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  1. Comment on Windows 11 Cleanup/Configuration Script(s)? in ~comp

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    Most things you are describing can be done with Chris Titus' Winutil. It is an excellent open source Powershell script that launches a GUI. It has a Winget frontend, a privacy page that uses...

    Most things you are describing can be done with Chris Titus' Winutil. It is an excellent open source Powershell script that launches a GUI. It has a Winget frontend, a privacy page that uses things like O&O Shutup Win11 and a page with handy shortcuts among other things. The Winget frontend does exactly what you describe: you can select programs from a list and click install. I am fairly sure you can also import and export lists.

    I am surprised that others haven't mentioned it yet, because it includes many of the recommendations in one handy package and it seems to be what you are looking for.

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  2. Comment on Microsoft moving from Skype to Microsoft Teams in ~tech

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    I don't know. Teams is one of the only webapps that constantly gives me log in errors. It is buggy, the animations are incredibly chuggy even on good hardware and it eats RAM. In terms of UX it is...

    I don't know. Teams is one of the only webapps that constantly gives me log in errors. It is buggy, the animations are incredibly chuggy even on good hardware and it eats RAM. In terms of UX it is leagues behind Discord and Slack. Also, try and open he Inspect Element tool and look at how many errors you get in the console, I get 50 by just opening Teams in vanilla, albeit Ungoogled, Chromium.

    At the same time, what you said is also true: it does everything good enough for most folks.

    On a tangent: I am noticing the same pattern of buggy and slow software on more MS web apps like Word Online.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on US President Donald Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up in ~society

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    I am simply speechless. NATO is dead, it's time for Europe to defend itself.

    I am simply speechless. NATO is dead, it's time for Europe to defend itself.

    38 votes

  4. Comment on How do you go about learning a new language? in ~humanities.languages

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    +1 for this method: it is pretty much how I did a lot of my Spanish learning. A small addition: at the start, it can be hard to find content you can actually follow. One thing I found incredibly...

    +1 for this method: it is pretty much how I did a lot of my Spanish learning. A small addition: at the start, it can be hard to find content you can actually follow. One thing I found incredibly helpful, was "comprehensable input". If you look it up on YT, I'm sure you can find some for beginners. The idea of comprehensable input is that the speaker uses body language and context clues to make understanding easier, so you can learn words from context without someone translating them.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on In praise of the ellipsis in ~books

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    I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it is also used as a kind of de-intensifier by some people (millenial women?), so a modifier to make a sentence less formal/stiff.

    I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it is also used as a kind of de-intensifier by some people (millenial women?), so a modifier to make a sentence less formal/stiff.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Non-Americans: How's it going? in ~society

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    Very true, but it only talks about urban planning. Our politics atm and our housing crisis are not so great.

    Very true, but it only talks about urban planning. Our politics atm and our housing crisis are not so great.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Stellantis introduces pop-up ads in vehicles, sparking outrage among owners in ~transport

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    This reads like an Onion article.

    This reads like an Onion article.

    14 votes

  8. Comment on The best charity isn't what you think in ~humanities

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    I don't necessarily think effective altruism is all red flags. One idea from effective altruism that I think is really insightful is that we shouldn't base altruistic efforts solely on "vibes" or...

    I don't necessarily think effective altruism is all red flags. One idea from effective altruism that I think is really insightful is that we shouldn't base altruistic efforts solely on "vibes" or feelings. E.g if we can help more people by something that feels less satisfying but actually helps more people/some people better, that should be the way to go. That said, yes, you should absolutely also give to charities you care about. I donate to open source, but that is definitely not the most effective charity.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Did Donald Trump's executive order just make everyone in the US female? in ~society

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    Brb, changing all people in the government database to Sex = NULL

    Brb, changing all people in the government database to Sex = NULL

    5 votes

  10. Comment on Nvidia announces four next-gen RTX 5000 GPUs in ~tech

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    It's anecdotal evidence, granted, but my AMD card has been going strong for 4 and a half years. Honestly, I don't care about which brand is better, the only thing I care about is Linux support and...

    It's anecdotal evidence, granted, but my AMD card has been going strong for 4 and a half years. Honestly, I don't care about which brand is better, the only thing I care about is Linux support and AMD is plain better at that. I hope Nvidia improves so we get more choice. Hence I am only buying AMD for the foreseeable future.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is reaching end of standard support soon: April 2025. Plan to upgrade soon! in ~tech

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    Well put, I always recommend Linux Mint to beginners for that reason, even though I use Fedora myself.

    Well put, I always recommend Linux Mint to beginners for that reason, even though I use Fedora myself.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is reaching end of standard support soon: April 2025. Plan to upgrade soon! in ~tech

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    You should then probably add rpmfusion for version 38 first, then upgrade, then remoce the old one.

    You should then probably add rpmfusion for version 38 first, then upgrade, then remoce the old one.

  13. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society

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    Than I am even more baffled. He should know better.

    Than I am even more baffled. He should know better.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is reaching end of standard support soon: April 2025. Plan to upgrade soon! in ~tech

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    For the desktop? I feel that that is indeed the case. For the server, Ubuntu is still the largest by far, followed by maybe Debian or Alpine.

    For the desktop? I feel that that is indeed the case. For the server, Ubuntu is still the largest by far, followed by maybe Debian or Alpine.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society

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    Yes, alt-history indeed. The whole thing is bonkers. The whole idea of the EU was peace and cooperation on the European continent. Canada as a full member would make absolutely no sense. Closer...

    France, historically reticent to enlarge the EU, would jump at the chance of a new French-speaking member—though it might settle for letting in just francophone Quebec, which is again mumbling about seceding.

    Yes, alt-history indeed. The whole thing is bonkers. The whole idea of the EU was peace and cooperation on the European continent. Canada as a full member would make absolutely no sense. Closer ties? Why not, but membership is insanity. The whole thing feels like a typical American speaking on things they have absolutely no idea about.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on [SOLVED] Looking for recommendations on new GPU in ~tech

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    My two cents on the driver: I haven't heard many people using the closed source driver, since the open source one works like a charm. For me, the main advantage of having an open source driver, is...

    My two cents on the driver: I haven't heard many people using the closed source driver, since the open source one works like a charm. For me, the main advantage of having an open source driver, is that it works out of the box and that the kernel developers can work on it. As for the equal, issues, I have just installed Linux on my brothers PC with an older Nvidia GPU and it's given nothing but problems, meanwhile my AMD GPU of 4 years has never had issues. Also, installing the Nvidia driver was not easy either. So my advice: given they are equal, pick the AMD card.

    1 vote

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  18. Comment on What’s something you’re personally proud of from this year? in ~life

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    That's amazing my guy! Congratulations!

    That's amazing my guy! Congratulations!

    5 votes

  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~society

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    With the latter, wouldn't more member states block it?

    With the latter, wouldn't more member states block it?

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech

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    I would be interested as well

    I would be interested as well