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CommentGemini isn't stupid, just malicious. (joke) (Score 1)24

Gemini wastes more time than it saves.
Google assistant worked, and they removed it.

There are no chimes to let us know it is listening, resulting it repeating commands over and over, then it argues or over apologizes then does the same thing over.

AI should not be used as a black box. Giving suggestions or selecting an algorithm and allowing one to select something different are needed.

Alexa can tell what I am saying very well, but it has bad weighting, it does things like fire phasers even when it heard the correct words to run the routine I requested.

The thank yous and cursing at AIs are great feedback tools, but the developers tune out the feedback and they can go f themselves of they don't actually want feedback.

CommentHow about quick launch plus readable taskbar on th (Score 2)57

If you can read the title of the open task,
you can tell what you're doing.

If you have a quick launch, you can find what you are looking for every time.

If it is on the left, you don't have to scroll browser windows as much, and things just work better.

But hey, microsoft is down with making unusable garbage now.

Windows 95 osr2 with IE4 I think could do this. Win 98 SE could for sure... KDE4 could do even better than that and later KDE5 could too, KDE6 is not as good as 5 or 4 but blows away windows and mac.

Macs have garbage ui.

CommentMacs are ewaste Re: Get a mac (Score 1)220

The new macs have an OS that is worse than windows 11 (my client accidentally moved something from the dock and was screwed)

The new macs don't have mouse buttons.
The new macs have storage soldered to the board. (exception with the mini, so minis may be ok)

This means when you damage the laptop, you can't get your data back without great pain.

I am ok with arm, I am happy to have battery life, I am happy to pay a premium, but Tim Cook poisons every product. No sideloading on IOS, garbage... an aweful company.

CommentWhat I want (Score 1)107

My 2022 Moto G Sylus 5G 256/6 (yes, all that has to be said) is a great phone but the battery is messed up.

I would pay for more software updates.

Apple is a company to not do business with, they are horrible.

Samsung has ok phones but they have garbage apps stuck with it.

Motorola has usable software.
They don't have a lot of margin on this phone.
I want to pay $200 and have lots of storage.
I want reliable phone calls.

So many of the other features really don't matter.

I really want the f(x)tech one with a keyboard, but it's too expensive.

CommentDesktop with laptop battery (Score 1)48

The framework laptops should be great for a desktop with a built in UPS.

I don't want any of my clients getting computers without a battery.

When Riscv gets chrome/ DRM video playback, and some kinds of arm and x86 translation software, I hope to get one of these. I don't want to mess with Arm because it seems like riscv will take over soon.

CommentGross Error: Apple actually has horribly difficult (Score 1)74

Dragging your disk to the trash to eject it is the great summary of Apple Interfaces.

Their magic mouse, that magically cannot be used and charged at the same time...

Having settings change when clicked with no confirmation is super crazy stupid, and microsoft copied in Windows 8.

Not being able to tell what windows are open.

Having applications go full screen and not be able to control them is the latest thing a client of mine had to deal with.

They have keys that don't help with names... apple is ok, but the 4 swirls?

the delete key does backspace.

There are settings so dangerous, a lock has to be "unlocked" and then a missclick can screw the user instead of having a confirmation.

They waste computer power on rounded edges.

They cost a fortune, and cost more than a phone to repair.

CommentMarked None, I don't like them Disney and Neflix (Score 1)37

I watch disney plus because it has the marvel movies.

The kids use disney plus too..
  but I don't want to support them.

Netflix and paramount are included in my phone package...

  paramount had a lot of deadly behavior promoting content, and these companies all promote bad stuff.

The kids watch TikRot and YouTube ShortShorts almost constantly. I won't allow TikRot, but shortshorts are always on.

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