Kadecgos

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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
Except that public and Co-Op utilities are also noticeably cheaper to operate than private sector utilities. And also, public roads are basically universally cheaper than private roads (as rare as they are). And public schools. And publi
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
> it's going to look and feel like an application from 20+ years ago. This is simply not true. You can built completely modern apps in WPF if you want. There is nothing about the framework that says your app is going to look &#x2
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
That is where the income is coming from, of course. That is also exactly what I'm saying. The tax cost of paying for a public service tends to be, nearly universally, less than the cost of paying for the same service in the private s
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
Yeah - the answer is that the cost to deliver a service from my local government is a lot cheaper than it is when it's coming from the private sector. People meme on 'lol government efficiency', but actually sit down and calc
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
Press F to doubt. Brother, I don't even want a phone. I need devices that actually, ya know, do stuff. A phone is barely functional even at the best of times. A device that might do the thing I ask it to 60% of the way there, someti
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
I mean a lot. I purpose left it vague because I fear unpacking it is going to turn into the worst parts of a reddit thread, something that I would definitely be contributing to myself. The big bullet points though are: • Apple has crazy op
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
> What you are suggesting feels more like a potential future threat than my actual experience thus far. Do we really have to litigate this? Have you been on the Internet at all in the last 2 decades? Do you seriously think that even if
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
The joke is beyond tired and run so deep into the ground at this point it might come out the other end but... 'Idiocracy' lookin' more a like a documentary every day.
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
They on average, are. That's kind of my point. Yes, if you engage with the 'designed marketing channels' for products, you will end up with junk. If you want to have stuff that isn't junk, you need to do some leg work.
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
My terse answer to, 'Why not use AI to shop for [X]' is that if you are letting AI do the shopping for you at any level, you aren't actually distinguishing products by features or quality or it's ability to solve a probl
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
Yeah, a Chromebook's killer 'feature' is that it's web browser attached to a keyboard and functional screen for cheap on a platform that you can't otherwise screw up. If you price that up to $1,000 (which some Chrom
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by Kadecgos 4mo ago
So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for? They are marketing what is ostensibly a computer for people who seem to not want to use a computer in scenarios that I don't think even exist. Beyond tha
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by Kadecgos 5mo ago
A lot of those were definitely sponsored by MS and co as well, but at least you did learn a practical, transferable, morph-able skill. You'll come out of that with experience using the features and structures of a general purpose OS,
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by Kadecgos 5mo ago
If this is what the Windows considers 'quality updates' after 2 months, then Windows is in really rough shape. Rebranding Copilot in Notepad is the kind of thing I expect from a modern day Microsoft, where they can't possibly
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by Kadecgos 5mo ago
Whether or not the intent is good, the optics are extremely bad. I assume you are keenly aware that Windows, Office, and by extension, all of MS's customer facing products are not exactly regarded particularly well. Windows 11 specifi