lmao

not necessarily, but it’s definitely easier to avoid having machine id without it

also to login with edge on top of that

unfortunately https://lemmy.ml/post/49710604

Imagine your computer has a secret ID number that Microsoft gives it when you sign in with your Microsoft account. This number is like a permanent nametag that your computer wears. Even if you use a VPN to hide your location, that nametag stays the same.

A hacker used a VPN to hide while breaking into a jewelry store’s computer system. But Microsoft helped the FBI find him because his computer’s secret nametag kept showing up everywhere he went online. They matched that nametag to his social media accounts and other stuff he did, and that’s how they caught him. Most people didn’t even know this secret nametag existed, and you can’t turn it off without breaking your computer.

perhaps you did?

Neither is it my first language, what’s your point?

today I learned that automation denigrates humanity

at least you’re self aware

It appears that you are in need of help with reading comprehension here because I was not talking about any particular government.

I do admire their unwavering dedication to the clown act though.

Which doesn’t change the point which is that your own government has far more agency over you than a foreign one.

you can really tell people put thought into aesthetic and overall functionality there

I’m saying flatpack didn’t even have to use machine-id at all for anything it does. I don’t know why you’re so invested in the idea that this was somehow necessary and nothing better is possible.

yeah here’s an archive https://archive.ph/a6Tmo

There are microkernels like minix and they work well, but that’s a different animal because user space is where you actually do make changes much more commonly than in the kernel. Also, I don’t really follow your argument regarding flatpack, it’s like you’re implying that containerized apps couldn’t exist without using machine-id for some reason?

a lot of nazis were killed in ww2 I suppose

I’ve already explained repeatedly how systemd goes against core Unix philosophy. Communities can form around all kinds of things, just because a community forms around bad idea that doesn’t mean it should be automatically accepted. Linux did get modular design largely right, that’s the whole problem here. Systemd throws the baby out with the bath water. Monolithic design was basically more convenient for companies trying to monetize the platform.

Systemd has gotten plenty of backlash as well, I’m certainly not the only person who sees the problems with it. The problem is that it’ll keep getting pushed by commercial interests. And the same thing will happen with AI incidentally.

pretty good overview here https://www.thomasfazi.com/p/the-ukraine-wars-big-lie

found the fascist