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    [–] [email protected] 99 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I stopped using Windows over a decade ago and Padme is right. My windows using friends are always mad about some change or another and I'm just chill as a cucumber.

    [–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I feel a sense of ownership over my OS. I tinker, I experiment, I break things and sometimes I fix them.
    I still get mad, but it's our problem. We got here together and I know that we can do better.
    Windows feels like renting. The landlord only shows up when I'm not ready, fixes stuff that wasn't broken, doesn't fix any of the things that I need fixed, keeps raising the rent and installing hidden cameras. If I want to fix anything, it costs way more, is way harder because the landlord won't tell me where anything is, gets un-fixed every time the landlord visits, and after all that it's just fixing someone else's house.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

    I like that comparison a lot. Thanks for sharing.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    This is the first time I've ever wanted a reward system on any social media platform. Sure, I've used Steam rewards and such because they're there. I put emojis on chat messages, etc.

    ..but this comparison you made is pure gold.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

    I have never heard a more apt description of Windows. You have a way with words.

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    In my last job I had colleagues using Windows, and they were super chill. When they turned on their computer in the morning, it took 20 minutes to boot, install the latest updates and log on. I had to start working right away, while they were having their third coffee and second cigarette, waiting for their computer to get ready. I'm sure it wasn't healthy, but relaxing.

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    That sounds like poor IT policies to me. In previous office jobs I've had, our computers were configured with our working hours and we wouldn't shut them down at the end of the day, so that any updates could happen off the clock and minimize that sort of disruption.

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    Depends on your perspective, I'm sure the guys who got a 30 minute on the clock break weren't complaining about poor IT policies lol

    I've done something similar, "Oh shit, gotta take a break boss, computer decided it wanted to update, fuckin windows amirite?"

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

    Fair enough. I was speaking towards the perspective of op. We were encouraged, not required, so there were definitely some folks who would do that.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    did they ever start actually doing anything useful?

    between sharepoint and microflop dynamics-CRM, azure and windows (whatever the fuck version)
    and mother-fucking oracle, I can often go days after booting up before I can do anything useful.

    Sometimes I think the only people who can do any work are the procurement team and the only work they can do is issue MS purchase orders.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

    They were developing software for Windows Phone, so: No, in retrospect they didn't do anything useful.