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AI Has Come for Sweet, Innocent Notepad in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

used to be. doesnt work like it used to now.

I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

seems implausible.

I benchmarked 6 different metal USB sticks in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

is that just the text

What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

otoh a lot of the most useful and enduring software ever made has been made by volunteers in their spare time

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 3 months ago

the thing that most grinds my gears is that there are settings that appear in both control panels and settings, appear to be changeable in both, but only one or the other actually changes anything.

Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

we make exceptions for even the murdering and stealing.

The Verge shows how Google search is useless in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

i havent seen bad results at least. i use one with a good rating/latency listed on searx.space

The Verge shows how Google search is useless in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 6 months ago (7 children)

yes i also noticed google search is absolute trash lately. so i switched to searx and life is better. i only go to google for street view and reverse image search now.

Buckshot Roulette - Reached 1,000,000 Sales. in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago

looks like inscryption :D

Finally joined the "work was throwing it out" club in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

why do these things almost never close properly

You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

i was wondering what would it take to make a free/open/noncommercial search solution maintained by a collective (like wikipedia or something). search is too important to be ruined for everyone by corporations.