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New comment by roody15 in "Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything"

roody15 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:11:02 +0000

Yes it’s hard to see Microsoft become what feels to me a shell of what it once was. Back in the day I got MCP certification and MCSA certification for server 2008/2003.

I managed fleets of windows devices and felt Windows and PC’s were efficient and had a good balance of an operating system and schema that is powerful and effective.

With windows 11.. it’s like an all time low emerged. Where I am just fighting against a platform trying a variety of gimmicks designed to extra rents and push tools that are not really all that useful or polished.

Windows 11 feels bloated and just feels like a struggle.

For me it really is the time of Linux. Whether it be a workstation, a server or even a simple kiosk… Linux just seems to embrace the ethos of what windows has left behind.

New comment by roody15 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

roody15 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:49:35 +0000

Agree, I just meant on the pricing. I like the rpi, have hads lots of fun with the rpi4 making a custom home media player. Just at this price point not sure it makes much sense for as many people to play around with.

New comment by roody15 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

roody15 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:31:57 +0000

Education price for schools is 499$ for the Neo. Have to agree no longer sure the pi makes much sense at this price point.

New comment by roody15 in "MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble"

roody15 — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:25:33 +0000

One good thing about the 8gig Neo means that I think Apple will at least work to support M1 8gig for a few more years!!

New comment by roody15 in "Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

roody15 — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:05:04 +0000

Think they will end paying the ransom quietly.

New comment by roody15 in "Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind"

roody15 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:00:34 +0000

No, unfortunately this has been extremely difficult in my life. With raising children you have a shared goal and in although its hard it makes life simpler in you have something meaningful to focus on. Without kids we have had to face our own emotional issues and dynamics and this has not been easy.

New comment by roody15 in "Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind"

roody15 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:17:29 +0000

As a father of 3 daughters now approaching 50 with my oldest now 24 … I will say that I believe some of this is true. Perhaps it is just the life altering effect of raising children or maybe is biological as well. You can definitely pickup on whether another male is a father or not.

New comment by roody15 in "Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989"

roody15 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:34:12 +0000

I remember getting my first 486 33mhz computer and being able to play Ultima 7 the black gate, and later Ultima 7 part 2. This was a turning point for me as the game was way ahead of others on the console side of things. DOS 6 !

New comment by roody15 in "CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI"

roody15 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:46:19 +0000

This should not be surprising. The CEO's primary objective is likely to increase profits and so this will be his/her primary focus. Even if the technology is not ready for prime time just making announcements like this likely helps increase negotiating pressure on radiologist group contracts and salaries.

New comment by roody15 in "Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine"

roody15 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:54:02 +0000

MacBook Neo is going to sell like crazy. In the education market, educators, students, aides... nothing close at this price point. With memory and SSD prices so high I don't see how Dell, Asus and others are going to be able to compete. Unless the build quality is significantly worse than a M1 macbook air not sure budget PC makers will be able to compete.

New comment by roody15 in "CERN accepts $1B in private cash towards Future Circular Collider"

roody15 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 19:47:36 +0000

Agree this reminds me of the level my Herman Hesse “The Glass Bead Game”. Academics and researchers have a moral duty to give back to the larger society that enables their endeavors .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game

New comment by roody15 in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

roody15 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:19:36 +0000

Same I am in outstanding physical health and my diet / exercise is excellent. Taking Lexipro has made a massive improvement on my emotional bandwidth. I take vitamin D / fish oil and bits of other supplements. At least for me no question this medication even at a 10mg dose has made a major positive impact.

New comment by roody15 in "Bugs Apple loves"

roody15 — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:17:03 +0000

Searching email in Mac Mail is truly horrendous. I honestly like the program and use it almost daily … but when needing to search I absolutely open a browser window and login / search. The search has been a disaster in Mac Mail well over a decade.

New comment by roody15 in "Talking to LLMs has improved my thinking"

roody15 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:32:50 +0000

It has improved my understanding of emotional dynamics between people. If anything has made me realize may be a bit more on the spectrum that I had realized...

New comment by roody15 in "The secret medieval tunnels that we still don't understand"

roody15 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:35:00 +0000

Think these were made by animals / a long long time ago. They are burrows.

https://youtu.be/7HLqleFVoDg?si=9UdJLMS-pD6G9G5G

New comment by roody15 in "US believes its power matters more than international law, UN chief"

roody15 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:38:36 +0000

What exactly is international law these days? For example the ICC is ignored by the US, by Russia, by Israel, by China... among others. The UN does not seem to function quite like it did originally post WW2. In regards to Rule based order.. not sure exactly what this even means as well. Power in the world appears to be shifting or reshuffling and not sure these institutions and concepts apply like they once did.

New comment by roody15 in "Dead Internet Theory"

roody15 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:51:53 +0000

The amount of AI narrated videos on Youtube is seriously alarming. This is like Blade Runner level dystopian at this point. With AI help once you go down a rabbit hole you can just stay there indefinately with a never ending supply of AI generated content. Shades of truth or not doesn't seem to matter.

New comment by roody15 in "Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux"

roody15 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:31:31 +0000

The big one being ublock origin

New comment by roody15 in "Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux"

roody15 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:42:32 +0000

Thanks for responding. Orion on iOS with extensions has been outstanding.. looking forward to linux version.

New comment by roody15 in "Texas A&M bans part of Plato's Symposium"

roody15 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:38:16 +0000

“ Dr. Peterson said he would reluctantly alter the course and replace the disputed modules with “lectures on free speech and academic freedom.” But he was angry, he said, as well as bothered by the sense that students would receive a less rigorous, challenging education in his classroom. ”

Quite sad to see the school administration get compliance here.