subignition

If a hacker can get into the device remotely it can be an entry point to your home network.

The much bigger concern is that the pathway used to send the remote kill command could very easily be utilized by nefarious actors.

In addition to what another poster said about getting an off-site backup hard drive, I would recommend looking into setting up a raid array for data redundancy with your online storage. You don’t want one hard drive failure to make all of your data inaccessible.

Take ~= have ~= do

Take a break == have a break, but a break isn’t a tangible thing, so this is shorthand for “do the actions required to constitute a break”

“Secretly tested” meaning they didn’t inform users when they started doing it. Y’know, like any experimental feature is called out and explained? I hope you’re just having a bad day because this is some pretty rough reading comprehension

This reeks of manufactured engagement.

I think they’re saying they’re not open between 12am - 6am unless you’re using one of their chargers

Trump doesn’t care about the concept of consent. This should come as no surprise :/

Should probably plan for the worst case scenario where that trade is eliminated and mitigate it elsewhere as best as possible. America’s leadership has become cancerous, and figuratively speaking, leaning into their isolationism and letting them starve themselves out as a consequence of not understanding how economic globalization works is probably the best shot at real change.

You would think this was already a thing, it seems incredibly obvious and intuitive

…No. I am saying that too much abstraction of how something actually works is detrimental to the end user. It’s not about making things intentionally more complicated, it’s about removing the need to understand key components of something ultimately causing more harm than good.

What are you even talking about? You’re trying to make an analogy here but it’s a really poor one.

Keep in mind this status quo is already the result of decades of oversimplification. I am not saying everyone needs to compile the Linux kernel in order to have a computer. I’m saying you should have a basic level of familiarity with the computer you’re using, same as any other tool.

You should know how to check and top up your engine oil, change a tire in an emergency, etc, if you’re going to own a car. You should know how to safely handle, operate, store, transport, and clean your firearm if you’re going to own a gun. You should know how to empty the chamber or bag, clean the filters correctly, what not to suck up and how to troubleshoot if you do, if you’re going to own a vacuum. You should know how to operate it, when and how it should be cleaned, and what not to do while it’s running, if you’re going to own an electric range. You should know the difference between a web browser and your computer’s filesystem, the difference between RAM and storage, and that you can Internet search most errors to judge whether you’re comfortable trying to fix them yourself or not, if you’re going to own a computer.

There will ALWAYS be a point where it’s more worth paying someone else instead of learning something yourself. But it’s about the cost-benefit analysis, and the threshold for what’s considered “intricate” is a depressingly low bar where computers are concerned. As I’m sure you are well aware.

You should not expect to use a tool (edit: competently) without spending time learning how to use it. Photoshop has a learning curve too, even if it’s an easier one.

Big tech designing their products to be overly simple is one of the driving forces behind the average user having poor patience and aptitude for tech.

That’s terrifying.

Since when does anyone refer to North Koreans as Norks 🥴

Oh, I see. They should have agreed to a ceasebomb instead.

save some adjectives for the rest of us

can it be VM’d?