I had very recently come across a reactionary content left-wing YouTube channel, reacting to Rachel Maddow of MSNBC reacting to Elon Musk’s interview… I thought that was pretty bizarre. (link).

It was a 30 second intro segment, then a 8 minute clip of the Maddow show, followed by a 1 minute outro commentary segment.

I love how the “convincing the problem is magically solved” step is not between the reversing the stupid decision and making one, as one might put it logically. Yet, it explains Trump’s Republican regime perfectly.

I’m not an admin, so I can’t stop you from doing that. I’m not sure why you’re asking for my permission.

You should read this on why seemingly arbitrary, but nuanced moderation is needed to have a friendly space online.

There exist instances that have more of a free-speech “focus”, but despite that most instances cannot tolerate intolerance, harassment, trolling, illegal or borderline illegal stuff. There is generally more tolerance for disagreement on Lemmy than other forums, where unpopular takes are heavily downvoted instead of removed.

A common sequence of events that happens with trolls or flamebaiters:

• Troll says something unpopular, but not rule breaking (comment downvoted but not removed by mods)
• Several other people respond/rebut
• Troll continues a long back-and-forth argument that gets nowhere, or resorts to ad hominems, slurs or personal attacks (rule-breaking)
• comments get reported
• Mods remove the entire thread including the initial comment, and give out a community ban
• Troll decries censorship of the initial not rule-breaking comment, when it was the follow up that was the problem.

So yeah, it’s to keep out the jerks. Behave well, think of others as you speak, then you will find yourself able to say more than in places with professed free-speech absolutism. If you don’t like that, start your own instance so that no one can moderate you in your own space, and watch the jerks, trolls and spammers roll in after a while.

For administration, you have Group Policy, Active Directory, SAM, and various other things to read up on. Like others have said you can do everything in PowerShell but commands are super verbose. Microsoft does keep thorough documentation on it at least.

In terms of helping people with issues, you have the Windows Registry (kind of like dconf for GNOME), Backup Restore, Updates (most IT spend most of the time after fixing not working stuff, is convincing people to update their computers). If you can think on your feet, you’ll be able to solve 90% of most workers’ issues with some digging even if you didn’t know Windows more than your average computer guy.

In terms of app development, tweaking and troubleshooting, there are a myriad of frameworks, like MFC, .NET, Electron, Microsoft Access databases somehow turned into a vital business application, etc.

Most app developers learn one of the various systems, then end up sticking with it causing Microsoft to support a hodge podge of 20+ year old native frameworks, while others import whatever newfangled crossplatform wrapper of the day is popular. So good luck if learning this is your goal.

Trump and Lutnick will be turning the American economy into a Lootbox/Skinner Box economy… let the FOMO purchasing flow through you, buy buy buy before the tariffs go on again!

Sounds like something a Tren de Aragua member would say. Bake him away, toys.

It’s going to be “become Truth Social 2 or else we’ll break your company’s legs” from the Trump admin now.

Stop non-antidisenshittification.

If only he had paid attention in math class after grade 1.

Hello there.

[email protected] discussion, you are a bold one.

China is looking like a real stable partner in a world of instability instigated by the US president. The pitfalls of putting all of one’s industrial base eggs in one basket remain an issue.

Tying oneself fully to China to escape the US will put countries in the exact same bind they are in now, just under a different regime. The important thing for 3rd countries is diversification, relying on a balance of local, regional and international trade partners.

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I wouldn’t usually wish toxic gamer chat lobbies on anyone, but Elon Musk is one of the few for which it is well-deserved.

what’s Ron Vara’s take on this?

Make sure you check out places like [email protected], on there and other communities on that site there be many a sailor like you. What’s better is you can participate without having to make a new account!

I have my Reddit account but I have sworn off posting there… I use Lemmy full time and visit Reddit out of curiousity sometimes, but most often logged out.

Lemmy is just so much better quality.

Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.

From the article.

Not sure if the same thing but in Japan the Pre-purchase reservation lottery has already opened.

For the US only, lol