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SneakyPete 11 points ago +11 / -0

Good, I hope facial rec is banned in the US.

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hit_backspace 10 points ago +10 / -0

It ought to be. As someone working in tech I can't stress the dangers of big tech and their products. China was able to fully enforce mass surveillance within 5 years, they worked with Google and Microsoft etc. to create that social credit network.

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Aambrick 1 point ago +1 / -0

That is true more often then theory.

Quick play the most absurd, disturbing things one can find and put on loop. Then go do something else like read a book or something. Its hilarious.

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Tryhardneckbeard 8 points ago +8 / -0

I'm reaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyy fucking close to telling my fellow co-workers we are all going to Linux. Learning curve be damned. They haven't come out with a good OS since Win 7 (thank Gawd I did VL and SA on that and Server 2008 R2). Their Server Software is fucking ludicrously overpriced and every other monthly update always fucks their shit and some 3rd party software ass over backwards and you gotta wait a month for a god-damned fix. In the meantime have fun listening to all your co-workers bitch shit doesn't work and doing half-assed fixes and reboots.

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hit_backspace 4 points ago +4 / -0

There is no learning curve for using Ubuntu. Although it is owned by a private organization, it should suffice for beginners to Linux.

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SBOJ_JOBS [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yes, for desktop users, my desktop Linux desktop works more like Windows 7 than does Windows 10. If most office workers came in one morning and sat down to Linux Mint (just an example), set up with familiar icons for their work functions, then they would "have it" by lunch.

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SBOJ_JOBS [S] 4 points ago +4 / -0

Unless you have some particular software wedded to Windows, just do it and find a nice vanilla Linux distro. You can always run Windows in a VM if needed on occasion. You could also save yourself an entire generation of laptop upgrades because a lightweight desktop like xfce (I use Mint xfce to write this) will run so much faster.

As for servers... walk right off of the Windows plantation.

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Tryhardneckbeard 3 points ago +3 / -0

Its the co-workers, lots of veteran dinos who'd rather cut their dicks off than learn anything including something as simple as pressing play to launch a vm. And ya, I've got some apps written up that cross excel SQL and a myriad of other subsystem shit to keep tabs on security. Most of that is situational and easily xferrable thanks to writing it in C++.

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DarthTitus 6 points ago +6 / -0

On one hand, facial recognition is good for identifying terrorists, violent criminals and the sorts. But we are talking about this corrupt government who have been spying on its citizens for years. Nobody goes unchecked anymore so this technology is very invasive.

On the point of an American company assisting foreign nations while simultaneously giving its parent country the finger, fuck off. Shouldn't reap any tax benefits for any business outside the country.

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Aambrick 1 point ago +1 / -0

We should start seeing who those companies work with and on what before ever even bothering to enter the U.S., but that would be foolish in the fact that the government works for criminals.

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