I've had to use that horrible software in university. I asked for accommodations because I use Linux and they issued me a university laptop for exams.
I would schedule it at the school testing center and take it there just to avoid it.
You still have to filter through bots posing as real people replies on some posts high in google results
Ahh that explains why Ecosia has remained so pleasant to use. Bing can't scrape it anymore 😅
Easy solution. Update the web-scraper they use to include an LLM. Then its for "training"
I agree with you, I don't want the trouble and just use mailgun free tier.
That said, I just need password reset emails for my IAM solution.
I imagine some just want to try, under the desire to avoid having their email data misused for data collection / ai training
Some news sources sell suvscrptions via newsletter.
Personally I find it quite nice, its similar to RSS and has high quality authors.
You can absolutely get by by, and have a great experience with GNOME + the app store.
Its a reason its default on so many distros.
Boycott the companies funding them
Google Pay/Wallet
Right now tap and pay is completely and hopelessly corporate
OK fine but you better let me watch YouTube on my infotainment then since it's just as distracting
I made the same mistake, moved from NY for a tech job in Texas during covid.
The honeymoon phase ended in the first week when I couldnt find decent quality food at restaurants. I haven't had political issues like she mentions. I struggle with the poor infrastructure here, the frontage roads spaced everything so far apart it makes the area feel like a giant strip mall that goes forever.
By the time my lease ended the tech layoffs came. Been struggling to find jobs back home so now I feel stuck in Texas.
Its depressing, but I try to make the best of it.. There's lots of really nice greenways so when it's not too hot I bike around. I felt way more free and happy in the Northeast corridor.
I can see the difference between California influence and original Texan culture. There's pros and cons to both, but when both of their flaws come together it's the worst.
I will never relocate for a job again once I get back. You either hire me as remote or I'm dodging a toxic work environment.
Try Element X if you have a mobile. It's rebuilt on the new sdk and offers a new architecture that has messages come in way faster than on Element (original)