Mac laptops.

Fully self-hosted password manager options in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did the same, as soon as 1Password started migrating to centralized subscription model.

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Why can't we go back to small phones? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I’ll continue to carry my iPhone mini since there isn’t a comparable option

Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop in c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

and Wireguard pointed at AdGuard for DNS

Set the mobile app to enable WireGuard connection when not on home network and then you have AdGuard everywhere

After charger, Apple removes USB-C cable from the box in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

It would probably be an important step, considering the article is about AirPod 4 boxes.

After charger, Apple removes USB-C cable from the box in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Lucky you! They never offered a phone in the AirPods boxes.

CrowdStrike unhappy with “shady commentary” from competitors after outage in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 69 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They whine about this now, after they removed their “shady commentary” towards Microsoft from their website

Reference: https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1816823026291270136

I got a new job. whatsapp group (20 people) is migrating to signal because I don't use it. in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Signal works across more than two devices.

I live in the PNW. Every election cycle I get massive amounts of Arizona conservative text spam. How do I make it stop? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

That’s how it SHOULD work. But I’ve replied with just stop or unsubscribe depending on their chosen system’s keyword. I just received a nearly identical message from a different number. Maybe Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries were just determined at that time, but it definitely wasn’t handled the way it should have been.

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