Because it’s not downloading, which is the thing every one thinks is normal.

Not sure I get what you mean by this

I think we more just disagree with your points rather than miss them. We have never seen this term be scary for the non technically involved people in our lives, nor has the examples you provided to prove your point been considered scary to people we know.

Many times, people in this chain have effectively asked for proof of what you claim, but you just keep reiterating your feeling/opinion.

Now, it's possible that everyone here just associates with people who aren't afraid of technology enough to run across it, but that's all we have to work with until provided evidence.

Gnome has only gotten better imo

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Since when are any of those examples considered dangerous lmao

Sideloading is exactly the same as a side road. It's a less polished and a less intended road for people to take.

I have the wired version of these Hearprotek earbuds, and they are amazing. The earbud is so small it doesn't reach past my ear, and they are some sort of soft silicon, so they dont bother my ears when sleeping on my side. I went through dozens of "sleep earbuds" until I found these. https://a.co/d/0a7kYUM

Windows Defender is actually quite good these days. The main reason an enterprise would use a 3rd party AV/Firewall would be centralized management of said av and firewall. If IT needs to install apps and make them work, they also need the ability to manage the AV/Firewall.

How is aluminum non-conductive? It's literally used as a lighter and cheaper alternative to copper in wires

In your case, an adapter wouldn't really be possible. The other way around maybe would have been, but adapting Sata to pcie just isn't possible. Your best bet would be to return that ssd and buy a sata m.2 one.

The port is a B key m.2, while the ssd is an M key m.2

B keys are used in SATA m.2 ssds, while M keys are pcie nvme m.2 ssds. You bought an nvme m.2 ssd, but needed a sata m.2 ssd.

(You can tell by how there are 28 pins on that side of the port, and 29 on the ssd. That matches b and m keys, respectively)

Work is the only reason I still have windows in my life, and thankfully, they will be trialing linux as an option for employees in the next month or two. I signed up so damn quick lol.

These days, it is often misused by ignorant people because it sounds derogatory.

FTFY

That's just a hint / it cycling through things you can do with windows. It shows those while its updating