zqps

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[–] zqps 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh, colonialism has ended less than it has evolved.

[–] zqps 3 points 1 day ago

Get better soon.

[–] zqps 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry to burst that bubble, but just because you were never taught about the things they're talking about doesn't mean they didn't happen.

It just means your education system, like most, is run by nationalists that care more aboutv using mythology to make more nationalists than about conveying historical fact.

[–] zqps 5 points 2 days ago

Just saying, Liberal isn't the end of the spectrum.

[–] zqps 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And even then there was significant support for the nazis among influential whites, before they started threatening the territorial integrity of Western nations. The US's principled opposition to fascism has always been a retcon.

Though while I don't like how it completely blinds Americans to the dangers of homegrown fascism, I will say there are much worse stories to base a national mythology on. In that sense it was nice while it lasted. Pretty much the same goes for Russia.

[–] zqps 16 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately he's following the playbook of people who do know how to do things and accomplish goals. And they were much better prepared this time than in 2016.

[–] zqps 4 points 2 days ago

iOS users: "What the hell is a 'Folder'?!?”

[–] zqps 1 points 2 days ago

Win+X is also great. Especially since the Start Menu doesn't allow for quick shutdown commands since Win 8.

[–] zqps 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think that's being a bit unfair to Windows. Some of its keyboard shortcuts are stupid, but it does have them. When it doesn't, the problem is the application.

[–] zqps 2 points 6 days ago

The dataset ("what you have on it") and the quality of navigation are two very different things. For the first you can help directly to address it, for example with the app StreetComplete.

[–] zqps 5 points 1 week ago

I am not upset in the slightest. Maybe I should have made that clear. By all means voice away! It's just like I said, Windows benefits heavily from us learning its quirks when we had the time and patience to do so, and with much lower standards than today. The comparison doesn't seem all that helpful as a result.

[–] zqps 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mounting a network share is beyond the usage scope of the DAU you describe. They need a functional default desktop environment, working standard drivers for their standard hardware, and a browser. That's pretty much it.

And let's not pretend there's anything intuitive about Windows distinguishing between accessing a network share, and mounting it as a virtual drive. This is just the staying power of "whatever I'm used to from an age when I had the curiosity and patience to figure stuff out".

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