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[–] 50 points 9 months ago

They won't tell you we are living in techno-feudalism, but there'll be signs.

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  • [–] 66 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It’s like Microsoft is telling you that you don’t own the computer any more - “My Computer” is now “This PC”.

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  • [–] 32 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Huh, thinking about it, I've never seen a computer in the 2009 icon form factor. Sure there's the simple rectangle case, but that skinny silver curved case?

    Also, its kind of funny the 2026 version is an all-in-one-computer, which is more of Apple's thing. Sure there's probably a dozen options for a Windows all in one, but when I see that icon I think of an iMac.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    You probably already know, but for the crowd:

    Usually thin clients are clients that remotely connect into a central server that runs their VM, and the VM actually handles the compute. Like older mainframe and endpoint setups.

    There's still some minor compute hardware/resources on the thin client itself, but it'll probably be more lightweight than expected. Maybe equivalent to an early model raspi?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    A school i went to around 2010 had something similar

    It was all to connect remotely to a real server that ran windows

    The device on the desktop was just for connecting peripherals, power, ethernet and monitor

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    [–] 26 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Yet more reasons to move to Linux

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Hey now, we need to let these folks fester in peace. They don't want our religion shoved down their throats.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    "Adobe is literally taking works I've made to train ai, Microsoft is forcing me to use AI and taking ownership of my PC and files away from me by forcing me to use the cloud, as well as tracking everything I do and taking screenshots of my screen every few seconds, Apple tries it damnest to squeeze every little bit of money from me, but at least I don't need to download Linux Mint, flash it to a pen drive, back up my files and install it on my computer. It's totally impossible for me to use Kdenlive, GIMP or libre office!"

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    It's to warm people up to the idea that eventually there will just be a screen connected to the network. Any actual computing being done will be hidden behind multiple subscriptions.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I prefer ≈/

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