HerzleidJul 11, 2023
No, website, I do not want to "Learn more" or "Review my settings" or "View details", I want a "Reject all" button right next to the "Accept all" in the cookie consent window. That's what I want. Only that.
Show threadDr. Sam WeinJul 12, 2023
@herzleid
My big pet peeve is "required cookies". Dear website, this is my computer, I own it. I get to choose what data gets stored in it, and what my CPU cycles do.
Show threadDr. Sam Wein
@herzleid
A related anecdote. Back in college, when I first got serious about using #Linux I came to the realisation, that while windows task manager stopped you from ending any process it didn't want you to end, Linux's `sudo kill -9` would end anything you pointed it at, including the `init` process. This of course promptly would crash the computer, but it was a great feeling to have the machine do what I said, even if it was self evidently a bad idea.
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Show threadDr. Sam WeinJul 12, 2023
@herzleid
Sometime in the intervening period the Linux kernel was patched, so that you can't kill init. Which is of course a sane and reasonable restriction, but it does feel like losing a little bit of control.
Show threadBrian AllredJul 12, 2023
@samweingamgee @herzleid Reminds me of this classic: