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lnxw48a1: @fu That's good news. One thing I dislike about #Win11 is the extra step added to the start menu. First is the pinned programs and recommendations with a little "all programs" button. Click that and the regular start menu appears. Seems bizarre that the primary UI improvement that made #Win95 such a revelation is repeatedly erased or subverted in subsequent #Microsoft operating systems. I remember #Win3.1 and MacOS having program icons and folders containg such icons scattered all over the desktop. The start menu was a huuuuge improvement.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 14:23:21 EDT
@fu That's good news. One thing I dislike about #Win11 is the extra step added to the start menu. First is the pinned programs and recommendations with a little "all programs" button. Click that and the regular start menu appears. Seems bizarre that the primary UI improvement that made #Win95 such a revelation is repeatedly erased or subverted in subsequent #Microsoft operating systems. I remember #Win3.1 and MacOS having program icons and folders containg such icons scattered all over the desktop. The start menu was a huuuuge improvement.
lnxw48a1: I’ll try and post a link later, but I saw an article that claims that researchers found unprecedented security holes in #Microsoft #Azure ( #MSAzure ) cloud platform and that #MSFT’s own logging and monitoring wasn’t capable enough to catch the breaches. Escaping from the customer VM into the management backplane and then going from there into random customers’ VMs is probably not something that should be possible, but in the rare occasion that an exploit is found, the company’s internal monitoring should have picked it up.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 16:16:13 EST
I’ll try and post a link later, but I saw an article that claims that researchers found unprecedented security holes in #Microsoft #Azure ( #MSAzure ) cloud platform and that #MSFT’s own logging and monitoring wasn’t capable enough to catch the breaches. Escaping from the customer VM into the management backplane and then going from there into random customers’ VMs is probably not something that should be possible, but in the rare occasion that an exploit is found, the company’s internal monitoring should have picked it up.
fu: ♲ @fodworeq@social.re: Spread the love?If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like #google or is it better to try to spread it out to more?Tags: #apple #Android #sns #SaaS #Facebook #Samsung #bing #microsoft #meta #sxm #spotify #pandora #YouTube #privacy #FreeSoftware #opensource #foursquare #linkedin #LIVEJournal #waze #maps #ford #amazonvia dandelion* /people?q=dandelion00@diasp.org client (Source) https://github.com/gsantner/dandelion
fu's status on Saturday, 25-Nov-2023 02:31:30 EST
♲ @fodworeq@social.re: Spread the love? If I am going to use non-free #closedSouce gratis services is it better to commit to just giving my data to one company like #google or is it better to try to spread it out to more? Tags: #apple #Android #sns #SaaS #Facebook #Samsung #bing #microsoft #meta #sxm #spotify #pandora #YouTube #privacy #FreeSoftware #opensource #foursquare #linkedin #LIVEJournal #waze #maps #ford #amazon via dandelion* /people?q=dandelion00@diasp.org client (Source) https://github.com/gsantner/dandelion
fu: For work I use #Microsoft #Edge with #Bing, because “security.” I just did a search for “Cisco WebEx Change Request” and half of the first page was paid advertisements. #sponsored Search Engines are getting worse https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/97nrfkk20h51a3xh.html
fu's status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 11:42:02 EDT
For work I use #Microsoft #Edge with #Bing, because “security.” I just did a search for “Cisco WebEx Change Request” and half of the first page was paid advertisements. #sponsored Search Engines are getting worse https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/97nrfkk20h51a3xh.html
fu: #meme #simpsons #edge #windows #microsoft #firefox #chrome
fu's status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 02:10:56 EDT
#meme #simpsons #edge #windows #microsoft #firefox #chrome
lnxw48a1: According to https://graz.social/@publicvoit/111147782761723981 Crackers got EVERYTHING at #Microsoft when they got in through #MSAzure. Source links here: https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ and https://nu.federati.net/url/291724 [www reuters com]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 16:37:38 EDT
According to https://graz.social/@publicvoit/111147782761723981 Crackers got EVERYTHING at #Microsoft when they got in through #MSAzure. Source links here: https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ and https://nu.federati.net/url/291724 [www reuters com]
Chinese hackers stole emails from US State Dept in Microsoft breach, Senate staffer says
fu: Just a reminder #OpenOffice still exists! openoffice.apache.org/blog/ann… I personally still prefer it over #LibreOffice. I'm all for less churn, more stability, and smaller learning curves. I still use both, though, as the improvements to LibreOffice #Draw, particularly the ability to open #Microsoft #Visio files is useful for me. #Apache #FreeSoftware #GNU #Linux (and #windows & #MacOS too if you must)
fu's status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 13:41:07 EDT
Just a reminder #OpenOffice still exists! openoffice.apache.org/blog/ann… I personally still prefer it over #LibreOffice. I'm all for less churn, more stability, and smaller learning curves. I still use both, though, as the improvements to LibreOffice #Draw, particularly the ability to open #Microsoft #Visio files is useful for me. #Apache #FreeSoftware #GNU #Linux (and #windows & #MacOS too if you must)
lnxw48a1: Tenable CEO slams #Microsoft for not being transparent and fast to act on #Azure #Active_Directory #security holes https://nu.federati.net/url/291175 [www databreachtoday com]
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 14:35:45 EDT
Tenable CEO slams #Microsoft for not being transparent and fast to act on #Azure #Active_Directory #security holes https://nu.federati.net/url/291175 [www databreachtoday com]
Tenable CEO Slams Microsoft for Failing to Quickly Patch Bug
lnxw48a1: #US Senator: #Microsoft negligent in #security #breach that affected Syate Dept., #USDOJ and rest of #USGovt should hold them accountable. https://nu.federati.net/url/291129 [arstechnica com]
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 22:14:30 EDT
#US Senator: #Microsoft negligent in #security #breach that affected Syate Dept., #USDOJ and rest of #USGovt should hold them accountable. https://nu.federati.net/url/291129 [arstechnica com]
US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices”
lnxw48a1: #Security #Microsoft_365 breached by #China See thread starting at https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110700908976946435 ... https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702046297147809 > For anybody interested - the “acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key” used in this must have come from inside Microsoft’s internal network. -- https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702228469010595 Includes the following links: * https://nu.federati.net/url/290987 [msrc microsoft com] * https://nu.federati.net/url/290988 [edition cnn com] * https://nu.federati.net/url/290989 [www cisa gov | pdf] * https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-hackers-spied-on-state-department-13a09f03 [www wsj com] #US_Govt #Microsoft #MSFT #Azure #Office_365 #penetration #Outlook #Exchange #cloud
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 18:42:34 EDT
#Security #Microsoft_365 breached by #China See thread starting at https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110700908976946435 ... https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702046297147809 > For anybody interested - the “acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key” used in this must have come from inside Microsoft’s internal network. -- https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/110702228469010595 Includes the following links: * https://nu.federati.net/url/290987 [msrc microsoft com] * https://nu.federati.net/url/290988 [edition cnn com] * https://nu.federati.net/url/290989 [www cisa gov | pdf] * https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-hackers-spied-on-state-department-13a09f03 [www wsj com] #US_Govt #Microsoft #MSFT #Azure #Office_365 #penetration #Outlook #Exchange #cloud
China-based hackers breached US government email accounts, Microsoft and White House say | CNN Politics
Chinese Hackers Spied on State Department
lnxw48a1: @fu I know that anti-trust law is complex, but one doesn't need much more than a pulse to see that merging one of the biggest gaming software houses with one of the biggest gaming hardware and services houses is going to harm competition ... and that means it will harm gamers. I didn't follow the trial much, but the #FTC should have shown up with thousands of pages of exhibits, hundreds of experts testifying, and a timeline of past #Microsoft ( #MSFT ) anti-competitive acts to show a propensity. Not that this should have been the first such merger they tried to block. The federal government doesn't really seem to get that "a free market" can only happen when neither individual buyers nor individual sellers have enough market power to force their chosen prices and terms upon the other party. Thus, in a situation where there are really only three gaming console hardware vendors worldwide and the software vendors have to contract with the hardware vendors for each specific game, there can never be a free market and governmental authorities have to whack the vendors with a stick periodically to make them play fairly with one another and with the gaming customers who buy their products and services. Or, you know, break those giant corporations up into multiple smaller organizations and prevent them from coordinating their pricing, promotion, production, etc in ways that hurt the gaming customers. I know that #USDOJ missed its chance around 1999-2001, when it had won its case against Microsoft and then came a change of administration and it punted on having the court impose an effective remedy. As a business major, I feel like no one else was paying attention in their classes when this stuff was being discussed. It's covered in the two basic economics classes and also in business economics, business management, business law, and in legal environment of business, and those are just the ones I remember. CC: @simsa03
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 12-Jul-2023 02:36:32 EDT
@fu I know that anti-trust law is complex, but one doesn't need much more than a pulse to see that merging one of the biggest gaming software houses with one of the biggest gaming hardware and services houses is going to harm competition ... and that means it will harm gamers. I didn't follow the trial much, but the #FTC should have shown up with thousands of pages of exhibits, hundreds of experts testifying, and a timeline of past #Microsoft ( #MSFT ) anti-competitive acts to show a propensity. Not that this should have been the first such merger they tried to block. The federal government doesn't really seem to get that "a free market" can only happen when neither individual buyers nor individual sellers have enough market power to force their chosen prices and terms upon the other party. Thus, in a situation where there are really only three gaming console hardware vendors worldwide and the software vendors have to contract with the hardware vendors for each specific game, there can never be a free market and governmental authorities have to whack the vendors with a stick periodically to make them play fairly with one another and with the gaming customers who buy their products and services. Or, you know, break those giant corporations up into multiple smaller organizations and prevent them from coordinating their pricing, promotion, production, etc in ways that hurt the gaming customers. I know that #USDOJ missed its chance around 1999-2001, when it had won its case against Microsoft and then came a change of administration and it punted on having the court impose an effective remedy. As a business major, I feel like no one else was paying attention in their classes when this stuff was being discussed. It's covered in the two basic economics classes and also in business economics, business management, business law, and in legal environment of business, and those are just the ones I remember. CC: @simsa03
fu: Have I mentioned lately how much I hate #Microsoft #Sharepoint? kill-the-newsletter.com/altern…
fu's status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 12:29:45 EDT
Have I mentioned lately how much I hate #Microsoft #Sharepoint? kill-the-newsletter.com/altern…
lnxw48a1: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-browser-url-leak-bing-privacy [www theverge com] #Microsoft #Edge sending all sites visited to #Bing #MSFT
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 26-May-2023 23:34:35 EDT
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-browser-url-leak-bing-privacy [www theverge com] #Microsoft #Edge sending all sites visited to #Bing #MSFT
Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
lnxw48a1: Report: #Microsoft building own #ARM based chips for #Win12. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-is-designing-new-processor-for-windows-12-report [www tomshardware com] https://www.techradar.com/opinion/microsoft-wants-windows-12-to-run-on-its-own-silicon-god-help-us [www techradar com]
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 22:43:47 EDT
Report: #Microsoft building own #ARM based chips for #Win12. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-is-designing-new-processor-for-windows-12-report [www tomshardware com] https://www.techradar.com/opinion/microsoft-wants-windows-12-to-run-on-its-own-silicon-god-help-us [www techradar com]
Microsoft Reportedly Making New CPU for Windows 12
Microsoft wants Windows 12 to run on its own silicon. God help us
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft announces that its ads platform would no longer work with #Twitter. https://nu.federati.net/url/290186 [www techdirt com] In response, Elon #Musk threatens to sue #MSFT over AI training data.
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 00:03:56 EDT
#Microsoft announces that its ads platform would no longer work with #Twitter. https://nu.federati.net/url/290186 [www techdirt com] In response, Elon #Musk threatens to sue #MSFT over AI training data.
Microsoft Ditches Twitter From Its Ads Platform… So Elon Announces Plans To Sue Microsoft
fu: I never thought this day would come where I prefer and trust #Microsoft more than I do #Google
fu's status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 12:08:38 EDT
I never thought this day would come where I prefer and trust #Microsoft more than I do #Google
lnxw48a1: https://nu.federati.net/url/289940 [www bleepingcomputer com] Article claims that official #Microsoft support technicians used a crack to activate a recalcitrant copy of #Windows. If the report is accurate, that's a big deal and they'll be trying to find and fire that person.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:28:51 EDT
https://nu.federati.net/url/289940 [www bleepingcomputer com] Article claims that official #Microsoft support technicians used a crack to activate a recalcitrant copy of #Windows. If the report is accurate, that's a big deal and they'll be trying to find and fire that person.
Microsoft support 'cracks' Windows for customer after activation fails
lnxw48a1: I remember seeing this at the time. However, I have seen someone recently claiming that they were able to set up #Win11 without a #Microsoft account.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 06-Mar-2023 21:54:52 EST
I remember seeing this at the time. However, I have seen someone recently claiming that they were able to set up #Win11 without a #Microsoft account.
lnxw48a1: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-teams-free-classic-retirement-no-data-180521994.html [www engadget com] #Microsoft to wipe old data for free business Teams chat users unless they upgrade to paid plan.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 09:53:07 EST
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-teams-free-classic-retirement-no-data-180521994.html [www engadget com] #Microsoft to wipe old data for free business Teams chat users unless they upgrade to paid plan.
Microsoft will wipe free Teams business users' data if they don't upgrade to a paid tier | Engadget
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft attempt to corner the game market met by federal opposition https://nu.federati.net/url/289048 [www cnbc com]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 16:16:43 EST
#Microsoft attempt to corner the game market met by federal opposition https://nu.federati.net/url/289048 [www cnbc com]
Microsoft responds to FTC case seeking to block Activision Blizzard deal, saying it wouldn't hurt competition
lnxw48a1: How have I not seen any of these? Someone should have posted these links already. US #FTC sues to block #Microsoft's #Activision #Blizzard purchase. https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/08/ftc_microsoft_activision/ [www theregister com] #gaming #monopoly
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 13:48:23 EST
How have I not seen any of these? Someone should have posted these links already. US #FTC sues to block #Microsoft's #Activision #Blizzard purchase. https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/08/ftc_microsoft_activision/ [www theregister com] #gaming #monopoly
FTC sues to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover
lnxw48a1: Oh, good grief, #Microsoft. https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/microsoft-confirms-server.html [thehackernews com] Source: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/109213542275494102 #security #breach #Azure #cloud
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 03:00:54 EDT
Oh, good grief, #Microsoft. https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/microsoft-confirms-server.html [thehackernews com] Source: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/109213542275494102 #security #breach #Azure #cloud
lnxw48a1: I'm starting to wonder whether operating a shared #code-hosting platform is only possible with sponsorship. #Gitorious collapsed because their paid hosting couldn't cover their costs (which includes the cost of free hosting). I don't believe #Github ever publicly released figures, but I do remember hearing a rumor that they were not profitable before #Microsoft purchased them. #Bitbucket still persists, but #Atlassian has made so many changes to their offerings that IMO, using their platform is putting everything that touches it at risk. #SourceForge went to all sorts of dangerous extremes to try to monetize the huge number of repositories they host (most of which appear to be residue of projects that have either died or moved their active repos elsewhere). #Darcs_Hub ( #Darcs ), #The_Nest ( #Pijul ), and #ChiselApp ( #Fossil ) are all too small to experience the tremendous cost factors.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 05-Aug-2022 08:53:18 EDT
I'm starting to wonder whether operating a shared #code-hosting platform is only possible with sponsorship. #Gitorious collapsed because their paid hosting couldn't cover their costs (which includes the cost of free hosting). I don't believe #Github ever publicly released figures, but I do remember hearing a rumor that they were not profitable before #Microsoft purchased them. #Bitbucket still persists, but #Atlassian has made so many changes to their offerings that IMO, using their platform is putting everything that touches it at risk. #SourceForge went to all sorts of dangerous extremes to try to monetize the huge number of repositories they host (most of which appear to be residue of projects that have either died or moved their active repos elsewhere). #Darcs_Hub ( #Darcs ), #The_Nest ( #Pijul ), and #ChiselApp ( #Fossil ) are all too small to experience the tremendous cost factors.
hypolite: Why can't we have nice things? Microsoft. Microsoft is why we can't have nice things. ♲ @downey@floss.social: ⚠️ TIL If you use #Microsoft #Outlook, it scans all of your arriving #email and sends the URLs to #Bing for indexing. 😬 #infosec scribe.rip/@ryanbadger/magic-l…
hypolite's status on Wednesday, 29-Jun-2022 15:06:10 EDT
Why can't we have nice things? Microsoft. Microsoft is why we can't have nice things. ♲ @downey@floss.social: ⚠️ TIL If you use #Microsoft #Outlook, it scans all of your arriving #email and sends the URLs to #Bing for indexing. 😬 #infosec scribe.rip/@ryanbadger/magic-l…
lnxw48a1: @bobjonkman As far as I am aware, #Minecraft is not FOSS. It was created by someone called Notch and developed by a company called #Mojang. It required a Mojang account, even on privately host servers. Mojang was purchased by #Microsoft, and their accounts were replaced with Microsoft accounts.
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 27-Jun-2022 13:04:22 EDT
@bobjonkman As far as I am aware, #Minecraft is not FOSS. It was created by someone called Notch and developed by a company called #Mojang. It required a Mojang account, even on privately host servers. Mojang was purchased by #Microsoft, and their accounts were replaced with Microsoft accounts.
lnxw48a1: https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/ #Microsoft's #Github announces coming end for their #Atom code editor.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 09-Jun-2022 14:55:29 EDT
https://github.blog/2022-06-08-sunsetting-atom/ #Microsoft's #Github announces coming end for their #Atom code editor.
rozzin: I don't know why so many people are even using #Microsoft VisualStudio for decidedly non-Microsoft development..., but here's how to get them to stop messing up your EOFs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44704968/visual-studio-code-insert-new-line-at-the-end-of-files
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 17-May-2022 14:59:15 EDT
I don't know why so many people are even using #Microsoft VisualStudio for decidedly non-Microsoft development..., but here's how to get them to stop messing up your EOFs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44704968/visual-studio-code-insert-new-line-at-the-end-of-files
Visual Studio Code — Insert New Line at the End of Files
lnxw48a1: Really big patch Tuesday this month. https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-128-windows-flaws-new-zero-day-reported-nsa [www securityweek com] #microsoft #updates #time_to_update
lnxw48a1's status on Wednesday, 13-Apr-2022 11:54:19 EDT
Really big patch Tuesday this month. https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-128-windows-flaws-new-zero-day-reported-nsa [www securityweek com] #microsoft #updates #time_to_update
lnxw48a1: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/108024686457445956 #Microsoft among major corporations less active in fighting bribery than they should be. https://nu.federati.net/url/285535 [www theverge com] #MSFT ${NASDAQ[MSFT]}
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 26-Mar-2022 17:09:11 EDT
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/108024686457445956 #Microsoft among major corporations less active in fighting bribery than they should be. https://nu.federati.net/url/285535 [www theverge com] #MSFT ${NASDAQ[MSFT]}
Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes, whistleblower alleges
lnxw48a1: -------------------- Hi there, Over the course of 2021, millions of Java Edition players switched over to Microsoft accounts. We’re happy that so many of you are already enjoying benefits like a single account for all Minecraft games, two-factor authentication and improved player safety. Starting on 10 March 2022, your Mojang account, which is used to play Minecraft: Java Edition, must be migrated to a Microsoft account to continue playing. Don't worry – everything about your game and how you play will remain the same, including your in-game username, progress, creations and skins. The only change is how you'll log in. Plus, we'll give you a special cape just for migrating! MIGRATE NOW: https://minecraft.net/move KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT SAFE Be sure to protect your account during migration. Never enter your account details on third-party websites. If you receive an email that asks for your account information, do not respond. Moving your account can only be done through the launcher or on your Minecraft.net account page and only takes a couple of minutes. Mojang will never ask for your account information in any other way. Beware of phishing attempts and keep your account safe! -------------------- I closed my (basically unused after one day) #Minecraft account a long time ago. I'm not going to create a #Microsoft account in order to play a game that I don't play.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 12-Feb-2022 12:12:08 EST
-------------------- Hi there, Over the course of 2021, millions of Java Edition players switched over to Microsoft accounts. We’re happy that so many of you are already enjoying benefits like a single account for all Minecraft games, two-factor authentication and improved player safety. Starting on 10 March 2022, your Mojang account, which is used to play Minecraft: Java Edition, must be migrated to a Microsoft account to continue playing. Don't worry – everything about your game and how you play will remain the same, including your in-game username, progress, creations and skins. The only change is how you'll log in. Plus, we'll give you a special cape just for migrating! MIGRATE NOW: https://minecraft.net/move KEEP YOUR ACCOUNT SAFE Be sure to protect your account during migration. Never enter your account details on third-party websites. If you receive an email that asks for your account information, do not respond. Moving your account can only be done through the launcher or on your Minecraft.net account page and only takes a couple of minutes. Mojang will never ask for your account information in any other way. Beware of phishing attempts and keep your account safe! -------------------- I closed my (basically unused after one day) #Minecraft account a long time ago. I'm not going to create a #Microsoft account in order to play a game that I don't play.
lnxw48a1: I also looked at #Dell and #Microsoft Surface "2n1" tablet-laptop units. Over $1,000 for the cheapest in-stock models, plus all the pain and suffering that goes with using #Windows.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 05-Feb-2022 18:19:34 EST
I also looked at #Dell and #Microsoft Surface "2n1" tablet-laptop units. Over $1,000 for the cheapest in-stock models, plus all the pain and suffering that goes with using #Windows.
lnxw48a1: We talked a lot about #Microsoft's purchase of Activision-Blizzard and other game studios and about price comparisons between #Walmart, #Target, and #Amazon. If an item is available at all three places, I generally prefer to buy it in person at Target, even if it costs more than either Walmart or Amazon.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 29-Jan-2022 20:48:55 EST
We talked a lot about #Microsoft's purchase of Activision-Blizzard and other game studios and about price comparisons between #Walmart, #Target, and #Amazon. If an item is available at all three places, I generally prefer to buy it in person at Target, even if it costs more than either Walmart or Amazon.
lnxw48a1: Today is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #LinkedIn / #LockedOut Learning subscription to learn more about #MSAzure, #AWS, #PowerShell, or even #PHP. I take courses on both #Microsoft and #Amazon clouds, but never #Google, #IBM, #CenturyLink / #Lumen clouds. I need to look into those clouds.
lnxw48a1's status on Tuesday, 25-Jan-2022 10:25:52 EST
Today is a very slow day. Ordinarily, I'd be using the company-paid #LinkedIn / #LockedOut Learning subscription to learn more about #MSAzure, #AWS, #PowerShell, or even #PHP. I take courses on both #Microsoft and #Amazon clouds, but never #Google, #IBM, #CenturyLink / #Lumen clouds. I need to look into those clouds.
hypolite: I believe we’re at the Extinguish step of the Embrace-Extend-Extinguish plan of #Microsoft acquiring #GitHub . ♲ @me@social.catgirl.is: An open source developer pushed an update removing all functionality and deleted their project from GitHub (going so far as to use git push --force to purge the Git commit tree). GitHub and Microsoft used this library internally so they reversed the changes and banned them from GitHub for deleting their project. The issue here is GitHub said you are not allowed to delete your project. twitter.com/marak/status/14792…
hypolite's status on Tuesday, 11-Jan-2022 17:46:04 EST
I believe we’re at the Extinguish step of the Embrace-Extend-Extinguish plan of #Microsoft acquiring #GitHub . ♲ @me@social.catgirl.is: An open source developer pushed an update removing all functionality and deleted their project from GitHub (going so far as to use git push --force to purge the Git commit tree). GitHub and Microsoft used this library internally so they reversed the changes and banned them from GitHub for deleting their project. The issue here is GitHub said you are not allowed to delete your project. twitter.com/marak/status/14792…
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing @bobjonkman #Microsoft has patched the Y2K-alike bug in #Exchange. https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/03/exchange_servery2k22_flaw/
lnxw48a1's status on Monday, 03-Jan-2022 21:20:42 EST
@geniusmusing @bobjonkman #Microsoft has patched the Y2K-alike bug in #Exchange. https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/03/exchange_servery2k22_flaw/
Microsoft patches Y2K-like bug in on-prem Exchange Server
lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing > this is caused by Microsoft using a signed int32 variable to store the value of a date, which has a maximum value of 2,147,483,647 This is basically a Y2K / Y2K32 bug. We’ve known such things could happen since the late 1990s, so I’m really surprised that #Microsoft didn’t use a wider datatype (int64 at least).
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 02-Jan-2022 06:38:32 EST
@geniusmusing > this is caused by Microsoft using a signed int32 variable to store the value of a date, which has a maximum value of 2,147,483,647 This is basically a Y2K / Y2K32 bug. We’ve known such things could happen since the late 1990s, so I’m really surprised that #Microsoft didn’t use a wider datatype (int64 at least).
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft demonstrates its sense of fair play. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-tells-edge-users-chrome-is-so-2008 [www pcmag com] #Bing #Edge #Chrome
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 03-Dec-2021 16:49:13 EST
#Microsoft demonstrates its sense of fair play. https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-tells-edge-users-chrome-is-so-2008 [www pcmag com] #Bing #Edge #Chrome
Microsoft Tells Edge Users Chrome Is 'So 2008'
lnxw48a1: https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/ #Microsoft using tricks to force URLs to open in #MSEdge instead of user's chosen default browser. #Win11
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 12-Nov-2021 08:48:34 EST
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/ #Microsoft using tricks to force URLs to open in #MSEdge instead of user's chosen default browser. #Win11
Latest Windows 11 overrides attempts to avoid using Edge
lnxw48a1: Newest version of #Microsoft #OneDrive on #iOS crashes when one attempts to open it. I noticed it yesterday, as I was attempting to use 1D to move a photo from iPhone to laptop. I’m now hearing that it wasn’t just me. But seriously, why mess with OneDrive? It is just a more invasive and less functional clone of #Dropbox. Get Dropbox instead. Or #NextCloud.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 22-Oct-2021 08:53:55 EDT
Newest version of #Microsoft #OneDrive on #iOS crashes when one attempts to open it. I noticed it yesterday, as I was attempting to use 1D to move a photo from iPhone to laptop. I’m now hearing that it wasn’t just me. But seriously, why mess with OneDrive? It is just a more invasive and less functional clone of #Dropbox. Get Dropbox instead. Or #NextCloud.
fsf: Windows 11 continues #Microsoft's long trend of mistreating users. Read why you're better off avoiding it: https://u.fsf.org/3gd
fsf's status on Tuesday, 05-Oct-2021 16:57:56 EDT
Windows 11 continues #Microsoft's long trend of mistreating users. Read why you're better off avoiding it: https://u.fsf.org/3gd
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft subsidiary evades taxes on $300B of profits https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-subsidiary-used-bermuda-dodge-taxes-315-billion-profit [www windowscentral com] #MSFT … that’s rather tone-deaf; the world is asking corporations to pay their fair share of the tax burden and you’re doing this?
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 18-Jun-2021 17:52:00 EDT
#Microsoft subsidiary evades taxes on $300B of profits https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-subsidiary-used-bermuda-dodge-taxes-315-billion-profit [www windowscentral com] #MSFT … that’s rather tone-deaf; the world is asking corporations to pay their fair share of the tax burden and you’re doing this?
Microsoft subsidiary used Bermuda to avoid taxes on $315 billion
lnxw48a1: https://honeypot.net/post/bing-is-censoring-tank-man-search-results/ https://nu.federati.net/url/281415 https://nu.federati.net/url/281416 #Microsoft #Bing censors Tienanmen Square "Tank Man" search results, even outside of PRC (where they are required to censor such results). Naturally, since most of #DuckDuckGo's results come from Bing, #DDG searches are also censored. This is a good reason for DDG to switch from being Bing results with a little additional from Yandex and Baidu results to either fully independent or at least being more of a metasearch engine.
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 04-Jun-2021 18:18:45 EDT
https://honeypot.net/post/bing-is-censoring-tank-man-search-results/ https://nu.federati.net/url/281415 https://nu.federati.net/url/281416 #Microsoft #Bing censors Tienanmen Square "Tank Man" search results, even outside of PRC (where they are required to censor such results). Naturally, since most of #DuckDuckGo's results come from Bing, #DDG searches are also censored. This is a good reason for DDG to switch from being Bing results with a little additional from Yandex and Baidu results to either fully independent or at least being more of a metasearch engine.
Microsoft Bing censored image searches related to the Tiananmen Square massacre on its 32nd anniversary — even for US users
Microsoft Bing raises concerns over lack of image results for Tiananmen 'tank man'
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
lnxw48a1's status on Sunday, 23-May-2021 22:18:00 EDT
#Microsoft, #Apple, #Google fight against users' #right_to_repair the devices the user paid for. https://nu.federati.net/url/281249 [www bloomberg com]
lnxw48a1: Remember #MSIE? In 2022, #Microsoft is finally ending #Internet_Explorer. Nothing follows #IE11 except a transition to #Edge. https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/internet-explorer-killed-by-2022 [www tomshardware com]
lnxw48a1's status on Friday, 21-May-2021 13:54:09 EDT
Remember #MSIE? In 2022, #Microsoft is finally ending #Internet_Explorer. Nothing follows #IE11 except a transition to #Edge. https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/internet-explorer-killed-by-2022 [www tomshardware com]
Microsoft Is Killing Internet Explorer 11 For Good by 2022
lnxw48a1: Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com] https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC. #Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
lnxw48a1's status on Saturday, 08-May-2021 23:56:36 EDT
Also: #Chromium based browser #Brave disables #Google’s #FLoC https://brave.com/why-brave-disable-floc/ [brave com] https://nu.federati.net/url/281049 [www theverge com] notes that #Mozilla #Firefox currently has no plans to implement #FLoC and that #DuckDuckGo is already working to block FLoC. #Microsoft #Edge and #Apple #Safari issued somewhat evasive answers, but it is expected that Apple will be 100% no on FLoC.
lnxw48a1: @vegosf05 My $EMPLOYER uses Microsoft's cloud-based #Microsoft 365 e-mail system with Outlook as the local client. Which means all mail, foldered or not, is stored in their #Azure cloud platform. Given a choice, I would abandon both #MSOutlook and #MS365. But it is not my call.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 25-Mar-2021 12:03:02 EDT
@vegosf05 My $EMPLOYER uses Microsoft's cloud-based #Microsoft 365 e-mail system with Outlook as the local client. Which means all mail, foldered or not, is stored in their #Azure cloud platform. Given a choice, I would abandon both #MSOutlook and #MS365. But it is not my call.
lnxw48a1: #Microsoft has this irritating 😠 pop-up in #Outlook to tell you how wonderful their new always-in-the-way search is. So far, it seems inadequate for a mid-sized inbox (mine is currently around 8,000 items, though it is time for another pruning), and probably gets worse for people with large inboxes (we have certain people who have over 100,000 items in their inbox). If it is compared with #Bing’s search and the built-in #Windows search, it probably is improved. Since today’s my day off and Rich from Mich (-igan) keeps calling to ask about setting up a laptop, I opened Windows Explorer, found the folder, searched for the “IT Setups Guide” document ... it didn’t appear. But when I manually scrolled and found it, it was there under the name I searched for. In Rich’s defense, he’s setting up a domain laptop for another user in a location that does not have a connection to the domain. I’m not even sure the person who writes that document even covered that situation, but it can’t hurt to ensure Rich has access to the unofficial reference that is now being used in official trainings.
lnxw48a1's status on Thursday, 25-Mar-2021 10:51:11 EDT
#Microsoft has this irritating 😠 pop-up in #Outlook to tell you how wonderful their new always-in-the-way search is. So far, it seems inadequate for a mid-sized inbox (mine is currently around 8,000 items, though it is time for another pruning), and probably gets worse for people with large inboxes (we have certain people who have over 100,000 items in their inbox). If it is compared with #Bing’s search and the built-in #Windows search, it probably is improved. Since today’s my day off and Rich from Mich (-igan) keeps calling to ask about setting up a laptop, I opened Windows Explorer, found the folder, searched for the “IT Setups Guide” document ... it didn’t appear. But when I manually scrolled and found it, it was there under the name I searched for. In Rich’s defense, he’s setting up a domain laptop for another user in a location that does not have a connection to the domain. I’m not even sure the person who writes that document even covered that situation, but it can’t hurt to ensure Rich has access to the unofficial reference that is now being used in official trainings.
hypolite: #Microsoft -led #Github has introduced a new annoying feature: left open overnight, a GitHub browser tab will be unresponsive for a while when trying to interact with it in the morning. I could swear it wasn’t the case a couple months ago.
hypolite's status on Tuesday, 09-Feb-2021 22:18:35 EST
#Microsoft -led #Github has introduced a new annoying feature: left open overnight, a GitHub browser tab will be unresponsive for a while when trying to interact with it in the morning. I could swear it wasn’t the case a couple months ago.