I asked the question : Do you want a laptop with Copilot+?
1% said yes.
96% said (hell) no.
3% were not sure.
This is a great example of something being pushed that most really do not want.
Big Tech is very focused on winning the AI war. Problem is, that in their eagerness to do that, they focus just on what they want you to do, instead of what you want to do.
#Windows #Macos #Linux #Microsoft #Computer #Spyware #AI #Copilot #Technology #Vivaldi @Vivaldi #BigTech
Cripes these disc brake pads are a nightmare. There is apparently only a small metal clip/spring and two pads, however there is no retaining screw or cotter pin. Damned if I can get the fucking old pads out... They wiggle. But they are impeded somehow that is not immediately apparent.
I may in fact wind up just buying new caliper assemblies and installing those. It's about the same price.
OMG I got it out. AND I found the right replacements:
Should be fun getting them back in.
I have no idea how to get those two tabs to clear the channel in the housing of the caliper. Unreal.
I may buy new calipers if only to acquire a better mounting system.
Bet we end up going for activist uplift by the end of this thing. We'll see.Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)
Supporting Palestine Action will be punishable by up to 14 years in prison under government plans to make them a proscribed terrorist groupAmy-Clare Martin (The Independent)
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I missed 4th of July fireworks.
Because of my health issues.
Again 😮💨
Should have got someone to push you around in a wheelchair if you can't walk that far and sue the city if there is no wheelchair ramp
People have done this for older people who can nof walk very far before
Does not have to be an electric wheel chair but can be a cheaper non electric wheel chair
A look at some of the deadliest floods in the U.S. in the last 25 years
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Kuinka paljon ja kuinka monille voi pienestä pihaniitystä olla iloa?
Oon monesti täällä kertonut pienestä niitystä, joka perustettiin vuosi sitten tähän vuokraluhtitalon pihaan lupia keneltäkään kysymättä.
Harattiin hylyn hallussa ollut paljas maa ja kylvettiin muutaman euron niittysiemenpussi siihen. Ympärille vedettiin naru, eikä kukaan sen jälkeen ole siitä kulkenut.
Ekana kesänä tuli mm. ruiskaunokkia, pellavaa, kurjenpolvea.
#PihaNiitty #KaupunkiLuonto #niitty
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Yläkerran naapurin mukaan hänelle ja hänen tutuilleen on tuonut valtavasti iloa nähdä päivänkakkaroita kaupungissa. Niitä ei kuulemma ole maalla vietetyn lapsuuden jälkeen saanut nähdä oikein missään.
Tänään oli pihalla oikein suurempi kokous ihan vaan ihmettelemässä mitä uusia kukkia nyt avautuu. Niitty synnyttää yhteisöllisyyttä ja keskustelua ihan itsestään.
Kukaan ei tätä tallo tai revi kylttiä pois. Meitä on käyty erikseen kiittämässä, että kylvettiin tämä.
Niin pieni iso asia.
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« Polluants éternels » : révélations sur une contamination record de l’eau potable en France
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La sécession des élites et l'avachissement général.
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All my recommends are Japanese horse racing lore.
It is funny though, so I'm not too upset about it.
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Wimbledon: Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova loses to American Emma Navarro in the third round
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Police in London have arrested an 83-year-old woman for holding a sign expressing support for Palestine Action, the activist group was recently proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000.
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There are a number of events taking place in London this weekend and anyone attending should be aware that officers policing these will act where criminal offences are committed.Newsdesk (Metropolitan Police)
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ADL just brought back the word ‘Shylock’. I’d never fucking heard it before but thanks to these dopes MAKE IT POPULAR AGAIN!!
BOO-HOO, always the victims.
SHYLOCKS!
The president said later that he was not aware of the term's connotation.NewsBreak
Ukraine says it struck a Russian air base as Russia sent hundreds of drones into Ukraine
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Trump branded, browbeat and prevailed. But his big bill may come at a political cost
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In Sinaloa's capital, news of a boxing scion's arrest and allegations of cartel ties cause unease
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#politique #environnement #économie #énergie #climat
J'adore le conseil de fin : ne travaillez pas pour des banques 😀
July Fourth holiday marked by shootings in several cities and a fireworks-related death
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Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation's top storm-related killer
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Chrome on Stock Pixel was able to not run in background
Brave on GrapheneOS never stop the background process
3 questions for post on day marking the birth, present state & potential of muricah!
can i claim to be from paris now?
is this big bill as beautiful as some claim it is?
what government scams do you no longer believe?
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Trump DOJ Exploring Criminal Charges Against Election Officials
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The order has prompted DOJ officials to contact election officials across the country as they gather more information about how votes are counted as theyMark Steffen (Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary)
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Utter nonsense. Makes Cooper, the Labour party, and most of Parliament look out of touch, pathetic and stupid. supporting the murder of thousands of innocent humans while proscribing as terrorists those who protest against the killing.
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Twenty-seven people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act at a demonstration in support of the direct action group Palestine Action, in London's Parliament Square, while Palestine activists blocked the London Pride parade to protest its ties to …Katherine Hearst (Middle East Eye)
Footage from MontgomeryToms ARREST!
ELEVEN OFFICERS
England does NOT have FREE SPEECH
#FARMLANDS (2018) | Official #Documentary
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"Over R1 Trillion Looted Through BEE — South Africa’s Greatest Political Scam? !! "
"A bombshell revelation has shaken South Africa’s fragile economic credibility to the core. Professor William Gumede, one of the country’s most respected governance scholars, has exposed what many feared: over R1 trillion has been transferred under the banner of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), and almost all of it has landed in the pockets of fewer than 100 politically connected individuals.Yes — R1,000,000,000,000. Not to uplift a nation, but to enrich a recycled elite.
“BEE only benefits a very small group — politically connected, linked to the ANC, linked to the trade unions… and the same people are re-empowered again and again,” said Gumede in an explosive public interview. This is not transformation. This is state-sanctioned looting under the guise of empowerment."
"If “empowerment” means billion-rand transfers to under 100 people — most of whom are repeat beneficiaries — then South Africa is no longer a democracy. It is a captured state under economic apartheid, run by political bandits. This is not empowerment. It is daylight robbery, orchestrated from within government halls, funded by the suffering of the masses, and protected by a network of spin, censorship, and silence. !!"
#Florida state rep Angie Nixon was among the lawmakers again demanding an oversight visit in Alligator Auschwitz.
Under normal circumstances, of course, this would simply be her job. In the current conditions, with lawmakers of color being assaulted and illegally arrested by goons, this is a very brave act of defiance.
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#TampaBay #Florida protesters telling Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA fascists to fuck off
#resistance #protests #fascism #50501movement
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A #Glendale #California community kicking #ICE out of a Home Depot
31K likes, 2,808 comments - 209_drone_shots on June 26, 2025: "Citizens and workers of a Home Depot in Glendale California kicked ICE out! #209droneshots #fyp #video #ice".Instagram
This is a fixed version of the previous video with Parenti's voice being louder. I can't raise it any further though thanks to copyright purposes. This video...YouTube
Thinking about SMS security @ryan @Pheonix @phoneboy - it's my understanding that SMS is unencrypted w/in the network where it's sent (so phone-company secure), and that the biggest risk is rogue connection points that may trick the phone into connecting to it. People may underestimate how likely they are to encounter one of those ("who would want MY data?" LOL), but has that threat model changed?
I agree on the levels of security by content, but it also needs to be the highest level of security that content would need; otherwise, the presence of a certain level of security implies the value of the content being secured. I agree that should be baked in at the design level, not layers bolted on afterwards; but, do you not see some of those as pragmatic steps to save the uninformed masses from themselves"?
It used to be true that Verizon had public messaging gateways where you could read texts with a simple http get. All you needed was a phone number.
So the level of phone company security relies on how retarded the tech ppl and the management of the phone company are. Probably mostly management.
Which is an infinite security hole.
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Joy Metzler left the Air Force as a conscientious objector over U.S. support for Israeli atrocities in Palestine and joined a 40-day Veterans for Peace hunger strike for Gaza. She says it is crucial we escalate our protest to stop genocide.
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Trump is every man's every man. And he represents the rise of an entire World of Every Men. And Women. It is marvellous.elizabeth nickson (Welcome to Absurdistan)
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Parcel giant UPS said on Thursday it will offer voluntary buyouts to its full-time U.S. drivers as part of the largest network reconfiguration in its history — a sweeping overhaul that includes cutting 20,000 jobs and closing 73 facilities.
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The parcel giant said it will offer voluntary buyouts to its full-time drivers as part of the largest company restructuring in its history.Abhinav Parmar (Reuters)
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in reply to Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •@Vivaldi, I prefer to lick my ellbow before tolerating this crap in my laptop.
It is amazing how fast and stable becomes Windows when all this bloatware, spyware and services "to improve the user experience" is thrown out, which Windows brings by default.