Or the result of cost cutting…

It’s crazy how different people are. The idea of sitting through a video to do something like this is so painful to me. Like I find it useful for physical things where seeing the motion can be helpful, but I still generally find doing things that way awful. Please, please, please just give me written instructions for things. Especially if I’m going to need to refer back to it a few times (e.g. there are multiple steps that take a bit of time).

Do VPNs make that feature kind of pointless? We can’t access most things from home without going through a VPN. Every where I’ve worked (and gone to school) was like that.

Does your RSVP have options for remote vs in person? My options are “accept”, “decline”, and “tentative.” If I want to tell someone I’m remote that day, it needs to be a separate message.

The Windows is not free. The OEMs pay a license fee and that cost is passed on to people buying those computers.

Ok then switch to streaming. My point was just that just because you have a VHS collection doesn’t mean you can’t get media in another way and still use your VHS collection. And most people would use both while they transitioned. Throwing out all your VHSs for the hot new thing isn’t something a lot of people did. Or throwing out all your DVDs because streaming is a thing. People aren’t restricted to one thing.

My point is people still used that VHSs. They just also bought DVDs. For most people, you didn’t only use one. I think most people went through a period where they used both.

Because they’re engaging in harmful behaviors and need to be broken up and regulated.

I’m not talking about replacing your VHS collection but buying DVDs in addition. You would still watch both. Maybe buying a DVD player was a barrier. But it wasn’t that you owned VHS.

You don’t pre-emptively punish people not causing harm. That’s a bad way to go.

You don’t need to bring your library. Having your library split between multiple platforms isn’t a big deal and most people do it. You just don’t give them any more money.

People didn’t not buy DVDs because they had a library of VHSs.

“Let’s wait for them to start doing illegal stuff before we use the law against them.” Yeah, of course.

If they hiked prices above what other stores offered, consumers would leave. If they lowered prices to be untenable for developers, developers would leave, and consumers would follow (they’d probably grumble, but they’d go where the games are). There isn’t a lock in for future sales on either side. So do you think they can do whatever they want with prices with no consequences?

You’ve driven on public roads with other people, and you want to add a third dimension to that?

Periods going away or getting lighter is a side affect of hormonal IUDs. Copper IUDs have no mechanism to make them go away, and seem to pretty commonly make cramps and bleeding worse. .

On my phone if I hold down on the suggested word in the keyboard area, I can delete it from “learned words.” This is only really helpful if it’s a typo that isn’t also a real word.

In California, that actually sounds extremely useful.

You know what the plan to store a lot of nuclear waste in America is? Bury it in west nowhere, Texas.

If we’re talking about home desktop users (I’m including laptops, but not phones/tablets), I think that number is on the decline. 10-20 years ago, you generally needed a computer to function. Now, I use my desktop for some games and to do taxes. And last year, I actually did taxes on my phone (I had newborn twins so sitting down at a computer for any meaningful amount of time was not happening). It was a little bit of a pain, but totally do-able. My mom didn’t bother getting another desktop after hers died a year ago.

Mobile devices usually don’t encourage tech savviness and it seems to be the direction most personal use of computers is going.

The people who can’t tell the difference between 720p and 4k seem like the least likely to try changing their operating system.