Notices by Michela Marie 🏳️‍🌈 (michelamarie@mastodon.social), page 22

@ada I usually say, "real space." It's accurate, intuitive, and concise. 🙂

"Facebook’s new move isn't about privacy. It’s about domination"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/facebook-privacy-domination

@mxsiege Let's also stop calling transition "irreversible damage." It's change, not destruction.

@oolongstains That sounds terrifying.

@eff Who needs WhatsApp at all?

There are so many other good chat programs that aren't owned by such an unethical company.

@thurloat Ah, yeah. That's a pain. Fortunately, nothing I need only runs on Windows. Hopefully, all the kit you need will be available without that sort of requirement soon. 😕

@Theophilus @thurloat Yeah. Similar here. I can't stand Windows. So I will always find a way to avoid running it. That's pretty easy these days. I haven't come across anything vital in my work that required me to run it on my desktop in quite a few years now.

Linux is on 90%+ of the machines I manage, and (in my case) I can even take care of the few Windows servers via my Fedora workstation with no problems.

I don't really play games, which makes things even easier. 😄

@thurloat @Theophilus Nice. My company uses it the same way. Why do you have to run Windows? Does your employer force you yo have it on your desktop?

@thurloat Go with KVM. It's fantastic.

@privacyint Good! This is a relief to hear. Hopefully, Facebook does the same.

@privacyint Good! This is a relief to hear.

@Wraptile Thanks for that. 😄

I do know how compilation works -- that part of my post is more of a legal / ethical question, rather than a technical one. The compiled copies for download actually have a different license as per the VS Code web site. It doesn't seem usual for the two forms of a program (binary vs source) to legally have different licenses (but hey, maybe it is).

I'm taking a #Python programming course and our instructor asked us to use Visual Studio Code.

I was hesitant at first, though I have warmed up to it and now think VS Code is the first Microsoft program I've really liked since Microsoft Decathlon (I was a little kid then, and it wasn't new. :P).

That said, I still don't feel super comfortable about using a product from such a notorious company, and the code is open source but the binary isn't. (wtf??).

@maxeddy You're one of us now, Max. . . one of us.

@sesivany I also think this is a great idea, though I don't want to move or have multiple accounts.

I would probably subscribe to all the feeds on such an instance, in any case! 🙂