Microsoft fires Joe Lopez for disrupting Genocide-profiteer Satya Nadella during Microsoft Build Keynote speech and bans words like “Palestine”, “Gaza” and “Genocide” in all company emails!!! Yet another chapter in a long tale of Microsoft’s intimidation, retaliation, repression, and censorship culture. Source.
how long until you’re not allowed to use certain words on your own computer any more? i’m here to assist anyone looking to install Linux - and you don’t even need to commit! you can try it out with nothing but a thumb drive.
edit - the biggest hangup for a long time was gaming. but now that steam is selling its own device, their support for linux has skyrocketed and now you can play just about anything you want on steam. so now what do you have to lose? m365? lol
I’m thinking about switching over but I’ve been worried because I have an nvidia gpu in my gaming rig. I see some people say that’s no problem while others claim keeping the drivers up to date is a pain.
There are two reasons people complain about Nvidia drivers on Linux. The first is because they are proprietary, which doesn’t matter for anyone except turbo nerds.
But Nvidia drivers used to be pretty bad on Linux. But I genuinely don’t think I’ve had a driver crash since I installed my 2070 back in like 2019. I’ve upgraded to a 3080ti and I still haven’t had any issues. I have a 4k/120hz HDR monitor and don’t have any issues with that either.
you can install it as “dual boot”, which lets you choose either Windows or Linux at boot. this is the best way to test it out, since all it takes up is a bit of storage while you try it. if you decide you don’t like it, you can remove it and pretend like it never happened.
i don’t know enough about graphics cards to tell you anything about that side of stuff, but i have heard complaints about nvidia + linux before. i don’t know if that’s still a thing, but i can only assume it’ll be something that will improve as one country keeps firing some of its best people
This has not reached personal devices yet… Just microshit pro genocide censorship
people are already self-censoring for fear that their message won’t be heard. that’s horrible. i’m on lemmy - like many others - because i chose to speak my mind on reddit and received the inevitable “permanent suspension”.
kill the first person who uses the term “pdf file” on this platform. oh shit, i just did it so that would be me. um, kill the SECOND person who uses the term “pdf file” on this platform. oh shit
While they want some content removed outright but the bigger goal of censorship is the shilling effect on the discourse broadly.
Hence why privacy is a must
Probably not long. Microsoft Recall constantly takes screenshots while you use your own personal computer! They can now use AI to OCR if you write text in Microsoft Paint! They can send that shit to anyone including the government and their branch in Israel! Amazing!
excuse me, i’ll just be over here in the dark corner writing my musings in my Victory notebook.
weird to see “AI” and OCR so close together in the same sentence for the first time. won’t be the last i’m sure. ever heard of Ray Kurzweil?
Back in 2002, I was basically fired from Microsoft for expressing the value of Linux and how Microsoft couldn’t afford to keep creating e-waste with the way they roll out Windows.
So I am not surprised.
how Microsoft couldn’t afford to keep creating e-waste
23 years later, they seem to be affording it quite well! Haha
I tired 🤷
me too buddy, got to get some sleep
What the money in our pocket allows us to afford is not the same as what our health and planet can afford.
Causing that disconnect by supplanting secular consideration with economic consideration is one the reasons so much evil is done and accepted in the name of profit.
Can you believe Microsoft actually has a “Chief Sustainability Officer”? Must be a cushy job doing nothing all day.
I instantly followed you now 😂. Best story I heard today.
Sigh. The “source” is an Instagram post with the same graphic.
I would love, you know, an actual article. I’m all for independent journalists, and a snappy image is a fine way to draw people in, but that needs to lead to the article. End point at a few words of text saved as a jpeg don’t do it for me.
I saw this on another post earlier: https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email
They are basing their article on this Instagram source, with the rest of the article is just them yapping and asking Microsoft for a comment.
The No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) protest group reports that “dozens of Microsoft workers” have been unable to send emails with the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Genocide” in email subject lines or in the body of a message.
Microsoft confirmed to The Verge that it has implemented some form of email changes to reduce “politically focused emails” inside the company
They are basing their article on this Instagram source,
I mean, the Instagram source is the primary source; it’s a post by NOAA speaking out against these things, and The Verge and other outlets are writing their articles based on that primary source.
What do you mean? You don’t see SM posts from random people and just accept as gospel?
You consider The No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) group a random people?
They’re certainly random to me.
Microsoft confirmed to The Verge that it has implemented some form of email changes to reduce “politically focused emails” inside the company.
See, useful source. Also notice how it isn’t a random social media post.
So link to the Verge article, not a photo on Instagram.
“It’s like there’s been a genocide on our sales in Gaza (Palestine)!”
What?
It’s insane how all the corporate companies are just allying and okay with genocide, apartheid, racism, hatred and everything related to it. Not surprising but it’s insane.
I dunno, maybe you just should not talk about your personal political views on your work email?
You know, like any normal well adjusted person.
A normal well adjusted person wouldn’t work for a genocide enabling company in first place.
Found another POS that’s ok with genocide.
Being against genocide is not political.
There is an argument for that to an extent.
Microsoft’s support of Israel’s genocide is an exception and has been a long time.
At least… for anyone with a modicum of ethics.
I think anyone with half a brain would realize that disrupting a company event and calling your boss a “genocide profiteer” will definitely get you fired. Which, I assume, was the point of their protest. But you can’t talk about politics at work and act surprised when there are consequences
I guess they’ll have to use the phrase ‘Israeli atrocities’ in the meantime.
