"Make it... Suntori time..."
"I have another device running Windows 11. It's festered with ads"
I have 3 Windows 11 installations, one work machine, one home machine, and an SSD boot drive for the Steam Deck (some games require Windows 11).
I agree, the ads enabled by default on Win 11 are annoying. But it's not rocket science to turn them off. In fact, it's easier to remove the ads from Windows 11 than it is to spin up and learn how to use a Linux distro (and I have three of those myself, file server, media server, standard Steam Deck).
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-remove-most-annoying-ads-from-windows
"Settings > Personalization > Start and disable Show suggestions occasionally in Start (Windows 10) or Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more (Windows 11).
If you have a problem with any of the live tiles that Windows 10 has stuck on your Start screen—some of which are pre-installed junk or trials—right-click on the one that's bugging you and choose Uninstall to remove the app. Alternatively, right-click and choose More > Turn Live Tile Off to turn it into a simple shortcut to the app.
Settings > Personalization > Lock screen and switch your background from Windows spotlight to Picture or Slideshow.
Settings > System > Notifications & actions and unchecking Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows. You can also untick Show me the Windows welcome experience, which shows those annoying tours after Windows updates, as well as Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device.
In Windows 11, open Settings > System > Notifications and disable Suggested from the Notifications from apps and other senders section. You'll also need to scroll down and unfurl Additional settings to disable options like Show the Windows welcome experience and Get tips and suggestions.
Disable Ads From Bloatware
Some of the "ads" you see pop up as notifications may not be from Microsoft at all. Instead, it could be bloatware installed by your PC maker. For instance, working on a Dell laptop, I found that SupportAssist, My Dell, and Partner Promo are added by the manufacturer. A Lenovo ThinkPad, meanwhile, has Lenovo Commercial Vantage. But I noticed that Microsoft no longer includes these apps in my Notifications settings. Instead, I had to track down Lenovo's app, open to its Preference settings, and disable certain messages myself. These programs can also be uninstalled completely, if you prefer.
Settings > Privacy & security > General and disable the Show me suggested content in the Settings app option.
Get Ads Out of File Explorer
Open File Explorer in Windows 11, click the ellipsis icon, then select Options from the menu. If you're still on Windows 10, click View > Options > Change folder and search options.
Click the View tab in the window that appears, scroll down to Show sync provider notifications and uncheck that box. This should prevent ads from showing up in File Explorer again.
Settings > Privacy > General and turn off Let apps use advertising ID, if you'd rather have non-targeted ads. In Windows 11, it's called Let apps show me personalized ads by using my advertising ID."
Does that mean he'll shut up now?
Self posts are not allowed.
We don't allow editorialized headlines, the original might have changed up on you:
"Following controversy, all names will be left off Canadian monument to ‘victims of communism’"
Please fix it or we'll have to remove it.
World is not the place for Internal US News.
Congress taking action to release any kind of file goes in !news@lemmy.world or !politics@lemmy.world
Unfortunately, there's no process for that. Single judges can be removed via impeachment, but being a partisan hack is not a high crime.
Similarly, nothing can happen with Conservatives controlling the House and Senate.
"I’d like to ask you to speak with your student about the dangers of pretending to have a weapon on a school campus."
Or... now hear me out... OR the students flood the AI with false data rendering it useless.
You need to Planet of the Apes that...
Humans left Earth in the present day and through some wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff end up flung into the future and don't realize it.
They aren't aliens discovering the husk of Earth, they're us.
Bonus if some of the angry ghosts are friends/family of some of the crew members.
When we bought this lovely mid-century modern house a few years ago, my only real complaint was "I hate that fucking wall!"
Short term solution was to bury it behind bookshelves, but it's still there... LURKING. It irks me just knowing it's still there, that half-assed wainscoting made of plywood strips and blue paint.
At a minimum, my plan is to pull the plywood off and re-paint before putting the bookracks back, but there has to be something nicer.
Maybe something like this above the bookracks where the wall is exposed? I dunno. I'm open to ideas.
I had been talking with my wife about long term organizational plans... The bookshelves in the library are 30 year old, bending, crappy plywood that need to be replaced, and my plan was:
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Clean out the back bedroom.
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Get new bookshelves for the library that are taller, wider, and will add over 200 linear inches of shelf space.
Current library:
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Figure out how many of the old bookshelves can be moved into the back bedroom (four! four bookshelves! Ah ha ha! Maybe 5 if I get super lucky.)
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Put the empties in the back bedroom for more DVD storage, then fix the wall they sit in front of because I hate that wall treatment (long story).
Ugly ass-wall:
(It was like that when we bought the house, loved the house, HATED that wall. I need to pull down the plywood slats and re-paint to get rid their janky ass-wainscoting.)
- Put together the new racks and re-assemble the library.
All told, a lot of work. My plan was to do all this a little at a time over a period of months.
WELL... Our kid asked my wife what he should get for Christmas.
Turns out... 5 new bookshelves show up TOMORROW.
I can't be mad... it's a gift. But holy hell... I wasn't ready to start the project TOMORROW.
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Harley Davidson too!
https://michiganross.umich.edu/rtia-articles/harley-davidson-move-shows-dangers-trump-trade-war