Cancelling YouTube Premium is gonna sting. YT is my main video content source but the recent $24B settlement is not something I want my $$$ supporting. I have Nebula already... I guess I just support creators directly w/Patreon now??? It feels so fragmented but happy to hear any friend suggestions.

I did make the switch to Proton Business. Happy with the move, EXCEPT for the Calendar. It's unusable for me right now. Without seeing an Event title, it's pretty useless for my workflow. Was trying to find a biz API so I could code something for my own needs but not yet. Trying to be patient :)

Thanks for the idea! I'm gonna check out Linux Mint ASAP.

If you ever write a blog post about it, let me know. It's such a PITA to set up and keep it that way. I logged into my personal OneDrive from the edge browser once, and then it linked my local windows biz account to my personal OneDrive... a mess bc I didn't realize files had been syncing for a bit

I've reduced some of the nag popups and I'm sure there's more config stuff I can do that I'm not aware of but I just want to pay for my pro license and be able to customize my machine like I used to. Sigh. Now I feel like old lady shakes fist at cloud lol

I don't get any ads, it's just getting harder and harder to have my own custom Windows box these days. I like to have a personal acct and my biz one. My biz one is always a local account and the OS is always nagging me to set up OneDrive, or some other "security" feature.

I love Notepad++, and switched back this morning lol. I reformatted my main machine last year and noticed Notepad had been updated to be a bit more notepad++-like, so I decided to use it. Not as good, but I mostly use it as my day-to-day scratch pad.
Agree Notepad++ is far superior.

I seriously miss the days of just logging into my desktop and getting to work without my OS distracting me.

I'm exploring some Linux options and would love it if any of my dev peeps have made the switch. My web projects are probably an easy switch, game dev though is gonna be tricky.

To me, AI is just another tool. I want to choose where and when I use it.
My big issue with Windows isn't even just the AI, it's that I pay for a pro license and I still get f*king nagged ALL THE TIME. Use this service, turn this thing on, you're not connected to OneDrive, and on and on...

Yep. I've at least got the benefit of being experienced with linux servers, but I always struggle as soon as I start using a desktop and then trying to develop anything other than web apps.

I opened notepad and there was CoPilot. AI has invaded the humble text editor. I'm not anti AI, I've been using CoPilot for some menial dev stuff for a couple years now. I use it sparingly and am concerned about it's impact on so many things like the climate, established industries, etc...

Many years ago Jon Oliver launched this site where ppl could say awful things without consequences. I'm still amazed when I go back to it every few years, and it's still online.

If only you could set up some kind of auto-reply bot to nudge people to: screamintothevoid.com

Oooooh there are some lovely colourways in there! What a beautiful surprise.