Notices by Brokar (brokar@mastodon.social)

@aral

Well, i guess you had your data exported before deactivation. Why not send a separate email for every post you made, asking them to delete the 'specific data', namely the post?

I think everybody should do that after deletion. See if they react a little more forthcoming when the inbox gets flooded. And why do they think that article 17 doesn't apply to them? The only loophole i see is that they call on article 17 p.3d, for archieving purposes. But that would be a stretch before court.

@nixCraft I still have SCART cables in my box.. just saying!

@arstechnica Not enough because Meta is a repeat offender.

They should be paying that amount multiplied by the amount of times they got previously caught with something.

@arstechnica
I am more astounded over the fact that people are actually astounded by that.

I would have put 90% of my money on that fact if we had to bet on it.

@itsfoss ... and the number of times you can use the "Start" button is also limited.

@eff If the EU had some balls they'd just block apple.com for a week and see how it goes.

@eff Pff they will rather unplug the constitution than unplugging the surveillance machine they ramped up after 9/11.

@arstechnica "Who knew?"

Everybody. People even consented to that. Nobody cared because most people can't think that far ahead.

@nixCraft because it's easier to blame someone than to make an effort 😉

Don't get upset by those trolls, keep the conversation history as proof and you'll be fine should anyone else ever ask about that.

@arstechnica Nah, we better find a way to mine the minerals. I heard they're worth trillions. I saw that in a movie, it must be true! 😘

@arstechnica Well, it would even have been better, when instead there would have been an opt-in option which is turned off by default!

But politicians get so much money from them that they care more about invasive, parasitic business than the safety and privacy of their constituents. And you voted for him (well, somebody did)!

@nixCraft
I know that many small businesses have hotmail, gmx, t-online, gmail accounts. because they're free of charge.
The emails you need to be sensible about are HTML emails, there it's possible to visibly disguise the target http link.
Every serious company has a link in it so that you can see the HTML in the browser. So rather than blocking, switch off emails with HTML content.
With text-only emails you always see the actual link.

@arstechnica They wouldn't do it if they had to pay for the handling, tansport and storage of the nuclear waste.

This is still paid by the tax payer, you (which is also the expensive part of running a nuclear power plant), for the next <insert any number between 100 and 5,000,000> years.

So thank you all for support and helping Microsoft running the AI crap.

@nixCraft 25 years in business (Windows)
1-no
2-who hasn't?
3-no, the sh*t was too expensive
4-no, i always double check
5-erm... yes
6-no, i always keep backups
7-only on personal projects

Worst case i can remember was when installing a service pack and the server threw a "file not found" after reboot. Had to try the service pack 5 more times after recovery. The reason was that the RAID controller was not battery backed and it rebooted before the data was successfully written to the disk.

@arstechnica That's what you get when you leave kids alone even for 1 millisecond! Bend the rules or cheat! How many movies like Terminator or I Robot do they have to make until someone wakes up? No harm done yet but wait 5 more years. They will only notice when it's too late, like with the climate change.

@arstechnica well, as long as the honking is the only malfunction, i can live with that. But imagine just because the moon is in zenith and the air pressure is 10 ticks above average the brakes won't work or the mileage counter is exactly at 10.000 and the car suddenly starts accellerating uncontrollably and for some reason noone can't disengage the auto pilot.

@arstechnica "...and that Starliner is unable to undock autonomously with the current software configuration on the vehicle."

Well, software update? Anyone?

Thrusters overheating?
Maybe rewatch how it's done right or ask someone who actually understands that stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUkbdqw9pBk

@arstechnica Anyone still using Chrome?

@nixCraft This is all part of the big scheme. You build flawed software and then you provide long-year service to fix the issues. Just look at Microsoft, they excel in it. And the shreholders win.

Also there is a saying:
The mother of idiots is always pregnant.

@eff Believe me, they'll try again next election cycle. They always do until they succeed. Maybe fabricate another terrorist cyber attack or something to justify that next time.