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Google’s AI search results are already getting ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 months ago

Sure! It won’t comply, though.

Ars Technica reports Microsoft will add AI to Windows, to steal your corporate secrets in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 3 months ago

The Windows 10 equivalent, Timeline, got discontinued in 2021. At this point in time it is unknown whether Microsoft will retrofit Recall into Windows 10. Knowing Microsoft it is safe to assume they’ll try anything for profit.

Ars Technica reports Microsoft will add AI to Windows, to steal your corporate secrets in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
Alternatives to Google Docs/sheets? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

Seconded: CryptPad and Obsidian.

Alternatives to Google Docs/sheets? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I like CryptPad by Framasoft, for big stuff.

To buy no longer means anything :( in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago

Microsoft has a history of doing so, both with Minecraft customers and others. They just don't care.

Finally back down to 14 tabs, still too embarrassed to show anyone in c/firefox@lemmy.ml
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Some web applications force me to open their screens in separate tabs and windows, by making the screens remove any filtering on revisit by back button. And thus I have 20 tabs open that all start with the same meaningless word.

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"A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles" (www.npr.org)
 

New symptom identified for Long Covid : post-exertional malaise, a.k.a. crashing and burning for days to weeks after mild exercise. Cause: serious deterioration of work done by mitochondria, leading to tissue damage and brain fog. 
NPR reports.

Transparent Wood Could Soon Find Uses In Smartphone Screens, Insulated Windows in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Could".

Yes, Ubuntu Is Withholding Security Patches for Some Software in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 9 months ago

No, they aren't. You can switch to their Universe patches anytime, at your own risk. If you want Canonical to mitigate that risk for you, you pay. Simple, really.

Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

With some of my smaller clients, the CIO is the same as the CTO and the same as the IT Director. There, IT is developers, too.

Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

Enterprise will cause a boom in hiring VBA devs to migrate legacy apps to other programming languages, then hear Microsoft will extend support for a few more years, then fire all those VBA devs again. If Microsoft had some wits, they'd create easy tools to migrate VBA to C#.

Microsoft to kill off VBScript in Windows to block malware delivery in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] aev@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Wouldn't it face the exact same security issues as VBA, with drive-by installs of obfuscated malware and executions of arbitrary code?

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Stop Firefox from suggesting github.blog web address whenever I enter "github" into address bar (solved) (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Solution: delete all bookmarks that point to an article hosted at github.blog.

Background: For the longest time, Firefox would suggest the github.blog web address whenever I type "github" into the address bar. I found that weird: yes the word "blog" starts with a letter lower in the alphabet than the word "com", but the ".com" TLD is much more popular so should show up first, right?

Right... unless you, like me, have web search suggestions turned off when entering web address into the address bar. Instead, it takes suggestions from my bookmarks and open tabs, like I instructed it.

Thus, Firefox is behaving exactly as designed and instructed, and the solution is to remove the bookmarks that point to github.blog.

I only wish I'd had recognized that sooner...

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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 | Obituary (www.tucsonsentinel.com)
 

Wow. Molly Holzschlag passed away. An invaluable force for adoption of web standards and usability. May Molly's loved ones find solace in sharing those memories that inspire them most.

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