I teach Philosophy.

I need them to think for themselves, which just isn’t happening if they turn in work that isn’t theirs.

So, I’m pretty harsh on anyone using AI. Even if it’s for a discussion post, I’m reporting it to the Academic Integrity office.

This is why we have accommodations offices at colleges.

No problem giving an alternative for those who need it.

I teach at a community college. I see a lot of AI nonsense in my assignments.

So much so that I’m considering blue book exams for the fall.

Youthful rebellion transcends technology.

Is there much difference between this and, say, using a pen to drill a hole in your desk?

I’m practically tech illiterate, but managed to switch myself over to Linux after watching some guides a few years ago.

He’s the 1st one I used: https://youtu.be/4mySqL4bCSw

I have to wonder what the October end of life for Windows 10 will bring in that regard.

Computers are expensive. Some people will buy something new, others won’t be able. That crowd has 2 options of finding a new OS or using one that’s no longer supported.

We have to remember that the people making these decisions have no idea what life is like for a poor person. The kinds of payments that would ruin my life and yours are nothing to them.

So, they think we have the ability to afford these payments because they’re damned fools. They don’t expect mass defaults.

I think they’re wrong about that.

Hey. Thank you for sharing this.

Websites like this are the good part of the internet.

The hunger for money and power increases with how much money and power a person has.

And it’s always been that way.

That’s exactly what it is.

They see more dollar signs from fascism than they do from pretending to care about, well, anything.

Individuals can do that, and they should if they feel like keeping MS.

Organizations are, unfortunately, probably going to remain stagnant and keep paying millions to for things that have free alternatives.

It’s actually really infuriating. When I was in grad school I filed an information request with the college to see how much they paid for access to Office 365 each year. This was in 2021 and they were paying 4 million a year. Meanwhile their grad student employees were all living deeply below the poverty line.

Individual users can make use of free alternatives pretty easily, but I’m not sure they’re actually the target for the price increase here.

Schools, governments, businesses, and other institutions pay wild amounts to MS every year.

I’ve been using Mint and Pop!_OS on two different machines for a few years.

Neither has really required much from me as the user, although I have needed to use the terminal once on each of them.

Personally, I really like the way Pop does window tiling and workspaces.

Plenty of lawyers, at least some of them talented, will offer to defend him for free.

It could make their career.

Ibuprofen if I’m at work, but at home I usually take a short nap and have some coffee after, which works better for me.