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Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
  • I was very excited until I read this line

    Python calculations run in the Microsoft Cloud, with the results returned into an Excel worksheet.
    

    That’s an instant non starter for me.

    Not to mention this integration seems very much focused around the graphing libraries of python and not using it for data processing. It’s not the ‘excel powered by python’ I dreamed of.

  • I don't think the reddit, twitter, etc will "die" the way most people expect them to.
  • I mostly agree with you, the internet must change, and it’s changing for the good with these non-profit decentralized networks like Lemmy.

    These companies abused the internet too much and it’s hit a breaking point. People are taking the power back. I look forward to a user-owned internet again where the content I see is not entirely controlled by corporate interests.

    I think these websites will genuinely die within the next decade. There’s just never been decentralized social media(of this kind) to compete with them before.

  • YouTube Channel Linus Tech Tips’ Inaccuracies And Sexual Harassment Allegations, Explained
  • Yeah, I saw this coming at least 5 years ago.

    It’s the way Linus talks and acts, how their whole business revolves around a parasocial relationship with the viewers.

    He actually became what he hated about NCIX so much.

  • Another good reason not to open port 22
  • Public key auth, and fail2ban on an extremely strict mode with scaling bantime works well enough for me to leave 22 open.

    Fail2ban will ban people for even checking if the port is open.

  • How much control/access does my instance owner haver over my account?
  • Before people get worried about this, this is how literally any online service works. If you have an account anywhere, you trusted that service to not record your password.

    Only exception is oauth, which actually might be a good idea for Lemmy.

  • Xbox Game Pass trial reduced from one month to 14 days
  • A little bit puzzling at first, but it does make sense.

    With starfield coming out, they don’t want people to get the trial to essentially play it for free and then stop using the service.

    1 month is just about enough time to beat a large game for someone who has a few hours a day to play. 14 days won’t be enough for most people.

  • Reddit refugee with a question
  • If you are logged in they still have access to your activity and usage statistics which they can sell to third parties.

    So it’s true that you are not ‘directly’ generating profit for them in an easily measurable way, and they would consider you among the ‘freeloaders’ that they called all third party app users.

    However, you still indirectly benefit them just by using the platform. Especially if you leave comments or post content. If you just use it, lurk at most and come to lemmy for the discussions.

  • Will Microsoft reduce all the ads in the new Xbox dashboard or are we stuck with it?
  • Ultimately you will have to accept that you don’t ‘own’ your Xbox. None of us do. Microsoft does, and you paid $500 for the hardware, which they can decide to brick remotely at any time.

    This is the tradeoff between console and PC. Console is significantly cheaper but you don’t get any control over it.

    Ads are never going away, and will likely only get more intrusive until people start hitting their breaking points.