No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

Post by ajkjk » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 6:38 PM UTC

GeekyBear wrote: post #389

ajkjk wrote: post #218

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the fact that you have to have an apple account to do all kinds of basic developer tasks (installing Xcode / Xcode command line tools, which are needed for lots of stuff last time I checked (a few years ago?)) is evidence that they suck also. But not nearly as bad as Microsoft who are actively scum from the moment you first turn the computer on.

"I need a free developer account to download Xcode" is certainly more user friendly than "I have to pay a subscription fee or pay up front to use Visual Studio".

Post by m463 » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 9:34 PM UTC

Podrod wrote: post #36

I used to use Windows Backup with One Drive years ago but it just really pissed me off, especially with how My Documents is handled. There was that time I discovered several GB of screenshots had been automatically saved to My Pictures from some setting they snuck into the printscreen screen grab tool and then that of course those were automatically uploaded to the cloud. After disabling the option it would sometimes…

Post by chasing0entropy » Mon, Oct 13, 2025, 11:21 PM UTC

eptcyka wrote: post #108

chasing0entropy wrote: post #90

It baffles me how many people on HN cannot operate with a simple deny-all firewall. The windows version and updates I install are the only updates installed. The files I back up are the only files that back up. Nothing can connect to the internet. Not Windows Update, Not google chrome update, Not onedrive, Nor any virus or malware program. Reliance on the internet is the problem. No windows version including windows…

I do not believe it is reasonable to use an OS where you need to do hostage negotiation on a daily basis. If you need to go this far, what will you do when an MS update adds a bypass for the firewall you’re using?

Post by zaptheimpaler » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 5:12 AM UTC

queenkjuul wrote: post #433

zaptheimpaler wrote: post #317

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I'm one of the immigrant groups people don't seem to like very much these days, but even I recognize some degree of ethnonationalism or desire to restrict immigration is NOT bigotry. I can empathize how jarring it must be to begin to feel like a minority in your own country - even if they aren't minorities nationally, they may be in local urban pockets. Unfettered immigration IS causing problems in many places, is of…

That's all well and good except he didn't say he wanted stricter immigration controls, he endorsed openly bigoted and unapologetically violent white supremacist Tommy Robinson

Post by queenkjuul » Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 7:17 AM UTC

zaptheimpaler wrote: post #447

queenkjuul wrote: post #433

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That's all well and good except he didn't say he wanted stricter immigration controls, he endorsed openly bigoted and unapologetically violent white supremacist Tommy Robinson

I don't see him endorsing the guy somewhere else and all i see in this post is: > So I get the frustration that many Brits have with the way mass immigration has changed the culture and makeup of not just London, but their whole country. That frustration was on wide display in Tommy Robinson's march yesterday. British and English flags flying high and proud, ... That doesn't sound like an endorsement to me.