Not really. It’ll hide your IP address, and that’s it. So, if you’re logged in or using a browser that supports cookies (all of them, afaik), they can track you. If you clear your entire cache and get a new IP from your VPN, you’ll look like a similar user, but not necessarily the same.

There are other ways than cookies to track you as well, like etags, favicons, localstorage, and fingerprinting, just to name a few. So essentially, no, a VPN does not, by itself, prevent services from tracking you. It is only one single step in the right direction, but there are so many more you would need to take.

That’s not true; there’s also work. Although sometimes that fits under depression.

Very cool. I’m consistently impressed by the KDE devs.

Do they not make cap guns anymore?

Is everything premium? If everything is premium, then nothing is premium.

An i3-N305 in a regular laptop form factor for $1100? I’m good.

Year of the Linux desktop and all that.

I cannot recommend Bazzite enough. It is amazing, and it’s based on Fedora, which is also amazing. I’ve used Arch based distros before, and they can be really cool, but they break once in a while, especially if you haven’t updated them in ages.

I’ve turned on a PC with Fedora after a year and a half, and just updated as usual, and it all worked. Bazzite is even easier, because updating simply means downloading a new base image and updating your Flatpaks. Easy peasy, and very quick.

To get Docker, to run your servers, in Bazzite, you can use ujust:

https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/ujust/

Or switch your base image to Bazzite DX:

https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite-dx

I think it has to do with how often you pay for it. With Office, you just buy it, then you own it. With Office 365, you have to pay for it 365 days a year. You just never stop paying for it.

OnlyOffice and LibreOffice are still called OnlyOffice and LibreOffice.

Don’t worry, that stupid decision will be his responsibility to pay for when his dad dies, and there’s nothing he can do about that.

If it hasn’t happened already, Netflix is dropping the new She-Ra show from their service, and they’ve never released a physical form.

Therefore, it is illegal to watch She-Ra.

You actually are (kind of) burning the disc. At least, a layer of organic dye within the disc. With a laser.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Writing_methods

Fun fact: It actually is kind of burning. With a laser.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Writing_methods

Not enough to set it on fire, but enough to change a dye from translucent to opaque.

For what I use it for (mostly Beat Saber, but also 3D modeling), it’s not bad. For what I’d like to use it for (AAA VR games), it’s terrible. But, it’s way better than the Quest 1 I had before it. Still, the Frame is going to absolutely destroy it.

Yes, that is technically possible, but you’ll probably have to design it yourself, because I don’t think anyone else has/will. You need to really consider the security implications of this kind of setup. If anyone discovers how to send an email in the way you’re talking about to your box, they would 100% be able to take over your box.

I feel the exact same. I have a Quest 3S, and I can’t wait to dump it immediately as soon as I get a Frame.

My spoon is too big.

That’s silly. Here, I added an actual to-scale banana to this photo:

That’s what happens when idiots are in charge.